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Part memoir, part investment strategy guide, Out of the Box and onto Wall Street presents a revolutionary, alternative look at the world of finance. Revealing the essential rules for preserving capital and making long-term profits, the book provides timely observations on the current and future state of the world economy and investment markets, which are sure to be of interest to anyone considering alternative and time proven ways of making money.
Written by Mark J. Grant, Managing Director of Corporate Syndicate and Structured Products for Southwest Securities, Inc
Provides observations on the current and future state of the world economy and investment markets
Offers detailed analysis of investment trends, common investor mistakes, and the simple investment strategies that most people are unaware of
Designed for professional managers but also applicable for use by individual investors wanting a better understanding of the economy and how to pick smart investments for their own portfolio
This is a must-read for anyone who wants to think about investing outside the Wall Street box.
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“Mark Grant writes with conviction, panache, and an internal radar focus used on the critical issues of evolving investment markets. I read his daily commentary and this book is just as compelling.” — Bill Gross, Co-Chief Investment Officer, PIMCO
From the Author
All markets, it seems to me, are the subjects of two masters; Greed and Fear. Everything else we discuss and get lost in analyzing are subsets of these two taskmasters.
Born: 11/10/50 Resides: Fort Lauderdale, Florida or on his boat, "Wishes Granted"
Mr. Grant is a graduate of Occidental College and has been on Wall Street for thirty-seven years in various senior management positions. He has run Capital Markets for four Investment Banks and been on the Board of Directors of four Investment Banks. Mr. Grant was also the President of a public company in the telecommunications field and on its Board of Directors for several years while he continued his work on Wall Street. He currently works at a publically traded Investment Bank and is a Managing Director of the firm. He runs the Corporate Syndicate Department and also the Structured Finance Department. Mr. Grant also writes a commentary on the financial markets, "Out of the Box," that is only distributed to large institutions in money management and is published each day by MTN-I, a very respected operation geared towards structured finance out of London. Mr. Grant is the only market commentator for MTN-I. Mr. Grant is also quoted often in a number of prominent business publications and he can be found, with some regularity, on various TV and radio shows concerning the financial markets. The total distribution of Mr. Grant's commentary is approximately 5,500 financial institutions in forty-eight countries. Mr. Grant runs a team whose associations include a number of Sovereign Wealth Funds, Central Banks, Mutual Funds, Bank Trust Departments, major Insurance Companies and other money managers of various sizes.
"Out of the Box and onto Wall Street" is different from most finance related books. It is not only informational, but so original and entertaining. It is the perfect blend of theory and personal stories over the last few years of tumultuous market times. I highly recommend it and think it would make a great gift for any market follower!
I recently bought and read this book hoping to get some solid insight into bond buying for individual investors. While if offered some insight into the heirarchy of investing for safety and capital preservation, you mostly had to glean that out of a series of newsletters he wrote for his professional investment clients. I think in essence, he just stapled together a bunch of old newsletters. I would like to have seen a chapter on bond investing, past, present and future. I assume Mr Grant is very successful but I fail to see how this book helps the average guy get ahead in the bond world. He tended to drone on about some federally backed preferred stock he bought for his mother and then the federal government wouldn't make good on the dividends. He attributed a quote to Abaham Lincoln on page 354 that was actually made by William J.H. Boetcker in 1916. I gave the book to the public library hoping someone, perhaps smarter than me, would get the benefit that I missed.
Mark approaches the financial markets with discipline, perseverance and consistency. His daily market commentary displays a knowledge and understanding that only 38 years on Wall Street can, but his sense of humor is what makes his musings so original. This book is a "best of the best" of Mark's daily commentaries over the last few years and his foresight and interpretation of geopolitical and economic events is an invaluable, entertaining and educational read for any investor.
