Kategoria BISAC: Business & Economics >> Finance - General

"This book fills a very important gap in the mindset of the bond structurer and the investor. Often, the two disciplines approach their tasks ignorant of the perspectives of the other side. But successful structuring requires providing the best value to investors in order to compete, and investors who don't fully understand structuring will not remain investors for long. Highly recommended "
--Bennett W. Golub, Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc.

"An excellent primer on asset securitization, clearly written in plain English and with straightforward mathematical expressions. This...

Gompers and Sahlman are two of the leading researchers and authorities in this field.

An engaging and comprehensive look at the intersection of financial innovation and the environment
This unique book provides readers with a comprehensive look at the new markets being created to help companies manage environmental risks, including weather derivatives, catastrophe bonds, and emission trading permits. Filled with real-world case studies and timely advice, Environmental Finance contains corporate strategies that financial service professionals as well as their clients must understand in order to proactively improve a company's environmental performance.

The must-have book for all futures traders

In Fundamental Analysis, the legendary Jack D. Schwager has produced the most comprehensive, in-depth book ever written on the use of fundamental analysis for futures trading. In what is destined to become the bible of the futures industry, Schwager has poured out insights gathered during his long career as a trader, researcher, bestselling writer, and highly regarded authority in the field.

This book is packed with invaluable information you'll use every trading day. "Futures guru Jack Schwager has created the definitive...

This edition includes developments in chaos theory, with new chapters that tie in with innovations such as fuzzy logic, neural nets and artificial intelligence as they relate to finance.

State-of-the-art instruction for understanding and using structured financial products

For financial professionals, the ability to understand the basic design and uses of structured financial products is critical for modern investing, as well as client retention. Derivatives Demystified: Using Structured Financial Products contains up-to-date and in-depth information on a complete range of derivative-based financial instruments.

Critical Praise for Derivatives Demystified

"Derivative financial products are an increasing part of global finance. Braddock narrates us through...

Derivatives have attracted much notoriety as misused and highly risky financial instruments. Losses attributed to these often exotic financial instruments have caused users and practitioners to readdress their focus and look for more authoritative instruction and information on derivatives. This handbook explores the significant case studies on derivative use and examines practical risk management techniques and control issues.

a groundbreaking look at trading the markets with one of the most important forecasting tools available . . .

"If you've ever wondered about the validity of seasonals or how to trade them, buy this book now " --Glen Larson, Genesis Data Services

"Jake does it again. This time his extensive research really leaps out as he makes seasonal trading easy to understand and a very useful tool for any commodity trader." --Jeffrey H. Fox, Fox Investments.

Is there a "holy grail" of price prediction? Traders have long been in pursuit of one, and while a handful of...

A rare opportunity to go one-on-one with an industry giant and one of today's most respected financial thinkers, Merton Miller on Derivatives is a refreshingly accessible overview of derivatives, the revolution they have wrought, and the disasters they've supposedly caused.

The indispensable guide to detecting and solving financial crime in the office

Low-level financial crimes are a fact of life in the modern workplace. Individually these crimes are rarely significant enough to warrant the hiring of professional investigators, but if left unchecked, small crimes add up to big losses. In companies without dedicated fraud investigators, detecting and solving low-level crimes generally falls to managers and internal auditors. Financial Crime Investigation and Control offers tips, tools, and techniques to help professionals who lack investigative...

Praise for Focus on Value
"Focus on Value-with its theoretical and practical focus on economic profit fundamentals-is a modern day 'Graham and Dodd' primer on company and equity securities analysis."-Robert S. Hamada, Edward Eagle Brown Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
"Now that investors have abandoned momentum and are migrating back to fundamental investing, the market has become a more rational place. This book is a manual for serious investors who believe that identifying growing corporate earning power is the...

A Comprehensive Guide to All Aspects of Fixed Income Securities

Fixed Income Securities, Second Edition sets the standard for a concise, complete explanation of the dynamics and opportunities inherent in today's fixed income marketplace. Frank Fabozzi combines all the various aspects of the fixed income market, including valuation, the interest rates of risk measurement, portfolio factors, and qualities of individual sectors, into an all-inclusive text with one cohesive voice.

This comprehensive guide provides complete coverage of the wide range of fixed...

Capital investment decisions are a constant challenge to all levels of financial managers. Capital Budgeting: Theory and Practice shows you how to confront them using state-of-the-art techniques.

Broken down into four comprehensive sections, Capital Budgeting: Theory and Practice explores and illustrates all aspects of the capital budgeting decision process. Pamela Peterson and Frank Fabozzi examine the critical issues and limitations of capital budgeting techniques with an in-depth analysis of:

• Classifying capital budgeting proposals
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Find The Home Mortgage That's Right For You

Finding the right mortgage can be complex, confusing, and frustrating. But that doesn't mean you have to settle for anything other than the terms you want. This indispensable and newly updated second edition of How to Save Thousands of Dollars on Your Home Mortgage spells out everything mortgage hunters need to know in clear and accessible terms. It covers more loan alternatives than any other book and examines the importance of discount points. It offers complete details on virtually every mortgage option currently available, what...

• Includes trading examples that illustrate points about risk management and leverage.
• Presents all the practical knowledge necessary to run a leveraged investment company.
• Non-technical explanations brings an element of transparency to a part of the investment world often thought of as difficult to understand.

Divorce and Domestic Relations Litigation represents the accountant's body of knowledge on divorce and domestic relations and how it relates to the divorce process, alimony, child support, and property. At once a reference tool and a training guide for firms entering this specialization, this book provides the financial professional with a single source of information regarding the financial impact, the practical course, and the underlying theories that impact domestic relations.

Understand derivatives in a nonmathematical way
Financial Derivatives, Third Edition gives readers a broad working knowledge of derivatives. For individuals who want to understand derivatives without getting bogged down in the mathematics surrounding their pricing and valuation Financial Derivatives, Third Edition is the perfect read. This comprehensive resource provides a thorough introduction to financial derivatives and their importance to risk management in a corporate setting.

Stock market investors have very different reactions to downside versus upside risk. This book begins by explaining the current treatment of stock market risk and methods of lowering that risk. The authors then show that many types of asymmetry of stock returns or investor reactions cause the existing theory to fail. They present the theory of downside risk and utility theory to account for the asymmetry, showing how the previous model can be adjusted for downside risk.

Hugely popular when it was first published in 1911, and regarded as a classic ever since, Where the Money Grows is an honest, humorous, and richly perceptive tour of Wall Street and its enduring customs, institutions, and characters. The Street, according to author Garet Garrett, is a world populated not only by bulls and bears, but also by "wolves," "hoodoos," and "invisibles." You'll meet them all in this immensely entertaining and revealing book.

Also included is a scintillating article, "Anatomy of the Bubble," originally published in the Saturday Evening Post. In...