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Cybernetic Trading Strategies
Wiley | 1997-06-17 | ISBN: 0471149209 | 336 pages | PDF | 2,1 MB
"The computer can do more than show us pretty pictures. [It] can optimize, backtest, prove or disprove old theories, eliminate the bad ones and make the good ones better. Cybernetic Trading Strategies explores new ways to use the computer and finds ways to make a valuable machine even more valuable." —from the Foreword by John J. Murphy.

Until recently, the computer has been used almost exclusively as a charting and data-gathering tool. But as traders and analysts have quickly discovered, its capabilities are far more vast. Now, in this groundbreaking new book, Murray Ruggiero, a leading authority on cybernetic trading systems, unlocks their incredible potential and provides an in-depth look at the growing impact of advanced technologies on intermarket analysis. A unique resource, Cybernetic Trading Strategies provides specific instructions and applications on how to develop tradable market timing systems using neural networks, fuzzy logic, genetic algorithms, chaos theory, and machine induction methods.

Currently utilized by some of the most powerful financial institutions in the world—including John Deere and Fidelity Investments—today's advanced technologies go beyond subjective interpretations of market indicators to enhance traditional analysis. As a result, existing trading systems gain a competitive edge. Ruggiero reveals how "incorporating elements of statistical analysis, spectral analysis, neural networks, genetic algorithms, fuzzy logic, and other high-tech concepts into a traditional technical trading system can greatly improve the performance of standard trading systems." For example: spectral analysis can be used to detect when a market is trending earlier than classical indicators such as ADX.

Drawing on his extensive research on market analysis, Ruggiero provides an incisive overview of cyber-systems—systems that, when applied correctly, can increase trading returns by as much as 200% to 300%. The author covers a wide range of important topics, examining classical technical analysis methodologies and seasonal trading, as well as statistically based market prediction and the mechanization of subjective methods such as candlestick charts and the Elliott Wave. Precise explanations and dozens of real-world examples show you how to:

* Incorporate advanced technologies into classical technical analysis methodologies.
* Identify which of these technologies have the most market applicability.
* Build trading systems to maximize reliability and profitability based on your own risk/reward criteria.

Most importantly, Cybernetic Trading Strategies takes you step by step through system testing and evaluation, a crucial step for controlling risk and managing money.

With up-to-date information from one of the field's leading authorities, Cybernetic Trading Strategies is the definitive guide to developing, implementing, and testing today's cutting-edge computer trading technologies.

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Business Week (14/07/2008)
Pages: 110 | PDF | 27.42 mb
* Retirement: Strategies for tough times.

* Nes Eggs: How much to withdraw.

* Investiments: Smart plays to make in a recession.

* Real State: Move or stay put & remodel.

* Health Care: New options for early retirees.

* Bartiromo: Jerry Levin's second life.

* Plus: 401(k) horror stories.


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Jack Wiles “Techno Security's Guide to E-Discovery and Digital Forensics: A Comprehensive Handbook"
Syngress | 2007-09-28 | ISBN: 159749223X | 430 pages | PDF | 3,1 MB
This book provides IT security professionals with the information (hardware, software, and procedural requirements) needed to create, manage and sustain a digital forensics lab and investigative team that can accurately and effectively analyze forensic data and recover digital evidence, while preserving the integrity of the electronic evidence for discovery and trial.
IDC estimates that the U.S. market for computer forensics will be grow from $252 million in 2004 to $630 million by 2009. Business is strong outside the United States, as well. By 2011, the estimated international market will be $1.8 billion dollars. The Techno Forensics Conference, to which this book is linked, has increased in size by almost 50% in its second year; another example of the rapid growth in the digital forensics world.

The TechnoSecurity Guide to Digital Forensics and E-Discovery features:
* Internationally known experts in computer forensics share their years of experience at the forefront of digital forensics
* Bonus chapters on how to build your own Forensics Lab
* 50% discount to the upcoming Techno Forensics conference for everyone
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PC World - August 2008
Pages: 128 | PDF | 31.4 mb
* 20 features Windows should have ... and how to get them!
- Multiple workspaces
- Better backup
- Screen sharing
- Faster navigation

* Counterattack! Now way to crack down on malicious software.

* Long lenses, low prices: The top megazons.

