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Causes and Effects of the Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy (123 KB, 26 pg) – I argue that the demise of Lehman Brothers is the result of its very aggressive leverage policy in the context of a major financial crisis. The roots of this crisis have to be found in bad regulation, lack of transparency, and market complacency brought about by several years of positive returns. Lehman’s bankruptcy lead to a reassessment of the risk, in the market for credit default swaps.
The Five Secrets to Boost Your Job Search (827 KB, 36 pg) – I want to tell you a personal story and share the 5 Secrets to Boost Your Job Search in a tough economy. I’ve learned the hard way. Although your background is different from mine, I am sure you will find job-hunting tips that will cut your job searching time in half. You’ll learn how to write a killer resume and get your resume picked from a stack of hundreds.
Study Book For Successful Foreign Exchange Dealing (6.62 MB, 69 pg) – If you ever wondered about the world of Forex trading here’s your guide. A complete packed and descriptive outlay on common to advanced trading techniques. Whether you are a seasoned veteran or a beginner you are sure to be something new in this great book.
The Success Principles (2.90 MB, 44 pg) – If you want to be successful, you have to take 100% responsibility for everything you experience in your life. From the level of your achievements to the results you produce, to your income, your debts…everything!
The Mystery of Banking (1.48 MB, 320 pg) – Although first published 25 years ago, Murray Rothbard’s The Mystery of Banking continues to be the only book that clearly and concisely explains the modern fractional reserve banking system, its origins, and its devastating effects on the lives of every man, woman, and child.
What Women Need to Know About Retirement (300 KB, 78 pg) – A project from the Heinz Family Philanthropies and The Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement, this 78 page e-Book covers the why, where, and what of retirement (and it’s not just for women!). Topics include: stocks, bonds, social security, and health care.
Phishing and Pharming: Helping Consumers Avoid Internet Fraud (387 KB, 8 pg) – The increase in online transactions has been accompanied by an increase in online identity theft. Fraudulent access to personal information over the Internet is increasingly prevalent and sophisticated. Two forms of identity theft are at the forefront of this Internet piracy: phishing and pharming.
Identity Theft and Your Social Security Number (218 KB, 8 pg) – Someone illegally using your Social Security number can steal your financial identity and your money. Find out how to prevent identify theft, how to report it if you suspect it, and if you can get a new Social Security number if you are a victim.
Privacy Choices for Your Personal Financial Information (77 KB, 6 pg) – A small booklet that explains your right to opt out of sharing some of your personal information and lists the types of information that financial companies can share about you. An interesting read for anyone wanting to know more on the subject of privacy.
Identity Theft (452 KB, 22 pg) – This booklet is designed to help you understand what identity theft is, how it happens, how to protect yourself, and what steps to take if your identity is stolen.
6 Tips to Small Business Success (159 KB, 15 pg) – It’s a tough business environment but there’s hope for the small business owner to succeed in 2010. We’ve compiled six tips to help you re-think the market and how to approach it in today’s developing market.
ID Theft: What It’s All About (611 KB, 36 pg) – A small information pamphlet from the FTC that details how thieves can steal your personal information and use it to commit fraud for long periods without your knowledge. Here’s how to protect yourself, and what to do if you are a victim.
What You Should Know About Buying Life Insurance (312 KB, 28 pg) – A quick 28 page pamphlet that describes various types of life insurance, with tips on choosing a company, an agent, and a policy that meets your needs.
Branding Your Way to Success (554 KB, 47 pg) – A very lengthy ebook about for anyone wanting to know how to more effectively brand their business, or learn more about branding. Also includes some general marketing tips as well. A good read for any aspiring entrepreneur.
Living Trust Offers (132 KB, 4 pg) – From the Federal Trade Commission, a small pamphlet to find out if living trusts are right for you and how to protect yourself from scams when planning your estate.
Estate Planning (50 KB, 9 pg) – Covers why a will is important and how to prepare one; how to estimate the size of your estate and minimize taxes; and how to set up powers of attorney and advance medical directives.
Warren Buffet Stock Picks Valuation (447 KB, 11 pg) – With Berkshire Hathaway disclosing their holdings in their
latest 2nd quarter 13-F, I thought it would be interesting to go through each position that is held and calculate the stock value in hopes of gaining some ideas.
