What happens in the City has never affected us more In this excellent guide, now fully revised and updated, leading financial journalist Philip Coggan cuts through the headlines, the scandals and the jargon to explain the nuts and bolts of the financial system. What causes the pound to rise or interest rates to fall? Which are the institutions that really matter? Why is it we need the Money Machine – and what happens when it crashes? Coggan provides clear and concise answers and shows why we should all be more familiar with a system we so intimately depend upon.
This book looks at Wall Street wonders Warren Buffet, Benjamin Graham, and other legends and shares how you can utilize their secrets to unimaginable success! It’s time to put your money to work the smart way and stop chasing quick payoffs that never turn out. That seductive stock tip you just overheard? That’s your ticket to flushing your savings down the toilet. The story you saw on a promising new product? Only those who invested before the story came out have any chance of a solid payout. If you want to succeed in the market, you need to learn how to invest based on value, selecting stocks that will continue to enrich you for years to come. By learning the keys to value investing, Money Machine will teach you how to: Judge a stock by the cash it generates Determine the stock’s intrinsic value Use key investment benchmarks such as price-earnings ratio and dividend-price ratio Recognize stock market bubbles and profit from panics Avoid psychological traps that can trip you up Investing in the market doesn’t have to be reckless speculation. Invest in value, not ventures, and find the financial success all those gamblers are still looking for!
This book goes in depth to answer fundamental questions that have always been there, to which answers were never properly given to really explain in very simple and clear terms how to make money, a lot of money--as much money as you want. It uses a novel approach to a subject that has always been of interest to millions of people across the world.
The Money Machines advances the provocative thesis that the mechanisms for financing state and local government in the Northern United States from 1860 to 1920 were deeply enmeshed with those financing the extralegal—often illegal—activities of the major political parties, complicating reform or change mandated by the post-Civil War breakdown of the North's legal fiscal machinery. Few reformers then recognized the interdependence of government and the party money machines; fewer still acknowledged the effectiveness or social value of the extralegal machines. On the contrary, basic fiscal reform in this period was characterized by attempts to exorcise "politics" in any form, which in turn provoked counteraction from politicians whose organizations had the same need for efficient, reliable revenue systems as did governments. Dr. Yearley demonstrates the failure of the established legal money machines to cope with the demands of postwar governments facing industrialization and urbanization. He characterizes the revolt of old and new middle classes against fiscal inequity and inefficiency and shows how much of the North's new wealth escaped taxation altogether while much of its old wealth similarly went into hiding. Because of its forbidding complexities, tax reform was sustained by a small group of experts from the middle class, whose sincerity and competence were unquestionable, but whose reformism evidenced the peculiar views and prejudices of their class. Here, therefore, the graft-grabbing politician is presented in a fresh light. In his efforts to maintain his sources of revenue and power, he emerges as a vital instrument of mass democracy, of the new politics of the ever-growing urban lower classes as well as their principal source of government welfare or support. The author reevaluates the Gilded Age politician in several important ways, principally regarding his power relationship to the business communities and his ability to perform his job well despite middle class disdain and continual allegations of fraud and incompetence. Further, Dr. Yearley shows that often politicians were ahead of reformers in their fiscal thinking in recognizing and utilizing taxation of income rather than of property. The volume considers in some depth several individual reformers, revealing them to be, among other things, prototypes of present academic experts used by government to manage problems too complex for laymen. The book then proceeds to explain essential changes made in local fiscal systems and which of these were to be the most effective, explanations that are of particular interest in view of the continuing crises in state and local financing today.
How would you like to keep the $2.50 Surcharge fee Every Time Someone uses an ATM? In this book I'm going to teach you how to build a passive income in the ATM Business. I've been doing it for the past 20+ years and it has afforded me the opportunity to live in Southern California, work a block from the beach, and live the dream. It's given me the freedom to choose the hours I work, even if I want a 4 hour work week. Stop trading time for money - you can work less, live more. This book explains why people pay upwards of $3.00 every time they use a non-bank ATM and how YOU CAN EARN THAT ENTIRE FEE to build wealth and earn a passive income from just a FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS a month to TENS OF THOUSANDS! Have you ever used an ATM Machine that wasn't part of your bank and had to press the key to say "YES - I agree to pay the Surcharge Fee"? How would you like to be the one collecting that fee - every time the ATM gets used? This is a tell all book about how people like you and me can own and operate an ATM Machine and make annual returns that far exceed any conventional investment strategy, with a lot less risk. This once secretive business, only meant for Bankers, Wealthy Individuals, and people "in the know" is now a wide open opportunity. It's basically a Guidebook or an ATM business blueprint, if you will, of how to be successful in the ATM Business. While there are many companies trying to sell ATM Franchises (I don't recommend one), I'll show you all the pieces to the ATM business without having to spend money on an ATM Franchise. Who is this book for? If you're you still trading time for money, read it. If you're you looking for an ATM Franchise or some kind of Franchise, you should read this book. If you're a retailer, commercial landlord, or in the retail industry and want some easy extra revenue, this is a MUST read book. If you're officially retired, seeking the next opportunity and want fantastic low risk annual returns, read this book now. If you would enjoy a passive income so you can work less, live more you'll love this book. If you're in a dead end job or career that doesn't fulfill you and you enjoy counting money, I'm sure this business is for you, read the book. If you want to help other businesses make more money and earn a passive income, this book is for you. If you're already living your dream, but wouldn't mind an extra $1,000 - $5,000 or more per month in passive income, this book is for you. If you're an entrepreneur and have dreams of owning your own business (full or part time), read this book. If you're happy with your current job, but still hunger for something of your own part time, this book is for you. If you're a people person and enjoy talking or networking with store owners, you'll love this business, read the book. If you have ever invested in stocks, bonds, real estate, or private placement companies (this is none of those), this book is for you. If you have funds sitting in a savings account, money market account, or Certificates of Deposit (CD) not producing anything that resembles a decent annual return, this book is for you. If you would enjoy quadrupling your Annual Return on Investment, you will appreciate this book. If you're planning retirement, seeking preservation of capital and passive income, this book is for you. If you have ever wondered who gets that $2.00 - $3.00 surcharge fee you pay when you use a non-bank ATM and wanted to keep it for yourself, you need to buy this book right now! If opportunity doesn't knock, it's time to build a door! - Milton Berle This book includes the tools and materials to build your door. Isn't it time to pick up the tools, and build it?
Build a Money Machine reveals a simple 5 step system used to build, grow and explode any business online. Each chapter is carefully constructed from the basics of starting out all the way to automating the entire business. The book walks the reader through Peng Joon's journey from starting out in debt to becoming one of the top online vendors in the world. Readers will learn how to find lucrative niches on the Internet, build and manage their websites without any technical skills, position themselves as an authority, get an unfair advantage to getting traffic and to living a life full of choices."
