Books
« Previous EntriesGIVEAWAY: A Copy of “The Indomitable Investor” by Steven Sears
Friday, March 30th, 2012This is an interesting book I’m reading right now: I’m only a couple of chapters into it but I think it’s good enough to warrant a giveaway here on AFM. If you’d like to take part in this giveway, just leave a comment below detailing what you feel was the dumbest investment mistake you ever [...]
Ten Books I’m Thinking About Paying My Kids to Read
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012Below are ten books that I think my kids would benefit from reading before they venture off to college. In fact, I think they are worth reading enough that I would be willing to pay my kids $50 – $100 per book to read them (feel free to discuss below whether or not you think [...]
Think and Grow Rich – Chapter 2: Desire
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012We continue our chapter-by-cpater review of Napoleon Hill’s classic work, “Think and Grow Rich.” Chapter 2 is titled “Desire – The Starting Point of All Achievement” Hill opens the chapter by referring back to the story of Edwin Barnes, the man who “thought” his way into a business partnership with Thomas Edison… Today, people who [...]
Announcing the Three Winners of the Kindle Edition of “Economics Made Simple”
Friday, February 17th, 2012The three randomly-selected winners of the latest AFM giveway, which is a Kindle edition of Economics Made Simple, are: #7 – Brian Rink #10 – JQ #16 – Josh L. Congrats to the three winners. The rest of you who didn’t win, the book can be purchased from Amazon for less than $6. It might [...]
Kindle Book Giveaway: Economics Made Simple
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012In light of the videos I posted earlier today, I thought it would be cool to give away a Kindle edition of one of the author’s books titled Economics Made Simple. If you’re interested in winning a copy (I have not read the book, I only thought it sounded interesting and the price is perfect [...]
Think and Grow Rich – Chapter 1: Introduction
Monday, February 13th, 2012So here we go with the first chapter of the first book in what I’m calling the “Motivational Monday” series. I picked Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich as our first book because it’s considered a classic in the personal development realm. Before we begin, let me say that some of the ideas presented in [...]
Quote of the Day – Hedge Funds
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012This quote comes from a book titled The Hedge Fund Mirage: The Illusion of Big Money and Why It’s Too Good to Be True*, which was reviewed in today’s WSJ: “If all the money that’s ever been invested in hedge funds had been put in Treasury bills instead, the results would have been twice as [...]
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