New Capstone Catelogue 2009 - You Want Some of This

 

The financial markets aren't flawless mechanical machines, they're human says Dr Eamonn Butler, author of The Best Book on the Market

6th May 2008:  Everyone's agitated by the current state of world financial markets, but personally I, Eamonn Butler, take a more sanguine view. That's because I take a more long-term view. The ups and downs of the markets don't always reflect the real strength or weakness of a company, or a sector, a country, or even the world. That may sound odd coming from a writer and think-tanker who proclaims the wisdom of markets. But let me explain.

Who's to blame for the current financial crisis asks Eamonn Butler, author of the forthcoming The Best Book on the Market

7th April 2008: Who's to blame for the current financial crisis?  asks Eamonn Butler, Director of the Adam Smith Institute. A lot of people blame 'the market'. But markets are no more than a series of human actions and interactions. So by blaming the 'market' we're really blaming our own bone-headedness. Well, it's a fair cop. Whatever the economic textbooks tell you, none of us is all-knowing. We might be very wised-up on our own little part of the world, but we can't know what's happening everywhere in the wider economy, and we can't predict the future. And stuff just happens, and sometimes it gives us a battering.

Making a Fortune: Learning from the Asian Phenomenon, from Spinder Dhaliwal

Published by Capstone, May 08

For two decades, entrepreneurs have been eulogised in the popular press. At a time when real heroes are hard to find, it is the entrepreneur, the dynamic go-getting risk taker, who has become the hero of free enterprise. At the cutting edge of the British entrepreneurial community are the Asian businesses featured in the new book by Spinder Dhaliwal - Making a Fortune: Learning from the Asian Phenomenon. It takes in businesses from manufacturing to finance, from food to hotels, from pharmaceuticals to fashion. It includes first-, second- and third-generation achievers. It provides the definitive guide to ‘who’s who’ in the Asian business world.

Jim Mellon and Al Chalabi predicted the current financial crisis in Wake Up! Survive and Prosper in the Coming Economic Turmoil

18th March 2008:  Wake Up! Survive & Prosper in the Coming Economic Turmoil (Wiley, 2005) is a book we released a little over two years ago when the global economy looked very rosy. We argued that this apparent economic boom was ephemeral and would prove to be unsustainable because the underlying reasons behind it were unsound: cheap credit.

Breakdown Investing Tips from Jim Mellon and Al Chalabi: Three Money-Making Stories That Will Inspire You to Find the BigIdeas Hidden Inside the Trends

Do you leave your investing decisions to the “experts”? Or do you rely on your own brainpower to figure out what might be the next big thing? Jim Mellon and Al Chalabi, authors of The Top 10 Investments for the Next 10 Years: BigIdeas, MoneyFountains and Your Path to Prosperity, say that if you let professionals do your thinking for you, you might find yourself joining the masses in chasing after the obvious trends.

Jim Mellon and Al Chalabi, authors of The Top Ten Investments for the Next Ten Years, views on the credit crunch

Inevitable yet surprising how long it has taken for the “crunch” to impact the market say Jim Mellon and Al Chalabi, authors of The Top Ten Investments for the Next Ten Years published by Capstone, a Wiley Company. Since the initial market wobble in August, investors have been in denial and the market rallies resumed for  several months, but now it appears that the party is definitely over.

Al Chalabi, author of The Top Ten Investments for the Next 10 Years, on what makes a successful start up

  If Al Chalabi, co-author of The Top Ten Investments for the Next 10 Years with Jim Mellon, had to pick one thing that makes a successful start-up, it is securing an anchor client. 

The Top 10 Investments for the Next 10 Years: BigIdeas, MoneyFountains and Your Path to Prosperity

By Jim Mellon and Al Chalabi
To be published by Capstone on 5th February 2008

How am I going to pay for my future once my working years are over?

The fact that we’re all living longer is an undeniable trend and the massive shortfalls in state pension schemes have largely been ignored by governments.  The prospect of living off our own savings for 20 – 30 years without a salary or a state pension of any real worth is a daunting one.