Mortgage-backed securities

products, structuring and analytical techniques

Since the last edition of Mortgage-Backed Securities was published over three years ago, much has changed in the structured credit market. Frank Fabozzi, Anand Bhattacharya, and William Berliner all have many years of experience working in the fixed-income securitization markets, and have witnessed many cycles ...

Global marketing management

"Global Marketing Management" prepares the reader to become an effective manager, overseeing global marketing activities in an increasingly competitive environment. The approach presents marketing with an interdisciplinary, cross-functional perspective, where the marketer has a sound understanding of how the various functional areas interface with marketing.

Getting started in commodities

Shows readers how to invest in the commodities market in futures, stocks, stock indices, and options. This book explains how the commodities market works as well as how investors can identify and track commodity opportunities using fundamental factors such as supply and demand and technical ...

Strategic market management

Updated to reflect current business thinking and market conditions, this new edition of "Strategic Market Management" illustrates a structured approach to external market analysis that business managers can apply to their strategic decision making. By using a variety of concepts and methods such as strategic ...

Doing business in China for dummies

A beginner's guide to getting started in business in China. Globalization means that American businesses will have increasing contact with Chinese businesses and increasingly exposure to Chinese markets. "Doing Business in China For Dummies" covers the basics for businesspeople making a first trip to ...

Active Alpha

a portofolio approach to selecting and managing alternative investments

Enhance overall investment returns by using alternative investments as the centerpiece of a portfolio. Alternative investments such as hedge funds, private equity, and real estate are growing in both popularity and importance, with more than $1 trillion invested in them. Filled with cutting-edge material on ...

Core concepts of accounting information systems

Offering concise, user-friendly coverage, Moscove, Simkin, and Bagranoff's essential text presents the basic concepts of accounting information systems. Completely updated and revised, the tenth edition provides the latest information on the Internet, e-commerce, software, databases, and more. Readers will discover how accounting information systems ...

Corporate fraud

a manager's journey

Bill Reynolds was just starting to relax. He'd engineered a momentous implementation of internal controls and enterprise risk management systems within his company, making an indelible mark upon his organization. Now, coming off the heels of his father's death, his CEO tells him ...

How to measure anything

finding the value of intanginles in business

This work offers a revealing look at the power of measurement in business and the world at large. "How to Measure Anything" boldly asserts that there are no actual "intangibles" and that virtually any business quality can be measured. Practical methods are explained for measuring ...

Investment banking and investment opportunities in China

a comprehensive guide for finance professionals

China is now an economic power in the world economy, and offers tremendous business and investment opportunities, but its financial markets remain poorly understood. In this authoritative book, investment banking expert K. Thomas Liaw explains China's financial and investing system in detail, including: Stock ...

Business statistics

For contemporary decision making

Help your students see the light. With its myriad of techniques, concepts and formulas, business statistics can be overwhelming for many students. They can have trouble recognizing the importance of studying statistics, and making connections between concepts. Ken Black's fifth edition of "Business Statistics ...

Doing business in India for dummies

Covers various basics of setting up and growing your business in India, from choosing a location and selecting your Indian team to understanding the legal system, evaluating business partners, and settling disputes. This guide also includes tips in financing, marketing, and manufacturing, as well as ...

Management accounting best practices.

A guide for the professional accountant

Today's practicing accountant quickly finds out that a large part of his or her position is more about management decisions and less about accounting standards. Situations eventually arise involving cost allocation systems, cost analysis, profit planning, operational budgeting, and more, requiring a functional understanding ...

Health economics and financing

A primer for the economic analysis of medical markets, this book utilizes a flow of funds approach to investigate the sources and uses of financing as well as the incentives and organizational structure of the health care system. It then takes a wider macroeconomic perspective ...

Reminiscences of a stock operator

"The most entertaining book written on investing is "Reminiscences of a Stock Operator", by Edwin Lefevre, first published in 1923." - "The Seattle Times". "After twenty years and many re reads, Reminiscences is still one of my all time favorites." - Kenneth L. Fisher, Forbes. "A must ...

Mobs, Messiahs, and markets

surviving the public spectacle in finance and politics

Why going against the grain pays. Bestselling author Bill Bonner has long been a maverick observer of the financial and political world, sharpening his sardonic wit, in particular, on the vagaries of the investing public. Market booms and busts, tulip manias and dotcom bubbles, venture ...

Rumors in financial markets

insights into behavioral finance

On the trading floor, all action is based on news, therefore rumors in financial markets are an everyday phenomenon. Rumors are the oldest mass medium in the world and their nature is still difficult to grasp. Scientifically, not much is known about rumors, especially in ...

Behavioural investing

a practitioner's guide to aplllying behavioural finance

Behavioural investing seeks to bridge the gap between psychology and investing. All too many investors are unaware of the mental pitfalls that await them. Even once we are aware of our biases, we must recognise that knowledge does not equal behaviour. The solution lies is ...

The panic of 1907

lessons learnes from the market's perfect storm

Praise for "The Panic of 1907": "Before reading "The Panic of 1907", the year 1907 seemed like a long time ago and a different world. The authors, however, bring this story alive in a fast-moving book, and the reader sees how events of that time ...

The accidental investment banker

"Entertainingly indiscreet... Knee's talent for wicked pen portraits is put to good use." - "Financial Times". Investment bankers used to be known as respectful of their clients, loyal to their firms, and chary of the financial system that allowed them to prosper. What happened? From ...

The investment portfolio user's manual

The Investment Portfolio The Investment Portfolio is a powerful windows-based program that lets the user create, evaluate, and manage realistic portfolios. It gives them an interactive experience that makes the theory clear and relevant. The user creates various portfolios made up of stocks, bonds, mutual ...

Introduction to bayesian statistics

"I cannot think of a better book for teachers of introductory statistics who want a readable and pedagogically sound text to introduce Bayesian statistics." - "Statistics in Medical Research". "[This book] is written in a lucid conversational style, which is so rare in mathematical writings. It ...