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Andrew DeJoy's Behind the Swap examines the risks involved in post-trade processing in swaps and derivative markets, and provides solutions to better control those risks. While Andrew doesn't claim to have all the answers, he does believe there is a way to create a safer, stronger, and better financial system for all stakeholders. In August of 2020, Citibank made one of the worst mistakes in banking history: it accidently sent out almost $900 million of its own funds. Many of the recipients didn't give back the money. Citibank sued. And a federal court ruled that the recipients could keep the funds. Citibank's error is not surprising. The underlying contributors that led to the mistaken payment permeate the global financial services industry. Manual data entry, decades old technological infrastructure, inadequate training, and systems that can't interact with one another are just a few of the problems that face post-trade processing-the machinery behind financial markets. Unfortunately, years of neglect by regulators and financial institutions themselves has left this infrastructure needlessly complex, astoundingly inefficient, frequently inaccurate, and woefully inadequate for modern financial markets. Behind the Swap helps explain what's driving the recent series of banking blunders like Barclay's $678 million clerical error, and Citibank's fat-finger Flash Crash that caused an 8% decline in the Swedish stock market. The book also touches on concepts that readily connect to Credit Suisse's $5.5 billion loss on its trades with Archegos. The problems are easy to see but difficult to admit. For financial institutions, the current system costs billions of dollars each year in labor, systems maintenance, and lost funds. For regulators, the current system precludes the ability to track systemic risk. It also artificially inflates the stability of the global financial system. For lawyers and prosecutors, the current system allows ample opportunity for unlawful misconduct such as rogue trading and fraud.

Do you see the inequality in the world around you? Do you want to be part of a movement to change things for the better? Do you want to solve one of the world’s biggest problems?The world’s wealth is trapped, but maybe not in the places you imagine. All too often, the conversation about wealth inequality focuses on the ultra-wealthy entrepreneurs of the world when the real problem is much bigger. Money is siphoned out of the real economy every, single day. It becomes trapped in complex financial investment products, where it grows without ever contributing to the real world; the world where the people are. This isn’t a problem that can be solved with a Robin Hood tax or by murdering the rich and redistributing their wealth to the poor. That is a drop in the ocean. If that isn’t the solution, then what is? You’ll find the answers in this book. Jeremy Harbour believes there is a way to work within our existing economic systems to tap into that vast ocean of wealth that is currently trapped. He believes small businesses and entrepreneurs hold the key to increasing the wealth of everyone, wherever they are in the world. He believes that there is a better way to redress the balance and make more people and communities wealthy. Join him to learn where the real issues with wealth inequality lie, why past attempts to tackle this problem have failed, and why he believes he has a solution that can help. He is part of the 1% and makes no apologies for that, having built his career from the ground up, as an entrepreneur and within small businesses. This is why he knows the power we have to attract wealth into communities, and why this is at the center of his strategy for democratizing wealth. In this book, he explains how we can make small business an investable asset class using agglomeration and how, in doing so, we can unleash a tsunami of money into our communities, make more people wealthy, and tackle the huge issue of wealth inequality. We can build a better future and democratize wealth. There’s no need to murder the rich.

In Happy and Strong, Jaime Villalovos provides readers with practical and proven strategies on how to achieve success in business without neglecting or sacrificing their families and everything that is important to them. Do you struggle with the pressure of balancing business and family? With all that life demands, do you feel spread too thin? Do you often ask yourself, Is it all worth it? Can I have it all? If having it all means a loving, supportive relationship, a successful and impactful business, a strong and united family, and a healthy and fit body and mind, then the answer is yes! In her debut book Happy and Strong: Create Your Dream Life while Enjoying the Journey, Jaime Villalovos gives you useful tools and methods, not empty promises. Instead of constantly feeling pressured, worried, and unfulfilled, you can begin living a life you absolutely adore. In Happy & Strong, Jaime will teach you new ways of thinking and behaving. You will learn how to: - Create a strong and compelling vision for your life. - Transform yourself into an effective leader. - Get past some of the traps causing you to plateau. - Build long-term happiness into your busy schedule. - Balance everything on your plate and have more fun while doing it. - Improve your energy levels, diet, and self-care. - Create a business that is built to last. Through Jaime's journey from poverty to success by becoming one of the top female earners in the world, you will discover how to win in all areas of your life. Start the Happy & Strong journey and begin creating the life you desire.

