The Fortune Sellers


Book Description

Ein Klassiker jetzt neu als Broschurausgabe. Das Erstellen von Zukunftsprognosen ist ein millionenschweres Geschaft. Doch haufig entstehen Zweifel an der Zuverlassigkeit der Vorhersagen. Sherden entlarvt falsche Prophezeiungen und trennt die Tatsachen von Trugschlussen, um den Leser zu zeigen, wie man Prognosen am besten nutzt und wie man sich die "Rosinen" herauspickt. Eine faszinierende Lekture, mit einer Unmenge erkennbarer, offensichtlicher Tatsachen und handfester Beispiele. (12/99)




Fortune Tellers


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A gripping history of the pioneers who sought to use science to predict financial markets The period leading up to the Great Depression witnessed the rise of the economic forecasters, pioneers who sought to use the tools of science to predict the future, with the aim of profiting from their forecasts. This book chronicles the lives and careers of the men who defined this first wave of economic fortune tellers, men such as Roger Babson, Irving Fisher, John Moody, C. J. Bullock, and Warren Persons. They competed to sell their distinctive methods of prediction to investors and businesses, and thrived in the boom years that followed World War I. Yet, almost to a man, they failed to predict the devastating crash of 1929. Walter Friedman paints vivid portraits of entrepreneurs who shared a belief that the rational world of numbers and reason could tame--or at least foresee--the irrational gyrations of the market. Despite their failures, this first generation of economic forecasters helped to make the prediction of economic trends a central economic activity, and shed light on the mechanics of financial markets by providing a range of statistics and information about individual firms. They also raised questions that are still relevant today. What is science and what is merely guesswork in forecasting? What motivates people to buy forecasts? Does the act of forecasting set in motion unforeseen events that can counteract the forecast made? Masterful and compelling, Fortune Tellers highlights the risk and uncertainty that are inherent to capitalism itself.




The Fortune Seller


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Jesse, a two hit performer, suddenly drops from the international spotlight. By the time she realizes that she is out of fashion, Jesse finds herself in serious debt. She is forced to take work as a telephone psychic. Jesse, known as Isis among the clientele, will have to be inventive. She landed this job because the company liked her voice. But now, like many fortune sellers, she must rely on her wits to keep it. A survivor and an opportunist, Jesse welcomes the anonymity and late-night shifts. This is her chance to rebuild her career - to plan her comeback. This will be her ticket back to showbiz. The future looks bright until readings for an enigmatic new customer land Jesse in deadly circumstances. A supernatural twist of fate draws Jesse into an obsessional love from beyond the grave. No clairvoyant could have predicted the danger that will follow. Patrice Chaplin, author of 36 books and plays, including The Siesta and City of Secrets, introduces this unique paranormal thriller. Based on a true story, The Fortune Seller takes us deep inside the modern-day psychic industry - a booming business fueled by thousands desperately seeking love, wealth, fame, revenge and glimpses into the future. The Fortune Seller sheds light on the professional psychic performance; the good news peddlers, and also, the genuinely gifted - those rare talents who can attune to strangers to receive messages, remarkable yet undeniably accurate. Follow Jesse into this night world - where truth is hard to find. And where seekers and channels follow heavenly guides across celestial trails, dimensions and time.




Plight of the Fortune Tellers


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Today's top financial-risk professionals have come to rely on ever-more sophisticated mathematics in their attempts to come to grips with financial risk. But this excessive reliance on quantitative precision is misleading--and it puts us all at risk. This is the case that Riccardo Rebonato makes in Plight of the Fortune Tellers--and coming from someone who is both an experienced market professional and an academic, this heresy is worth listening to. Rebonato forcefully argues that we must restore genuine decision making to our financial planning, and he shows us how to do it using probability, experimental psychology, and decision theory. This is the only way to effectively manage financial risk in a manner congruent with how human beings actually react to chance. Rebonato challenges us to rethink the standard wisdom about probability in financial-risk management. Risk managers have become obsessed with measuring risk and believe that these quantitative results by themselves can guide sound financial choices--but they can't. In this book, Rebonato offers a radical yet surprisingly commonsense solution, one that seeks to remind us that managing risk comes down to real people making decisions under uncertainty. Plight of the Fortune Tellers is not only a book for the decision makers of Wall Street, it's a must-read for anyone concerned about how today's financial markets are run. The stakes have never been higher--can you risk it?




