Find out how to hedge your bets and PROFIT big from HEDGE FUNDSHearing a lot about hedge funds lately but feel like you're in the weeds when it comes to understanding how they work?
Discover How Investing in Exchange-Traded Funds Can Help You Build a Winning Financial Portfolio"e;Archie Richards delivers the nuts and bolts of ETFs---and much more that the investor needs to know.
Structured finance is a $2 trillion market used by all major institutional investors Both authors are highly regarded structured finance experts from Standard & Poor s Features Standard & Poor s exclusive techniques in default risk models and cash-flow models
Advani, a former investment banker, has an MBA from The Wharton SchoolThe author currently runs corporate finance training programs at major law firms including White & Case, Sullivan & Cromwell, and Pepper Hamilton & Sheets
Readers get tips and insight regarding what to lookfor when reading financial statements, how businessesmeasure profitability, how to stay on top ofthe budgeting process, and how to track cash flow.
CBOT trading volume is exploding from over 400 million contracts traded in 2003 to more than 599 million in 2004The handbook details how electronic trading is overtaking and surpassing traditional open outcry trading, and details specific issues and obstacles for trading in this transformed marketplaceTraders receive essential data on major futures contracts, including volume, contract specifications, and key exchanges
A breakthrough explanation of how any investor, regardless of experience, can use technical analysis tools to significantly improve performanceYou may consider technical analysis as beyond your expertise and of little tangible value.
There's no easier, faster, or more practical way to learn the really tough subjectsCorporate Finance Demystified offers a comprehensive introduction to corporate finance principles, the time value of money, including present value, amortization schedules, and more.
A down-to-earth guide for understanding, trading, and making money from optionsDo you want to learn how to use options without getting lost in confusing theories and complicated math?
How to use pricing as a strategic tool to increase revenues and win the war for profitOne of the greatest pitfalls in the war for profits is corporate strategists' lack of a practical understanding of the link between overall revenues and overall costs.
Conquering the complexity in products and services can generate larger contributions to profits and growth than nearly any other business strategy Here's a guarantee: Somewhere in your business, there is too much complexity.
The entrepreneur's step-bystep guide to venture capital--where to find it, how to secure it, and what to do with itFewer than 40 percent of entrepreneurs seeking new business funding each year actually get that funding.
What Wall Street pros really say behind closed doorsInvestor behavior is driven by well-known "e;truths"e; which often have little basis in fact, are usually misapplied and misunderstood by brokers and investors, and can negatively impact long-term investment performance.
Advanced Option Pricing Models details specific conditions under which current option pricing models fail to provide accurate price estimates and then shows option traders how to construct improved models for better pricing in a wider range of market conditions.
Taxes play an integral role in trading success, yet no book today clearly and adequately explains the tax issues that are unique to active traders and investors.
A handy, clear, easy-to-use reference guide to the most important charts in technical analysis; charts only, virtually no text to bog down the user in getting what he wants when he wants it The book will feature one chart per page that will be clearly labelled as to the pattern being illustrated.
What all managers need to know about growth in a turbulent worldEspecially in these turbulent times, good risk management is about exploiting opportunities for growth while protecting value already created.
Reliable guidance for investors who are reluctant to get back into the marketMillions of investors burned by the crashes and spikes of today s stock market are staying on the sidelines, and it s costing them a fortune.
The first plain-English introduction to foreign currency exchange trading--one of today's hottest profit opportunitiesThe foreign currency market is the largest financial market in the world, and foreign exchange trading is quickly becoming one of today's most high-profile, potentially lucrative markets.
Single stock futures are quickly becoming among the market's most important trading vehicles, and Russell Wasendorf's Peregrine Financial Group accounts for 20 to 50 percent of daily U.
Everything investors who skipped accounting class need to know to spot--and steer clear of--companies whose numbers don't add upIndividual investors today are painfully aware that accounting fraud is more widespread than ever, yet often they aren't sure what this fraud looks like or even where to look.
Limitations in today's software packages for financial modeling system development can threaten the viability of any system--not to mention the firm using that system.
Financial modeling is essential for determining a company's current value and projecting its future performance, yet few books explain how to build models for accurately interpreting financial statements.
"e;As a former CEO and independent director of several corporations, I find Don Delves' discussion of executive compensation -- including detailed and insightful reviews of the issues involving stock options -- to be exceedingly instructive.
Updated data and insights to help value investors address the realities of today's marketsOn the heels of recent stock market tumbles and deceptions, value investing--the staple of investing greats from Benjamin Graham to Warren Buffett--has roared back into the spotlight.
A Wall Street wiz kid teaches teens all about investingAt the age of 8, when most kids look no further than baseball cards and video games, young Tim Olsen bought his first stock.
How to use trading's most time-honored technique to reap profits in today's fastmoving, point-and-click marketsTape reading is among the oldest and most successful methods of technical analysis.
Harnessing the Power of Quantitative Techniques to Create a Winning Trading ProgramLars Kestner Quantitative Trading Strategies takes readers through the development and evaluation stages of today's most popular and market-proven technical trading strategies.
Interactive exercises and trading guidelines for using today's most strategically advanced "e;event-trading"e; techniqueHigh-profile events and announcements can cause tremendous swings in stocks and sectors, and often point out tremendous opportunities to investors who know how to read them.