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Posted: December 17th, 2008, 6:42am CET
Quantitative Trading Strategies: Harnessing the Power of Quantitative Techniques to Create a Winning Trading Program (McGraw-Hill Traders Edge Series)
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2003-07-16
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 0071412395
ISBN-13: 9780071412391
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. Quantifying every subjective decision in the trading process, this analytical book evaluates the work of well-known "quants" from John Henry to Monroe Trout and introduces 12 all-new trading strategies. It debunks numerous popular misconceptions, and is certain to make waves--and change minds--in the world of technical analysis and ...
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Posted: December 17th, 2008, 6:42am CET
CSS Pocket Reference (Pocket Reference (O’Reilly))
Publisher: O’Reilly Media, Inc.
Number of Pages: 134
Published: 2004-07-27
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 0596007779
ISBN-13: 9780596007775
More proof that good things come in small--and sometimes even inexpensive--packages: the CSS Pocket Reference has been completely revised and updated to reflect the latest Cascading Style Sheet specifications, CSS2 and CSS2.1. An indispensable reference for web designers and developers, this slim little book covers the essential information needed to effectively implement CSS, with an introduction to the key concepts of CSS and a complete alphabetical reference to the CSS2 and CSS 2.1 properties. And since browser incompatibility is the biggest CSS headache for most developers, it also inc...
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Posted: December 17th, 2008, 6:40am CET
Volatility Trading, + CD-ROM (Wiley Trading)
Publisher: Wiley
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2008-06-23
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 0470181990
ISBN-13: 9780470181997
In Volatility Trading, Sinclair offers you a quantitative model for measuring volatility in order to gain an edge in your everyday option trading endeavors. With an accessible, straightforward approach. He guides traders through the basics of option pricing, volatility measurement, hedging, money management, and trade evaluation. In addition, Sinclair explains the often-overlooked psychological aspects of trading, revealing both how behavioral psychology can create market conditions traders can take advantage of-and how it can lead them astray. Psychological biases, he asserts, are probably th...
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Posted: December 17th, 2008, 6:40am CET
Vietnamese Fusion: Vegetarian Cuisine
Publisher: Book Publishing Company (TN)
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2007-10
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1570672075
ISBN-13: 9781570672071
Fresh Spring Rolls - Glass Noodle Soup - Papaya Salad - Clay Pot Vegetables - Lemongrass Dry Noodles. Enjoy many of your favorite Vietnamese dishes now with a vegetarian twist. Renown Asian culinary expert Chat Mingkwan presents time-honored favorites using completely plant-based ingredients. You’re offered a bevy of delicious choices, whether you’re making an ensemble for a multi-course meal or an extravagant dish with a host of accompaniments. Typical Vietnamese cooking is already characterized by the use of a vast array of fresh herbs and vegetables. Introducing soy-based alter...
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Posted: December 17th, 2008, 6:39am CET
MySQL Pocket Reference: SQL Functions and Utilities (Pocket Reference (O’Reilly))
Publisher: O’Reilly Media, Inc.
Number of Pages: 132
Published: 2007-07-17
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 0596514263
ISBN-13: 9780596514266
To help you be more efficient in your work, this handy pocket reference gives you instant reminders on how to use important MySQL functions, especially in conjunction with key parts of the LAMP open source infrastructure. This powerful database system is so rich in features that no administrator or programmer can stay familiar with all of them. MySQL Pocket Reference is an ideal on-the-job companion, well organized to help you find and adapt the statements you need -- quickly. Updated for the latest versions of this popular database, this edition covers many complex features that have been ...
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Posted: December 17th, 2008, 6:38am CET
The Fundamentals of Risk Measurement
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Number of Pages: 415
Published: 2002-06-27
List price: $44.95
ISBN-10: 0071386270
ISBN-13: 9780071386272
TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: The Basics of Risk Management This chapter introduces how banks work. It describes how they make money, how they often lose money, and how they try to manage their losses. It includes thirteen short case studies showing how banks have lost money. Chapter 2: Risk Measurement at the Corporate Level: Economic Capital and RAROC Chapter Two discusses the meaning of capital and how the risks that a bank faces are related to the amount of capital that the bank should hold. It then describes the two fundamental building blocks of integrated risk measurement: Econ...
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Posted: December 17th, 2008, 6:35am CET
Radiation Detection and Measurement
Publisher: Wiley
Number of Pages: 816
Published: 2000-01-05
List price: $0.00
ISBN-10: 0471073385
ISBN-13: 9780471073383
A Classic Text on Radiation Detection and Measurement Now Updated and Expanded Building on the proven success of this widely-used text, the Third Edition will provide you with a clear understanding of the methods and instrumentation used in the detection and measurement of ionizing radiation. It provides in-depth coverage of the basic principles of radiation detection as well as illustrating their application in a full set of modern instruments. In addition to a complete description of well-established detection and spectroscopic methods, many recently developed approaches are also explored. T...
