Life in the Financial Markets, Daniel Lacalle
Life in the Financial Markets, Daniel Lacalle
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Life in the Financial Markets
How They Really Work And Why They Matter To You

Author: Daniel Lacalle

Narrator: Matt Addis

Unabridged: 8 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 07/21/2022

Synopsis

The book is intended as an accessible and provocative text for professionals as well as an introduction to the subject for generalist readers who require or would like to gain an insight into the functioning of the system. The book is divided into three parts: 1) The recent history and the financial crisis, including hot topics such as derivatives, high frequency trading, and investment banking. This section in particular is written from the perspective of a successful practitioner and tries to provide clarity on some complex and very politicized elements of the banking system. 2) The debt market, monetary policies and quantitative easing, this part helps explain the impact of and the different issues surrounding sovereign debt, the Euro crisis, and austerity versus growth policies. 3) Analysis of investment styles, from hedge funds to long only investments, corporate communication and its impact on markets and investments, mistakes and frequent questions and answers regarding investment.

About Daniel Lacalle

Daniel Lacalle, economist and fund manager, is the author of the bestselling books Life in the Financial Markets, The Energy World Is Flat, and Escape from the Central Bank Trap. He is a professor of global economy at IE Business School in Madrid. Ranked as one of the top twenty most influential economists in the world in 2016 and 2017 by Richtopia, he holds the CIIA financial analyst title, with a post-graduate degree in higher business studies and a master's degree in economic investigation. He is a member of the advisory board of the Rafael del Pino Foundation and Commissioner of the Community of Madrid in London. Lacalle is a regular collaborator with CNBC, Bloomberg TV, BBC, Hedgeye, Seeking Alpha, Business Insider, Mises Institute, and the Epoch Times as well as an occasional consultant for The World Economic Forum, Focus Economics, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, and other major news publications around the world.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alejandro Álvarez on November 19, 2016

Como seguidor habitual de las columnas de Lacalle y lector previamente del libro "Viaje a la libertad económica", he de decir que "Nosotros,los mercados" me ha decepcionado ligeramente. El libro se divide en tres partes: - Cómo llega el autor a la City y cómo es e día a día en un hedge fund, - La opi......more

Goodreads review by Varun on September 28, 2020

The book takes you through Daniel's first hand experience in investment funds, what he looked and where he looked. It will give you a better idea of how financial options like hedge funds actually work, along with the risks associated with it. Another topic which caught my interest was the suggestio......more

Goodreads review by Remo on April 13, 2013

Buen libro sobre el punto de vista de un gestor de fondos en un hedge fund. Habla de su vida, de cómo llegó a Londres a trabajar en lo que trabaja, y de cómo se ve el problema de la crisis de deuda soberana desde su lado de la trinchera. Peca de soberbio y autosuficiente en algunos momentos, pero en......more

Goodreads review by Storyteller'S on April 10, 2019

Written in a disarmingly modest style, Daniel Lacalle introduces the readers to the world of complex financial markets with a unique ability of projecting himself as an observer, and the insider and expert that he is. The first chapter of the book narrates his multiple job interviews at a hedge-fund......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on September 26, 2018

Children sometimes understand things better than adults. The book "Life In The Financial Markets" by Daniel Lacalle is somewhat of an autobiography with investment tips. It may go a little slow for people familiar with investing or economics and it may not explain things in great enough detail for t......more

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