About this product: Personal Finance will provide you with the seven steps designed to help you gain control of your financial future: dreaming, setting goals, financial planning, budgeting, saving, investing, and portfolio strategy review. This DVD will teach you how to prioritize your financial goals and put your money to work for you.
About this product: National Geographic explores the dark side of globalization and the underground economy. Based on the book, Illicit, by Dr. Moises Naim highly acclaimed editor of Foreign Policy Magazinethis TV special explores the onslaught of illicit activities exploding worldwide and the consequences of globalization spurring arms trafficking and human smuggling to money laundering and music bootlegging.
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In one of the most eclectic films of the German silent era, visual stylist F.W. Murnau (Faust, Sunrise) broke away from the dark, foreboding dramas for which he was known to explore the realm of light comedy. Working from a screenplay by Thea von Harbou (Spies, Metropolis), Murnau crafted a playful espionage thriller reminiscent of Ernst Lubitsch (who had recently left Germany for Hollywood). Harry Liedtke stars as a benevolent dictator who must preserve the tiny nation of Abacco by fending off creditors, wooing a wealthy Russian princess (Mady Christians), and evading a band of demonic conspirators (including Nosferatu himself, Max Schreck).
With Audio Commentary by Film Historian David Kalat
About this product: Today's markets are moving into relatively uncharted territory. This session from the 2008 Milken Institute Global Conference brought together an all-star lineup of experts to discuss the shifting framework of the investment world and determine whether strategies that worked in the past can still be relevant today. What is the "new norm"? How can smart investors navigate volatility to find opportunities? What asset-allocation and risk-management strategies make sense in the current market?
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About this product: One of the greatest scandals in American corporate history is chronicled in the riveting documentary Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. Based on the bestselling book by Fortune magazine reporters Bethany McLean and Peter Elkin, and directed by Alex Gibney (who also produced The Trials of Henry Kissinger), the film is an epic morality tale, drawing upon a wealth of insider interviews and archival material to show how Enron, once the nation's seventh largest corporate entity, essentially faked its bookkeeping to report profits that never existed. The corrupt and closely-guarded mismanagement by Enron executives (including Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, later placed on criminal trial) is revealed through such heinous concepts as "Hypothetical Future Value" (a way of reaping fortunes based on false profit projections) and the use of offshore "shell" companies to hide the massive losses that eventually toppled the company (along with the venerable Arthur Anderson accounting firm) and left 20,000 employees jobless. As a maddening portrait of hubris and white-collar crime, Enron transcends political and corporate boundaries by showing how smart and powerful men grew blinded by greed and brought ruin upon themselves, along with thousands of otherwise innocent victims. For better and worse, it's a perfect double-feature with eye-opening 2004 documentary The Corporation. --Jeff Shannon
About this product: In this upbeat primer on money, insightful vignettes involving four kids offer thought-provoking lessons in earning, investing, and spending. Dian starts a weekend business playing piano at childrens' parties; Adam holds a garage sale so he can invest in baseball cards; little Elizabeth helps her mom with gardening; and TJ recruits a buddy to run his lemonade stand. While the premises sound simple enough, each child encounters an imaginative hitch along the way, inviting plenty of discussion and words of wisdom. Other helpful bits include a glance at how and where U.S. bills and coins are made, materials other cultures use for money, and an unbiased discussion of how kids use their money (consequences included). Banking, checking, credit card explanations--illustrated via cartoon computer graphics--might whiz right by the 5- to 8-year-olds, and some of the song-and-dance routines might lose the 9- to 12-year-olds, but the payoff in knowledge gained will easily outweigh any temporary losses of attention. The tape runs about 27 minutes. --Liane Thomas
About this product: Recommended by university professors and teachers nationwide, The Standard Deviants are the perfect resource for academic success. The Standard Deviants entertaining and enjoyable teaching style breaks down difficult subjects into a clear, step-by-step format. Make sense of the stock pages as they learn how money moves through the market. This series explains annuities, interest rates, portfolios, bond valuation, Internal Rate of Review, and much more!
About this product: Are you going through financial hard times? Are you contemplating filing for bankruptcy? Do you feel overwhelmed with the difficult choices and situations ahead? EduCouch brings you all the professionals you wish you could meet and consult in the comfort of your own home. By the end of this program, you will be ready to make a proper decision in relation to your finances and come out with a feeling of satisfaction and independence. Going through a bankruptcy or a foreclosure is a difficult time in one's life but dealing with this process can be positive and ultimately rewarding when you know what to expect and develop your own plan. This DVD features 6 experts who share their knowledge and advice about everything from the financial implications to techniques on rebuilding your credit and your self-esteem. With the help of this DVD you will be able to prepare for what is to come, develop a strategic plan, re-evaluate your finances and start a new, debt free life.
About this product: Financial guru and ubiquitous TV personality Suze Orman delivers cogent advice about managing money in her distinctively ebullient style in this PBS program. Addressing an audience and fielding questions, Orman tackles topics such as managing debt, building a stock portfolio, planning for retirement, and obtaining the right kind of insurance. Dispensing such aphorisms as, "It's not about making more money, it's about knowing more about the money that you already make," Orman uses humor and gentle confrontation while bantering with the crowd. A benefit to this program is that it was recorded "post-bubble," in late 2001, and Orman uses real examples of audience members whose portfolios were devastated to illustrate how ordinary investors were operating under assumptions that proved to be very wrong. This program won't turn anyone into an expert investor, but Orman's straightforward advice would be helpful for someone who wants to do a better job managing his or her own money. --Robert J. McNamara
About this product: Taking the Fear out of Finance - 5 titles:
Easier to Learn and Easier to Teach!
1. How to Read Financial Statements
Demonstrates the relationship between Balance sheet and income statement in a unique way that promotes USING them as well as READING them.
2. Bookkeeping
This program walks you through the steps of bookkeeping so you get an overview--an understanding of the continuity of the process. (Chart of accounts, journals, ledgers, worksheets and year-end closings.)
3. Financial Forecast
Topics include goals, pro-forma income statement, capital plan, pro forma balance sheet, break-even
4. Cash Flow Forecast
Gain confidence about tomorrow by planning the right resources today. Learn what a cash flow forecast is, how it works, and how to use one to protect yourself down the road.
5. Financial Analysis
This program shows the key concepts and tools, and how to use the results to make better business decisions.
BONUS:
"So you Want to be in Business", an introduction to entrepeneurship This energetic overview presents Marketing, Finance, Operations and Human Resources in a dynamic series of situations that spark questions about real business challenges. Fun, edutaining, and terrifying at the same time - a great way to introduce the realities of business!
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