When Kendra and Seth return to Fablehaven, they discover that Grandpa Sorenson has asked three specialists to protect the property from the Society of the Evening Star, a group determined to steal an artifact of great power from the preserve.

"e;Cory Doctorow straps on his miner's helmet and takes you deep into the caverns and underground rivers of pop culture, here filtered through SF-colored glasses. Enjoy."e;-Neil GaimanNew York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow has been hailed as one of the freshest voices in science fiction, and this collection of intriguing novellas is yet another reason why.Have you ever wondered what it's like to live through a bioweapon attack or to have every aspect of your life governed by invisible ants? In Cory Doctorow's collection of novellas, he wields his formidable experience in technology and computing to give us mind-bending sci-fi tales that explore the possibilities of information technology-and its various uses-run amok."e;Anda's Game"e; is a spin on the bizarre new phenomenon of "e;cyber sweatshops,"e; in which people are paid very low wages to play online games all day in order to generate in-game wealth, which can be converted into actual money. Another tale tells of the heroic exploits of "e;sysadmins"e;-systems administrators-as they defend the cyberworld, and hence the world at large, from worms and bioweapons. And yes, there's a story about zombies, too."e;He sparkles! He fizzes! He does backflips and breaks the furniture! Science fiction needs Cory Doctorow."e; -Bruce Sterling, award-winning author of Schismatrix Plus and The Difference Engine

A powerful new memoir by Atz Kilcher about growing up with a hard father in a hard landAtz Kilcher learned many vital skills while helping his parents carve a homestead out of the Alaskan wilderness: how to work hard, think on his feet, make do, invent, and use what was on hand to accomplish whatever task was in front of him. He also learned how to lie in order to please his often volatile father.Much later in life, as Atz began to reflect on his upbringing, he discovered that the work of pioneering the frontier of the soul is an infinitely more difficult task than any of the back-breaking chores he performed on his family's homestead. Learning to use new tools-honesty, vulnerability, forgiveness, acceptance-and building upon the good helped him heal and learn to embrace the value of resilience. This revised perspective has enabled him to do the most rewarding work of his life: mapping his own inner wilderness while drawing closer to his adult children."e;Personal, honest, charming, and often funny. It's the rare cowboy who can rope, yodel and write. Atz is one of those."e; -Tom Bodett, humorist, author, and panelist on NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!"e;Years of brave reflection-and, as he's quick to add, professional therapy-turn this pensive homestead confessional into a small triumph of redemption."e; -Tom Kizzia, New York Times bestselling author of Pilgrim's Wilderness"e;With incredible courage and honesty, Atz invites the world into the deepest recesses of his soul. Pain, fear, redemption, forgiveness-it's all in there."e; -Bonnie Rose Ward, award-winning author of Winds of Skilak"e;Very seldom do we get windows into our parents' private lives with such honesty...This book...proves anyone can find forgiveness, love, and even change at any age."e; -Jewel, singer and daughter of Atz Kilcher"e;As a son, I cried tears of forgiveness; as a father, tears of regret and pain; and as a warrior of everyday life, tears of love, fear, and victory! A must-read!"e; -Atz Lee Kilcher, son of Atz Kilcher and star of Alaska: The Last Frontier

After spending his younger years wandering and womanizing, Fletch has settled down in rural Tennessee with his new Southern belle, Carrie. But unfortunately, chaos always comes knocking for the semiretired reporter.One stormy evening on his sizable but modest farm, a wet and dirty escaped convict named Jack arrives on his front doorstep, claiming to be his long-lost son. Baffled by the statement but intrigued by the young, intelligent man, Fletch decides to play along with the kid's game and help him and his cohorts abscond to Alabama.As questions begin to arise about Jack's peculiar motives, Fletch and Carrie are reluctantly drawn further into a racially charged plot that's quickly turning violent.