Mutual Fund Masters: A Revealing Look Into the Minds and Strategies of Wall Street's Best and Brightest

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Mutual Fund Masters provides readers with dozens of insights and techniques that they can apply to their own personal portfolios. Most importantly, Griffeth highlights the enduring principles that are the foundation of investment success. A brilliant follow-up to Bill Griffith's 10 Steps to Financial Prosperity, Mutual Fund Masters provides investors with everything they need to know to make the most of their mutual fund investments. Some of the fund managers interviewed include: Phillip Carret; Sophia Collier; Palomba Weingarten; Tom Herzfeld; Don Philips; John Bogle; Jeff Vinik; Kenneth Heebner; Bill Berger; Mark Mobius.

Bill Griffeth interviews the mututal fund masters: A revealing look into the minds & strategies of Wall Street's best & brightest

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Bill Griffeth interviews the mututal fund masters: A revealing look into the minds & strategies of Wall Street's best & brightest
Bill Griffeth
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The Mutual Fund Masters, a Revealing Look Into the Minds & Strategies of Wall Street's Best & Brightest.

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The Mutual Fund Masters, a Revealing Look Into the Minds & Strategies of Wall Street's Best & Brightest.
Bill. Griffeth
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Simplistic Guide in a Complicated Process!

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"The richest people in the world learn to buy and sell businesses, not work for them."

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Excellent Primer for Budding Entrepreneurs

How to Buy and Sell a Business: How You Can Win in the Business Quadrant (Rich Dad's Advisors)
Garrett Sutton , and Robert T. Kiyosaki
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Owning your own business may sound like paradise, but being the owner also means taking the responsibility for the business's health. Now, Garrett Sutton gives potential business owners the practical information they need to fulfill their dream of owning their own business.

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Simplistic Guide in a Complicated Process!.......2007-06-27

'How to Buy & Sell a Business' by Garrett Sutton is a very enjoyable read on what really is a complicated subject. It is written with the assumption (I assume) that one is completely new to the process of buying a business and a first-time seller of an existing business.

Written in very easy-to-understand language, Sutton has divided up the processes of buying and selling a business into chapters with case studies presented and key points to look for and/or execute as you are buying and selling your business. Some points and pages worth noting are as follows:

Pg(s) 98 - 107: Valuation of a business is very complicated. It involves everything from the FMV of assets, intellectual property, current and potential revenue, accurate accounting and finance, and of course goodwill. There are books written that cover this topic by itself and Sutton does a good job in outlining the basic concepts of valuation. His coverage of the three principles of valuation (future benefits, substitution, and alternatives) are informative though brief. He manages to provide the IRS-recommend approach to valuing a business as well, which is of course very important.

Pg(s) 114 - 116: The negotiation phase of buying a business next to valuing the business and reviewing accounting and finance records is arguably where it comes down to (along with the ability to obtain the needed financing). Negotiations is an art with a lot of science involved. Specific to Sutton's work the section on Representations and Warranties should prove helpful from a broad view on things to look for when negotiating on the other side of the table.

Pg(s) 120 - 123: Covers structure and the pros and cons of an asset sale versus a stock sale. He manages to cover both pretty well and covers the concept of indemnification, which is often overlooked when one buys and sells a business. The stock versus asset structure is very complicated, but Sutton manages to point out high-level concerns you may have.

Pg(s) 131 - 134: Covers financing structure. Financial structuring can be the key (along with terms) on rather a deal is even "do-able." These pages point out quick-cut ways to obtain the money (at least where to look) while giving you some common sense approaches to obtaining the financing and to have sources of funds compete for your business. A strong section within the above pages is the discussion on convertible securities as a form of payment - common in large-scale sales of businesses (corporate and private), but may be overlooked by smaller businesses owners and prospective buyers.

The case studies are very entertaining (at least to read) and put the chapters in perspective. This book is not designed to be a standalone guide to buying and selling a business, but to give you a quick overview of the process as you proceed forward in buying or selling your business. It is not fluff as many would assume from the Rich Dad's Advisors (TM) book series. Also, Dianne Kennedy's chapter may make your eyes glaze, but this chapter is a must even if you are seasoned at buying and selling small businesses - yes, it covers the tax strategies and consequences. As an managing partner of a capital funding group that specializes in assisting small to medium size business owners obtain cash for their businesses, I see small oversights and mistakes that are made by buyers and sellers of businesses that if one thought about in the beginning would make the buying or selling of businesses a more pleasant experience. That's the key to my review recommendation: You will finish this book with some knowledge and/or key reminders especially if you are a novice at buying or selling a business.

In summary: If you're new to the buying and selling of a business - this book is strongly recommend. If you're a current business owner, but it's been a while since you bought or sold a business - this book is recommend for a quick review prior to going to your team of professionals. If you're a seasoned buyer and seller of businesses this read will be too basic for you. If you work with businesses as a professional adviser - this book is strongly recommended.

