Archive for the ‘Book Recomendation’ Category

The Matthew Effect - Engineering For Success

April 22nd, 2009 by Colin Gillens   waiting for comments...

The “American Dream” gained formal notoriety less than 80 years ago when James Truslow Adams wrote, on the American Dream, in his 1931 book Epic of America

It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances…

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Book Recommendation #2

February 22nd, 2009 by Will Crowthers   waiting for comments...

As Brad previously noted, we’ll be trying to share a book with our readers about once a month. I thought it would only be proper for my first book recommendation to be a book which Brad recommended to me a couple years ago.

The Intelligent Asset Allocator by William Bernstein.

This is an excellent book for those of you looking to understand Asset Allocation, perform asset allocation on your own and understand why it works (historically and into the future). This book alone…

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The Millionaire Next Door - Book Review

January 22nd, 2009 by Brad Harbach   waiting for comments...

There are numerous sources we read to fill our brains with all things finance - Newspapers, Magazines, Websites, Blogs, Conversations, and most importantly Books. Books provide unmatched depth that you can’t find in other information mediums.

The Millionaire Next Door
Popular media paints a false impression of what it takes to get rich. On TV and in the news all of the rich drive fancy cars, live in luxurious mansions, and hardly ever work. We’ve been tricked to believe that those who look…

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