Reading the financial pages for dummies

The financial pages are a minefield of jargon and impenetrable terminology - they are also your key to having a true understanding of how the financial markets work, and taking full control of your investments. This plain-English guide to the financial pages demystifies the tables, charts ...

The match king

Ivan Kreuger and the financial scandal of the century

In the 1920's Ivar Kreuger occupied roughly the same position as Warren Buffett, George Soros, Donald Trump, Robert Maxwell and the Enron Swindlers all rolled into one. He was the most controversial business figure of the roaring 20's, and he put together the ...

Confusión de confusiones

diálogos curiosos entre un filósofo agudo, un mercader discreto y un accionista erudito

Un clásico de la Bolsa que fue escrito hace más de 300 años y que todavía es popular en todo el mundo. La obra incluye diálogos curiosos y divertidos en los que se describe el negocio de la bolsa, su origen, su etimología, su realidad ...

House of cards

a tale of hubris and wretched excess on Wall Street

Contents: Pt. I How It Happened: Ten Days in March Ch. 1 The Ultimate Roach Motel Ch. 2 The Confidence Game Ch. 3 "Bear Stearns Is Not in Trouble!" Ch. 4 The Run on the Bank Ch. 5 The Armies of the Night Ch. 6 ...

The battle for Wall Street

behind the lines in the struggle that pushed an industry into turmoil

This title presents an insider's look at the changing balance of power on Wall Street. "The Battle for Wall Street" follows the struggle for power between two giants: the sellers, traditional commercial and investments banks; and the buyers, upstart hedge funds, private equity firms ...

Successful spread betting

Spread betting offers investors a simple and direct way of dealing in the world's financial markets. Its advantages include access to markets that would normally be the privilege of a registered broker such as foreign exchange. Furthermore, there are no brokerage or commission fees ...

Material markets

how economic agents are constructed

Financial markets, processes, and instruments are often difficult to fathom; the credit crisis highlights both their importance and their fragility. Donald MacKenzie is one of the most perceptive analysts of the workings of the financial world. In this book, he argues that economic agents and ...

Euforia y pánico

aprendiendo de las burbujas. medidas concretas para afrontar puntos débiles y aprovechar las oportunidades

La crisis del 2008 tiene similitudes con crisis anteriores y también diferencias significativas. Se trata de una situación en la que se mezclan datos económicos complicados con la psicología habitual de la mayoría de personas. Esto explica muchas decisiones irracionales de empresas y particulares, provocada ...

The origin and development of financial markets and institutions

from the Seventeenth Century to the present

Eds. Jeremy Atack, Larry Neal. Collectively, mankind has never had it so good despite periodic economic crises of which the current sub-prime crisis is merely the latest example. Much of this success is attributable to the increasing efficiency of the world's financial institutions as ...

¿Existe la suerte?

las trampas del azar

Todo el mundo quiere tener suerte en la vida. Pero ¿qué hace que algunos de nosotros tengamos más éxito que otros? ¿Tiene que ver realmente con nuestras capacidades y estrategias, o con algo mucho más impredecible? Este libro trata de la suerte o, para ser ...

Mercados financieros internacionales

En este libro el lector encontrará respuestas a las dudas sobre diferentes mercados financieros: Renta variable, renta fija, derivados y colección. Para una completa explicación de los mismos, se muestran, además, las teorías financieras que explican el funcionamiento de los mercados.

The Wall Street Journal guide to the end of Wall Street as we know it

This title features detailed table of contents: What happened and how did we get here? This section will: cover a brief history of market panics to place the current turmoil in context; trace the origins of the current financial crisis and the rise of sub ...

Investment. An A-Z guide

Stockmarkets have soared and slumped, highlighting the risks of different kinds of investments. Everyone wants to buy low and sell high - and get a healthy stream of income in between. But it is not easy to do so. Any strategy for investment requires an essential ...

The financier

A master of gritty naturalism, Theodore Dreiser explores the corruption of the American dream in "The Financier". Frank Cowperwood, a fiercely ambitious businessman, emerges as the very embodiment of greed as he relentlessly seeks satisfaction in wealth, women, and power. As Cowperwood deals and double-deals ...

Finance glossary

Finance glossary

Elaborado por la Fundación Estudios Bursátiles y Financieros. Acompaña CD-ROM. This Glossary tries to express and explain the active use of economic terms. It has not the slightest claim to be a definitive authority: it is simply a record of common modern usage, and makes ...

De cómo invertir en bolsa y no morir en el intento

#Lo que más admiro en mi vida es la inteligencia, me encanta contemplar la belleza, y lo que más me gusta disfrutar es la libertad#. #Si te dedicas a contar el dinero que tienes, casi seguro que cada vez contarás menos#. #Antes de invertir, #conócete ...

Asset pricing theory

"Asset Pricing Theory" is an advanced textbook for doctoral students and researchers that offers a modern introduction to the theoretical and methodological foundations of competitive asset pricing. Costis Skiadas develops in depth the fundamentals of arbitrage pricing, mean-variance analysis, equilibrium pricing, and optimal consumption/portfolio ...

Acciones ordinarias y beneficios extraordinarios

o los inversores conservadores duermen bien

"Unas páginas llenas de perlas que le ayudarán tanto como me han ayudado a mí." De la Introducción de Kenneth L. Fisher, columnista, Forbes. "Después de leer Acciones ordinarias y beneficios extraordinarios busqué a Phil Fisher# Y cuando lo conocí me sorprendió tanto la persona ...

The essays of Warren Buffett

lessons for investors and managers

Ed. Lawrence A. Cunningham. Experienced readers of Warren Buffett's letters to the shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway Inc have gained an enormously valuable informal education. This book features letters that distill in plain words all the basic principles of sound business practices.

The house of Dimon

how JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon Rose to the top of the financial world

This is a behind-the-scenes look at Wall Street's top banker. Jamie Dimon is Wall Street's biggest player. Following the 11th-hour rescue of Bear Stearns by JP Morgan, his profile has reached stratospheric levels. "The House of Dimon" goes behind the scenes to recount ...