Enough true measures of money, business, and life
John Bogle puts our obsession with financial success inperspective Throughout his legendary career, John C. Bogle-founder of theVanguard Mutual Fund Group and creator of the first index mutualfund-has helped investors build wealth the right way and led atireless campaign to restore common sense to...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, N.J. :
John Wiley & Sons
c2009.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627661906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Enough.: True Measures of Money, Business, and Life""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Growing Up""; ""No Idle Hands""; ""Blair Academy: “ Come, Study, Learn �""; ""Acres of Diamonds""; ""Coming to Philadelphia""; ""At Princeton, a Discovery""; ""A Door Slams; a Window Opens""; ""Complications""; ""A Complete Firm Emerges""; ""A Stunning Endorsement from the Court of Last Resort""; ""A Change of Heart""; ""Treasures False and True""; ""Socrates � Challenge""; ""Chapter 1: Too Much Cost, Not Enough Value""; ""A Prophetic Forecast""; ""Wresting a Living from Finance""
- ""Fortunes from Failure""""Heads I Win; Tails You Lose""; ""Brain Drain""; ""The Drain of Costs and Taxes""; ""The Wrong Kind of Wizardry""; ""Costs Rear Their Ugly Head""; ""Investors Get Precisely What They Don�t Pay For""; ""A Question So Important""; ""Chapter 2: Too Much Speculation, Not Enough Investment""; ""A Giant Distraction""; ""A Loser�s Game""; ""Speculation Is in the Driver�s Seat""; ""Black Swans and Market Returns""; ""Black Swans and Investment Returns""; ""Tortoises Win""; ""Hares Win (But How Can That Be?)""; ""The Perils of Market Timing""; ""Striking a Balance""
- ""Chapter 3: Too Much Complexity, Not Enough Simplicity""""Derivatives: Dancing to the Music""; ""Marketers Win, Investors Lose""; ""“Don�t Just Stand There. Do Something!�""; ""Mutual Funds: Lowering the Bar""; ""Sometimes for Better, but Mostly for Worse""; ""The Innovation Blunderbuss""; ""Back to Basics""; ""An All-Too-Predictable Outcome""; ""Chapter 4: Too Much Counting, Not Enough Trust""; ""Government: Making the Numbers Fit""; ""Finance: Attributing Certitude to History""; ""The Experts Are Wrong... Again""; ""Business: The Bias toward Optimism""
- ""The Real-World Consequences of Counting""""Finance Calls the Tune for Business""; ""“Rock, Scissors, Paper�""; ""Giving Judgment a Chance""; ""The Spirit of Trust""; ""Measure First, Judge Later?""; ""An Empty Exercise""; ""Chapter 5: Too Much Business Conduct, Not Enough Professional Conduct""; ""Times Have Changed""; ""Hammers and Nails""; ""Capitalism Changes Its Values""; ""Owners, Not Agents""; ""CEO Compensation: How Much Is Enough?""; ""A Lack of Accountability""; ""Intrinsic Value, Not Stock Price""; ""Performance, Not Peer Groups""; ""Principals and Principles""
- ""“Only Capitalists Can Kill Capitalism�""""Chapter 6: Too Much Salesmanship, Not Enough Stewardship""; ""Investors Change Their Spots; So Do Managers""; ""Good for Managers, Bad for Shareholders""; ""Toward a Better World""; ""Let�s Dream Together""; ""Of, By, and For the Shareholder""; ""Chapter 7: Too Much Management, Not Enough Leadership""; ""Building a Great Organization""; ""The Superior Company""; ""Values and Profits""; ""The Gale of Creative Destruction""; ""Chapter 8: Too Much Focus on Things, Not Enough Focus on Commitment""; ""Boldness, Commitment, and Providence""
- ""Commitment to Family and Community""
