{"product_id":"trailblazers-heroes-crooks-stories-to-make-you-a-smarter-investor-hardback-9781394275922","title":"Trailblazers, Heroes, \u0026 Crooks; Stories to Make You a Smarter Investor (Hardback) 9781394275922","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTrailblazers, Heroes, \u0026amp; Crooks\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eStories to Make You a Smarter Investor\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStephen R. Foerster (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781394275922, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 September 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 16 x 2.8 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDevelop a sound investment philosophy based on lessons from history\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrailblazers, Heroes, and Crooks: Stories to Make You a Smarter Investor\u003c\/i\u003e is a highly entertaining and insightful look into key stories from history, teaching lessons about sound principles of investing, and controlling emotions and bias when managing your investment portfolio to help you become a stronger, more intelligent investor. Written by author and finance professor Stephen R. Foerster, this book spans from before the Middle Ages to the 2020s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSome of the stories in this book include:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCristiano Ronaldo taking two bottles of Coke off a table at a press conference, and ostensibly causing Coca-Cola's stock value to plunge $4 billion\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHarry Markopolos trying to develop a strategy similar to Bernie Madoff's, realizing his strategy was bogus, and spending a decade proving his case\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA hostage crisis in twelfth century Venice involving trumped-up charges, conflict, deceit, a plague, and an angry mob, leading to the birth of government bonds\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA salad oil swindle almost destroying American Express, prompting Warren Buffett to make one of the best stock investments ever\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor both experienced and novice investors, \u003ci\u003eTrailblazers, Heroes, and Crooks: Stories to Make You a Smarter\u003c\/i\u003e is a fun, accessible, and informative guide that through history shows, not tells, you how to develop an investment philosophy of guiding principles, and become a better investor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Did Ronaldo Move the Stock Market? 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 Masterly Inactivity: the Art of Not Acting 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 Opportunity Cost: Why Pay Bonilla Not to Play Baseball 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Madoff's Ponzi Scheme: Trust, but Verify Before Investing 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 How Investor Fomo Cost Newton a Fortune 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 Hetty Green, the Queen of Value Investing 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 Greed and Fear: Buffett and the Great Salad Oil Swindle 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 The Blank-check Company Scam 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 A Tennis Book and the Index Revolution 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 Why Swiss Bankers Bet on Young Lives 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 Bre-x: All That Glitters Isn’t Gold 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12 Autopilots Gone Wrong 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13 A Hostage Crisis and the Birth of Government Bonds 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14 A Revolutionary Innovation to Fight Inflation 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15 A Market Crash, Recovery, and Conspiracy Theories 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 241\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Finance \u0026amp; accounting [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Finance \u0026amp; accounting\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Finance%20\u0026amp;%20accounting%20%5BKF%5D%22\"\u003eKF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52474958741784,"sku":"9781394275922","price":19.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781394275922.jpg?v=1785801928","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/trailblazers-heroes-crooks-stories-to-make-you-a-smarter-investor-hardback-9781394275922","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}