Financial Musings

Skin in the Game

October 29, 2023

Skin in the Game, Nassim Nicholas Taleb I really loved The Black Swan – the book that brought Taleb fame – but unfortunately he’s continued […]

Trillions

March 2, 2023

Trillions, Robin Wigglesworth I really enjoyed this book, thanks for the Christmas present, Suzanne! A ton of it revolved around San Francisco and the creation […]

Boomerang

October 27, 2022

Not my favorite of the Lewis books, but a great find at the op shop for $1!

Freezing Order

May 24, 2022

Freezing Order, Bill Browder Goodreads: When Bill Browder’s young Russian lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was beaten to death in a Moscow jail, Browder made it his […]

The Economists’ Hour

November 15, 2020

The Economists’ Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society, Binyamin Appelbaum Goodreads: The Economists’ Hour is the biography of a revolution: The […]

Principles

August 11, 2019

Principles, Ray Dalio Goodreads: In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Forty years […]

Bad Blood

September 1, 2018

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, John Carreyrou Goodreads: The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of […]

Saving Capitalism

May 13, 2017

Saving Capitalism: For the Many Not the Few, Robert B. Reich New York Times: To understand “Saving Capitalism,” Robert Reich’s sweeping treatise on inequality in […]

The Courage to Act

October 2, 2016

The Courage to Act: A Memoir of a Crisis and its Aftermath, Ben S. Bernanke Not only an intriguing behind-the-scenes look at what took place […]

The Lexus and the Olive Tree

May 2, 2016

The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization, Thomas L. Friedman Amazon: In this vivid portrait of the new business world, Thomas L. Friedman shows […]

Bad Paper: Chasing Debt from Wall Street to the Underworld

September 14, 2015

Bad Paper: Chasing Debt from Wall Street to the Underworld, Jake Halpern Credit card and student debt are a little outside the realm of my […]

Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice

August 25, 2015

Browder’s story is somewhat folklore in the finance community so when his book was released I was pretty quick to purchase myself a copy. Well written and quite gripping, I had no idea the Russian establishment so blatantly violated civil rights so long after the country (supposedly) became democratic. The fortune Browder amassed via his investing in Russia quite impressive, but the story behind his rise and fall is even more enthralling. Amazing to read how close he came to spending his life behind bars, the first chapter of the book will have you hooked!