Maverick Trading November 30, 2011
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Maverick Trading
Proven Strategies for Generating Greater Profits from the Award-Winning Team at Maverick
Authors: Darren Fischer, Jon Frohlich, Robb Reinhold
ISBN: 9780071784313 / 0071784314
©2012 | 1st Edition | 256 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: DEC-11
Price: US$ 40.00
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Don’t conform to Wall Street’s rules. Be your own trader—Maverick style.
PROVEN STRATEGIES FOR GENERATING GREATER PRO FITS FROM THE AWARD-WINNING TEAM AT MAVERICK TRADING
Wall Street’s dirty secret is out—you don’t need a professional to manage your money, and you can beat the market on a consistent basis. All that’s required are three things: personal dedication, a sound risk management strategy, and the trading system outlined in this book. Yes, it’s that simple.
As active traders at the private proprietary trading firm Maverick Trading, the authors have taught hundreds of budding traders how to end their relationship with the so-called professionals and trade on their own, using the same system the firm used to generate gains of more than 100% in 2008, 50% in 2009, and 50% in 2010. It’s not a get-rich-quick scheme.
It’s a long-term methodology designed to create steady wealth you can live on, retire on, and pass down to the next generation. Maverick Tradingteaches you how to:
- Design a portfolio using long and short options
- Read OHLC and Candlestick charts
- Hedge your investments with options
- Create a risk-assessment tool kit
- Mentally prepare yourself for the life of a trader
It’s not complicated. In the authors’ own words, “The system in this book relies on pattern recognition, impeccable risk management, understanding yourself, and fifth-grade math.”
The hard part is up to you. You have to make the decision to go all in. Full-time. No turning back. Once you do it, you’ll wonder what took you so long. Let Maverick Trading put you on the path to the life you were supposed to lead.
About the Authors
Darren Fischer has evaluated and consulted more than 200 funds spanning asset classes such as hedge funds, private equity, venture capital, and real estate. He is a trader at Maverick Trading.
Jon Frohlich joined Maverick Trading in 2002. He travels across North America introducing nascent traders to the powerful tools he has learned.
Robb Reinhold has decades of experience as a trader. A passionate educator, he travels the world teaching and recruiting new traders for Maverick Trading when he’s not trading in the currencies market.
Investing and the Irrational Mind May 3, 2011
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Investing and the Irrational Mind
Rethink Risk, Outwit Optimism, and Seize Opportunities Others Miss
Author: Robert Koppel
ISBN: 9780071753371 / 0071753370
©2011 | 1st Edition | 304 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: MAR-11
Price: US$ 28.00
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Make rational decisions in the irrational world of investing
Most investors are driven by greed and panicked by fear, which is why so many lose so much during market upheavals. It’s also why so few gain so much. What separates the winners from the losers? People who remain calm, focused, and analytical during market ups and downs always come out on top–and snatch the losses of those who panic.
Investing and the Irrational Mind gives you the tools for overcoming the self-destructive impulses that stand between you and profit. Behavioral finance expert Robert Koppel reveals why your brain sends certain negative messages during the investing process. Applying the latest advances in neuroeconomics and insights from top traders, he provides a program for building the habits used by the world’s most successful investors.
Investing and the Irrational Mind teaches you how to:
- Identify negative, self-defeating patterns of thought
- Tailor your goals according to your particular investing psychology
- Develop a framework for overcoming irrational thoughts in investment decisions
- Use one of your most powerful investing tools–intuition
The investing world operates by the law of the jungle, with a new surprise lurking around every corner. How often have you abandoned a perfectly sound investing strategy because you panicked? “Success requires focused concentration that permits an unbiased perception of the market,”writes Koppel. “All we can ever control is ourselves, but that is more than enough.”
Armed with 30 years of experience as an analyst and fund manager, Koppel helps you develop a focused, disciplined, confident, and profitable approach to investing using the best tool at your disposal: your brain. Filled with surprising insights into human behavior and rock-solid financial advice, Investing and the Irrational Mind helps you draw consistent profits in an inconsistent investing world.
