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Isaac Newton — 716 books
first published 1949 added 28 Jan 2017
English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
person
+710
merger arbitrage — 46 books
first published 1949
stock trading strategy
+40
stocks for the long run — 72 books
first published 1949 added 10 Mar 2018
1994 book by Jeremy Siegel
+66
buy low sell high — 81 books
first published 1949
2018 simulation video game developed by Red Fox Game Studios
+75
Michael Milken — 187 books
first published 1949 added 6 Feb 2022
American investor
+181
capital asset pricing model — 104 books
first published 1949
+98
stock buybacks — 115 books
first published 1949 added 29 Dec 2021
the repurchasing of shares by a company to reduce the number of shares on the market, often to increase shareholder value.
+109
John Bogle — 90 books
first published 1949 added 25 Oct 2021 person
+84
tulip mania — 96 books
first published 1949
17th-century economic bubble in the Netherlands
+90
Andrei Shleifer — 112 books
first published 1949
a Russian-American economist and a professor at Harvard University, known for his work in the field of finance
+106
junk bonds — 349 books
first published 1949 added 26 Feb 2022
financial product
+343
accounting loophole / creative accounting — 126 books
first published 1949
manipulation of financial records for favourable company presentation
+120
risk tolerance — 408 books
first published 1949
the degree of variability in investment returns that an individual is willing to endure
+402
diversified portfolio — 235 books
first published 1949
an investment strategy that allocates assets across a variety of different types of investments such as stocks, bonds, and real estate to reduce risk.
+229
market bubble — 258 books
first published 1949
economic phenomenon of very high prices driven by speculation
+252
AOL-Time Warner — 124 books
first published 1949 added 23 Oct 2022
former American multinational media conglomerate
+118
South Sea Bubble — 172 books
first published 1949
+166
Carter's malaise speech — 13 books
first published 1949 added 29 Oct 2023
+7
high-yield bond — 142 books
first published 1949 added 17 Aug 2024
+136
money market fund — 258 books
first published 1949 added 12 Feb 2017
type of investment fund
+252
survivorship bias — 93 books
first published 1949 added 18 Feb 2017
+87
transaction costs — 570 books
first published 1949 finance
+564
dogs of the Dow — 13 books
first published 1949 added 10 Mar 2018
stock investment strategy based on Dow Jones Industrial index
+7
Y2K — 230 books
first published 1949 added 15 Oct 2020
+224
Yogi Berra — 152 books
first published 1949 added 17 Jan 2017
an American baseball catcher, coach, and manager known for his humorous and paradoxical quotes
+146
air freight — 114 books
first published 1949
transportation of goods via air, usually high-value items
+108
Yom Kippur War — 208 books
first published 1946
October 1973 war between Egypt and Syria at one side and Israel on the other side
+202
Charlemagne — 320 books
first published 21 Mar 1945 added 8 Dec 2024 person
+314
source of truth — 72 books
first published 21 Mar 1945 added 9 Apr 2017
a term used in data management to indicate the primary, authoritative source of a particular piece of data.
+66
Mahatma Gandhi — 360 books
first published 21 Mar 1945
an Indian political and spiritual leader who played a key role in India's struggle for independence
person politician
+354
George Santayana — 87 books
first published 21 Mar 1945 added 21 Jun 2017 person
+81
Occam's razor — 162 books
first published 21 Mar 1945
philosophical principle used to judge credibility of statements
+156
Byzantine Empire — 202 books
first published 21 Mar 1945 added 7 Oct 2023
Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages
+196
William of Occam — 26 books
first published 21 Mar 1945
English Franciscan friar and theologian (c.1287–1347)
+20
Thales of Miletus — 44 books
first published 21 Mar 1945 added 19 Feb 2018
+38
Eratosthenes — 83 books
first published 21 Mar 1945
+77
Thales and the olive presses — 23 books
first published 21 Mar 1945 added 19 Feb 2018
+17
obscurantism — 66 books
first published 21 Mar 1945 added 26 Mar 2025
Aiming to hide information or insight
+60
Plato's cave — 256 books
first published 21 Mar 1945 added 24 Oct 2022
a philosophical allegory by Plato describing people who perceive only the shadows of reality, used to explore themes of knowledge, reality, and perception.