Variable Annuities: What You Should Know (20.0 MB, 24 pg) – Explains what they are, how they work, what you have to pay, and questions to ask before you invest.
401(k) Plans (41 KB, 7 pg) – Explains what these plans are, what happens when you change employers, and what to do if you need the money before retirement.
Savings Fitness: A Guide to Your Money and Your Financial Future (3.12 MB, 16 pg) – Create your personal savings plan and prepare for retirement with this step-by-step guide.
Interest-Only Mortgage Payments and Payment-Option ARM’s: Are they for you? (2.74 MB, 17 pg) – Information to help you decide if an interest-only mortgage payment is right for you.
Know Before You Go… To Get a Mortgage (684 KB, 16 pg) – The purpose of this guide is to provide general mortgage information to consumers and to shed some light on the risks associated with today’s more complex mortgage offerings. It is by no means meant to counsel consumers to avoid certain products, but rather to alert them to potential risks, and encourage them to make informed decisions and to be aware that certain products may be appropriate for some borrowers but not for others.
Google’s Success (1.43 MB, 31 pg) – While other companies were busy cramming the most ads possible on their homepages or squeezing every last hour of productivity out of employees, Google created an enjoyable experience for every party involved in the company including users, employees, and investors. Google’s success has come as a direct result of keeping people happy.
Tools of the Trade: A Basic Guide to Financial Derivatives (2.05 MB, 15 pg) – This guide offers insight into when and how derivatives can be valuable tools for managing financial risk and focuses on pertinent questions to ask yourself and others before you or your company invests.
How the SIPC Protects You (3.22 MB, 32 pg) – If your brokerage firm closes due to bankruptcy or other financial difficulties, the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) works to return your assets. Find out what SIPC does and does not cover.
101 Tips For Selling Your Home Yourself! (181 KB, 61 pg) – So….you’d like to sell your house? Great! Everyone’s doing it. But this is your first time and you’ll be doing the sale yourself. Nervous? Of course! Don’t worry! In this book, we’ve collected important tips for you – the first timer – all 101 of them, in fact.
Eat That Frog! 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time (318 KB, 28 pg) – There is never enough time to do everything you have to do. You are literally swamped with work and personal responsibilities, projects, stacks of magazines to read, and piles of books you intend to get to one of these days—as soon as you get caught up with everything.
Questions and Answers for First Time Homebuyers (105 KB, 21 pg) – Congratulations on your decision to find out more about owning your own home! Homeownership is a bedrock American value. Once you own your own home, you join the ranks of people who are using their money to build equity, home value, with each mortgage payment.
Marketing in Tough Times 20 No-Cost Ideas (1.2 MB, 23 pg) – Unless you’ve been ignoring all media you’re probably painfully aware that pundits and experts alike are predicting a long recession, many saying it will last through 2009 and likely beyond. But it’s no time to panic or pull back on marketing. In fact, marketing is more important than ever.
Alternative Marketing Techniques for Entrepreneurs (119 KB, 32 pg) – Owner-managers of start-ups and small businesses have a long hill to climb. In order for the business to generate sufficient revenues – let alone be successful – managers must get the word out to the buying public. The entrepreneur must creatively marshal limited resources to promote, sell, and distribute the product.
Twitter Brand Perception Study (299 KB, 13 pg) – An interesting survey of 208 Twitter Users on how they feel about brands and the companies that use Twitter.
The State of PR, Marketing, and Communications: You are the Future (998 KB, 33 pg) – While the communications industry has iterated with every new technological advancement over the last century, including broadcast mediums and Web 1.0, none however, have forced complete transparency prior to the proliferation of the Read/Write Web aka The Social Web aka Web 2.0.
Secrets of Successful Traders (914 KB, 56 pg) – Here it is! Some of the most valuable trading insights for winning in today’s “tough markets”are waiting to be discovered in this book. This is your opportunity to “learn from the Pro’s.” So get ready to collect the latest strategies and tips on critical topics facing traders today.
Growing Your Social Network (28 MB, 19 pg) – The white paper is for marketers interested in digital marketing and growing their brand’s social network. The paper contains real case studies of successful social networks, which gives you a perspective of how others did it.
