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A blueprint to successful value investing

Successful value investors have an ingrained mental framework through which all investments decisions are made. This framework, which stems from the father of value investing, Benjamin Graham-who believed that investment is most intelligent when it is most businesslike-can put you in a better position to improve the overall performance of your portfolio.

Written by Sham Gad-founder of the Gad Partners Funds, a value-focused investment partnership inspired by the 1950s Buffett Partnerships-The Business of Value Investing effectively examines the fundamental tenants of this approach and skillfully illustrates the six essential elements of the entire process. Opening with some informative discussions of how value investing focuses more on buying a piece of a business, and less on buying a company’s stock, this reliable resource quickly moves on to detail exactly what it takes to become a successful value investor.

• Outlines the six essential elements required for a successful risk averse value investment approach
• Contains case studies that illustrate how to approach investing in an intelligent, businesslike fashion
• Walks you through the pitfalls that most investors initially fall into

With The Business of Value Investing as your guide, you’ll quickly become familiar with one of the most effective investment strategies ever created.

“Buy a business, don’t rent stocks.”
—Warren Buffett

While you’ve probably heard numerous “financial experts” talk about the many ways to make money in the markets, the fact is, there’s only one strategy that has truly proven itself over the years. Thanks to the foundation laid out by Benjamin Graham and expanded upon by Warren Buffett and others, value investing—which consists of buying the stock of companies that trade for less than their intrinsic value in order to maximize return while minimizing risk—has helped countless individuals consistently build wealth by avoiding permanent capital loss.

Successful value investors have an ingrained mental framework through which all investment decisions are made. This framework, which stems from Graham’s belief that “investment is most intelligent when it is most businesslike,” can put you in a better position to improve the overall performance of your portfolio.

Written by Sham Gad—founder of the Gad Partners Funds, a value-focused investment partnership inspired by the 1950s Buffett Partnerships—The Business of Value Investing effectively examines the fundamental tenants of this approach and skillfully illustrates the six essential elements of the entire process. Opening with informative discussions of how value investing focuses more on buying a piece of a business and less on buying a company’s stock, this reliable resource quickly moves on to detail exactly what it takes to become a successful value investor.

• Develop a sound investment philosophy

• Have a good search strategy

• Know how to value a business and assess the quality of management

• Have the discipline to say no

• Practice the art of patience

• Have the courage to make a significant investment at the point of maximum pessimism

Along the way, you’ll become familiar with specific case studies that illustrate how to approach investing in an intelligent, businesslike fashion. Each one—all of which were actual investments made by the author at one time or another in his career—offers a different way to determine whether a company under investigation is indeed a bargain investment opportunity.

For those willing to put forth the effort and show some patience, the stock market offers the greatest forum for wealth accumulation. Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, this reliable resource can help you make the most of your time in today’s markets, by following a value-oriented approach to investing that continues to make sense.

The major writings of W. E. B. DuBois in one collection with active table of contents:

The Conservation of Races
Darkwater, Voices From Within The Veil
The Negro
The Negro Problem
The Quest of the Silver Fleece
The Souls of Black Folk
The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States

“Nolo is a pioneer in both consumer and self-help books and software” — Los AngelesTimes

The ultimate user-friendly Federal employment book!

The Essential Guide to Federal Employment Laws is a plain-English guide to the 20 most important federal laws dealing with employment issues. It provides all the information you need on each of the major federal employment laws, including the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act and more.

Each chapter covers a separate law, giving readers a digest of the law’s most important features. Topics covered include:

•which businesses must comply with the law
•what each law allows and prohibits
•where to find the text of the law
•important court decisions about each law
•practical tips to stay within the scope of the law
•which federal agency enforces each law
•resources for further research and information

A must-have resource for reference librarians, human resources professionals and business owners. Readers will find out what is allowed and prohibited, what businesses must comply, practical tips to stay within the scope of the law, which federal agencies enforce the law – and more.

