When Genius Failed: The Rise and fall of Long Term Capital Management This book authored by Roger Lowenstein, is a short biography and chronology of an infamous hedge fund. Background So before getting into the review of this excellent read we need to understand, what does hedge fund means? Investopedia defines the term hedge funds as [...]
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Book Review – Barbarians at the Gates: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
July 22nd, 2010 
Praveen Bajaj Barbarians at the Gates: The Fall of RJR Nabisco Barbarians at the Gates: The Fall of RJR Nabisco by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar is a book about the biggest LBO of all times, the RJR Nabisco in 1988 for a sum of $ 25 million. This was an event which shook the stock market [...]
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No Comments »Book Review – Screw it, Let’s do it
June 28th, 2010 Praveen Bajaj Book Review: Screw it, Let’s do it – Richard Branson The Book Screw it, Let’s do it – is a capsule of wisdom. You can read it cover to cover in 2.5 hours. In this book, the world famous maverick entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson narrated in a very lucid and frank way the guidelines that [...]
Posted in Book Reviews Tags: Book Review, Losing My Virginity, richard branson, screw it lets do it, virgin No Comments »Book review: A Colossal Failure of Common Sense
June 2nd, 2010 Praveen Bajaj . Friends, I have just finished reading a really nice book discussed below. This is the first time I have tried my hand on writing a book review. I have tried to be very objective and honest. Please let me know your views by posting a comment below. Background: A Colossal Failure of Common Sense [...]