Guide to Branding (3.2 MB, 29 pg) – As markets become more competitive, and clients become more demanding, organizations must work harder to secure their fundamental relationships. Building distinctive relationships with their clients and stakeholders is what branding is about, whatever the market, whoever the client. The brand is the marketer’s most advanced emotional tool. It combines and reinforces the functional and emotional benefits of the offering, adding value, encouraging consumption and loyalty.
How Forex Trading Works (224 KB, 14 pg) – Currency trading is mainly about buy and sell activities. Currencies are traded on a price interest point (normally called pip) system. Every currency pair has their own pip value. The objective of a trader is to hold as many profitable pips as possible. Some pip values are fixed, but some can fluctuate depends on the currency gain or loses strength.
Six Sins of Greenwashing (1.35 MB, 15 pg) – The recent surge of environmental awareness in North America is unmistakable. It has been documented by many researchers and widely reported in the popular press. The rise in “green” marketing claims has also been well documented. Less studied is the apparent increase in “greenwashing” – false or misleading green marketing claims.
Top 20 Brokers for Individual Investors (1.30 MB, 29 pg) – Today, the brokerage industry truly has something to offer every customer. Yet, choosing the right broker from the more than 100 (according to Yahoo!) online discount brokers is often frustrating and confusing. Over the past few years, the financial media have written many articles about online investing, but they seem to stop short of an investor’s goal: Finding the best broker for you.
Banking Basics (721 KB, 44 pg) – From the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, this e-Book provides an introduction to banking for young people that answers many basic questions: What is a bank? What makes one type of account different from another? Why do banks fail and what happens when they do?
How Goldman Sachs Pumped and Dumped the U.S. Economy (499 KB, 27 pg) – From tech stocks to high gas prices, Goldman Sachs has engineered every major manipulation since the Great Depression – and even worse they’re about to do it again.
Introduction to Insurance (145 KB, 64 pg) – Everything you every wanted to know about insurance from life insurance, to general insurance, insurance market scenario, emerging trends in insurance, jobs in insurance, insurance websites, and finally an insurance glossary.
Political Theory: An Introduction (245 KB, 16 pg) – An interesting look into the reasons for political theory.
The Creation of Conscious Culture Through Educational Innovation (516 KB, 16 pg) – The Secrets of Market-Driven Leaders: How technology company CEOs create success (but why most fail).
Trading for a Living in the Forex Market (1.75 MB, 75 pg) – Common knowledge about the trading on Forex, Major currencies and trade systems, Fundamental analysis by trading on Forex, Technical analysis, Fibonacci constants and Elliott wave theory.
Pathways to Getting Ahead (882 KB, 48 pg) – A very good booklet, this guide is targeted to young adults, and aims to spur thinking about the importance of asset building in their personal lives and about how larger policy decisions impact the choices they make.
Taking Control of Your Finances (1.3 MB, 12 pg) – Another handy guide from the FDIC that’s geared toward young adults from those still in school to just starting a career or a family. Learn the right ways to save and manage money, and how to avoid some common mistakes people make with their cash flow.
Consumer’s Almanac (562 KB, 32 pg) – Organize your expenses, save for the future, and manage your credit with monthly calendars and worksheets.
Ten Questions to Ask When Choosing a Financial Planner (347 KB, 14 pg) – A straight-forward brochure from the Certified Financial Planners on 10 questions you should ask when you look for a financial planner — an important decision that should be accompanied by important questions.
Building a Better Credit Report (235 KB, 24 pg) – Learn how to legally improve your credit report, how to deal with debt, how to spot credit-related scams, and more.
SHOP: The Credit Card You Pick Can Save You Money (1.15 MB, 13 pg) – This consumer awareness brochure provides tips on picking the right credit card that meets your spending and repayment habits. It focuses on key costs and terms to consider such as the annual percentage rate (APR), the cash advances, the annual fee, and the grace period, to name a few.
66 Ways to Save Money (241 KB, 12 pg) – One of the classic publications with over two million copies distributed. It details practical ways to cut everyday costs on transportation, insurance, banking, credit, housing, utilities, food, and more in one complete e-book.
Get the Facts on Saving and Investing (7.0 MB, 32 pg) – From the SEC. A road map to start you on a journey to financial security through saving and investing. Use this guide helpful tips and worksheets for calculating net worth, income, and expenses.
