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Oct

Keynes and the Market

Posted by: Wei in books, in english, options

Keynes and the Market: How the Worlds Greatest Economist Overturned Conventional Wisdom and Made a Fortune on the Stock Market
Publisher: Wiley (October 6, 2008)

One of the most influential and unexpected economic luminaries of his time and the original value investor, John Maynard Keynes was a British economist whose ideas, called Keynesian economics, had a major impact on modern economic and political theory as well as on many governments’ fiscal policies. Keynes explored new economic thoughts through speculating heavily in foreign markets and becoming one of the first proponents of investing in common stocks. Keynes was a world-changing economist who, almost uniquely among his professional brethren, also mastered the financial markets in practice. His theories uncannily prefigure those of Warren Buffett and other well-known value investors. He is particularly remembered for advocating interventionist government policy, by which the government would use fiscal and monetary measures to aim to mitigate the adverse effects of economic recessions, depressions, and books. Economists consider him one of the main founders of modern theoretical macroeconomics.

This book sheds new light on both the personal and professional aspects of Keynes’ life that helped shape his economic theories, and in turn, those of today’s financial leaders by outlining Keynes’ 6 key investment principles.

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John Maynard Keynes was a many-sided figure—world-changing economist, architect of the post-War international monetary system, bestselling author, a Baron in the House of Lords, and key member of the Bloomsbury group.

One of his lesser-known talents was the ability to make vast sums of money on the stock market. At the time of his death, Keynes’ net worth—almost entirely built through successful stock investments—amounted to the present-day equivalent of more than $30 million, and the college endowment fund he managed had massively outperformed the broader market over a two-decade period. Keynes was a member of that rare breed—an economist who flourished not only in the rarefied heights of ivory tower academia, but also amidst the bustle and hubbub of the financial markets.

But can an analysis of this particular incarnation of Keynes—the shrewd stock picker and star fund manager—be of any benefit to the modern investor? The answer, author Justyn Walsh demonstrates, is a resounding yes. In this era of day traders, delta ratios, and dot-coms, Keynes’ observations on stock market behavior, in fact, are more relevant than ever.

The author reveals how, after twice being brought to the precipice of financial ruin as a result of financial speculation, Keynes developed the investment principles that would win him singular stock market success. He completely inverted his investment philosophy, switching from short-term speculator to a long-term investor—one who seeks to profit from pendulum swings in the market rather than participating in them. By effecting this transformation, Keynes became one of the world’s first value investors, the forefather of a long line of venerable and highly successful stock market practitioners such as Warren Buffett and Sir John Templeton.

Keynes and the Market is an entertaining guide to John Maynard Keynes’ amazing stock market success, weaving the economist’s value investing tenets around key events in his richly lived life. Accessible and informative, it identifies what modern masters of the market have taken from Keynes and used in their own investing styles—and what you too can learn from one of the greatest economic thinkers of the twentieth century.

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Oct

Tell Me Why !!!

Posted by: Wei in in english, music video

By Declan Galbraith

Tell Me Why

In my dreams, Children sing
A song of love for every boy and girl
The sky is blue, the fields are green
And laughter is the language of the world
Then I wake and all I see is a world full of people in need

Every day, I ask myself
what will I have to do to be a man
Do I have, to stand and fight
To prove to everybody who I am
Is that what my life is for?
To waste in a world full of war

Tell me why, (why) does it have to be like this
Tell me why, (why) is there something I have missed
Tell me why,(why) cause I don’t understand
When so many need somebody
We don’t give a helping hand
Tell me why (Tell me why)
Tell me why (Tell me why)
Tell me why (Tell me why)
Just tell me why (why, why, why)

Tell me why, (why) does it have to be like this
Tell me why, (why) is there something I have missed
Tell me why, (why) cause I don’t understand
When so many need somebody
We don’t give a helping hand
Tell me why (Why why, does the tigers run?)
Tell me why (Why why, do we shoot the gun?)
Tell me why (Why why, do we never learn?)
Can someone tell us why we let the forests burn

(why why do we say we care?) tell me why
(why why do we stand and stare?) tell me why
(why why do the dolphins cry?) tell me why
can someone tell us why we let the ocean die

(why why if we’re all the same?) tell me why
(why why do we pass the blame?) tell me why
(why why does it never end?)
can someone tell us why we cannot just be friends (x2)

why why?

