{"product_id":"trailblazers-heroes-crooks-stories-to-make-you-a-smarter-investor","title":"Trailblazers, Heroes, \u0026 Crooks: Stories to Make You a Smarter Investor","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDevelop a sound investment philosophy based on lessons\nfrom history\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrailblazers, Heroes, and Crooks: Stories to Make You a\nSmarter Investor\u003c\/i\u003e is a highly entertaining and insightful look into key\nstories from history, teaching lessons about sound principles of investing, and\ncontrolling emotions and bias when managing your investment portfolio to help\nyou become a stronger, more intelligent investor. Written by author and finance\nprofessor Stephen R. Foerster, this book spans from before the Middle Ages to\nthe 2020s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSome of the stories in this book include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul style=\"margin-top:0cm\" type=\"disc\"\u003e\n \u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eCristiano\n     Ronaldo taking two bottles of Coke off a table at a press conference, and\n     ostensibly causing Coca-Cola's stock value to plunge $4 billion\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHarry\n     Markopolos trying to develop a strategy similar to Bernie Madoff's,\n     realizing his strategy was bogus, and spending a decade proving his case\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA\n     hostage crisis in twelfth century Venice involving trumped-up charges,\n     conflict, deceit, a plague, and an angry mob, leading to the birth of\n     government bonds\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA\n     salad oil swindle almost destroying American Express, prompting Warren\n     Buffett to make one of the best stock investments ever\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFor both experienced and novice investors, \u003ci\u003eTrailblazers,\nHeroes, and Crooks: Stories to Make You a Smarter\u003c\/i\u003e is a fun, accessible, and\ninformative guide that through history shows, not tells, you how to develop an\ninvestment philosophy of guiding principles, and become a better investor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTEPHEN R. FOERSTER\u003c\/b\u003e is an author and finance\nprofessor at the Ivey Business School at Western University in London, Ontario,\nCanada. He has a PhD from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and a\nChartered Financial Analyst designation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHis previous books include \u003ci\u003eFinancial Management: A\nPrimer; Financial Management: Concepts and Applications;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn\nPursuit of the Perfect Portfolio: The Stories, Voices, and Key Insights of the\nPioneers who Shaped the Way We Invest\u003c\/i\u003e (with Andrew W. Lo), which won\nthe Axiom Personal Finance category silver medal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHis next project: writing the authorized biography of\nWilliam Sharpe, 1990 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"JOHN WILEY \u0026 SONS SINGAPORE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44873643393231,"sku":"9781394378036","price":33.74,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_f0ae48f3-b9d6-4a10-983d-80098cfc36bd.webp?v=1772068048","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/trailblazers-heroes-crooks-stories-to-make-you-a-smarter-investor","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}