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Credit Suisse was a 166-year-old bastion of global banking. But a veneer of high-class service disguised a darker, much dirtier reality. From its sterile Zurich headquarters, Credit Suisse banked dictators and drug dealers, hid stolen Nazi gold, and helped corrupt bankers fleece the firm's own clients of billions of dollars. Its top executives oversaw a global operation that laundered money for autocrats; they hired spies to track one another through the cobbled streets of the Swiss financial capital; and they helped clients hide their money from the world's tax authorities.

The US is the largest closed economy in the world next to Brazil as we have enough agricultural production, natural resources, and diversity in the economy to stop trading with the rest of the world for decades. This, however, isn't an ideal scenario as trade results in increased competition within national markets and lowers prices for all consumers. Tariffs are a tax on consumers that are used by governments worldwide to slow spending and as a short-term economic tool for increased diplomacy and over the long term as a diplomatic weapon. They can hurt the GDP and GNP of the country that ...

Inflation is back, and its impact can be felt everywhere, from the grocery store to the mortgage market to the results of elections around the world. Yet the conventional wisdom about inflation is stuck in the past. Since the 1970s, there has only really been one playbook for fighting inflation: raise interest rates, thereby creating unemployment and a recession, which will lower prices. But this simple story hides a multitude of beliefs about why prices go up and how policymakers can wrestle them back down, beliefs that are often wrong, damaging, and have little empirical basis.

Economic issues are active in our lives every day. However, when the subject of economics comes up in conversation or on the news, we can find ourselves longing for a more sophisticated understanding of the fundamentals of economics. These 36 lectures will help you think about and discuss economic issues that affect you and the nation every day-interest rates, unemployment, personal investing, budget deficits, globalization, and many more-with a greater level of knowledge and sophistication.

TRADE LIKE A PRO: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO S&P 500 E-MINI FUTURES Master the art of professional trading with this in-depth guide to S&P E-mini futures. Whether you’re just starting out or already an experienced trader, this book provides the tools, strategies, and mindset to succeed in today’s fast-paced financial markets.Key Features Advanced Trading Strategies Discover a variety of E-mini trading tactics and chart setups, complete with precise take-profit and stop-loss levels. Learn how to identify market trends, use trading indicators effectively, and optimize your entry and exit ...

Regardless of your stage of life and your current financial picture, the quest for financial freedom can indeed be conquered. The journey will demand the right tools and strategies along with the mindset of money mastery. With decades of collective wisdom and hands-on experience, your guides for this expedition are Peter Mallouk, the only man in history to be ranked the number one financial advisor in the US for three consecutive years by Barron's (2013, 2014, 2015), and Tony Robbins, the world-renowned life and business strategist.

If you enjoy practical advice, inspiring ideas, and actionable steps to make the most of your retirement, then you’ll love Lara West’s insightful and motivating collection. Download The Ultimate Collection of Fun Things to Do in Retirement today and start creating the retirement you’ve always dreamed of!

Many people believe that the key to success in the stock market is buying low and selling high. But how many investors have the time, talent, and luck to earn consistent returns this way? In The Ultimate Dividend Playbook: Income, Insight, and Independence for Today's Investor, Josh Peters, editor of the monthly Morningstar Dividend Investor newsletter, shows you why you don't have to try to beat the market and how you can use dividends to capture the income and growth you seek.

As a private banker working for the largest bank in the world, UBS, Bradley Birkenfeld was an expert in Switzerland's shell-game of offshore companies and secret numbered accounts. He wined and dined ultrawealthy clients whose millions of dollars were hidden away from business partners, spouses, and tax authorities. As his client list grew, Birkenfeld lived a life of money, fast cars, and beautiful women, but when he discovered that UBS was planning to betray him, he blew the whistle to the US government.

Discover a stress-free blueprint for becoming an Enrolled Agent with this comprehensive guide for mastering the US tax code. Are you an accountant or financial services provider who wants to launch a successful career as an Enrolled tax agent? Are you struggling to balance studying with your daily responsibilities? Do you need a comprehensive exam prep that demystifies essential tax codes, IRS procedures, & more? Then this book is for you. Becoming an Enrolled Agent is the perfect career path for anyone who wants to enjoy a better work-life balance, improve their salaries, and open exciting...

Managing your money and finances can be stressful and can take a toll on your relationships and well-being. But it doesn't have to be that way. Join certified financial coach and mom Jessi Fearon as she helps you get a handle on your finances and lays out the doable steps her family took to pay off all their debts--including their mortgage!--and pursue their dreams, all on a $47,000-a-year salary.

FonoLibro se complace en presentar el audiolibro en español "Queremos que seas rico" de los exitosos autores, empresarios e inversores de bienes raíces, Donald Trump y Robert Kiyosaki. Donald Trump y Robert Kiyosaki están preocupados. Les preocupa que los ricos sean cada vez más ricos y que América sea cada vez más pobre. La mentalidad de merecer es epidémica, creando personas que esperan que el país, el empleador o la familia se encarguen de ellas.

In How Asia Works, Joe Studwell distills extensive research into the economics of nine countries - Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, and China - into an accessible narrative that debunks Western misconceptions, shows what really happened in Asia and why, and for once makes clear why some countries have boomed while others have languished.

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Are you ready to thrive? You have already experienced some success-and are capable of much more. This audiobook contains the prescriptions to challenges that you have faced (or will) as you take the next step up the ladder. You may find that every prescription applies to you today, or you might find that one gem that propels you to new heights. Author Blaine Strickland, an expert dealmaker, coach and instructor, gives you proven strategies to accelerate your commercial real estate brokerage career.

Anyone can learn to invest wisely with this bestselling investment system! Through every type of market, William J. O'Neil's national bestseller, How to Make Money in Stocks, has shown over two million investors the secrets to building wealth. O'Neil's powerful CAN SLIM® Investing System—a proven seven-step process for minimizing risk and maximizing gains—has influenced generations of investors.

John Perkins has seen the signs of today's economic meltdown before. The subprime mortgage fiascos, the banking industry collapse, the rising tide of unemployment, the shuttering of small businesses across the landscape are all too familiar symptoms of a far greater disease.

The Mises Institute is pleased to introduce Walter Block's remarkable new treatise on private roads that'll cause you to rethink the whole of the way modern transportation networks operate. It's bold, innovative, radical, and compelling and shows how free-market economic theory is the clarifying lens through which to see the failures of the state and see the alternative that's consistent with human liberty.

Le "Quadrant du Cashflow", votre guide vers la liberté financière ! Le deuxième livre de l'auteur du best-seller international "Père Riche Père Pauvre" révèle comment certains gens travaillent moins, gagnent plus, paient moins d'impôts et apprennent à être financièrement libres. "Le Quadrant du Cashflow" est destiné à ceux qui sont prêts d'aller au-delà de la sécurité d'emploi et d’entrer dans le monde de la liberté financière. C'est pour ceux qui veulent faire des changements significatifs dans leurs vies et prendre le contrôle de leur avenir financier.

Over the years, people from around the world have turned to Morningstar for strong, independent, and reliable advice. The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing provides the kind of savvy financial guidance only a company like Morningstar could offer. Based on the philosophy that "investing should be fun, but not a game", this comprehensive guide will put even the most cautious investors back on the right track by helping them pick the right stocks, find great companies, and understand the driving forces behind different industries.