Wall Street risk-takers could be doomed to repeat history - USA Today

Review  |  www.usatoday.com | Nov 16, 2009

In The Sellout, CNBC on-air editor and longtime Wall Street reporter Charlie Gasparino, argues that the recent disaster on Wall Street was just the latest in a 30-year pattern of executive excesses, unsustainable leverage, massive hidden losses and...

http://www.usatoday.com/money/books/reviews/2009-11-15-the-sellout-book_N.htm

Nilson/TRIVEST - Book Reviews - Intellectual Capital

The old paradigms for stock market valuations aren't working. Many measures, like book value, don't mean anything anymore. Why? Because the biggest assets are "off-balance sheet". People.

http://www.nilsonco.com/bookreviews/intellectual.htm

Foolish Book Review: "Ahead of the Curve"

Review  |  www.fool.com | Jan 11, 2008

With a couple of exceptions, the lessons in it should already be deeply etched in every self-respecting Fool's brain stem. Ahead of the Curve would be a decent primer for trend-spotting investors -- except it costs money and the Fool's School is both free and better.

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2008/01/11/foolish-book-review-ahead-of-the-curve.aspx

Book review, Complain and Claim - Money Week

We’ve seen the whistle-blower TV programmes, exposing overcharging and deception by plumbers and electricians. If we were to have such an unfortunate experience, we’d pursue the fraudster. So why don’t we do the same when it comes to the financial services industry?

http://www.moneyweek.com/file/13421/moneyweek-book-review-complain-and-claim.html

Book shows Drucker's lessons can relate to individuals, too

Review  |  www.usatoday.com | Nov 9, 2009

Who knew that Peter Drucker could also be cast as a self-help guru? Author of Living in More Than One World knew.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/books/reviews/2009-11-09-drucker09_ST_N.htm?csp=34

Nilson/TRIVEST - Book Reviews - Behavioural Economics

This book is a must-read for you or a family member if you are interested in making better decisions, both in life and investing. It will provide you with some useful personal insights from the field of behavioural economics.

http://www.nilsonco.com/bookreviews/moneymistakes.htm

'Education of an American Dreamer' an unusual memoir

Review  |  www.usatoday.com | Jun 22, 2009

When the memoir of an important person contains insightful information, large dollops of self-deprecation, some humor and clear writing, count that memoir unusual. The memoir of Peter G. Peterson,The Education of an American Dreamer: How a Son of...

http://www.usatoday.com/money/books/reviews/2009-06-22-book-review-american-dreamer-peterson_N.htm?csp=34

Narrative brings 'King of Vodka' Pyotr Smirnov to life

Review  |  www.usatoday.com | May 11, 2009

As a writer for BusinessWeek magazine during the 1990s, Linda Himelstein covered the story of a family with Russian roots, the Smirnovs.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/books/reviews/2009-05-11-smirnov-vodka-book_N.htm?csp=34

Palm Beach 'Madness' isn't what you might expect

Review  |  www.usatoday.com | Mar 30, 2009

With the drama surrounding Bernard Madoff, the biggest Ponzi schemer of all time, Laurence Leamer's Madness Under the Royal Palms should be a relevant book.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/books/reviews/2009-03-29-palm-beach-madness_N.htm?csp=34

Rupert Murdoch tale, 'The Man Who Owns the News,' riveting

Review  |  www.usatoday.com | Dec 2, 2008

If you can imagine Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol with Rupert Murdoch standing in for Ebenezer Scrooge, you should find it easy to follow the story arc in Vanity Fair media columnist Michael Wolff's important new book, The Man Who Owns the News:...

http://www.usatoday.com/money/books/reviews/2008-12-01-murdoch-michael-wolff_N.htm?csp=34