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  Can You Profit From Nassim Taleb's Black Swans?

Q: What do you think of the Black Swan theory? The book…advises us to put 90% of our portfolio in ultra-safe assets, and 10% in speculative/hedged investment that is supposed to profit handsomely when the market crashes...

 
  Are You Hoping to Someday Retire or Are You Nearing Retirement?
Even if you're not over 50 years of age, you'll benefit from this excerpt of the newly released Personal Finance for Seniors for Dummies
  Married to Distraction: Restoring Intimacy and Strengthening Your Marriage in an Age of Interruption
Dr. Edward Hallowell, a leading mental health expert, provides tips for strengthening marriages
  Paying for College Without Going Broke
Kal Chany's book, Paying for College Without Going Broke, could easily save you thousands if not tens of thousands of dollars.
  Your Credit Score: How to Improve the 3-Digit Number That Shapes Your Financial Future
A good credit score saves you big bucks when borrowing and getting insurance (and can help in other ways too)
  The Best Financial Books Are Well Worth the Price
The problem is in identifying and separating the best from the rest and publishers make that job difficult for lay people
  Flashback: 10 Years Ago I Warned About the Looming Tech Stock Bubble
An easy call to make but Jim Cramer said the opposite

 
  The 20 Essential Principles for Sound Personal Financial Management
Inside perspectives from my work as a personal financial counselor as summarized in my best-selling book Personal Finance for Dummies
  Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
What leads to extraordinary success? New Yorker staff writer Malcolm Gladwell, a former business and science writer for the Washington Post, claims to have the answers.  
  Economic Growth Bad for Stock Market Returns?
Jeremy Siegel's classic book Stocks for the Long Run offers up some surprising insights on how to boost your stock market returns.
  Stocks for the Long Run by Jeremy Siegel, Part II
In this book summary, we examine Siegel's take on how to value stocks and how investors compare stocks and bonds as investment alternatives.
  One of the All-Time Best Investment Books
Jeremy Siegel's Stocks for The Long Run, now in its 4th edition, is one of the best investment books ever...
  Enough. True Measures of Money, Business and Life.
Vanguard Group founder John Bogle has a new book which reflects upon the investing world, the business world, and society at large. "Rarely do so few pages provoke so much thought," says David Swensen, Chief Investment Officer, Yale University.
  Stock Market Profits From Fastest Growing Economies

Professor Jeremy Siegel's Stocks for the Long Run is a rare, outstanding investing book. One of its most insightful chapters details how the global economy will morph in the decades ahead. Here are the key takeaway messages regarding making money overseas.
 

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