The Long and the Short of It - Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Are Not in

This book provides a guide to the complexities of modern finance. It describes the basics of investment and the sophisticated innovations of the modern financial system. It explains how twice in the last decade- in the new economy bubble and the credit crunch- the follies of the finance have threatened the stability of the world economy. It describes and environment that is complex and sophisticated, but greedy, cynical and self-interested. This book explains how to put your finances in the only hands you can confidently trust- your own.