Technical analysis

power tools for active investors

"Twenty-nine years ago, Jerry and I wrote a stock market book together. He's still going at it, and once again, he's come up with a very rewarding and profitable book on stocks. I have been reading Jerry's market letter since the early ...

Fibonacci and Gann applications in financial markets

practical applications of natural and synthetic ratios in technical analysis

There are many books covering Fibonacci from an artistic and historical point of view and almost as many suggesting that Fibonacci retracements and numbers can be successfully applied to financial market time series. What is missing is a book that addresses the common errors in ...

The economics of foreign exchange and global finance

The book presents all major subjects in international monetary theory, foreign exchange markets, international financial management and investment analysis. The book is relevant to real world problems in the sense that it provides guidance on how to solve policy issues as well as practical management ...

Undue influence

how the wall street elite puts the financial system at risk

A critical look at over 80 years of conflict, collusion, and corruption between financiers and politicians Undue Influence paints a vivid portrait of the dealings between "the few", in this case members of Congress, the banking community, and the Fed, and sheds light on how ...

Globalization and finance

The globalization of finance is widely recognised as one of the most significant features of the contemporary world. In this timely new book, Tony Porter guides students through current debates about global finance and discusses the extent to which the development of a global marketplace ...

A guide to international monetary economics

exchange rate theories, systems and policies

Now in its third incarnation, this widely acclaimed and popular text has again been fully updated and revised by the author. There is a bewildering array of models to explain the volatility of exchange rates since the collapse of the Bretton Woods system in the ...

Global governance of financial systems

the international regulation of systemic risk

The book sets forth the economic rationale for international financial regulation and what role, if any, international regulation can play in effectively managing systemic risk while providing accountability to all affected nations. The book suggests that a particular type of global governance structure is necessary ...

Private sector involvement and international financial crises

an analytical perspective

The book's first part provides a critical synthesis of the literature underpinning the architecture debate. It reviews the traditional distinction between "fundamentals-based" and "sunspot-based" crises before reconciling the two using global game methods. The role of co- ordination problems in sparking costly liquidation and ...

Regional currency areas in financial globalization

a survey of current issues

This book is an up-to-date, authoritative and comprehensive analysis of the key issues and challenges facing regional currency area projects in the context of financial globalization. The authors focus on several central issues that emerged during the experiences of the 1990s and 2000s: exchange rate ...

Volatility and growth

It has long been recognized that productivity growth and the business cycle are closely interrelated. Yet, until recently, the two phenomena have been investigated separately in the economics literature. This book provides the first consistent attempt to analyze the effects of macroeconomic volatility on productivity ...

Identifying international financial contagion

progress and challenges

This book reviews the state-of-the-art of the literature on international financial contagion. The individual contributions bridge the gap between econometric theory and evidence, while the comprehensive range of financial market and country regions under consideration highlights the future challenges facing econometricians, international policymakers, and financial ...

El imperio de las finanzas

sobre las economías, las empresas y los ciudadanos

En el casino gana generalmente la banca y pierden los que apuestan. Pero en el casino global que rige la economía las cosas suceden de otra forma. Los grandes apostadores #o quienes gerencian sus fondos# ganan a costa de muchos que no participan directamente en ...

International finance

The markets and financial management of multinational business

In this fourth edition, Maurice Levi successfully integrates both the micro and macro aspects of international finance. The author explores managerial issues and focuses on problems that arise from financial trading relations between nations, whilst covering key topics such as: · organisation of foreign exchange markets ...

The money markets handbook

a practitioners' guide

In The Money Markets Handbook Moorad Choudhry provides, in one comprehensive volume, the description, trading, analysis and calculations of the major markets around the world, providing worked examples and exercises throughout to provide a landmark publication on this important topic. Unique features, including a list ...

Petrodollar warfare

oil, Iraq and the future of the dollar

Meticulously researched, this book examines US dollar hegemony and the unsustainable macroeconomics of 'petrodollar recycling', pointing out that issues underlying the Iraq war also apply to geostrategic tensions between the US and other countries including the member states of the EU, Iran, Venezuela and Russia ...

Hot commodities

how anyone can invest profitably in the world's best market

In Hot Commodities, Rogers offers the low-down on the most lucrative markets for today and tomorrow. In late 1998, gliding under the radar, a bull market in commodities began. Rogers thinks it#s going to continue for at least fifteen years - and he#s put ...

El riesgo del mercado

su medición y control

¿Qué es el Valor en Riesgo ¿Podemos valorarlo de un modo científico y hacerlo comprensible para todo tipo de usuarios potenciales como puedan ser gestores de riesgos, accionistas, reguladores, clientes bancarios, etc. ¿Se trata de un concepto ampliamente implantado en la banca española Todas estas ...

Securities valuation

applications of financial modeling

A textbook that provides a coherent description of valuation models over a wide range of securities. Students can study both the theories and the practical implementations of the valuation models. Further, students can use the extensive Excel models, applying to practical problems ( the cases) and ...

Syndicated lending

"Syndicated Lending" aims to increase the readers awareness of the benefits and risks involved in taking part in the Syndicated Loan market. This book covers: Who the major players in the syndication loan market are? Why syndication loans are used? syndication loan structures and documentation ...

Credit risk management

"Credit Risk Management" will enable general bankers, staff, and credit analyst trainees to understand the basic information and principles underlying credit risk evaluation, and to use those underlying principles to undertake an analysis of non financial and financial risks when preparing a credit proposal. Since ...