The Fortune Teller's Kiss


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This is the memoir of a Sephardic Jewish girl living among Ashkenazi neighbors in the Bronx. She comes down with polio just before her eighth birthday. She begins a fight against immobility set within a cultural realm where Catholic and Jew and Turkish Moslem once met. Where a beautiful aunt could be abducted into a Turkish harem and another aunt could still keep the 400-year-old iron key to the family house in the Cordoba of the Spanish Inquisition.




Fortune-Telling Book of Love


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Unlock what life holds for you when it comes to love in this fun and entertaining guide to your romantic future. The latest addition to the bestselling Fortune-Telling series, this pocket-sized book divines auspicious signs, personalized fortunes, and time-tested spells for attracting love and keeping the flames of affection alight. Yearning hearts will learn the portents of birthmarks and feng shui for fostering love in the home. With vintage-inspired illustrations by Grady McFerrin, this charming book is the perfect choice for anyone searching for love, and for those lucky enough to have found it.




The Golden Book of Fortune-Telling


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A compendium of fun and entertaining ways to understand your future, taken from entries in the bestselling Fortune-Telling series. In this book lie the answers to your future. Reveal the meanings of your name, birthday, zodiac sign, and dreams. Unveil the significance of your color choices, friendships, and love interests. Discover what is foretold, learn to read auspicious omens, and divine the gift of attracting good fortune. Consult The Golden Book of Fortune-Telling and uncover the wisdom of the ages—and the power to shape your destiny.




Make a Fortune Selling to Women


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Want to Close The Deal? Want to Make The Sale? Want to Retain More Customers? Are you selling to the dominant economic force in the country?

There are 190 million of them in the U.S. alone. They have $4.4 trillion in collective buying power. They purchase 85% of all products and services, and they influence most of the rest of the purchases. They are responsible for 85% of the checks written. Forty-seven percent of them are stockholders. Who are they? Women.

In Make a Fortune Selling to Women, Connie Podesta combines psychology and sales tactics to create a how-to guide for how to sell to women and how to market to women.

With a lively voice and no-nonsense tone that both men and women will appreciate, Podesta offers specific tips for overcoming the big five Deal Breakers:

  1. She doesn't want to play the game
  2. She doesn't think the salesperson views her as a legitimate decision maker
  3. She doesn't like the salesperson
  4. She doesn't trust the salesperson
  5. She doesn't think the salesperson is the right person for the job

Riddled with revealing anecdotes, Make a Fortune Selling to Women describes the male and female approach to the buying experience--without being condescending to either gender. And both salesmen and saleswomen will rely on this book to help them secure more sales with women. Discover exactly the right approach when selling to women and use it to close the deal.




The Complete Fortune Teller


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Fortune-telling, in its various guises, is as popular now as ever, though it is still regarded as a mysterious and complex process. Marc Lemezma breaks the subject down into all the practical elements of the various fortune telling disciplines - covering runes, tarot, palmistry, cartomancy, and astrology.




The Fortune-Teller's Bible


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FORTUNE-TELLING & DIVINATION. The Fortune-teller's Bible is the definitive guide to divination including numerology, scrying, face-reading and the I Ching. From palmistry to Chinese astrology and from the tarot to tea-leaf reading this book will help you discover the secrets of your own future and what the future holds for your family and friends. Featuring practical instructions together with the fascinating history of these ancient arts, this book is the essential reference for anyone who's ever wanted to gaze into a crystal ball.