Book Reviews
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Book Review – “An Economist walks into a Brothel ” by Allison Schrager
- July 4, 2019
- Posted by: Shivani Chopra, CFA
- Category: BLOG, Book Reviews
No CommentsContributed By : Jitendra Chawla, CFA What is common between investing in early-stage start-ups, producing Hollywood movies and breeding horses on a stud farm? All have long tails (no pun intended) i.e. range of outcomes that have a skewed distribution –... -
Masterclass with Super Investors – Book Review
- March 30, 2019
- Posted by: annlin@india.cfasociety.org
- Category: BLOG, Book Reading, Book Reviews, Events, New Delhi
Contributed by: Jagpreet Bhatia, VA Capital In the category of practical investment management books, I found it to be one of the best reference guides, especially so in the Indian context. The book is written in the original OID (Outstanding Investor Digest –... -
“A to Z for First Time Investor” – Book Review
- September 14, 2017
- Posted by: annlin@india.cfasociety.org
- Category: BLOG, Book Reviews, New Delhi
Title: A to Z for First Time Investor Author: Ankur Kapur, CFA Publisher: Plutus Capital (2017) M.R.P: Rs. 199 Pages: 120 Reviewed By: Shivani Chopra, CFA “A to Z for First Time Investor” is a personal finance book written in a simple yet effective manner. The... -
Book Review: The Aspirational Investor: Investing in the Pursuit of Wealth and Happiness, 2015.
- December 14, 2015
- Posted by: abhilakshman
- Category: BLOG, Book Reviews
Title: The Aspirational Investor: Investing in the Pursuit of Wealth and Happiness Author: Ashvin B. Chhabra Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (July 2015) M.R.P: Rs. 699.00 ISBN: 9780670086719/0670086711 Pages: 240 Reviewed by: Srinivasa Sharan, CFA Moving Beyond... -
Book Review: Culture and Prosperity by John Kay
- December 14, 2015
- Posted by: abhilakshman
- Category: Bengaluru, BLOG, Book Reviews
Title: Culture and Prosperity, Why some nations are rich but most remain poor Author: John Kay Publisher: Harper Business, Reprint 2005 Price: Rs. 911 ISBN: 9780060587062/0060587067 Pages: 432 Reviewed by: Aneek Saha, CFA The book – Culture and... -
Book Review: Misbehaving – The Making of Behavioral Economics…
- November 25, 2015
- Posted by: IAIP
- Category: BLOG, Book Reviews, Mumbai
Book Review: Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics Author: Richard H. Thaler Publisher: W W Norton & Company Kindle Price: INR622.25, Hard cover price: INR1397, Pages 432 Originally published: May 11, 2015 Reviewed by: Jainendra Shandilya, CFA,... -
Climate Shock: The Economic Consequences of a hotter planet
- October 24, 2015
- Posted by: IAIP
- Category: BLOG, Book Reviews
Book Review: Climate Shock: The Economic Consequences of a hotter planet Author: Gernot Wagner, Martin L. Weitzman Publisher: Princeton University Kindle Price: INR: 996.05, Hard cover price: 1426, Pages 250 Originally published: February 22, 2015 Reviewed by:... -
Asian Financial Statement Analysis – Detecting Financial Irregularities…
- August 27, 2015
- Posted by: IAIP
- Category: Advocacy, BLOG, Book Reviews, Mumbai
Book Review Of: Asian Financial Statement Analysis – Detecting Financial Irregularities Authors: ChinHwee Tan and Thomas R. Robinson Publisher: John Wiley & Sons. www.wiley.com (2014) Pages: 192 Price: INR 3065 (Kindle Edition) Reviewed by Chetan Shah,... -
Capital in the Twenty-First Century – a Book Review…
- December 22, 2014
- Posted by: IAIP
- Category: BLOG, Book Reviews, Mumbai
Title: Capital In the Twenty-First Century Author: Thomas Piketty Publisher: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (12-May-2014) ISBN: 978-0674430006 Pages: 696, Price: Rs965 Reviewed by: Jainendra Shandilya, CFA, CAIA ‘Capital in the twenty first... -
Book Launch Event – “Gurus of Chaos: Modern India’s Money Masters”
- November 24, 2014
- Posted by: IAIP
- Category: BLOG, Book Reviews, Mumbai, Speaker Events
Contributed by: Ishwar Chidambaram, CFA IAIP organized a book launch event in Mumbai on Friday, November 22; wherein the author & speaker Saurabh Mukherjea, CFA, shared his experience as well as key themes in his book “Gurus of Chaos: Modern...