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Ponzi’s Scheme The True Story of a Financial Legend


Free Download Mitchell Zuckoff, "Ponzi’s Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend"
English | 2005 | pages: 171 | ISBN: 0812968360, 1400060397 | EPUB | 1,0 mb
It was a time when anything seemed possible-instant wealth, glittering fame, fabulous luxury-and for a run of magical weeks in the spring and summer of 1920, Charles Ponzi made it all come true. Promising to double investors’ money in three months, the dapper, charming Ponzi raised the "rob Peter to pay Paul" scam to an art form. At the peak of his success, Ponzi was raking in more than $2 million a week at his office in downtown Boston. Then his house of cards came crashing down-thanks in large part to the relentless investigative reporting of Richard Grozier’s Boston Post. A classic American tale of immigrant life and the dream of success, Ponzi’s Scheme is the amazing story of the magnetic scoundrel who launched the most successful scheme of financial alchemy in modern history.

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Money Talks A Lifestyle Guide for Financial Wellbeing


Free Download Money Talks: A Lifestyle Guide for Financial Wellbeing by Ellie Austin-Williams
English | January 2, 2024 | ISBN: 1786787997 | 192 pages | PDF | 4.84 Mb
A feminist take on financial wellbeing which alleviates financial anxiety in millennials by tackling the areas in life where money and wellbeing intersect.

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ISE Financial Institutions Management A Risk Management Approach


Free Download ISE Financial Institutions Management: A Risk Management Approach by Marcia Millon Cornett Anthony Saunders
English | ISE | ISBN: 1266138226 | 960 pages | MOBI | 7.17 Mb
Saunders and Cornett’s Financial Institutions Management: A Risk Management Approach provides an innovative approach that focuses on managing return and risk in modern financial institutions. The central theme is that the risks faced by financial institutions managers and the methods and markets through which these risks are managed are becoming increasingly similar whether an institution is chartered as a commercial bank, a savings bank, an investment bank, or an insurance company. Although the traditional nature of each sector’s product activity is analyzed, a greater emphasis is placed on new areas of activities such as asset securitization, off-balance-sheet banking, and international banking.

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Global Financial Stability Report The Quest for Lasting Stability, April 2012


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2012 | 165 Pages | ISBN: 1616352477 | EPUB | 11 MB
The April 2012 Global Financial Stability Report assesses changes in risks to financial stability over the past six months, focusing on sovereign vulnerabilities, risks stemming from private sector deleveraging, and assessing the continued resilience of emerging markets. The report probes the implications of recent reforms in the financial system for market perception of safe assets, and investigates the growing public and private costs of increased longevity risk from aging populations.

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Five Steps to Finding a Financial Advisor You Can Trust What Questions to Ask, When to Ask Them


Free Download Five Steps to Finding a Financial Advisor You Can Trust: What Questions to Ask, When to Ask Them, Why They’re So Critical for a Worry-Free Retirement by Randy L. Thurman CFP® /PFS
English | July 18, 2023 | ISBN: 1642253219 | 172 pages | PDF | 5.14 Mb
You’ve worked hard and planned carefully so that one day you can retire comfortably.

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