Fourteen posts later, we’re done. I’ve walked through every chapter of Phil Pallen’s AI for Small Business (ISBN: 978-1-5072-2291-1), and now it’s time to step back and share the overall picture.
So we made it. Thirteen posts covering every chapter of Flash Boys by Michael Lewis. And now the big question: did any of it matter?
We’ve spent the last two weeks retelling Tim Richards’ “Investing Psychology” (ISBN: 978-1-118-72219-0). It’s been a bracing, sometimes painful journey through the glitches of the human mind.
We made it. Fifteen posts, twelve chapters, and one very thorough book about hedge fund compliance. If you stuck with this series from beginning to end, thank you. That was a long ride.
Twenty-nine posts. Twenty biases. Four investor types. Two guidelines. And one big idea that runs through everything: you are not a rational investor, and that is okay as long as you know it.
This is the final post in a 14-part series on Trading Economics: A Guide to Economic Statistics for Practitioners & Students by Trevor Williams and Victoria Turton (Wiley Finance, 2014, ISBN: 978-1-118-76641-5).
This is the last post in the series, and I want to step back from the details. No more beta coefficients or efficient-market debates. Just the big picture.
We made it through the whole book. Every chapter. Every pillar. Now it’s time to step back and look at the big picture.
We’ve gone through all ten chapters of Bob Helms’ Be in the Top 1%, and I want to share my overall impressions and key takeaways.
This is the final post in my series on Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service by Michael Lewis.
That is it. Twenty-nine chapters, seven parts, and around forty posts later, we are done with “Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners” by Larry Harris (ISBN: 0-19-514470-8, Oxford University Press, 2003).
Book: Financial Markets and Institutions, 11th Edition Author: Jeff Madura Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2015 ISBN: 978-1-133-94788-2
This is the final post in my series covering Financial Markets and Institutions by Jeff Madura. Over the previous posts, I worked through all 25 chapters and 7 parts of the book. Here is what it all adds up to.
Book: Real Estate by the Numbers: A Complete Reference Guide to Deal Analysis Authors: J Scott and Dave Meyer ISBN: 9781947200210 (paperback) / 9781947200241 (ebook)
That is 29 chapters. Seven major parts. Hundreds of concepts. One very thorough book about how financial markets actually work beneath the surface.
We made it. Nine chapters. One complete retelling series. And now the question: was this book actually worth the time?
And that’s a wrap. We’ve gone through every chapter of Real Estate Investment Trust Investing: The Secret to Passive Income from REITs by Mike Hartley (published 2023), and it’s been a ride. Sixteen posts covering everything from “what even is a REIT” to estate planning and ethics. So let me share some final thoughts.
This is the last post. Fifteen posts covering one book. That feels like a lot. But Systems Thinking for Social Change by David Peter Stroh is that kind of book. It has layers. It rewards going slow.
Book: Beating the Street by Peter Lynch with John Rothchild | ISBN: 978-0-671-75915-5
We’ve reached the end of Peter Lynch’s Beating the Street. Twenty-six posts later. And the honest answer to “is this book worth reading?” is a clear yes. But maybe not for the reasons you’d expect.
So that’s Shortfall. A book about a family scandal that turned into something much bigger.
Let me give you my honest take.
So this is the last post. Eight posts later, we have walked through the entire first half of Artificial Intelligence in Finance by Yves Hilpisch. AI fundamentals, neural networks, superintelligence, financial theory. A lot of ground.
This is post 23 of 23 in a series on Systems Thinking: Managing Chaos and Complexity by Jamshid Gharajedaghi (ISBN: 978-0-7506-7973-2).
So I just finished walking through all nine chapters of Richard Wilson’s “The Hedge Fund Book.” And here’s what I think after going through the whole thing.
So we made it. Eighteen posts later, we’ve walked through the entire book. Let me try to pull it all together and tell you what I think.
We’ve spent 15 posts walking through The Swiss Secret to Optimal Health by Dr. Thomas Rau, and it’s been a journey. From the foundations of Swiss biological medicine to the practical details of detox diets, liver cleanses, and the mind-gut connection. So now it’s time to step back and look at the whole picture. What did I take away from this book? What’s worth paying attention to? And what should you approach with healthy skepticism?
Book: Financial Markets and Institutions, 11th Edition Author: Jeff Madura (Florida Atlantic University) Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2015 ISBN: 978-1-133-94788-2
If you have ever wondered how money actually moves through the economy, this is the book that breaks it all down. Financial Markets and Institutions by Jeff Madura is a college textbook that has been around for over a decade, and the 11th edition is one of the most complete versions.
Book: Systematic Fixed Income: An Investor’s Guide Author: Scott A. Richardson, Ph.D. ISBN: 9781119900139 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2022