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Oct

The New Paradigm for Financial Markets - George Soros

Posted by: Wei in books, in english, options

The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means (Hardcover)
Publisher: PublicAffairs (May 5, 2008)

In the midst of the most serious financial upheaval since the Great Depression, legendary financier George Soros explores the origins of the crisis and its implications for the future. Soros, whose breadth of experience in financial markets is unrivaled, places the current crisis in the context of decades of study of how individuals and institutions handle the boom and bust cycles that now dominate global economic activity. “This is the worst financial crisis since the 1930s,” writes Soros in characterizing the scale of financial distress spreading across Wall Street and other financial centers around the world. In a concise essay that combines practical insight with philosophical depth, Soros makes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the great credit crisis and its implications for our nation and the world.

Review

Tucson Citizen
“Brilliant…examines a complex problem with both insight and philosophical depth….A much-needed contribution that should help many of us better understand the great credit crisis and what it means, not just for the United States but the entire world.”

BBC Business editor Robert Peston
“Totally compelling”

The London Times “They’re wrong about oil, by George: In short, the standard economic assumption that supply and demand drive prices is only a starting point for understanding financial markets. In boom-bust cycles, the textbook theory is not just slightly inaccurate but totally wrong. This is the main argument made by George Soros in his fascinating book on the credit crunch, The New Paradigm for Financial Markets, launched at an LSE lecture last night.”

Reuters
“Soros says market rebound a bear-market rally: Billionaire hedge-fund manager George Soros said at LSE on Wednesday that the current rebound in stock markets is only a bear-market rally, because monetary authorities are unlikely to be able to handle the credit crisis.”

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Oct

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

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The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
Publisher: Bantam (September 29, 2008)

Here is THE book recounting the life and times of one of the most respected men in the world, Warren Buffett. The legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir, but now he has allowed one writer, Alice Schroeder, unprecedented access to explore directly with him and with those closest to him his work, opinions, struggles, triumphs, follies, and wisdom. The result is the personally revealing and complete biography of the man known everywhere as “The Oracle of Omaha.”

Although the media track him constantly, Buffett himself has never told his full life story. His reality is private, especially by celebrity standards. Indeed, while the homespun persona that the public sees is true as far as it goes, it goes only so far. Warren Buffett is an array of paradoxes. He set out to prove that nice guys can finish first. Over the years he treated his investors as partners, acted as their steward, and championed honesty as an investor, CEO, board member, essayist, and speaker. At the same time he became the world’s richest man, all from the modest Omaha headquarters of his company Berkshire Hathaway. None of this fits the term “simple.”

When Alice Schroeder met Warren Buffett she was an insurance industry analyst and a gifted writer known for her keen perception and business acumen. Her writings on finance impressed him, and as she came to know him she realized that while much had been written on the subject of his investing style, no one had moved beyond that to explore his larger philosophy, which is bound up in a complex personality and the details of his life. Out of this came his decision to cooperate with her on the book about himself that he would never write.

Never before has Buffett spent countless hours responding to a writer’s questions, talking, giving complete access to his wife, children, friends, and business associates—opening his files, recalling his childhood. It was an act of courage, as The Snowball makes immensely clear. Being human, his own life, like most lives, has been a mix of strengths and frailties. Yet notable though his wealth may be, Buffett’s legacy will not be his ranking on the scorecard of wealth; it will be his principles and ideas that have enriched people’s lives. This book tells you why Warren Buffett is the most fascinating American success story of our time.

