Chasing Big Returns: Inside Hedge Funds and Monster Markets by Marlowe Sinclair takes readers on a riveting journey through the enigmatic world of hedge funds. Once considered the playground of the wealthy and elite, these financial vehicles have become significant players in global markets, shaping corporate governance, influencing security prices, and altering political landscapes. Sinclair delves deep into the evolution of hedge funds, tracing their roots from the aftermath of the Great Depression through the post-World War II era, culminating in their meteoric rise and the pivotal events that have defined them. With insights into their diverse strategies, the risks they navigate, and the massive sums invested-over $3 trillion from institutional investors-this book uncovers the motivations driving hedge fund managers and the impact of their flamboyant investments. Chasing Big Returns is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the complexities of modern finance and the forces that drive economic change.
AN UPLIFTING NOVEL WITH ROMANCE, MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE Chase's Return - Second in the Clear Creek Series by T. E. Killian Chase Devereaux turned away from God when he lost his wife to cancer two years ago. Now he's trying to be both father and mother to his teenage sons. Tiffany Cameron was married but her husband ran off with another teacher ten years ago. Now she only has her cat Garfield who not only rules the house but Tiffany too. Chase seems to come out of his fog and notice Tiffany. But how can he do anything about it since he's her boss? One of his teachers has accused him of sexual harassment. With that charge looming over him, he turns to his best friends Hunter and Ryan for advice and support. Tiffany finally realizes that she is attracted to her principal but she doesn't know what to do about it. Then her mother is diagnosed with breast cancer. She turns to her best friends Sabrina and Candy who comfort and encourage her with their prayers. Everything else goes on hold as murders begin to happen in this peaceful little town and Tiffany suddenly becomes the prime suspect. Is their faith in God strong enough to bring Chase and Tiffany together among all the chaos and keep each other safe in the process? Can Chase ever return to the man he was before?
Chase Cordell Was Coming Home Linese had long awaited her husband's homecoming, but the hero that returned from the war was not the dashing rogue that had captured her in a whirlwind courtship. Who was this man with haunted eyes who could still make her heart pound ceaselessly? His memory shattered by war, Chase Cordell vowed to keep the loss of his identity a secret—even from the beautiful stranger whose touch rekindled a long-forgotten flame. But time was running out, and the past that stalked him was taking on a sinister life of its own….
You knowwhathappened during the financial crisis … now it is time to understandwhythe financial system came so close to falling over the edge of the abyss andwhyit could happen again.Wall Street has been saved, but it hasn’t been reformed. What is the problem? Suzanne McGee provides a penetrating look at the forces that transformed Wall Street from its traditional role as a capital-generating and economy-boosting engine into a behemoth operating with only its own short-term interests in mind and with reckless disregard for the broader financial system and those who relied on that system for their well being and prosperity. Primary among these influences was “Goldman Sachs envy”: the self-delusion on the part of Richard Fuld of Lehman Brothers, Stanley O’Neil of Merrill Lynch, and other power brokers (egged on by their shareholders) that taking more risk would enable their companies to make evenmoremoney than Goldman Sachs. That hubris—and that narrow-minded focus on maximizing their short-term profits—led them to take extraordinary risks that they couldn’t manage and that later severely damaged, and in some cases destroyed, their businesses, wreaking havoc on the nation’s economy and millions of 401(k)s in the process. In a world that boasted more hedge funds than Taco Bell outlets, McGee demonstrates how it became ever harder for Wall Street to fulfill its function as the financial system’s version of a power grid, with capital, rather than electricity, flowing through it. But just as a power grid can be strained beyond its capacity, so too can a “financial grid” collapse if its functions are distorted, as happened with Wall Street as it became increasingly self-serving and motivated solely by short-term profits. Through probing analysis, meticulous research, and dozens of interviews with the bankers, traders, research analysts, and investment managers who have been on the front lines of financial booms and busts, McGee provides a practical understanding of our financial “utility,” and how it touches everyone directly as an investor and indirectly through the power—capital—that makes the economy work. Wall Street is as important to the economy and the overall functioning of our society as our electric and water utilities. But it doesn’t act that way. The financial system has been saved from destruction but as long as the mind-set of “chasing Goldman Sachs” lingers, it will not have been reformed. As banking undergoes its biggest transformation since the 1929 crash and the Great Depression, McGee shows where it stands today and points to where it needs to go next, examining the future of those financial institutions supposedly “too big to fail.” From the Hardcover edition.
With more than 50,000 copies sold, Alan Farley’s The Master Swing Trader has become the definitive guide for maximizing profit from short-term price moves. Now in his highly anticipated companion volume, The Master Swing Trader Toolkit: The Market Survival Guide, Farley builds on his proven strategies and techniques and delivers new tips for consistently beating the markets—today and in the future. The Master Swing Trader Toolkit is a powerful application-oriented handbook that shows you how to identify and grow wealth from the opportunities resulting from the steep market crash. Additionally, this full-service volume offers prescriptions for prospering in the postcrash environment and provides guidance for finding new, reduced-risk market prospects during virtually any economic scenario to come. The author’s trading style has evolved since the publication of The Master Swing Trader. This follow-up companion helps you adapt and gain an edge as the author has, specifically in the vein of “defensive trading,” to achieve profitability in the modern electronic markets. Because The Master Swing Trader Toolkit is a survival guide for the real world, Farley presents an abundance of authentic case studies to show his defensive trading strategies in action, and he illustrates a broad variety of other patterns and observations acting in specific market scenarios. The Master Swing Trader Toolkit prepares you for success in the financial landscape of today and tomorrow with insightful, up-todate coverage on: Cross-market analysis Convergence-divergence relationships Relative strength Managing multiple positions Remote trading Risk management At its core, The Master Swing Trader Toolkit: The Market Survival Guide is a book about tape reading. The ticker tape is immune from manipulation, deconstruction, regulation, and fragmentation, which makes it the most powerful tool for attaining wealth. Get the most out of what you read by starting with The Master Swing Trader Toolkit.