* Exclusive tests: cheap vs. pricey. Printer ink


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Assessing Financial Vulnerability
Institute for International Economics | 2000-05 | ISBN: 0881322377 | 134 pages | PDF | 1,4 MB
Ever since the European currency crises of 1992-93, the Mexican crisis of 1994-95, and especially the Asian/global crisis of 1997-98, there has been heightened interest in early warning signals of financial crises. This pathbreaking study presents a comprehensive battery of empirical tests on the performance of alternative early warning indicators for emerging-market economies that should prove useful in the construction of a more effective global warning system.

Not only are the authors able to draw conclusions about which specific indicators have sent the most reliable early warning signals of currency and banking crises in emerging economies, they also test the out-of-sample performance of the model during the Asian crisis and find that it does a good job of identifying the most vulnerable economies. In addition, they show how the early warning system can be used to construct a "composite" crisis indicator to weigh the importance of alternative channels of cross-country "contagion" of crises, and to generate information on the recovery path from crises.


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Nanotechnology 101
Publisher:Greenwood Press | English | ISBN: 0313338809 | 304 pages | 2007 | PDF | 2 MB
Description: What should the average person know about science? Because science is so central to life in the 21st century, science educators and other leaders of the scientific community believe that it is essential that everyone understand the basic concepts of the most vital and far-reaching disciplines. Nanotechnology 101 does exactly that. This accessible volume provides readers -- whether students new to the field or just interested members of the lay public -- with the essential ideas of the new science of nanotechnology using a minimum of jargon and mathematics. Concepts are introduced in a progressive order so that more complicted ideas build on simpler ones, and each is discussed in small, bite-sized segments so that they can be more easily understood. Nanotechnology 101 provides contemporary topics about the infusion of nanotechnology in the areas of the environment, food safety, medicine and healthcare, consumer goods, agriculture, homeland security, and energy supply. Coverage includes: BLHow nanotechnology is going to change our future workplace and workforce BLSocietal and ethical implications of nanoscience and nanotechnology BLCareers in the expanding field of nanotechnology BLMany of the major companies, universities, and government organizations that are investing in nanotechnology research and nanofabrication BLWebsites to explore hands-on nanotechnology activities and classroom projects BLA close alignment with the National Science Education Standards. With a bibliography, sidebars, and interviews with leading figures in the field, Nanotechnology 101 provides the perfect starting point for anyone wishing to understand this burgeoning science.

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Jeffrey A. Hoffer, Mary Prescott, Fred McFadden "Modern Database Management (8th Edition)"
Publisher:Prentice Hall | Pages: 656 | 2006-03-20 | ISBN: 0132212110 | PDF | 27 MB | RS
Modern Database Management is the leading text in the business database market. It's noted for its focus on the latest principles, concepts and technologies and what leading practitioners say is most important for database developers.
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Executive's Guide to the Wireless Workforce
Wiley | 2003-07-14 | ISBN: 0471448796 | 218 pages | PDF | 1,1 MB
You don’t want or need to understand every minute detail of how wireless works; you just want to learn how to effectively use wireless to impact your bottom line. Executive’s Guide to the Wireless Workforce avoids excessive use of buzzwords, acronyms, and consultantese to provide you with a succinct and straightforward template for defining, assessing, and deploying wireless technologies at every level of your organization–to lower your costs, deepen your customer interactions, and strengthen your competitive position in today’s increasingly mobile marketplace.


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The Digital Hand
Oxford University Press, USA | 2003-12-04 | ISBN: 0195165888 | 512 pages | PDF | 3,1 MB
In The Digital Hand, James W. Cortada combines detailed analysis with narrative history to provide a broad overview of computing's role in sixteen industries, accounting for nearly half of the U.S. economy. Beginning in 1950, when commercial applications of digital technology began to appear, Cortada examines the ways different industries adopted new technologies, as well as the ways their innovative applications influenced other industries and the U.S economy.

In addition, to this account of computers' impact on industry, Cortada also demonstrates how industries themselves influenced the nature of digital technology. Managers, economists, and anyone interested in the history of modern business will appreciate this historical analysis of digital technology's many roles and its future possibilities in a wide array of industries. A detailed picture of what the infrastructure of the Information Age really looks like and how we got there, The Digital Hand is a sweeping survey of how computers transformed the American economy.


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