Endorsement
“Readers will find within these pages new truths that will help transform their thinking. This is more relevant than the latest strategies, trading systems, or technical chart formations.”
–William J. Brodsky, Chairman and CEO, Chicago Board Options Exchange
“Koppel offers pioneering insights, backed by substantial research, that help explain how psychology influences financial decisions and drives markets. Investing and the Irrational Mind is a must-read for both the professional and nonprofessional investor.”
–Robin Mesch, President, Mesch Capital Management
“If there is truth to the Yiddish proverb that ‘man plans and God laughs,’ read Investing and the Irrational Mind to gain an essential understanding of what to do with your stocks and bonds when God is cracking up. As the sages advised, ‘All the rest is commentary.’”
–Yra Harris, CME Group member, President of Praxis Trading, and author of the daily investment blog Notes from the Underground
“Investing and the Irrational Mind explains the psychological barriers to making good investment decisions–and more importantly how to overcome them. Koppel shows the dangers of our own habit-driven behavior, biases, and heuristics and how they lead us to violate our own investment axioms.”
–Alexander Abell, Director, BlackRock, Inc.
“Investing is fraught with uncertainty, which gives rise to psychological issues that investors ignore at their peril. Bob Koppel has written a fascinating, entertaining, and comprehensive examination of this multifaceted area of inquiry. If you invest for a living, or even if you’re just a student of the psychology of self, you will find beneficial insights in the pages of this book.”
–A. Thomas Shanks, President and CEO, Hawksbill Capital Management
About the Author
Robert Koppel is the author of numerous books on the psychology of trading, a former member of the CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange), a hedge fund partner and president of his own division at Rand Financial (http://randfinancial.com/main.taf?p=0). Koppel brings the CME platform to this book as he is currently developing content for their educational department. He was the senior business writer for Onmoney.com and his work has appeared in the national financial press, and featured in CNN, CNBC, and NPR.
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The Ten Trillion Dollar Gamble
The Coming Deficit Debacle and How to Invest Now
Author: Russ Koesterich
ISBN: 9780071753579 / 0071753575
©2011 | 1st Edition | 256 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: MAR-11
Price: US$ 28.00
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An economic calamity is already looming on the horizon, and it’s going hit the U.S. on a scale equal to the recent mortgage meltdown and liquidity crisis of 2008-2009. In February, President Obama announced that the 2010 budget deficit would surpass $1.5 trillion, an amount greater than the total debt of our nation in its first 200 years of its existence. And things only get worse from here: between 2010 and 2019, America will add one trillion of additional debt every year.
In The Ten Trillion Dollar Gamble, Russ Koesterich, who manages over $100 billion for the world’s largest money management company, offers compelling evidence supporting his prediction that the global economy is on the verge of more, even greater upheaval and provides his unique insight into:
- The structural weaknesses underlying the economic meltdown
- Why commodities will be so important in the next economic climate
- Likely ramifications to the real estate market
- The best stocks to buy and which ones to avoid
Today’s investing strategies will be rendered useless in the next storm’s wake. Written by one of the most qualified people in the business, The Ten Trillion Dollar Gamble offers a plan for protecting your wealth and preserving the power of your savings.
Praise for The Ten Trillion Dollar Gamble
“Many commentators rant about budget deficits and the country’s moral failings. Russ Koesterich calmly and objectively describes our downward economic spiral over the next 20 years and recommends the investments best suited for that journey.”
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- Russ Koesterich appearances on CNBC’s Closing Bell, July 22, 2010. To view the video, please click HERE
About the Author
Russ Koesterich (HOMETOWN TK) is Global Head of Investment Strategy for BlackRock Scientific Active Equities. He previously served as Senior Portfolio Manager in the US Market Neutral Group for Barclays Global Investors. Koesterich is the author of The ETF Strategist.
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Author: Van Tharp
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©2011 | 2nd Edition | 288 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: DEC-10
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