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Posted: December 17th, 2008, 6:35am CET
Inside the House of Money: Top Hedge Fund Traders on Profiting in the Global Markets
Publisher: Wiley
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2006-04-21
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0471794473
ISBN-13: 9780471794479
Inside the House of Money lifts the veil on the typically opaque world of hedge funds, offering a rare glimpse at how today’s highest paid money managers approach their craft. Author Steven Drobny demystifies how these star traders make billions for well-heeled investors, revealing their theories, strategies and approaches to markets. Drobny, cofounder of Drobny Global Advisors, an international macroeconomic research and advisory firm, has tapped into his network and beyond in order assemble this collection of thirteen interviews with the industry’s best minds. Along the way, you&...
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Posted: December 17th, 2008, 6:34am CET
Macro Trading & Investment Strategies : Macroeconomic Arbitrage in Global Markets (Wiley Trading Advantage Series)
Publisher: Wiley
Number of Pages: 228
Published: 1999-02-08
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 0471315869
ISBN-13: 9780471315865
Some of the most successful and well-known hedge funds have long profited from a trading strategy that applies macroeconomic views to global markets: global macro. Pioneered by hedge fund managers such as George Soros and Julian Robertson, this strategy has led to enormous profits. By placing directional bets on liquid assets, it is particularly suited for trending markets. In Macro Trading and Investment Strategies: Macroeconomic Arbitrage in Global Markets, Gabriel Burstein defines and rigorously analyzes this investment style. He then proposes macro arbitrage as an original alternative...
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Posted: December 17th, 2008, 6:33am CET
Quantitative Strategies for Achieving Alpha (McGraw-Hill Finance & Investing)
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 2008-11-21
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 0071549846
ISBN-13: 9780071549844
Alpha, higher-than-expected returns generated by an investment strategy, is the holy grail of the investment world. Achieve alpha, and you’ve beaten the market on a risk-adjusted basis. Quantitative Strategies for Achieving Alpha was borne from equity analyst Richard Tortoriello’s efforts to create a series of quantitative stock selection models for his company, Standard & Poor’s, and produce a road map of the market from a quantitative point of view. With this practical guide, you will gain an effective instrument that can be used to improve your investment process, whether ...
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Posted: December 17th, 2008, 6:31am CET
Into the Wild
Publisher: Pan Books
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1999-03-12
List price: $16.50
ISBN-10: 0330351699
ISBN-13: 9780330351690
Using the true story of a young man, who in 1992 walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness and whose SOS note and emaciated corpse were found four months later, Krakauer explores the obsession which leads some people to explore the outer limits of self, leave civilization behind and seek enlightenment through solitude and contact with nature....
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Posted: December 17th, 2008, 5:40am CET
The Big Book of Team Building Games: Trust-Building Activities, Team Spirit Exercises, and Other Fun Things to Do
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Number of Pages: 238
Published: 1997-12-01
List price: $23.95
ISBN-10: 0070465134
ISBN-13: 9780070465138
Did you know that games can be a terrifically effective way to build team spirit, communication, and trust among people who work together day in and day out? Now you can spark morale in any work group by choosing from 70 stimulating games and activities specifically designed for the manager who’s looking to raise sagging morale in a department, liven up boring staff meetings, enable team members to collaborate smoothly and effectively, and much more!...
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Posted: December 17th, 2008, 5:40am CET
Financial Risk Management: A Practitioner’s Guide to Managing Market and Credit Risk (with CD-ROM)
Publisher: Wiley
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2003-02-14
List price: $100.00
ISBN-10: 0471219770
ISBN-13: 9780471219774
Praise for Financial Risk Management "Key material on how risks can be isolated, quantified, and managed from a top risk management practitioner." -John Hull, Maple Financial Chair in Derivatives and Risk Management, and Director, Bonham Centre for Finance, University of Toronto "Steve Allen’s book is an excellent read for both seasoned risk professionals and students. He has done a wonderful job of making a complex topic understandable and provided the necessary tools to help others develop and sharpen their own intuition about risk exposure and how to manage it. Theory ...
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Posted: December 17th, 2008, 5:40am CET
The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel (Revised Edition)
Publisher: Collins Business
Number of Pages: 640
Published: 2003-07-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0060555661
ISBN-13: 9780060555665
More than one million hardcovers soldNow available for the first time in paperback!The Classic Text Annotated to Update Graham’s Timeless Wisdom for Today’s Market ConditionsThe greatest investment advisor of the twentieth century, Benjamin Graham taught and inspired people worldwide. Graham’s philosophy of "value investing" -- which shields investors from substantial error and teaches them to develop long-term strategies -- has made The Intelligent Investor the stock market bible ever since its original publication in 1949.Over the years, market developments have proven the ...
