03620cam a22004334a 4500 16585336 BD-DhUL 20160517173924.0 101220s2011 njua 001 0aeng 2010053518 015695663 Uk 9780470936627 0470936622 (OCoLC)ocn669128422 BD-DhUL BD-DhUL pcc n-us-fl HG4621 .B76 2011 332.6092 B 22 BRB BUS027000 bisacsh Brown, Eddie (Eddie C.), 1940- Beating the odds : Eddie Brown's investing and life strategies / Eddie Brown with Blair S. Walker. Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2011. xii, 207 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. USD 25.16 Includes index. Prologue. -- Who Says Talk is Cheap? -- The Big Three to the Rescue. -- The Prince of Apopka. -- Death and a Kidnapping. -- Magnificent, Mysterious Lady B. -- Engineering a New Existence. -- Europe On Five Dollars a Day. -- 'Ed, We're Already Doing Okay!'. -- A Famished Lion in a Butcher Shop. -- The Height of Duplicity and Betrayal? -- A Window on the Top 1 Percent. -- Pulling the Trigger on Investment. -- Swimming with Sharks. -- Aren't You That Financial Guy From TV? -- Walking a Racial Tightrope. -- 'Go For It, Dad!'. -- Everyone's Medical Nightmare. -- My Biggest Business Mistake. -- A Horror Movie Without Sound. -- The Art and Science of Stock Picking. -- 'God, I Owe You One!'. -- Impressive Progress, Baffling Lethargy. -- To Heir Is Human. -- Anyone Care for a Can of New Coke? -- Epilogue. -- About the Authors. "The book is the improbable, inspiring autobiography of financial guru Eddie C. Brown, one of the nation's top stock pickers and money managers. It details how Brown skillfully kept Brown Capital Management afloat through the dot-com bust, 9/11 and the Great Recession. Born to a 13-year-old unwed mother in the rural South, this African-American investment whiz created a Baltimore-based financial firm that accumulated more than $2.5 billion under management. Brown delves into the profound heartbreak and disorientation upon the death of his beloved grandmother - who was his surrogate mother -- and recounts how Brown's moonshine-running Uncle Jake subsequently became the dominant adult figure in Brown's life. His unflinchingly honest, easy-to-read memoir details how intellectual curiosity, abiding self-belief, hard work and divine providence helped Brown earn an electrical engineering degree, become an Army officer, and later a civilian IBM engineer. Readers will learn of the strife that ensued when Brown quit IBM to earn an MBA, leading to investment jobs that prepared him to start his own money management company in 1983"-- Provided by publisher. Brown, Eddie (Eddie C.), 1940- Investment advisors Florida Biography. African American businesspeople Florida Biography. Walker, Blair S. Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1106/2010053518-d.html Table of contents only http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1106/2010053518-t.html Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1108/2010053518-b.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK rg11 2010-12-20 (telework) rg11 2010-12-20 ONIX (telework) to SS xj05 2011-06-10 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver. 66864 66864 0 0 ddc 0 332_609200000000000_BRB 0 NFIC 113739 DUL DUL GEN 2012-09-25 Purchased 332.6092 BRB 475225 2016-05-17 2016-05-17 BK