Financial experts at Financial Speculation, and authors of the insightful book The Big Gamble: Are You Investing or Speculating, Jose Roncal and Jose Abbo take you on a roller coaster ride through the history of investing and speculation from the tulip bubble to the South Seas Bubble to the housing bubble.
Learn how to recognize when a bubble is forming. They describe the differences between investing and speculation and how to tell the difference. They explain the concept of risk, and why it's essential to know what it means, and why playing it safe may not be the safest investment policy.
Jose Roncal and Jose Abbo are my internet radio show guests on Blog Business Success; hosted live on Blog Talk Radio.
The show airs live on Tuesday, February 17, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.
Financial experts at Financial Speculation, and authors of the insightful book The Big Gamble: Are You Investing or Speculating, Jose Roncal and Jose Abbo take you on a roller coaster ride through the history of investing and speculation from the tulip bubble to the South Seas Bubble to the housing bubble. You will learn:
* The real differences between investment, speculation, and gambling
* What causes financial bubbles and how to tell when one is forming
* The important rules about speculation that you need to know
* Why playing it safe may be the biggest risk of all
Jose Roncal (photo left) is a truly global executive with over 20 years of experience in international business and finance, having worked and travelled frequently in six continents. Specializing in telecommunications and information technology industries, Mr. Roncal has served such well-known multinational companies as NCR, AT&T, Verizon Communications and the U.K.-based blue chip company, Cable and Wireless.
For more than 15 years, he has lived around the globe as a Chief Financial Officer, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances and spin offs among other strategic activities. He is a well known transformational and corporate turnaround specialist and inspirational leader, with a proven track record in developing high-performance operations.
Jose Roncal has authored numerous articles on business strategy, finance, accounting, capital markets and the global economy. He holds an MBA from Thunderbird University and a BA from Florida International University both in the USA and has attended various senior executive programs at Oxford University in the United Kingdom.
Jose Abbo (photo left) has two decades of experience in the capital markets. Mr. Abbo has authored numerous articles and speaks frequently on the financial markets and the global economy. He has researched and written for such well-recognized publications as The Economist Intelligence Unit and America Economia.
In 2000 Mr. Abbo published Divisando Wall Street Desde el Sur de America, a comprehensive guide for the Spanish-speaking community that explains the workings of the stock market. He makes regular guest appearances on various radio and television programs and has served as an expert witness in financial trials and forensic cases.
Based in Panama, currently Mr. Abbo is International Finance VP for the telecommunications multinational Cable & Wireless. He holds a degree in Professional Management from Nova University and has served as an MBA tutor for Tecnológico de Monterrey/ Thunderbird University Panama-based Global MBA programs.
My book review of The Big Gamble: Are You Investing or Speculating by Jose Roncal and Jose Abbo.
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Let's talk with financial experts at Financial Speculation, and authors of the insightful book The Big Gamble: Are You Investing or Speculating, Jose Roncal and Jose Abbo as they take you on a roller coaster ride through the history of investing and speculation from the tulip bubble to the South Seas Bubble to the housing bubble. Learn how to recognize when a bubble is forming. They describe the differences between investing and speculation and how to tell the difference. They explain the concept of risk, and why it's essential to know what it means, and why playing it safe may not be the safest investment policy. on Blog Business Success Radio.
