Posted: July 29th, 2008, 12:38am CEST
Macroeconomics for Managers
管理者宏观经济学
Author:Michael K. Evans
Format:PDF 3.3MB
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Number Of Pages: 848
Publication Date: 2003-11-14
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 140510144X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781405101448
This text offers business school students an excellent practical explanation of the short-term linkages in the macroeconomic arena. While the underlying theoretical constructs are not ignored, emphasis is placed on the empirical underpinnings and managerial implications of macroeconomics. The text begins by introducing key concepts such as the GDP, National and Personal Income, and the various measures of inflation and unemployment. Building on this foundation it then analyzes the following aspects of macroeconomics: aggregate supply and demand, international financial markets, cyclical fluctuations, policy analysis, and forecasting.
Engages the reader with detailed case studies and "Manager's Briefcase" discussions.
Focuses on the short-term linkages in macroeconomics.
Uses an empirically oriented approach, while also explaining underlying theoretical constructs.
Includes chapter summaries, key concepts, and practice questions.
Posted: July 27th, 2008, 6:00pm CEST
Emotions in Finance: Distrust and Uncertainty in Global Markets
Author:Jocelyn Pixley
Format:PDF 2.3MB
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 228
Publication Date: 2005-03-14
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 052182785X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521827850
Fear and greed are terms that make light of the uncertainty in the finance world. Huge global financial institutions rely on emotional relations of trust and distrust to suppress the uncertainties. Many financial firms develop policies towards risk, rather than accepting the reality of an uncertain future. They amass data in the futile hope of gaining certainty and to claim their options are more risk-freea than competitors. Emotions in Finance examines the views of experienced elites in the international financial world. It argues the current financial era is driven by a utopianism a hope--that the future can be collapsed into the present. It points out policy implications of this short-term view at the unstable peak of global finance. This book provides a timely account of the influence of emotion and speculation on the worldas increasingly volatile financial sector. The author includes absorbing interview material from public and private bankers in the United States, UK and Australia.
Posted: July 27th, 2008, 12:25am CEST
Principles of Macroeconomics
曼昆: 宏观经济学原理
# Author:N Gregory Mankiw
Format:PDF 4.9MB
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
Number Of Pages: 604
Publication Date: 2003-02-26
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0324171897
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780324171891
For professionals who are searching for comprehensive coverage of micro topics. The author’s "easy-going" writing style is superb for presenting the politics and science of economic theories and has been praised as "perhaps the best ever" coverage in economic principles. This book stands out among all other texts because of its ability to intrigue readers and encourage individuals to incorporate an economic way of thinking in daily life.
Posted: July 26th, 2008, 12:14am CEST
Principles of Microeconomics
曼昆:微观经济学原理
# Author: N. Gregory Mankiw
Format:PDF 5.3MB
Publisher: Thompson South-Western
Number Of Pages: 533
Publication Date: 2006-01-27
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0324319169
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780324319163
Mankiw's Principles of Economics textbooks continue to be the most popular and widely used text in the economics classroom. PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS, 4th Edition features a strong revision of content in all 22 chapters while maintaining the clear and accessible writing style that is the hallmark of the highly respected author. The 4th edition also features an expanded instructor's resource package designed to assist instructors in course planning and classroom presentation and full integration of content with Aplia, the leading online Economics education program. In the 4th edition Greg Mankiw has created a full educational program for students and instructors -- Experience Mankiw 4th edition. "I have tried to put myself in the position of someone seeing economics for the first time. My goal is to emphasize the material that students should and do find interesting about the study of the economy." - N. Gregory Mankiw.
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 6:00pm CEST
Active Investment Management: Finding and Harnessing Investment Skill (The Wiley Finance Series)
Author: Charles Jackson
Format:PDF 2.3MB
Publisher: Wiley
Number Of Pages: 230
Publication Date: 2003-09-08
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0470858869
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780470858868
Active Investment Management looks at where active management has come from, where it is today, what problems it faces and where the answers to these questions are leading it. The book addresses the major issues concerning the key groups within the industry.
Charles Jackson's wonderfully readable book will be essential reading for the practitioner and is broken down into five sections covering the whole spectrum of active investment management:
* asset classes and products
* balancing risk and return
* active product selection
* the nature of skill
* the price of skill
Posted: July 24th, 2008, 6:00pm CEST
International Bank Management
国际银行管理
Author:Dileep Mehta, Hung-Gay Fung
Format:PDF 2.3MB
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: 2004-02-23
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1405111283
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781405111287
This text provides current and integrated coverage of the important topics in international banking, including foreign exchange markets, derivatives, country risk analysis, asset-liability management, and banking strategies. In order to incorporate the central elements of this field, the text builds on a three-faceted foundation of risk-return tradeoff, the special barriers encountered in international business, and the unique features of banking business. By responding to the increasing globalization of financial markets, this text offers readers the comprehensive, international background they need to prepare for a successful career in banking.
Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 6:00pm CEST
Coach Yourself to Success : Winning the Investment Game
Author:Joe Moglia
Format:PDF 3.3MB
Publisher: Wiley
Number Of Pages: 199
Publication Date: 2005-04-13
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471719846
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471719847
Over the years, Wall Street has repeatedly warned individual investors against managing their own money. This, they say, should be left to "financial professionals." The truth of the matter is that investing is manageable and you can master it on your own.
Joe Moglia, CEO of Ameritrade, knows that today's individual investors have what it takes to make their own investment decisions. All they need to tackle success is a little coaching. And if you think the CEO of one of the world's leading online brokers couldn't begin to understand the financial issues of today's investors, think again. As one of five children born to immigrant parents, Moglia knows what it's like to worry about not having enough money to get by, let alone having money to save and invest. But through hard work and dedication, first as a winning coach in the field of football and then as a leader in the world of finance, Moglia found success. Now, he wants to help you find that same success and does so by explaining the tools and resources available that allow you to construct and execute a personal investment plan that fits your needs.
Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 12:41am CEST
REFORMING CHINA'S STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES AND BANKS (New Horizons in Money and Finance)
Author:Becky Chiu, Mervyn K. Lewis
Format:PDF 4.3MB
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Number Of Pages: 456
Publication Date: 2006-06-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1843767589
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781843767589
This book’s starting point is that after two decades of experiments, during which other transition economies have effectively privatized all of their former state enterprises, China is still endeavoring to find a way to reinvent and re-engineer its own state-owned economic establishments.
The authors explore these reforms along with the problems of China’s state-owned banks, which have long been troubled by the adverse loans of Chinese enterprises and face foreign competition in 2007 under China’s WTO commitments. Drawing on wide-ranging case studies of enterprise reform, Becky Chiu and Mervyn Lewis combine their extensive experience to give an authoritative account of China’s enterprise and bank reform agenda, involving property rights, improved corporate governance and stimulating enterprise.
This book will be of great interest to business economists, academic economists and those following the development of the Chinese economy.
Posted: July 20th, 2008, 6:00pm CEST
Investing in China: The Emerging Venture Capital Industry (Global Market Briefings)
投资在中国
Author:Jonsson Yinya Li
Format:PDF 4.3MB
Publisher: GMB Publishing
Number Of Pages: 361
Publication Date: 2005-06-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1905050135
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781905050130
Investing in China: The Emerging Venture Capital Industry is a unique and invaluable guide to venture capital in China. This important new book provides a detailed profile of the current state of the venture capital backed SME sector and an authoritative look at trends and future prospects. It provides an explanation of the mechanics of the investment process, from due diligence and investment monitoring, to exit, and a unique look at M & A opportunities and rules for foreign investors. The guide includes many detailed case studies and profiles of the IT, E-commerce, bio-technology and other sectors with potential for VC investment.
Posted: July 19th, 2008, 6:00pm CEST
Forex Made Easy : 6 Ways to Trade the Dollar
# Author: James Dicks
# Format:PDF 4.3MB
# Page Count: 256 pages
# Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (March 12, 2004)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0071438947
# ISBN-13: 978-0071438940
The foreign currency market is the largest and most liquid trading market in the world, with $1.5 trillion or more traded every day. And in our increasingly barrier-free global financial markets, online traders and investors armed with inexpensive point-and-click trading systems, along with a new attitude that markets should be open to all traders, all the time, have made it among the most accessible!
Problem is, the majority of books written on FOREX trading have been needlessly complex and technically dense, written for institutional investors making billion dollar-plus trades. FOREX Made Easy changes all that, telling you everything you need to know minus the unnecessary detail and tactics. The first book to provide you with only the information you need, to allow you to get a feel for the market and determine how to fit FOREX trading into your long-term investing program, this straight-talking guidebook reveals:
* What the FOREX is, and how and why it has become the major player in today's financial markets
* Clear instructions for setting up a trading station, opening an account, and placing your first order
* 6 Steps to FOREX Success--Concise, effective rules for successful trading
* Fundamental analysis and the FOREX--Economic indicators, inflationary indicators, and more
* Technical analysis and the FOREX--From basic charts and patterns to Fibonacci, Elliot Wave, and more
* Money management principles to ensure that you trade with your head instead of your heart
* Business and tax strategies for squeezing every financial advantage from your FOREX trading practices
FOREX Made Easy gives you much more than just facts and numbers. This first-of-its-kind book provides you with the tools and techniques you need to stand toe-to-toe with the world's most powerful traders and institutions, using FOREX trading like they have for years to both offset your market risks and augment your profits. Simple, uncomplicated, and filled with examples of individual traders using their smaller size to tremendous advantage in the institution-dominated FOREX, it will open your eyes to an opportunity that is unique, unprecedented, and bound to become a staple for traders looking for new sources of profits, and innovative techniques to protect those profits.
