Most Popular Books by John Train

Finance.

Here are insights into nine of the most successful investors of our time -- Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffett, John Templeton, and Philip Fisher, among others. In these fascinating profiles John Train reveals the unique investment styles that have made each a master: the traits that distinguish them from the crowd and the techniques that create the single characteristic unifying them all -- "consisently profitable investments. Their methods, Train reveals, include those both the nonprofessional and the seasoned investor can apply for profit.

A curious and amusing sampler of bizarre word origins details the origin, evolution, and current state of selected words whose meanings through the centuries have changed dramatically.

This primer of proven and practical ideas on successful stock market investing from the author of The Money Masters and The New Money Masters is both sophisticated and accessible.

In the next few years, the world''s senior generation will pass on some ten trillion dollars--more than the value of all the companies listed on today''s stock exchange--to their heirs. Much of this unprecedented transfer of wealth will take the form of trusts. But the old Prudent Man Rule that trustees have followed for generations has been scrapped, and the new Prudent Investor Rule, which now applies in most states, drastically changes the way trusts must be operated. Trustees cannot hope to learn "on the job": today''s investment principles and portfolio management techniques are too demanding. With Investing and Managing Trusts under the New Prudent Investor Rule, Train and Melfe show trustees how to manage trusts according to this important new Rule. Many current and future trustees are unfamiliar with the far-reaching provisions of the new Prudent Investor Rule, which should soon govern trust investing in all fifty states. Investing and Managing Trusts under the New Prudent Investor Rule explains the investment and administrative obligations--as well as the new liberties--imposed by this stringent Rule. John Train, an authority on building wealth, brings his deep knowledge and dry wit to this thorough guide, in collaboration with Thomas Melfe, eminent New York trusts and estates attorney. Train and Melfe also highlight the various forms of trusts and the major suitable and unsuitable types of investments, so that family trustees, as well as readers in the investment and trust business, law, and financial planning can understand the key strategic and managerial considerations. This practical, straightforward guide--the first comprehensive discussion of the new Prudent Investor Rule for private trustees-comes complete with useful sample forms, management guidelines, checklists, and a glossary. It is an essential reference for all professional and family trustees as well as their legal and financial advisors.

Crazy Quilt is a new collection of outrageous and comic imbroglios on such subjects as travel, the high life, bureaucracy, and language. A Turkish restaurant proposes: Brain Salad and Virgin Lips. A jumbo jet is forced to turn back when pigs in the hold fart so exuberantly that they set off the gas alarm. Princess Anne and Capt. Mark Phillips receive a weird collection of wedding presents. In the business directory Train lists Cheatham and Steele, Bankers (Oregon); Dr. Dotti, Psychiatrist (Rome, Italy); and Argue & Phibbs, Solicitors (Ireland). And the Financial Times reports a discussion between Australian business partners that turned ugly when one man has his nose bitten off after sinking his teeth into the other''s thumb.

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This beautiful and fascinating illustrated book tells the story of the orange from earliest times. Brought back from India by Alexander the Great, citrus proved to be a lifesaver on long sea voyages, since it was the antidote for scurvy, which could incapacitate an entire crew. Columbus took it to the new world, and later Portuguese and Spanish kings required all captains to carry along oranges and plant them. Thus arose the vast proliferation of oranges in Florida. At the same time, the Italians and French made the orange a centerpiece of the Medici castles in Florence. This practice was followed by all the European courts, from Versailles to the Great Mosque in Cordoba. It is, of course, a favorite theme in art of the time, many of which are illustrated in this volume. The book also describes other uses of the citrus fruit, for example, cosmetics, perfumes, confections and liqueurs. In addition to its delicious quality as food, the orange is one of the world''s favorite decorative plants. Th

Explores the olive tree''s rich, varied & glorious history. Includes chapters on the fruit''s role in mythology, religion and ancient civilisation; tours cultivation sites and illuminates the complex culture of olive oil commerce. And illustrations of nature, human labour, tools and art reveal the olive in all its hues and guises.

A useful and delightfully eccentric book of words and phrases for conversational champions and would-be champions, by the author of Remarkable Words with Astonishing Origins. Illustrated.

