Dept. of Speculation is a portrait of a marriage. It is also a beguiling rumination on the mysteries of intimacy, trust, faith, knowledge, and the condition of universal shipwreck that unites us all. Jenny Offill's heroine, referred to in these pages as simply "the wife," once exchanged love letters with her husband postmarked Dept. of Speculation, their code name for all the u...(展开全部)

菲利普·L·凯瑞特（1896～1998）美国著名投资家、基金管理人。身为记者与“一战”飞行员的菲利普，最初为朋友和家人打理钱财，1928年他创办了Pioneer基金，后发展为现今的富达（Fidelity）共同基金，该基金公司为美国最大基金公司之一，由菲利普·L·凯瑞特的儿子和孙女掌管。菲利普掌管该基金55年，期间公司募集的投资额由１万美元变成800万美元。沃伦·巴菲特称他具有“最长期的投资纪录”。凯瑞特投资的成功秘诀，很大程度在于当别人未能发现某些小公司之前，他对这些公司的价值十分认可，如供水与桥梁公司的股票。他并不在意长期持有那些一直呆滞不动的股票。他与巴菲特身为挚友，并时常交换投资理念与秘诀。 《投机的艺术》一书，主要是凯瑞特作为Barron记者期间所写的系列投资文章，后一直成为投资的经典之作。 菲利普·L·凯瑞特于1998年...(展开全部)

The follow-up to Victor Niederhoffer's critically and commercially acclaimed book The Education of a Speculator has finally arrived. Practical Speculation continues the story of a true market legend who ran a hugely successful futures trading firm that had annual returns of over thirty percent until unforeseen losses forced him to close operations. Like a phoenix rising from th...(展开全部)

The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: a deliriously entertaining, wickedly intelligent cinema book as unique and creative as anything by Quentin Tarantino. In addition to being among the most celebrated of contemporary filmmakers, Quentin Tarantino is possibly the most joyously infectious mo...(展开全部)

The man Barron′s dubbed "the ultimate Wall Street pro" returns with a stunning follow–up to his bestselling Trader Vic––Methods of a Wall Street Master ("The best investment book of 1992"––The Stock Trader′s Almanac). Take an advanced class in his patented trading and investment philosophy and learn how the master makes better investment decisions . . . deciphers economic theor...(展开全部)

In this narrative tour de force, five of the greatest minds of the twentieth century argue whether machines will ever have the ability to think like humans-and whether they should be allowed to do so.

Recommended Reading by Warren Buffet in his March 2013 Letter to Shareholders How speculation has come to dominate investment--a hard-hitting look from the creator of the first index fund. Over the course of his sixty-year career in the mutual fund industry, Vanguard Group founder John C. Bogle has witnessed a massive shift in the culture of the financial sector. The prudent, v...(展开全部)

Is your investment in that new Internet stock a sign of stock market savvy or an act of peculiarly American speculative folly? How has the psychology of investing changed--and not changed--over the last five hundred years? Edward Chancellor examines the nature of speculation--from medieval Europe to the Tulip mania of the 1630s to today's Internet stock craze. A contributing wr...(展开全部)