Showing results by publisher "Macmillan Digital Audio" in Money & Finance

Why just be contrarian when you can bet against consensus and be right? Through a meta-analysis of what moves markets and what drives human behavior, New York Times bestselling author and founder of Verdad Advisers, Daniel Rasmussen cuts through the 60/40 portfolio, exposing where empirical...

Our relationship with money is one that lasts a lifetime. It can be as important as family life, as competitive as work, and as exciting and secretive as love. Yet books about money tend to take one of two routes: a) how to get more, or b) how to deal with less. This book turns these questions...

When you think about retirement, what comes to mind? Maybe it has something to do with stopping work, but should it? Whatever your plans for retirement are, do you know how to achieve them? Do you know how your pensions, ISAs, property and everything else will come together to deliver the...

Blending humour and behavioural economics, the New York Times bestselling author of Predictably Irrational delves into the truly illogical world of personal finance to help people better understand why they make bad financial decisions, and gives them the knowledge they need to make better ones...

We are entering a golden age of alternative investments. Alternative asset classes including private equity, hedge funds, catastrophe reinsurance, real assets, non-traditional credit, alternative risk premia, digital assets, collectibles, and other novel assets are now available to investors and...

Brutally honest and fearless, Poverty Safari is an unforgettable insight into modern Britain, and will change how you think about poverty. The Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller Winner of the Orwell Prize. Named the most 'Rebellious Read of the 21st Century' in a Scottish Book Trust poll Darren...

From China to India to Nigeria, e-commerce is entering a golden era in countries that were long left out of the e-commerce gold rush experienced in the West. If the story of the first twenty years of e-commerce’s growth was set in developed markets, the story of the next twenty years will be...

Most people spend their lives solving small problems—following rules they never question, chasing goals they didn’t choose, and accepting limits that don’t actually exist. If you’ve ever felt you were meant to play a bigger game, this book shows you how. In Counterintuitive, Naveen...

Through a blend of historical perspective, empirical evidence, and behavioral insight, The Perfect Portfolio reveals a fundamental truth: while we can see which portfolios thrived in the past, the best-performing portfolio of the future remains a mystery. That’s why this book emphasizes the...

Whether you’re paying off debt, want to build wealth, or change your financial lifestyle, The Savvy Spender is the ultimate guide to make, save, and grow your money, with confidence. Award-winning finance creator Megan Micklewright shares her straightforward and empowering approach to taking...

An easy and straightforward guide to mastering your money – from two trusted experts How much should you spend and how much should you save? Should you rent or buy? How much debt is too much? Which insurance policy is right for you? How do you choose the best investment product? If you’ve...

Would you like to be your own boss? To spend your days doing pretty much what you like – and get paid ten times as much as you used to for sitting at a laptop for someone who doesn't care about you? There's no doubt that being a financial trader is one of the best ways to achieve this. Robbie...

It's called personal finance for a reason. How can we use our income and wealth to make ourselves happier? What drives our financial decisions? How should we think about retirement and the financial markets? The answers to these questions vary for each of us. Join renowned financial writer...

'Timely, witty and wise - you could not ask for a better guide to the new economic order' Tim Harford, bestselling author of How to Make the World Add Up A witty, essential guide to our new era of economic competition. From Soumaya Keynes, podcaster and columnist at the Financial Times and Chad...

The Pro Retail Trader takes the approach used by pro traders and reframes it in a way that retail traders can use to be more successful. Steve Ruffley has spent half his life trading the markets. He trained as a professional and now defines himself as a pro retail trader. He has achieved wins...

Stop Waiting, Start Investing is a timeless guide to help you build long term wealth using the stock market with only 10 minutes of work. - Are you a complete beginner to investing, and have no idea where to begin? - Are you already investing but unsure if you're following the right approach? -...

We find ourselves at a crossroads. We all know that true wealth is about far more than money. Wealth is friends, family, health, a vocation, command of your time, leisure, and whatever else is important to you. And yet, we are all guilty of acting as if money alone is wealth and an end in itself...

The chief investment officers (CIOs) at endowments, foundations, family offices, pension funds, and sovereign wealth funds are the leaders in the world of finance. They marshal trillions of dollars on behalf of their institutions and influence how capital flows throughout the world. But these...

Say Thank You for Everything is a bullshit-free guide to management that shows you the right way to lead a business, inspired by Jim Edwards's experience of helping to transform a small unread blog into a business with 200 million readers and hundreds of employees, which finally sold for $442m...

What if you could change your life through investing in the stock market – without risking everything? Stock-picking is difficult – most lose in the long run. But it is also the best way to make life-altering returns in the markets. Justin Waite knows this from experience, having achieved 4...