Good Advice.......2006-09-23

This book is great for anyone that is just starting off in the business realm. I'll assume that whose who gave bad reviews on this book are people who already have a good amount of expereince in the business world. For them this book is just too basic of information that they already know. I, on the other hand, am just starting out in the world of business. I am 21 years old and this book was perfect for me in teaching me the basics and where I need to go to get some of the information I need. This book was also very motivating for someone starting off like myself. I recommend this book to anyone and everyone that wishes to begin learning about what it takes to buy and sell a business.

"The richest people in the world learn to buy and sell businesses, not work for them.".......2006-04-07

The most motivational part of the book is in the forward when Robert Kiyosaki quotes his rich dad, "The richest people in the world learn to buy and sell businesses, not work for them."

What the book lacks in motivation it makes up for in facts and detail. I would say it's more for someone that has already decided to buy a business and is working through the details than someone looking for the motivation to make that leap from an employee to a business owner.

There is a great Henry Ford quote, "Never complain, never explain."

The topics covered are basic in a business 101 type of layout, sort of like a text book, but well worth pushing yourself through for the basic knowledge you'll get.

Get the foundation with this book then move on to some biographies of business whirlwinds who give you the real drive and push to start doing deals.

By Kivin Kingston author of, A 20,000% Gain in Real Estate: A True Story About the Ups And Downs from Wall Street to Real Estate Leading Up to Phenomenal Returns

My Blog: bloglines.com/blog/KevinKingston

beware of reviewers.......2006-02-11

I find Michaels review disturbing that in the end he points you to his web page that is tempting, tantalizing and then he wants the routing numbers to your check book. What a guy! If he is not really a lawyer, it sounds like he has all the makings!

Keg

Excellent Primer for Budding Entrepreneurs.......2005-08-26

Excellent primer for the budding entrepreneur thinking of buying or selling a business. Will help the novice engage in intelligent conversation with his or her team of experts as well as with the prospective buyer or seller. If you want to get top dollar when you sell your house, you take the time to fix it up and know the market...same goes for a business. Consult with the expert as Mr. Sutton has proven to be time and time again.

Supply Chain Imperative, The: How to Ensure Ethical Behavior in Your Global Suppliers

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Supply Chain Imperative, The: How to Ensure Ethical Behavior in Your Global Suppliers
Dale Neef
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Companies in every industry have shown an admirable new commitment to higher ethical standards and have worked hard to build or restore solid reputations and stakeholder trust. But all their best efforts may be undermined if the many links in their supply chains do not follow suit.

The Supply Chain Imperative helps companies avoid costly litigation and potentially devastating injury to reputation brought on by violations of law and ethical norms. The author has created a framework any business can use for monitoring, reporting, and improving performance of suppliers on environmental, social, and other issues. It ensures that the company's ethical mandate is understood and implemented along the entire length of the chain. This timely book clarifies:

* The importance of maintaining an ethical supply chain * The new rules, problems, and responsibilities that businesses now face * Strategic concerns * How to use information technology in the ethical supply chain program * How to make the business case for action * And more

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Was können wir noch einsparen? Intelligenz ist sehr teuer! Akademiker kosten Unsummen! Die Arbeitsabläufe sind zu kompliziert. Ungeheuerliche Mengen an Intelligenz werden an Probleme verschwendet, die ihrerseits durch übermäßige Intelligenz erzeugt worden sind. Lean Brain Management strebt kompromisslose Lean Brain Quality an. Lean Brain steht für konsequentes Einsparen von Intelligenz in allen Lebensbereichen: intelligente Systeme werden nur noch von Hilfskräften bedient. Bildung, Universitäten, Schulen können entfallen. Eine Woche Anlernen reicht für fast jeden Job. ("Sie sind jetzt der Arzt für Masern in Hessen. Auf Anrufe schicken Sie dieses Rezept.")

Lean Brain zielt nicht auf Verdummung! Lean Brain kommt nur mit ganz wenig zentraler Intelligenz aus. Die Einsparpotentiale gehen in die Billionen! Das wird am Beispiel Deutschlands gezeigt.

Dueck legt mit diesem Buch einen radikalen Weltverbesserungsvorschlag vor. Das nichtendenwollende Lachen darüber wird in allen Hälsen stecken. Das Buch enthält konkrete Ratschläge für Manager zum Intelligenzsparen und ist deshalb – auch dem Thema angemessen – leicht verständlich geschrieben. Es enthält keinerlei Selbstzweifel.

Lean Brain Management: More Success and Efficiency by Saving Intelligence

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Lean Brain Management: More Success and Efficiency by Saving Intelligence
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Since many years, all the managers are frantically cost cutting to save their souls. What can be saved additionally? This book provides a new gold mine: Save intelligence! Don’t pay high salaries to white collar academics anymore. Start to organize all your enterprise work flow in the manner of no-brainers. If all the work is utmost stupidified and simplified, the modern enterprise can even try to educate its customers to do all the necessary work themselves – for the honor of a platinum status, say. The lean brain enterprise delivers lean brain quality without any compromise.

Today’s work is very complicated – most people waste their time fixing work flow problems which have been originated by superfluous intelligence. Lean Brain Management avoids intelligence in all facets of our life. This book advises to transform the society. Minimal intelligence in politics, universities, schools, economics, and everywhere! It is completely sufficient that any human can talk about any topic in the world – after 30 minutes googling and typing three to five presentation slides in another 30 minutes.

