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Buy and Hedge: The 5 Iron Rules for Investing Over the Long Term (Minyanville Media)

mrblue — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:56:34 +0000

If you’re trying to build wealth, sharp market downturns are your worst enemy. And nowadays, they’re happening far more often: in the last 18 years, the S&P 500 has experienced sixteen violent declines. Institutions and professional investors have mastered powerful hedging techniques for dramatically reducing the risks of market

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Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making, 4th Edition

mrblue — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:23:43 +0000

With this fourth edition, accountants will acquire a practical set of tools and the confidence they need to use them effectively in making business decisions. It better reflects a more conceptual and decision-making approach to the material. The authors follow a “macro- to micro-” strategy by starting with a

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Getting Between the Balance Sheets: The Four Things Every Entrepreneur Should Know About Finance

mrblue — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:57:21 +0000

For many entrepreneurs there is a mystique about finance -starting, growing and selling new ventures is tough enough. Yet with some focused financial knowledge you can run your company with less cash, grow it more quickly and make more money when it is sold. This book makes the dry

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Be Your Own Financial Adviser: The Comprehensive Guide to Wealth and Financial Planning (Financial Times Series)

mrblue — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:31:49 +0000

Be Your Own Financial Adviser shows you how to make sensible financial decisions without the need for expensive advice. Its accessible style, examples and case studies explain and evaluate financial products and put you firmly in control of your own financial well-being. It will advise on how to adopt

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What Investors Really Want: Know What Drives Investor Behavior and Make Smarter Financial Decisions

mrblue — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:36:14 +0000

Combining the new field of behavioral finance with the real world of investing, this engaging new book explores the mind-sets and motivations behind the major money decisions–and most common mistakes—that investors make every day. With insider’s insight, and a storyteller’s voice, behavioral finance expert Meir Statman reveals What Investors

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Endgame: The End of the Debt Supercycle and How It Changes Everything

mrblue — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:19:58 +0000

Greece isn’t the only country drowning in debt. The Debt Supercycle—when the easily managed, decades-long growth of debt results in a massive sovereign debt and credit crisis—is affecting developed countries around the world, including the United States. For these countries, there are only two options, and neither is good—restructure

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The World of Private Banking

mrblue — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:58:54 +0000

This is a full and authoritative account of the history of private banking, beginning with its development in conjunction with the world markets served by and centred on a few European cities, notably Amsterdam and London. These banks were usually partnerships, a form of organization which persisted as the

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Risk Management in Banking, 2nd Edition

mrblue — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:38:22 +0000

Fully revised and updated from the highly successful previous edition, Risk Managment in Banking 2nd Edition covers all aspects of risk management, shedding light on the extensive new developments in the field. There is a new emphasis on current practice, as well as in-depth analysis of the latest in

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Financial Accounting in an Economic Context, 8th Edition

mrblue — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:23:47 +0000

The goal of every successful manager is to generate the best return on equity possible— creating, in turn, long-term value for shareholders. The tools of every good manager are a thorough understanding of economic factors, measurement issues, and

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Institutional Banking for Emerging Markets: Principles and Practice

mrblue — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 08:17:01 +0000

In today’s competitive banking industry, institutional banking is attracting greater interest. Under the globalization umbrella, inter-bank business is undergoing dynamic change and is transcending the boundaries of traditional correspondent banking. In today’s climate, no bank, regardless of size, can grow without the cooperation of other banks and no bank

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