+250
problem of induction — 47 books
first published 21 Mar 1945 added 12 Apr 2026 problem
+41
liberation theology — 79 books
first published 21 Mar 1945 added 11 Mar 2017
Christian theological approach emphasizing the liberation of the oppressed
+73
Georg Cantor — 46 books
first published 21 Mar 1945
+40
"High Line" AND "New York" — 99 books
first published 21 Mar 1945 added 27 Aug 2024
+93
defense in depth — 56 books
first published 1 Mar 1943
+50
Norman Mailer — 178 books
first published 1 Mar 1943 added 1 Apr 2017
American writer (1923–2007)
+172
the scientific method — 520 books
first published 1943
mathematical and experimental techniques employed in the natural sciences; more specifically, techniques used in the construction and testing of scientific hypotheses
+514
power loom — 142 books
first published 1943 added 12 Jun 2025
mechanised loom powered by a line shaft
+136
Easter island — 216 books
first published 1943 added 4 Jul 2022
Polynesian island of Chile
+210
transatlantic cable — 94 books
first published 1943 added 22 Nov 2023
+88
collective bargaining — 433 books
first published 1943
+427
Louis Blériot — 24 books
first published 1942
French aviator, inventor and engineer
+18
Beryl Markham — 11 books
first published 1942 added 6 Nov 2022
a British-born Kenyan aviator and author
+5
invention of writing — 89 books
first published 1939
+83
three-masted sailing ship — 262 books
first published 1939 added 28 Sep 2023
painting by unknown artist, Poole Museum
+256
earthrise OR "earth rise" — 87 books
first published 1939 added 26 Jun 2024 space
+81
place-making — 323 books
first published 1937
+317
animal electricity — 26 books
first published 1937 added 6 Apr 2018
+20
Kula ring — 63 books
first published 1937 added 30 Dec 2016
+57
greater fool theory — 74 books
first published 1937 added 14 Feb 2024
+68
out of africa — 245 books
first published 1937
+239
profit motive — 472 books
first published 1935
the intent to achieve monetary gain in a project, transaction, or material endeavor
+466
failed state — 320 books
first published 1935
a political entity that has disintegrated to a point where basic conditions and responsibilities of a sovereign government no longer function properly
+314
plutocrats — 399 books
first published 1935
book by Chrystia Freeland
+393
invention of gunpowder — 31 books
first published 1935
+25
Bertrand Russell: In Praise of Idleness — 24 books
first published 1935
an essay by Bertrand Russell advocating for a reduction in the workweek to improve human happiness
+18
invention of agriculture — 70 books
first published 1935
transition from hunter gatherer to settled peoples
+64
computer age — 316 books
first published 14 Jun 1927 tech
+310
Honoré de Balzac — 71 books
first published 14 May 1923
+65
Hernando de Soto — 98 books
first published 14 May 1923
either a 16th-century Spanish explorer and conquistador or a modern Peruvian economist known for his work on property rights.
+92
yellow journalism — 61 books
first published 14 May 1923 added 5 Mar 2017
a type of journalism that presents little or no well-researched news and instead uses sensationalism to attract readers
+55
clean water — 805 books
first published 14 May 1923
+799
tontine — 32 books
first published 14 May 1923 added 5 Oct 2023
+26
price stability — 272 books
first published 14 May 1923
economic term
+266
cotton gin — 128 books
first published 14 May 1923 added 20 Nov 2021
machine that separates cotton fibers from seeds
+122
behavioural economics — 383 books
first published 14 May 1923 added 3 Oct 2023
an approach to economics that accounts for psychological, social, and emotional factors
+377
Black Monday: stock market crash in 1987 — 106 books
first published 14 May 1923 added 22 Mar 2022
refers to October 19, 1987, when stock markets around the world crashed, shedding a huge value in a very short time.
+100
reserve currency — 235 books
first published 14 May 1923
foreign currency held by monetary authorities as part of forex reserves
+229
Monroe Doctrine — 130 books
first published 14 May 1923
+124
Money Trust — 50 books
first published 14 May 1923 added 9 Jan 2025
financial concept
+44
pattern recognition — 488 books
first published 14 May 1923
+482
bank run — 345 books
first published 14 May 1923
a sudden withdrawal of deposits from a bank due to fears of insolvency
+339
business process — 357 books
first published 14 May 1923
collection of related, structured activities or tasks that produce a specific service or product (serve a particular goal) for a particular customer or customers
+351
fiat currency — 146 books
first published 14 May 1923
currency established as money by government regulation or law
+140
short squeeze — 52 books
first published 14 May 1923 added 9 Nov 2022
+46
margin call — 192 books
first published 14 May 1923
+186
short selling — 262 books
first published 14 May 1923
an investment strategy where an investor borrows shares to sell them, aiming to buy them back later at a lower price.
+256
technology bubble — 80 books
first published 14 May 1923
a market situation characterised by inflated valuations for tech companies, often irrespective of their profitability
+74
Credit Default Swap — 346 books
first published 14 May 1923
financial swap agreement in case of default
finance
+340
gentleman farmer — 72 books
first published 14 May 1923 added 22 Mar 2022
Landowner and hobby farmer
+66
Ponzi scheme — 413 books
first published 14 May 1923
a type of financial fraud where returns are paid to earlier investors using the capital of newer investors, rather than from profit.
+407
activist fund / activist shareholder / activist investor — 153 books
first published 14 May 1923 added 19 May 2017
individual or group buying shares to influence company management
+147
buy the rumour, sell the news — 10 books
first published 14 May 1923 added 9 Jan 2021
+4
traveling salesman — 201 books
first published 14 May 1923
NP-hard problem in combinatorial optimization
+195
buttonwood tree — 37 books
first published 14 May 1923
+31
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator — 41 books
first published 14 May 1923 added 30 Jul 2022
book by Edwin Lefèvre
+35
buy and hold — 242 books
first published 14 May 1923 added 9 Mar 2018
investment strategy
+236
new economy — 826 books
first published 14 May 1923
economy that is based on digital computing technologies
tech
+820
Glass-Steagall Act — 259 books
first published 14 May 1923 added 5 Oct 2023
+253
book value — 292 books
first published 14 May 1923 added 29 May 2022
in accounting, the value of an asset according to its balance sheet account balance
+286
refrigerator car — 56 books
first published 14 May 1923 added 2 Jan 2017
a refrigerated railway car, traditionally used to transport perishable goods
+50