Television, games, the Internet, peers and other forces shape children’s morality, but consultant and educator Borba (Parents Do Make a Difference) argues that it is parents who provide the most enduring modeling and instruction. Kids, she asserts, should be fortified against the onslaught of increasingly negative cultural influences violent video games, nasty music lyrics by parental involvement and guidance. Designed as a guide for parents and caregivers of children from three to 15 years old, the book describes an epidemic deficiency in the moral development of American kids and outlines seven virtues (Empathy, Conscience, Self-Control, Respect, Kindness, Tolerance and Fairness) to be engendered in children. Devoting an identically designed chapter to each virtue, she defines the virtue in accessible and secular language. She then provides a test for parents to assess their children and offers practical actions parents can take on a daily basis. Throughout, her tone is pragmatic and optimistic. She advises parents to make sure they are providing a moral example that they would want their children to follow in other words, watch their own behavior. She advises parents to be direct about their own moral beliefs and encourage specific virtuous behaviors. Borba concludes the book with a helpful resource list. A packed storehouse, this helpful, informative and hopeful book will be dog-eared over years of consultation. (July)Forecast: Many readers will recognize Borba’s name; as an expert on “bullying,” she makes frequent TV appearances, and on Oprah’s Mom Online she is the “Moral Intelligence Pro.” This book is timely; given public debates on media violence, and the prevention of juvenile crime, it’s likely to be widely read and referenced.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Writing with confident authority and providing good, current references, Borba offers “a step by step blueprint for enhancing your child’s moral capacity” the ethical compass that charts a youngster’s moral fate. She first defines seven intertwining “essential virtues of moral intelligence and solid character”: empathy, conscience, self-control (these first three form a “moral core”), respect, kindness, tolerance, and fairness. Ensuing chapters suggest how to incubate, nurture, and master individual virtues using realistic, workable methods. The book recalls Becky A. Bailey’s Easy To Love, Difficult To Discipline (LJ 2/15/00), which frames “loving guidance” in seven-part structures (seven values for living, seven powers of self control, etc.). It’s also similar to Borba’s own Parents Do Make a Difference (Jossey-Bass, 1999). All these books have noble goals yet require a high initial investment of energy and time; this is not a quick fix but a way of living. Of course, many of those who really need Borba’s book won’t read it; if more people mastered these traits, the world would be a different and better place. Recommended for larger public libraries. Douglas C. Lord, Connecticut State Lib., Hartford
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

At times, a single, perfect color is just what a new knitting project needs. But more often than not, the creative knitter envisions exciting color palettes that make her handmade hat unique or add special meaning to a gift for a loved one. Adding fabulous color combinations to a handknit item can be as simple as working with multicolor yarn or as intricate as applying the technical concepts of knitting intarsia.

Knitting teacher and author Margaret Radcliffe presents a world of color techniques in a single comprehensive reference that knitters will consult every time two or more yarn colors are in play. Stitchers of every ability — from the determined beginner in need of clear instructions to the experienced crafter ready to take on a new challenge — will benefit from the color-combining methods and handy tips and secrets revealed in The Essential Guide to Color Knitting Techniques.

Multicolor knitting techniques are explained with step-by-step illustrations and photographs accompanied by instructive text. Complete chapters on stripes, stitch effects, knitting with multicolor yarns, stranded knitting, and intarsia cover the general theory and how-to behind each method as well as creative solutions for handling tangled yarn, estimating yarn quantities of each color, handling all those ends, and stunning finishing techniques. An additional chapter describes less common techniques such as helix, shadow, mosaic, and modular knitting.

Whether the goal is a softly striped throw in nursery pastels, a pair of cozy socks in team colors, or a sophisticated cashmere wrap in a jewellike pattern, The Essential Guide to Color Knitting Techniques has all the answers for adventurous knitters.

Margaret Radcliffe is the author of the best-selling The Knitting Answer Book. In addition to writing about knitting, Radcliffe designs sweaters, teaches knitting techniques, and lectures on knitting.

“I am most favorably impressed by the Essential Histories series on the American Civil War. Written by four of the best historians of the military course of the war, these volumes provide a lucid and concise narrative of the campaigns in both the Eastern and Western theaters as well as penetrating analyses of strategies and leadership. Ideal for classroom use or fireside reading.”

This book covers one of the defining periods of European history. The series of wars between the Greeks and the Persian Empire produced the famous battles of Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis, as well as an ill-fated attempt to overthrow the Persian king in 400 BC, which helped to inspire the conquests of Alexander the Great. To tell the story of these momentous events–of the lives of great men and women, the societies and cultures that produced them, and how and why they came into conflict–was the aim of Herodotus. Known as the “Father of History,” Herodotus’ account of the wars is the first book to be called a history, and is the principal source for this concise and accessible volume.