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Posted: December 17th, 2008, 5:31am CET
Google Apps Hacks
Publisher: Make Books
Number of Pages: 374
Published: 2008-04-16
List price: $29.99
ISBN-10: 059651588X
ISBN-13: 9780596515881
Can Google applications really become an alternative to the venerable Microsoft Office suite? Conventional wisdom may say no, but practical wisdom says otherwise. Right now, 100,000 small businesses are currently running trials of Google office applications. So are large corporations such as General Electric and Proctor & Gamble. Google Apps Hacks gets you in on the action with several ingenious ways to push Google’s web, mobile, and desktop apps to the limit. The scores of clever hacks and workarounds in this book help you get more than the obvious out of a whole host of Google’...
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Posted: December 17th, 2008, 5:23am CET
Money: A History
Publisher: Firefly Books
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2007-09-14
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1554072824
ISBN-13: 9781554072828
A colorful history of coins and currency from their very beginnings. Money tells the story of coins and paper money from ancient to modern times. The book is an exciting collaboration by curators at the British Museum, home to one of the world’s finest numismatic collections. Profusely illustrated with 545 color and archival images, Money traces the use of monetary exchange from a primitive barter system to the online, cashless systems operating today. Money examines its subject with authority and imagination, covering its history through the ages and across the world: Ancient M...
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Posted: December 17th, 2008, 5:03am CET
Business Valuation Discounts and Premiums
Publisher: Wiley
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2001-10-15
List price: $125.00
ISBN-10: 0471394483
ISBN-13: 9780471394488
Business Valuation Discounts and Premiums There is often more money in dispute in determining the discounts and premiums in a business valuation than in arriving at the pre-discount valuation itself. Discounts and premiums affect not only the value of the company but also play a crucial role in determining the risk involved, control issues, marketability, contingent liability, and a host of other factors that can make or break a deal. It is essential that every appraiser know when discounts and premiums apply and how to quantify them. Shannon Pratt’s Business Valuation Disc...
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Posted: December 17th, 2008, 4:59am CET
Team-Building Activities for Every Group
Publisher: Rec Room Publishing
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2000-01-10
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0966234162
ISBN-13: 9780966234169
107 interactive games and activities can be found in the pages of this easy-to-use book. Each game is fun, experiential, easy to lead, unique, and requires minimal resources. With 65 team challenges and 42 activities that help any team get to know one another, become comfortable with each other, and open up, there is something for every group. If you work with youth, corporate groups, therapy groups, church groups, scouts, families, school groups, sports teams, at camp, or with any other group who must work together you will find helpful games and activities in this fun, energetic, and purp...
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Posted: December 17th, 2008, 4:54am CET
Digital Image Processing (3rd Edition)
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Number of Pages: 976
Published: 2007-08-31
List price: $150.00
ISBN-10: 013168728X
ISBN-13: 9780131687288
THE leader in the field for more than twenty years, this introduction to basic concepts and methodologies for digital image processing continues its cutting-edge focus on contemporary developments in all mainstream areas of image processing. Completely self-contained, heavily illustrated, and mathematically accessible, it has a scope of application that is not limited to the solution of specialized problems. Digital Image Fundamentals. Image Enhancement in the Spatial Domain. Image Enhancement in the Frequency Domain. Image Restoration. Color Image Processing. Wavelets and Multiresolution Pr...
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Posted: December 17th, 2008, 4:53am CET
Medical Imaging Signals and Systems
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Number of Pages: 496
Published: 2005-04-25
List price: $119.00
ISBN-10: 0130653535
ISBN-13: 9780130653536
For courses in medical imaging systems. With signal processing as its foundation, this text covers the most important imaging modalities in radiology: projection radiography, x-ray computed tomography, nuclear medicine, ultrasound imaging, and magnetic resonance imaging. Organized into parts to emphasize key overall conceptual divisions, Medical Imaging is most appropriate for engineering students who have taken the prerequisite signals and systems courses as well as elementary probability....
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Posted: December 17th, 2008, 4:38am CET
The Selected Poems of D. H. Lawrence (Poetry Library, Penguin)
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 1989-07-05
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0140585400
ISBN-13: 9780140585407
Lawrence wrote nearly 1,000 poems during a short lifetime in which he was also astonishingly prolific in other spheres - fiction, travel writing, essays, criticism, letters and plays. Lawrence was not simply a novelist who dabbled in other forms. His characteristic vision informed everything he wrote, especially his poetry. At three important phases of his life, it became the primary channel of his experience and creative energy - the first year of his relationship with Frieda, the two years in Sicily, and the last year of his life. Bringing together the best of his poetry, this volume demonst...
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Posted: December 17th, 2008, 4:26am CET
Cooking the Vietnamese Way: Revised and Expanded to Include New Low-Fat and Vegetarian Recipes (Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks)
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Number of Pages: 72
Published: 2002-03
List price: $25.26
ISBN-10: 0822541254
ISBN-13: 9780822541257
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