Understanding South African Financial Markets By Cecilia van Zyl; Ziets Botha; Peter Skerritt; Ingrid Goodspeed, 3rd edition, 2009 The South African financial markets comprise a range of activities, participants and instruments. Conceptually, they are concerned with two principal sets of activities: the transfer and trading of money or other financial claims, and the transfer and … Continue reading
Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington and the Education of a President. The hidden history of Wall Street and the White House comes down to a single, powerful, quintessentially American concept: confidence. Both centers of power, tapping brazen innovations over the past three decades, learned how to manufacture it. Until August 2007, when that confidence finally … Continue reading
Reckless Endangerment By Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosne The New York Times’s Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist reveals how the financial meltdown emerged from the toxic interplay of Washington, Wall Street, and corrupt mortgage lenders In Reckless Endangerment, Gretchen Morgenson, the star business columnist of The New York Times, exposes how the watchdogs who were supposed to … Continue reading
Have you ever wondered what makes a difference in people’s lives? Why do some people climb the corporate ladder faster than others? It isn’t always an inborn intelligence or talent or dedication. It isn’t that one person wants success and the other doesn’t. The difference lies in what each person knows and how he or … Continue reading
The Devil’s Casino: Friendship, Betrayal and the High Stakes Games Played Inside Lehman Brothers By Vicky Ward They were the Rat Pack of Wall Street. Four close friends: one a decorated war hero, one an emotional hippie, and two regular guys with big hearts, big dreams, and noble aims. They were going to get rich … Continue reading