Finance & Accounting Books

This updated and revised edition of the bestselling The Complete Guide to Residential Property Investment in New Zealand is a crucial read for all property investors whether you are considering property investment for the first time, a new investor or have been investing for a while. Property in...

The classic bestseller by Benjamin Graham, "The Intelligent Investor" has taught and inspired hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. Since its original publication in 1949, Benjamin Graham's book has remained the most respected guide to investing, due to his timeless philosophy of &quo...

After 25 years, the Turtles come out of their shells "I could teach a turtle to trade." While sightseeing at a turtle farm, legendary commodities trader Richard Dennis bet Bill Eckhardt that great traders didn't have to be born-they could be taught. To settle the wager, they recruited 23 individuals...

This book has been written as an authoritative text on New Zealand property investment. Its goal is to inform investors and inspire and teach would-be investors about how investing in property the right way can make for an improved life. There have been numerous changes to legislation recently, r...

In this astounding account, Wall Streets notorious bad boy leads us through a hotly paced from his early rise to power to the FBI raid on his estate to the endless indictments at his arrest, to struggling to find a way to salvage his self respect.

Day trading is highly profitable, and highly tumultuous. Moreover, the financial markets have changed considerably in recent years. Bear markets, skyrocketing home values, and a burgeoning demand for commodities have all contributed to roller-coaster stock prices. To top it off, the operating proced...

Frequently not enough attention is given to producing a comprehensive business case or to producing an economic justification for an information systems investment. In fact many organizations are not clear as to what constitutes a sound business case and how to go about producing one. This Professio...

'We fed the monster until it blew up ...' While Wall Street was busy creating the biggest credit bubble of all time, a few renegade investors saw it was about to burst, bet against the banking system - and made a fortune. From the jungles of the trading floor to the casinos of Las Vegas, this is the...

If you are serious about saving and investing, you simply must own shares. This revised and updated edition of Martin Hawes' bestselling book on shares has been written to help both novice and experienced investors. Anyone can make money from the sharemarket and Martin shows us everythi...

Many of us put off thinking about tax and business issues as 'just too hard'. The result is that we remain unaware of opportunities to make the system work for us, rather than the other way around. In Smart Money, two experts in their field have written an easy-to-read and practical book on tax issu...

This outstanding reference has already taught thousands of traders the concepts of technical analysis and their application in the futures and stock markets. Covering the latest developments in computer technology, technical tools, and indicators, the second edition features new material on candlest...

By day he made thousands of dollars a minute. By night he spent it as fast as he could, on drugs, sex, and international globe-trotting. From the binge that sunk a 170-foot motor yacht, crashed a Gulfstream jet, and ran up a $700,000 hotel tab, to the wife and kids who waited for him for at home, an...

This is an innovative book on investing from The Motley Fool that shows readers how to build a seven-figure portfolio with a proven market-beating approach. Their latest effort comes on the heels of the experimental and wildly successful "Motley Fool Million Dollar Portfolio" - a one-of-a-...

By day…he made thousands of dollars a minute. By night…he spent it as fast as he could on drugs, sex and travel. From the binge that sank a 170-foot motor yacht, crashed a Gulfstream jet, and ran up a $700,000 hotel tab; to the wife and kids who waited for him at home; and the fast-tal...

In the midst of the most serious financial upheaval since the Great Depression, legendary financier George Soros explores the origins of the crisis and its implications for the future. Soros, whose breadth of experience in financial markets is unrivaled, places the current crisis in the context of d...

They amassed unimaginable fortunes and would stop at nothing to make a deal, until their titanic egos started to jeopardize everything. This is the astonishing story of Lazard Freres, the world's most elite and legendary investment bank -- and the men who reigned over it all. For over 150 years Laza...

The Richest Man in Babylon : The Original Version, Restored and Revised Travel back in time as George S. Clason takes you back to Babylon in his enlightening, insightful book on financial investment and fiscal success. The original version now restored and revised, this series of delightful short st...

Buffett is back ...and better than before! A decade has passed since the book that introduced the world to Warren Buffett ---- The Warren Buffett Way by Robert Hagstrom ---- first appeared. That groundbreaking book spent 21 weeks on the New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestseller list and sold ov...

From mere trainee to lowly geek, to triumphal Big Swinging Dick: that was Michael Lewis' pell-mell progress through the dealing rooms of Salomon Brothers in New York and London during the heady mid-1980s when they were probably the world's most powerful and profitable merchant bank. A true-life Bonf...

Everyone wants to succeed in life. But what causes some of us to be more successful than others? Is it really down to skill and strategy - or something altogether more unpredictable? This book is the word-of-mouth sensation that will change the way you think about business and the world. It is all a...

