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Take on the Street: What Wall Street

and Corporate America Don't Want

You to Know[pdf]

Former SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt takes

investors through the seedy world of high

powered people who move markets. Few

ever see the realities at this level. The

battles fought at the top of the financial

markets show us that there is no such

thing as a "random walk."

Contrary Opinion[pdf]

Hadady explains why contrarians win

more often and how to use the futures

market to mathematically determine the

degree of bullish sentiment.

The Wave Principle of Human Social

Behavior and the New Science of

Socionomics[pdf]

Prechter provides an intriguing and  

fascinating explanation of why herding

behavior exerts such a strong pull on

investors at all levels of the game.

Bailout: An Insiders Account[pdf]

Irvine Sprague, former chairman and

director of the FDIC gives an authorative

account of bank risks and bank failures.

Moral hazard is plain to see.

Financial Shenanigans[pdf]

Accounting fraud is commonplace in

corporate America today. This book

exposes common accounting practices

that obscure and inflate earnings.

When Genius Failed:The Rise & Fall of

Long-Term Capital Management[pdf]

This book sheds light on the dangers of

the heavily leveraged derivatives market

and heavy reliance on diversification and

past volatilities as a means to reduce and

forecast risk.

Buffett:The Making of An American

Capitalist[pdf]

"Buffett's rare ability to separate his

emotions from the Dow was a big part of

his success. In the sixties, when he had

been making tons of money, he had been

full of fearful prophecies. But now, with his

portfolio underwater, he was salivating.

Writing to Berkshire's shareholders, his

optimism was evident."

The Art of Short Selling[pdf]

"Academic research on speculative

bubbles shows what short sellers have

known for centuries: Evidence exists that

bubbles form and then collapse." pg.6

The (Mis)Behavior of Markets[pdf]

Benoit Mandelbrot, discoverer of fractal

geometry, shows how the standard

models of finance are flawed.

Extraordinary Popular Delusions &

the Madness of Crowds[pdf]

Charles Mackay recounts the tendencies

of men to go mad in herds and recover

their senses one by one.

A History of Money and Banking in

the United States[pdf]

Murray Rothbard's passion for detail

makes his writings some of the

best on our nations monetary history.

You will also understand the major

role that government intervention has

played in the banking system.