A snappy little book containing facts, jargon, and inside information--all that readers need to know to hold their own among the experts.
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"This is no bluff"
--The Financial Times
"The Bluffer's Guides take subjects in a light-hearted vein and give enough information and jargon for the reader to hold his own among experts."
--The Daily Express
--The Financial Times
"The Bluffer's Guides take subjects in a light-hearted vein and give enough information and jargon for the reader to hold his own among experts."
--The Daily Express
About the Author
The daughter of a property speculator and the granddaughter of a bank manager, Anne Gordon initially trained as a medieval historian, studying theology in her spare time. But it was not long before futures seemed more attractive than pasts.
She feels her financial acumen has improved considerably since her first week in the City of London when she astonished her manager by admitting she had never used a calculator, and herself by realising an invoice was only a bill.
She moved to Hong Kong just in time for the 1987 stock market crash, and returned to the UK at the time of sterling's withdrawal from the Exchange Rate Mechanism. She insists the two events were purely coincidental. Her whereabouts on Black Monday remain a secret, though she claims to have receipts to show that she was not in New York at the time.
Having decided that it was more exhilarating to look after other people's money than risk her own, she now advises fund managers. Any personal speculation is limited by a predilection for paragliding, a large mortgage, and the most expensive dentist in the world.
She feels her financial acumen has improved considerably since her first week in the City of London when she astonished her manager by admitting she had never used a calculator, and herself by realising an invoice was only a bill.
She moved to Hong Kong just in time for the 1987 stock market crash, and returned to the UK at the time of sterling's withdrawal from the Exchange Rate Mechanism. She insists the two events were purely coincidental. Her whereabouts on Black Monday remain a secret, though she claims to have receipts to show that she was not in New York at the time.
Having decided that it was more exhilarating to look after other people's money than risk her own, she now advises fund managers. Any personal speculation is limited by a predilection for paragliding, a large mortgage, and the most expensive dentist in the world.
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