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Top Economics Books Assigned To Ivy League Students

What books are shaping the minds of our future business leaders and policymakers? DegreeQuery decided to find out. Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Dedicated to finding well-researched answers to common queries about college, DegreeQuery also publishes a variety of data-based rankings of top universities and degree programs. Using data from the non-profit research organization Open Syllabus Project, researchers analyzed over 50,000 titles on economic syllabi to determine what books appear most on student reading lists. DegreeQuery also identified the top 10 economic books assig...

Book Review: “Seven Mistakes Every Investor Makes (and how to avoid them)”

“Seven Mistakes Every Investor Makes (and how to avoid them)” – Book Review by Value And Opportunity Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Joachim Klement is a native German, London based investment professional who, among other things writes one of my favorite financial blogs named “KOI – Klement on Investing”. Despite having a full time job and a high quality, frequent blog, he also managed to write a book. Being a German of course, he doesn’t promise to make one rich quickly but it tries to identify and provide solutions for very common mistakes that indeed almost all investor ma...

Five Leadership Principles to Help Us Thrive in Perilous Times

Holiday Reading List 2020

In a year like no other, being at home for the holidays may present you with extra free time for some reading. Our team was eager to share some recent favorites with you, both financial and otherwise, in hopes that you may enjoy them as much as we did. Happy reading! Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more 2020 Holiday Reading List By Wealthspire Advisors“The Practice: Shipping Creative Work” by Seth Godin Recommended by Nicole Hart In this book, Godin underscores the importance of consistently engaging in creative work without regard to the outcome. He frames creativity – and in part...

Column: Michael Riedel's latest book 'Singular Sensation' is about Broadway in the '90s — the decade when the Great White Way took on a life of its own

In his revelatory first book about Broadway in the 1970s and ‘80s, “Razzle Dazzle,” the writer Michael Riedel made a typically immodest claim: Broadway saved New York City. And in Riedel’s sequel, “Singular Sensation,” Broadway gets to enjoy its just rewards. And, boy oh boy, does it have fun.When Riedel, the longtime New York Post columnist, picks up the mantle in 1991, royalties from worldwide productions of “Phantom of the Opera” and “Cats” are filling Andrew Lloyd Webber’s coffers with so much cash, he barely knows what to do with all that money. So why not take an intimate story about a f...

Book Review: “Lights Out: Pride, Delusion, And The Fall Of General Electric”

“Lights out” is a recently published book that covers the downfall of General Electric, which was in 2000 the world’s most valuable company with a market cap north of 500 bn USD and a proud history going back to Thomas Edison.Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and moreLights Out: Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of General Electric by Thomas Gryta, Ted MannJeffrey Immelt's leadershipTo the outside, the company led by "Neutron Jack" Welch looked unstoppable. With its famous management systems (Six Sigma and others) the company became a huge conglomerate, spanning business from their tradition...

Directors Need “Better Boardrooms” for Post-Pandemic Success

“As we consider the shape of business in a post-pandemic world, Better Boardrooms is crucial reading for both current and future directors to take their role of strategic governance and leadership to a new level.” – Barbara G. Stymiest, Corporate Director and Former Member of the Group Executive, Royal Bank of CanadaQ3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and moreBetter Boardrooms Offers a Model of Sound Corporate Governance for a Post-Pandemic WorldTORONTO - Although disruptive changes to the fundamental structure of global economic, social, and political systems have been taking place for de...

The Attention Economy

From the book THE HYPE MACHINE: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health-and How We Must Adapt by Sinan Aral. Copyright © 2020 by HyperAnalytic, Inc. Published by Currency, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and moreThe Attention EconomyAttention is valuable because it’s a precursor to persuasion. Platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube provide connections, communication, and content to get consumers’ attention. They then sell that attention to brands, governments, and...

Money Games: Korea First Bank’s Deal With Newbridge Capital

Excerpted from MONEY GAMES: The Inside Story of How American Dealmakers Saved Korea’s Most Iconic Bank (Wiley; October 13, 2020) by the CEO of Asia’s largest private equity, PAG, Weijian Shan, whom Fortune calls “China‘s private equity champion”Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and moreWeijian Shan’s first book Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America, was called “a deeply affecting memoir” by the Wall Street Journal and one of The Financial Times’ 2019 top ten Best Books of the Year. It details Shan’s raw will to succeed, and survive, against all odds as a former hard laborer as a...

The 6 Best Trading Books to Gift this Holiday Season

With the holiday gift giving season right around the corner, Danielle Shay, Director of Options and the face of Foundation at Simpler Trading, shares her must read trading books. As a former teacher, Danielle’s goal is to help traders grasp the basics that make trading simpler — no matter their skill level. She has the keen ability to relay trading information in small tangible bits where even the ‘best’ of traders will find her insights useful and easy to understand.Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and moreTop Trading Books To Gift This Holiday SeasonHere are Danielle’s top trading boo...