Predictive analytics

the power to predict who will click, buy, lie, or die

You have been predicted -- by companies, governments, law enforcement, hospitals, and universities. Their computers say, "I knew you were going to do that!" These institutions are seizing upon the power to predict whether you're going to click, buy, lie, or die. Why? For good ...

Bank governance structures and risk taking

The book sheds light on two closely related and highly relevant governance themes: the composition of supervisory boards and financial expertise as well as ownership structure. The author focuses on the financial expertise of supervisory boards and its impact on performance and risk. He analyses ...

Quality investing

owning the best companies for the long term

Quality. We all make judgments about it every day. Yet articulating a clear definition of quality in an investing context is challenging. This book addresses the challenge, and distills years of practical investing experience into a definitive account of this under-explored investment philosophy. Finance theory ...

Project finance internacional

una manera ganadora, inteligente y eficaz de financiar un proyecto de inversión

El gran libro sobre la Financiación de Proyectos que esperaban todos los grandes inversores El Project Finance es una operación de financiación de proyectos de alta complejidad. A pesar del espectacular desarrollo que han experimentado este tipo de financiaciones, la bibliografía existente sobre la materia ...

A random walk down Wall Street

the time-tested strategy for successful investing

Today's stock market is not for the faint-hearted. At a time when high-frequency traders and hedge funds seem to have the upper hand, one might ask what the average investor is to do. Turn to the rock-solid advice in Burton G. Malkiel's best-selling ...

Valuation and risk management in energy markets

Valuation and Risk Management in Energy Markets surveys the mechanics of energy markets and the valuation of structures commonly arising in practice. The presentation balances quantitative issues and practicalities facing portfolio managers, with substantial attention paid to the ways in which common methods fail in ...

Retírate joven, retírate rico

cómo hacerte rico rápido y para siempre

"Este libro trata sobre cómo empecé sin nada y me retiré financieramente libre en menos de diez años. Descubre cómo puedes hacer lo mismo. Si no quieres pasarte la vida trabajando... este libro es para ti. ¿Por qué no retirarte joven y rico?" Robert T ...

Marketplace lending, financial analysis, and the future of credit

integration, profitability, and risk management

The time for financial technology innovation is now Marketplace Lending, Financial Analysis, and the Future of Credit clearly explains why financial credit institutions need to further innovate within the financial technology arena. Through this text, you access a framework for applying innovative strategies in credit ...

High level investing for dummies

Enhance your investment portfolio and take your investments to the next level! Do you have an investment portfolio set up, but want to take your knowledge of investing a step further? High-Level Investing For Dummies is the resource you need to achieve a more advanced ...

Managing risk and uncertainty

a strategic approach

This book offers a framework for making decisions under risk and uncertainty. Synthesizing research from economics, finance, decision theory, management, and other fields, the book provides a set of tools and a way of thinking that determines the relative merits of different strategies. It takes ...

Financial risk management

applications in market, credit, asset and liability management and firmwide risk

A global banking risk management guide geared toward the practitioner Financial Risk Management presents an in-depth look at banking risk on a global scale, including comprehensive examination of the U.S. Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review, and the European Banking Authority stress tests. Written by ...

Foundations of financial risk

an overview of financial risk and risk-based financial regulation

Gain a deeper understanding of the issues surrounding financial risk and regulation Foundations of Financial Risk details the various risks, regulations, and supervisory requirements institutions face in today's economic and regulatory environment. Written by the experts at the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP ...

Exuberancia irracional

En esta edición revisada, actualizada y ampliada de su bestseller del New York Times, el economista ganador del Premio Nobel Robert Shiller, que ya advirtió de la burbuja tecnológica y de la de la vivienda, ahora nos alerta de que los signos de la exuberancia ...

Finanzas para profesionales de marketing y ventas

Un libro que es capaz de puntualizar los elementos de conflicto entre el marketing y las finanzas, por fuerza requiere una experiencia práctica en el tema. Joan Massons ha demostrado por años que es el indicado para hacerlo. Finanzas para profesionales de marketing y ventas ...

Better bankers, better banks

promoting good business through contractual commitmen

Taking financial risks is an essential part of what banks do, but there's no clear sense of what constitutes responsible risk. Taking legal risks seems to have become part of what banks do as well. Since the financial crisis, Congress has passed copious amounts ...

The great diruption

how business is coping with turbulent times

The Great Disruption is a collection drawn from Adrian Wooldridge's influential Schumpeter columns in The Economist addressing the causes and profound consequences of the unprecedented disruption of business over the past five years. The Great Disruption has many causes. The internet is spreading faster ...

Other people's money

the real business of finance

The finance sector of Western economies is too large and attracts too many of the smartest college graduates. Financialization over the past three decades has created a structure that lacks resilience and supports absurd volumes of trading. The finance sector devotes too little attention to ...

Financial risk management

for dummies

Written by bestselling author and past winner of the GARP Award's Risk Manager of the Year, Aaron Brown, Financial Risk Management For Dummies offers thorough and accessible guidance on successfully managing and controlling financial risk within your company. Through easy-to-follow instruction, you'll find ...

Systematic trading

a unique new method for designing trading and investing systems

This is not just another book with yet another trading system. This is a complete guide to developing your own systems to help you make and execute trading and investing decisions. It is intended for everyone who wishes to systematise their financial decision making, either ...

Dirección financiera del riesgo de interés

La evolución de la dirección financiera de empresas en la última década ha supuesto el afianzamiento progresivo de una de las áreas financieras que experimentará un mayor crecimiento en los próximos años: la gestión financiera de riesgos y, muy especialmente, la dirección financiera del riesgo ...