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The Go-Go Years – Wiley Investment Classics
The Go-Go Years is the harrowing and humorous story of the growth stocks of the 1960s and how their meteoric rise caused a multitude of small investors to thrive until the devastating market crashes in the 1970s. It was a time when greed drove the market and fast money was being made and lost as the “go-go” stocks surged and plunged. Included are the stories of such high-profile personalities as H. Ross Perot who lost $450 million in one day, Saul Steinberg’s attempt to take over Chemical Bank, and the fall of America’s “Last Gatsby,
The Code Breaker Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
This is one of the highly recommended books by Bill Gates. It embarks on giving the layman a better comprehension of the opportunities and potential for gene editing.
“The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a gripping account of how the pioneering scientist Jennifer Doudna, along with her colleagues and rivals, launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and enhance our children”–.
Principles for Dealing with The Changing Order
“A provocative read…There are few tomes that coherently map such broad economic histories as well as Mr Dalio’s. Perhaps more unusually, Mr Dalio has managed to identify metrics from that history that can be applied to understand today.” –Andrew Ross Sorkin, The New York Times
With an astounding reputation as the founder of the largest hedge fund, Bridgewater, with a compounded return of 11.5% over the past 28 years. Ray Dalio covers the historical events over the past 500 years in this book and having a better understanding of economic history does help in our investment. It does not repeat wholesale but it does rhyme. More importantly, Dalio tries to give us a guide to what is likely to unfold in the immediate future.
Red Roulette
‘THE BOOK CHINA DOESN’T WANT YOU TO READ’ CNN
In the headline-making and bestselling tradition of Bill Browder’s Red Notice comes a unique and incendiary memoir from an entrepreneur who rose to the zenith of power and money in 21st century China and whose wife was disappeared – and then mysteriously reappeared four years later on the eve of Red Roulette’s publication and global media coverage about it.
A great read to gain an in-depth insight into how things run in China. With China going more inbound with its recent regulations, there are useful nuggets of knowledge that we could gain from this book to navigate the current volatile environment.
Investing For Growth- How to make money by only buying the best companies in the world
Buy good companies. Don’t overpay. Do nothing. Some people love to make successful investing seem more complicated than it really is. In this anthology of essays and letters were written between 2010-20, leading fund manager Terry Smith delights in debunking the many myths of investing – and making the case for simply buying the best companies in the world.
The result is a powerful compounding of returns that is almost impossible to beat. Most have survived the Great Depression and two world wars.
Terry Smith is often referred to as “the English Warren Buffett”. Fundsmith did a CAGR of 18.4% since 2010.
The 100 Year Life
Does the thought of working for 60 or 70 years fill you with dread? Or can you see the potential for a more stimulating future as a result of having so much extra time? Many of us have been raised on the traditional notion of a three-stage approach to our working lives: education, followed by work and then retirement. But this well-established pathway is already beginning to collapse – life expectancy is rising, final-salary pensions are vanishing, and increasing numbers of people are juggling multiple careers. Whether you are 18, 45 or 60, you will need to do things very differently from previous generations and learn to structure your life in completely new ways. The 100-Year Life is here to help.
Richer, Wiser, Happier
Love For Imperfect Things
The Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller
From the author of the phenomenal multi-million copy bestseller The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down
“Hearing the words ‘be good to yourself first, then to others’ was like being struck by lightning.”
Many of us respond to the pressures of life by turning inwards and ignoring problems, sometimes resulting in anxiety or depression. Others react by working harder at work, at school or at home, hoping that this will make ourselves and the people we love happier.
But what if being yourself is enough? Just as we are advised on airplanes to take our own oxygen first before helping others, we must first be at peace with ourselves before we can be at peace with the world around us.
