DescriptionColumnist and commentator Terry Savage's financial expertise comes from experience. She started her career as a stockbroker, and became a founding member - and the first woman trader - on the Chicago Board Options Exchange. In this live presentation, Terry offers advice ranging from investments to withdrawal calculations to long-term care insurance - to making sure your money lasts as long as you do! Terry delivers straight talk on: Putting time to work in building a nest egg How credit-card debt can work against you The best place to grow your money Where to find free personalized advice…
DescriptionPublic confidence in financial markets depends on the perception that they are fair and just, not distorted or manipulated to the advantage of particular traders. This is the story of those who have sought illicit advantages, and how markets and investors can protect themselves against the dark side of human nature. The Secrets of the Great Investors series is a collection of presentations that explain, in understandable language, the strategies, tactics, and principles that have produced great wealth, and how you can improve your financial future. History's greatest investors used powerful investing philosophies to produce superior results, and you can learn from their successes and mistakes.
DescriptionThe reaches opened before us and closed behind us, as if the forest had stepped leisurely across the water to bar the way for our return. We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness. First published in 1902, Conrad's story describes intensely and in stark detail how greed can so easily drive civilised and enlightened men to revert to primitive savagery. Set against the background of the European ivory trade in Africa, Heart Of Darkness is narrator Marlow's account of his journey in search of the legendary and mystical Kurtz, the most successful trader of them all, who is now reported to be ill. Marlow's quest becomes both a harrowing journey of self-discovery and haunting description of the brutality of colonial exploitation; while Kurtz himself is one of the most memorable creations in modern fiction.
DescriptionFollow the Street's own Johnny Solitto on a journey through the financial capital of the world. Johnny knows the hell and glory of Wall Street only too well. After toiling a few years as a certified Public Accountant for Goldman Scahs & Company, he made h…
DescriptionMatt Seattle, a Sarasota stockbroker, befriends an older stock enthusiast, Joe Jesso. During one of their weekly Wednesday morning sessions, Joe announces he's gotten married. A week later, Joe dies. Believing Joe may have been the victim of a black widow, Matt hires an investigator to look into Joe's death. The investigator finds old Joe wasn't so innocent; he embezzled money from a drug cartel. Suddenly, Matt finds himself battling Joe's widow and her shyster lawyer who want his money, The National Association of Security Dealers who wants his broker's license, and, oh yes, the cartel who wants his life. It's enough to turn any bull into a bear.