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Oct

The Prayer

Posted by: Wei in in english, music video

By Samuel Afi Junior and Eka Deli

The Prayer

I pray you’ll be our eyes
And watch us where we go
And help us to be wise
In times when we don’t know

Let this be our prayer
As we go our way
Lead us to a place
Guide us with your grace
To a place where we’ll be safe

La luce che to dai
I pray we’ll find your light
Nel cuore restero
And hold it in our hearts
A ricordarchi che
When stars go out each night
L’eterna stella sei
Nella mia preghiera
Let this be our prayer
Quanta fede c’e
When shadows fill our day

Lead us to a place
Guide us with your grace
Give us faith so we’ll be safe.
Sognamo un mondo senza piu violenza
Un mondo di giustizia e di speranza
Ognuno dia la mano al suo vicino
Simbolo di pace e di fraternita

La forza che ci dai
We ask that life be kind
E’il desiderio che
And watch us from above
Ognuno trovi amore
We hope each soul will find
Intorno e dentro a se
Another soul to love

Let this be our prayer
Let this be our prayer
Just like every child
Just like every child

Needs to find a place,
Guide us with your grace
Give us faith so we’ll be safe
E la fede che
Hai acceso in noi
Sento che ci salvera

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Oct

Wealth, Success and Love

Posted by: Wei in in english, motivation

..though this is not a real story it has got a take home message…

A woman came out of her house and saw 3 old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said “I don’t think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have
something to eat.”

“Is the man of the house home?”, they asked.

No”, she replied. “He’s out.”

“Then we cannot come in”, they replied.

In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened.

“Go tell them I am home and invite them in!”

The woman went out and invited the men in”

” We do not go into a House together,” they replied.

“Why is that?” she asked.

One of the old men explained: “His name is Wealth,” he said pointing to one of his friends, and said pointing to another one, “He is Success, and I am Love.” Then he added, “Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home.”

The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was overjoyed. “How nice!!”, he said. “Since that is the case, let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!”

His wife disagreed. “My dear, why don’t we invite Success?”

Their daughter was listening from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own suggestion: “Would it not be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!”

“Let us heed our daughter’s advice,” said the husband to his wife.

Go out and invite Love to be our guest .”

The woman went out and asked the 3 old men, “Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest.”

Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other 2 also got up and followed him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: “I only invited Love, Why are you coming in?”

The old men replied together: “If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would’ve stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever He goes, we go with him.

Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success !!!“

supaya hati mereka terhibur dan mereka bersatu dalam kasih, sehingga mereka memperoleh segala kekayaan dan keyakinan pengertian, dan mengenal rahasia Allah, yaitu Kristus,

sebab di dalam Dialah tersembunyi segala harta hikmat dan pengetahuan.
Kolose 2:2-3

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SOURCES : Unknown © weihongoei.com 2008 All rights reserved

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Oct

You Rise Me Up

Posted by: Wei in in english, music video

By Samuel Afi Junior

You Rise Me Up

When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary
When troubles come and my heart burdened be
Then, I am still and wait here in the silence
Until you come and sit awhile with me

CHORUS:
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders
You raise me up.. to more than I can be.

REPEAT CHORUS

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas
And I am strong, when I am on your shoulders
You raise me up .. to more than I can be
You raise me up .. to more than I can be

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Sep

World Internet Summit USA

Posted by: Wei in in english, internet, make money

World Internet Summit USA

October 30-31 thru November 1-2 (4 days), 2008
Sheraton Grand Hotel, At Dallas/FT. Worth Airport

World Internet Summit Canada

November 6-9, 2008
Toronto Conference Centre

World Internet Summit Australia

March 12-15, 2009
Gold Coast International

Are YOU ready?

Over 4 jam packed days, the world’s top internet
business experts will all assemble for one special purpose…
…to show you how to come an internet success.

WARNING: Seats at this exclusive event are extremely limited, so don’t leave this page until you reserve your spot.