The difference between investing successfully and unsuccessfully is huge. Why do some investors succeed while others fail? The answer is knowledge. Knowledge takes the chance out of investing. It is being aware of the big picture, of what drives investment markets. Knowledge will see you maximise th...

Picking up where Liar's Poker left off (literally, in the bond dealer's desks of Salomon Brothers) the story of Long-Term Capital Management is of a group of elite investors who believed they could beat the market and, like alchemists, create limitless wealth for themselves and their partners. Foun...

The Original 1949 Edition. Benjamin Graham's classic best seller on value investing has taught and inspired hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. This reissue of the pure, unadulterated 1949 text by Graham offers the investing principles as he originally laid them out - principles that continue...

In the 1990s Jordan Belfort became one of the most infamous names in American finance: a brilliant, conniving stock-chopper.He was THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, whose life of greed, power and excess was so outrageous it could only be true: no one could make this up!But the day Jordan was arrested and tak...

Revised and updated to reflect all sorts of market conditions, this Australian sharemarket classic shows busy baby boomers how to grow their portfolios using a professional investor's low-risk tried and tested techniques, without having to pay a broker or fund manager big bucks, and without the risk...

Take advantage of the bestfeatures of these versatilederivatives CFDs enable you to have control over a wide variety of financial products for just a fraction of their underlying value. But with their potential for higher return also comes higher risk. CFDs For Dummies gives you clear advice on how ...

Troubled economic times call for recession-proof, reliable trading advice. CD included. In today's volatile market, the most reliable way of anticipating when to invest is the technical analysis of market patterns. Here, a veteran trader and technical analysis software specialist shares his decade...

An insightful examination of the skills needed to be a proactive investor and find diverse investment opportunities in the emerging economy There is no little league on Wall Street and no white belts. Here or abroad, you are put in immediately with the black belts -- the best and the brightest. Thin...

Insightful, engaging and refreshingly free of financial jargon, this indispensable guide makes use of lessons from the past - the 'unwritten laws' that have stood the test of time - to help you get ahead. While most financial and investment advice focuses on recent trends, or encourages consumers to...

- A fascinating and practical manual: Looking at the ways we spend, save, borrow, invest, and waste money, Gary Belsky and Thomas Gilovich reveal the psychology underlying irrational financial behavior. Entertaining case studies illustrate common patterns of thinking and show readers how changing th...

Traders Guns and Money is a wickedly comic expose of the culture, games and pure deceptions played out every day in trading rooms around the world. And played out with other people's money. A sensational insider's view of the business of trading and marketing derivatives, this revised edition explai...

Burley found that the books on money either went one of two ways. They were either too technical that once you were done reading them, you had to do a bunch of research in order to even begin, or they were very motivational but didn't tell you what to actually do. Money Secrets Of The Rich strives t...

A detailed look at how, and why, the American financial system has reached its current state Today's economy and capital markets are faced with the long-term buildup of public and private credit. Furthermore, we face higher taxes, greater spending, and more debt. We are now at a critical crossroads...

The biography of the world's richest man and the only book on Warren Buffett that has his full cooperation. 'Life is like a snowball. The important thing is finding wet snow and a really long hill.' - Warren Buffett Warren Buffett is the world's richest man, worth an estimated USD$62 billion. ...

Despite financial turmoil, Goldman Sachs remain the leading investment bank in their field. They are notorious for their unique management culture, unorthodox recruiting techniques - and for their secrecy. In "The Partnership" Charles Ellis reveals their story. With unparalleled access to ...

"Applying International Financial Reporting Standards, 2nd Edition", has been thoroughly updated to reflect the varied and numerous developments in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs). The expert knowledge and authoritative explanations of the author team have resulted in t...

In this excellent guide, now fully revised and updated, leading financial journalist Philip Coggan cuts through the headlines, the scandals and the jargon to explain the nuts and bolts of the financial system. 'A marvellously clear account of the City and all the modern financial developments' Bu...

On 9 August 2007, France's largest bank announced that it had to suspend trading in two huge investment funds it controlled. The same day three German banks revealed that they were close to collapse. A few days later came the first run on a British bank since the 1860s as vast queues of worried inve...

The financial markets have changed considerably since "A Beginner's Guide to Short-Term Trading" was first published in January 2002. The dot.com implosion, a two-year bear market, wars in the Middle East, a burgeoning demand for commodities, and a softening real estate market have all contributed t...

"My Advice? Go back to Graham and do your best to take it from there."--Business Week A classic. Those words can be applied without equivocation to the Security Analysis of 1934. This book secured Benjamin Graham's stature as a Wall Street immortal. The carefully honed methods for finding ...