Warren Buffet, John Templeton, Benjamin Graham, Jim Rogers, George Soros – bei diesen Namen werden die meisten Trader sofort hellhörig. Denn: weltweit gibt es nicht mehr als vielleicht 20 dieser Ausnahme-Trader, die es geschafft haben, aus eigener Kraft viele Millionen zu verdienen. Jeder davon setzte auf seine eigene Strategie: Rogers auf Rohstoffe, Buffet auf die Methode des Value Investings, usw. Eine Eigenschaft ist jedoch bei allen zu erkennen – ob in der Vergangenheit oder heute – das sichere Gespür für profitable Trends ist bei allen vorhanden. Aber wie denken die »Meister«? Welche Informationsquellen nutzen sie? Wie sehr verlassen sie sich auf Fakten und wie sehr auf Psychologie? Und warum kaufen Sie welche Aktien? In seinen Büchern widmet John Train nicht nur jedem Meister des Geldes ein eigenes Kapitel, er stellt auch deren faszinierende Persönlichkeit vor und enthüllt die einzigartigen Anlagestrategien. Der Leser erfährt woran die Großen dieser Branche erkennen, ob ein Markt zu hoch oder zu niedrig bewertet ist und wann es sich lohnt, an den Aktienmärkten zu investieren. Unter der Anleitung der Großen können sowohl Laien als auch professionelle Anleger ihre Gewinne maximieren.

Dieses Buch ist eine Forschungsreise durch die Ideen und Handlungsweisen einiger der bedeutensten Portfolio-Investoren unserer Zeit - Männer, deren Entscheidung zu kaufen oder zu verkaufen wirklich gewinnbringend waren. Wie denken Sie? Welche Informationsquelle nutzen sie? Wie sehr verlassen sie sich auf Fakten und wie sehr auf Psychologie? Welche Kriterien wenden sie bei der Auswahl ihrer Kapitalanlage an? Und warum gefallen ihnen die Aktien , die sie gerade Kaufen?

This delightful volume is a collection of memorable writings--from Horace and Shakespeare to Rilke and Robert Frost--on the four seasons of the year, highlighting the happiness we can find in each. Accompanying the texts are beautiful and evocative paintings: from Botticelli to the wonderful Swedish modern Carl Larsson. These classic authors and artists share their visions of the beauty and poetry of every season. This latest offering of the renowned editors John Train and Linda Kelly will make a perfect Christmas gift.

Tells the origins, myths, symbolism and the many practical uses of the apple.

A selection of personal thoughts, opinions and conclusions based on John Train''s rich experience of the world.

Our reactions to the creatures that share our world include love- sometimes reciprocated- curiosity, wonder, fear. Here are some writings on this theme that have particularly taken our fancy.

An expert reviews the experts - new and updated appraisals of the winning investment strategies of the greatest financial wizards. Money Masters of Our Time is a reappraisal and revision of those money masters who have stood the test of time plus a look at new money masters. Train emphasises the parts of their various business careers that illuminate their investment techniques focusing on notable individuals whose decisions to buy and sell have actually made money grow. How do they reason? Where do they get their information? How much do they depend on fact and how much on psychology? What are their criteria in selecting a stock? What stocks are they buying now, and why? The ′Money Masters′ covered are: Warren Buffet, Paul Cabot, Philip Carret, Philip Fisher, Benjamin Graham, Mark Lightbrown, Peter Lynch, John Neff, T. Rowe Price, Richard Rainwater, Julian Robertson, Jim Rogers, George Soros, Michael Steinhardt, John Templeton, Ralph Wanger, Robert Wilson. Train centres on their investment techniques and methods and also gives brief biographical evaluations.

A beautifully packaged and illustrated stocking stuffer that contains the best things ever said about love by everyone from Shakespeare, George Sand, and Mark Twain to Aldous Huxley, Annie Dillard, and Lord Byron. Train is the author of Wit and Most Remarkable Occurrences.

Over the years, Train''s remarkable books have gathered a dedicated following for their hilarious deadpan humor and their stylish literary grace. Now John Train''s Most Remarkable Occureences introduces even more remarkable stories and brings back the rarest gems from the first volume.

"[O]ne role Mr. Train played [was] the jocund hobbyist who ambled into bookish success. He helped found the literary quarterly The Paris Review with other Ivy Leaguers while bopping around Paris in the 1950s, and he wrote books on eccentric topics aside from names, like the cultural histories of oranges and Oriental rug symbols. Yet he was also an operator in high finance and world affairs who, by one researcher''s account, had ties to U.S. secret services. Mr. Train founded and ran a leading financial firm devoted to preserving the money of rich families, and he worked to support the mujahedeen in their fight against the Soviet Union in the 1980s. The multifariousness of his career defies definition, but one quality did underlie his many activities. Mr. Train exemplified the attitudes and values of the exalted class he was born into: the white Anglo-Saxon Protestants of the postwar era." --

Report of a meeting of European Afghanistan support groups, including Medecins Sans Frontieres, Aide Medicale Internationale, Guild Internationale du Raid and Swedish and English groups, held in Paris on January 7-8, 1984.