Investing Under Fire Alan R. AckermanVision Books : Investing Under Fire : Alan R. Ackerman : Book (ISBN: 8170945674) Pages: 248 Price: Rs. 395 Format: Paperback
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Winning Investment Strategies
from the Masters for Bulls, Bears, and Bewildered Investors
The initial years of
the 21st century have thrown up for investors a most complex cycle of
uncertainty with the additional risks posed by terrorism and political
turbulence added to normal market volatility.
In Investing
Under Fire a most distinguished assembly of world’s leading investment
managers review the issues contemporary investors need to consider for
investment success. They offer invaluable topical and timeless lessons on
controlling risk and selecting profitable investment opportunities:
James Awad on
small-cap stocks
Vanguard Group
founder John Bogle on mutual funds
American Express
Financial Advisors’ Craig Brimhall on wealth strategies
Value Line's Jean
Bernhard Buttner on equity research
Standard & Poor’s
Hendrik Kranenburg and Sam Stovall on equity research
Money manager Louis
Navellier on inefficiencies in the market
Oakmark Funds’ Bill
Nygren on the search for value
The Conference
Board’s Randall Poe on business research
Morningstar’s Brian
Portnoy on mutual fund investing
State Street Global
Advisors’ Ned Riley on contrarian thinking
Schaeffer’s
Investment Research market maven Bernie Schaeffer
on technical and sentiment analysis.
Reviews
"Artfully conceived collection . . . combines perceptive commentary on issues of the day with enduring insights on the nature of investing, markets, and human affairs. A valuable resource for investors seeking to understand the forces at play today" —Lynn Sharp Paine, John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, USA
Alan R. Ackerman
The late Alan R. Ackerman was global market strategist at Fahnestock & Co. Inc., and spent four decades in the investment banking business. He began his career at Merrill Lynch as an account executive and subse-quently served as director of foreign research and investment for several other Wall Street firms. In addition to his Wall Street activities, Ackerman served as a consultant to publicly owned companies, founded and was a major stockholder in several public companies, and handled investments in Europe and Asia for major banks and inter-national corporations.
In the 1970s, Ackerman served as Deputy Director of President Ford’s Citizen Action Committee at the White House. Considered an expert in foreign affairs and international strategies, he was regularly quoted by
Dow Jones, Reuters, the Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, and the
New York Times. He also appeared weekly on radio and television and was a contributing editor to several financial publications.
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