Posted: July 18th, 2008, 6:00pm CEST
Fundamentals of Corporate Finance Alternate Edition w/Student CD ROM+ PowerWeb + Standard & Poor's Educational Version of Market Insight
# Author:Stephen A. Ross, Randolph W. Westerfield, Bradford D. Jordan
# Format:PDF 9.3MB
# Page Count:922 pages
# Publisher: Irwin/McGraw-Hill; 6th edition (March 12, 2002)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0072553073
# ISBN-13: 978-0072553079
The Alternate Edition includes all of the same features and benefits as the Standard Edition. Its only difference is that it includes four additional chapters on more advanced topics: Risk Management; An Introduction to Financial Engineering; Option Valuation; Mergers and Acquisitions, and Leasing.
Posted: July 18th, 2008, 12:42am CEST
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
与天为敌: 风险探索传奇
Author:Peter L. Bernstein
Format:DJVU 4.3MB
Publisher: Wiley
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: 1998-08-31
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471295639
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471295631
A Business Week, New York Times Business, and USA Today Bestseller
Risk management, which assumes that future risks can be understood, measured and to some extent predicted, is the focus of this solid, thoroughgoing history. Probability theory, pioneered by 17th-century French mathematicians Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat, has made possible the design of great bridges, electric power utilities and insurance policies. The statistical sampling methods invented by dour Swiss scientist Jacob Bernoulli undergird diverse activities such as the testing of new drugs, stock-picking and wine tasting. Bernstein (Capital Ideas) animates his narrative with a colorful cast of risk-analyzers, including gambling addict Girolamo Cardano, 16th-century Italian physician to the Pope; and John Maynard Keynes, whose concerns over economic uncertainty compelled him to recommend an active, interventionist role for government. Bernstein also traces the development of business forecasting, game theory, insurance and derivatives, and surveys recent advances in risk forecasting made possible through chaos theory and by the development of neural networks.
Posted: July 18th, 2008, 12:42am CEST
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
与天为敌: 风险探索传奇
Author:Peter L. Bernstein
Format:DJVU 4.3MB
Publisher: Wiley
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: 1998-08-31
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471295639
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471295631
A Business Week, New York Times Business, and USA Today Bestseller
Risk management, which assumes that future risks can be understood, measured and to some extent predicted, is the focus of this solid, thoroughgoing history. Probability theory, pioneered by 17th-century French mathematicians Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat, has made possible the design of great bridges, electric power utilities and insurance policies. The statistical sampling methods invented by dour Swiss scientist Jacob Bernoulli undergird diverse activities such as the testing of new drugs, stock-picking and wine tasting. Bernstein (Capital Ideas) animates his narrative with a colorful cast of risk-analyzers, including gambling addict Girolamo Cardano, 16th-century Italian physician to the Pope; and John Maynard Keynes, whose concerns over economic uncertainty compelled him to recommend an active, interventionist role for government. Bernstein also traces the development of business forecasting, game theory, insurance and derivatives, and surveys recent advances in risk forecasting made possible through chaos theory and by the development of neural networks.
Posted: July 17th, 2008, 12:34am CEST
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (A Marketplace Book)
股票作手回忆录
Author: Edwin Lefèvre
Format:PDF 1.3MB
Publisher: Wiley
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: 1994-05-11
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471059706
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471059707
Critical Praise.. "In my interviews with over 30 of the best traders of our time, there were some questions that I raised in each conversation. One of these was: Are there any books that you found particularly valuable and would recommend to aspiring traders? By far, the most frequent response was Reminiscences of a Stock Operator-a book that was over 70 years old!" -from the Foreword by Jack Schwager Author of Market Wizards and The New Market Wizards "Although Reminiscences.was first published some 70 years ago, its take on crowd psychology and market timing is as timely as last summer's frenzy on the foreign exchange markets." -Worth magazine "The most entertaining book written on investing is Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, by Edwin Lefevre, first published in 1923." -The Seattle Times "The best book I've read is Reminiscences of a Stock Operator. I keep a supply for people who come to work for me." -Martin Zweig "After 20 years and many re-reads, Reminiscences is still one of my all-time favorites." -Kenneth L. Fisher Forbes First published in 1923, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator is the fictionalized biography of Jesse Livermore, one of the greatest speculators ever. Reminiscences remains the most widely read, highly recommended investment book ever written. Generations of investors have found that it has more to teach them about themselves and other investors than years of experience in the market. This is a timeless tale that will enrich the lives-and portfolios-of today's investors as it has those of generations past.
Posted: July 16th, 2008, 12:18am CEST
The 5 Keys to Value Investing
价值投资五大关键
Author:J. Dennis Jean-Jacques
Format:PDF 1.3MB
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: 2002-10-14
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0071402314
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780071402316
The investing style that made Warren Buffett the world's wealthiest investor!
Strategies for Identifying Today's Best-Run Corporations--Then Buying Them for Pennies on the Dollar
As an investor, you don't buy stocks; you buy companies. The Five Key Steps to Value Investing shows you how to ensure that the company you're investing in is solid and wellmanaged and, most important of all, worth more than you are paying.
J. Dennis Jean-Jacques, who made his name as an investment analyst working with legendary value investor Michael Price, presents in the form of a clear framework a time-proven value investing strategy for identifying well-run companies, then investing only in those that are undervalued. Find out here how today's best value investors
