The entrepreneurial investor [[electronic resource] ] : the art, science, and business of value investing / / Paul Orfalea ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (194 p.)
• Disciplina: 332.67/8
• Soggetto topico: Stocks; Value investing; Investment analysis; Corporations - Valuation
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: OrfaleaPaul
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-165) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Entrepreneurial Investor; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Proof that Investing Is Not a Science; Obsession with Charts and Graphs Does Not Equal Science; Mechanical Replacements for Management; Investing Requires the Exercise of Human Judgment; Artists, Scientists, and Businesspeople; Is This Book a How-To, or a Who-To?; Fortune Cookie Wisdom; Overview; PART I: THINK LIKE AN OWNER; Chapter 1: Eyes Believe What They See; Ears Believe Others; Pay Attention; Backyard Barbecues Predicted Supermarket Sector Decline; Kodak Fails to Focus on Digital Photography ; Young Adults Herald the Wireless FutureTelevision Loses Its Reason for Existence; Grocers Lose Touch, and Their Identity; Frontline Coworkers and Customers; The Smartest Man in the Room?; Chapter 2: Others' Irrationality Is Your Opportunity; Bulls and Bears and Lemmings, Oh My!; When Bad Markets Happen to Good Companies; Importance of the Long-Term Approach; Despite All the Screaming, the Roller Coaster Stays on Track; Chapter 3: Dirty Harry's Investment Philosophy; Can You Explain It to a Child?; Advantages of Simplicity; What If You Were CEO?; Limitations Provide Boundaries for Focus ; Chapter 4: Adversity in Diversity: Portfolio ConcentrationAre Concentrated Portfolios Worth the Effort?; Chapter 5: Just Buy the Best (Which Does Not Include Most Mutual Funds); Convenient Carrying Handles; Conventional Wisdom Equals Conventional Results; A Simple Failure of Logic; What Do You Invest For?; Why Is Poor Performance So Popular?; Funds Cannot Serve Individuals; Just Buy the Best; Chapter 6: Inspirational Figures: Benjamin Graham; A Fine Mind, Working Hard; Roaring Twenties; Great Investor, Great Educator; Buy Companies, Not Pieces of Paper; Profi ting from Mr. Market's Folly ; Margin of SafetyOn the Shoulders of Giants; PART II: COMPANIES WORTH OWNING; Chapter 7: Who Really Manages the Brand? (Hint: It's Not the Company); Accountability: Who Pays the Piper?; Hubris at the Mountaintop; A Sad State of Affairs; Chapter 8: What Makes You So Special?; Attributes of Superior Performers; Real-World Examples; Turning Small Sales into Big Business; Abuse It and Lose It?; The Best Defense Is to Play Your Own Game; Chapter 9: Company Culture Is More Important than Ever; Arrogance Squared Helped HP Lose Its Way; Culture Matters, Culture Is Real; What Is a Company? ; Give Her an Inch and She Thinks She's a RulerNot All Change Is Progress; Chapter 10: Bogie and Bergman Explain Elasticity of Demand; Bananas for Oranges and for Oil; Elasticity: Simpler than It Sounds; Three-Way Street; But Which Is Better, Elastic or Inelastic Demand?; Chapter 11: Red Flags and Roaches; Setting Standards for What Not to Buy; Hot Stocks Often Flame Out; Hot Air Doesn't Pay Dividends; Pride Cometh before Absurd Acquisitions; Big Secrets Are Often Big Embarrassments; Real Trends Don't Rush You; Cockroach Theory Warns of Trouble to Come ; Cockroaches Cause Knee-Jerk Reaction for Some
• Sommario/riassunto: The Entrepreneurial Investor will inspire you to treat investing like a business and to think of yourself as an owner. Through solid examples and a light narrative, Paul Orfalea skillfully explores the essence of the entrepreneurial investor, which includes balancing the art and science of this discipline, and viewing investing itself as a business. Along the way, he also examines how the elements of focus, opportunism, and involvement can improve your overall investment results.
• Titolo autorizzato: The entrepreneurial investor
• ISBN: 1-281-22215-1; 9786611222154; 0-470-25662-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451154403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II