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Supply Chain Management

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Based on in-depth interviews with top supply chain executives in twenty companies and a thorough review of supply chain management research, Supply Chain Management presents a comprehensive model of supply chain management. Contributors, all supply chain experts with real world experience, clearly define supply chain management, identify those factors that contribute to effective supply chain management, and suggest how the adoption of a supply chain management approach can affect business strategy and corporate performance. Each chapter opens with an executive summary and then provides practical guidelines on how companies can manage supply chains. The role of all the traditional business functions-marketing, sales, logistics, information systems, finances, customer services, and management-in supply chain management is also addressed. Supply Chain Management is an important and timely resource for students, managers, and others who need to better understand, manage and communicate about supply chain management.

Supramanie: Vom Pflichtmenschen zum Score-Man

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Supramanie: Vom Pflichtmenschen zum Score-Man
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Dueck’s kultige Bücher sind ja immer mit einer ziemlich brennenden Fackel geschrieben: Licht und Leidenschaft! Diesmal sieht es mehr nach Rasiermesser aus: Supramanie ist eine Reise ins Dunkle des Menschen, das in ihm nach Dueck’s Darstellung planmäßig durch die ökonomischen Turbo- und Anreizsysteme erzeugt wird. Übertriebene Leistungssysteme der Bildung und Arbeit träufeln uns unaufhörlich ein: "Du bist nicht gut genug!" Wir laugen aus oder beginnen im Alltag zu schummeln, zu schönen, zu schmücken und anzugeben. So manipulieren wir heimlich an unserer persönlichen Ich-AG-Bilanz. Wir sind wie ein Abbild der Suprasysteme geworden, über deren Bilanzskandale wir uns empören. Eigenartig, wie der Leser leicht-satirisch-sanft bis zur Fassungslosigkeitsgrenze geführt wird. Antikriegsfilme verstören mit so viel Blut, dass wir nie mehr Grausamkeit mögen. Dieses Buch will für das Wahre und Humane erschrecken.

The Washington waste-makers (Monarch select books)

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This digital document is an article from Global Virtue Ethics Review, published by Southern Public Administration Education Foundation, Inc. on July 1, 2000. The length of the article is 7468 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The dormant power of the purse: the failure of the government to use its purchasing power to promote corporate compliance with the law. (Corporate Reform ... An article from: Multinational Monitor

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The dormant power of the purse: the failure of the government to use its purchasing power to promote corporate compliance with the law. (Corporate Reform ... An article from: Multinational Monitor
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A practical guide to binocular and small telescope observing.

Night Sky Atlas combines clear, accurate star maps with reliable and informative text. This is a highly practical atlas for beginning sky gazers using binoculars or a small telescope.

Sturdy binding makes it suitable for outdoor use. Cover flaps can be used as page-markers. The sewn binding allows the atlas to be opened flat. The star maps are drawn with black stars on a white background, allowing observers to pencil in their own observations. The high quality paper can withstand repeated use of an eraser.

The book begins by presenting the whole sky in a series of six maps, showing stars down to magnitude 5.5 -- all visible with binoculars or a small telescope. Opposite each map is a photo-realistic image that shows how the same portion of sky looks to the naked eye, allowing less-experienced observers to quickly find specific objects of interest.

The maps can be used for planning observations, navigating from one part of the sky to another and for a quick reference guide.

Other features include:

Forty large scale constellation charts
A full set of seasonal charts
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Deep sky maps identifying double stars, nebula and more.

A comprehensive index provides the location of information for all the night sky objects and features covered in the atlas.

The Night Sky Atlas is the ideal portable reference for backyard astronomers.

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Very good first star atlas.......2005-11-24

This is a very nice first atlas. It starts with a introduction section which covers the basics on celstial movement, observation techniques, and a few pages on the planets and the moon (including 4 pages of charts on the moon's four quaters and 4 accompanying pages of descriptions of each). It then has a very nice sky atlas section with the left page showing a black star on white background atlas and the right page showing the same view with white stars on black and all markings removed. This is helpful for getting a good idea of what you'll see, but the stars are artifically enlarged to show magnitude differences so its not exactly what you'll see in the sky.

My one gripe about this atlas comes in the third and final section on individual constelations. Its very well detailed and uses a page or so per constelation with textual descriptions of various objects, a few photographs, and a finder chart. However, the charts are printed with yellow stars on blue background, which washes out quite horribly when used outside under a red light. A white light only fares slightly better. I've found that this section is best used indoors. You can use many available software pacakages to print finder charts that are more exact to what you're looking for and will display better outdoors.

Overall, a very good buy.

You NEED this book........2005-09-16

I have many Astronomy books, but this is one of my favorites. The atlas is a classic star chart of an area of the sky, and on the next page is a photo of what you can expect to see. No more looking at your star chart, and then looking UP to try to find what you're looking for. It's so cool, and makes finding deep sky objects (or whatever your fancy) much easier. The back of the book also shows each constellation, and has a list of interesting objects in each with pictures that are stunning. Lots of great reference data also. Highly recommended and a GREAT PRICE too !!!!

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