SuperCycles

the new economic force transforming global markets and investment strategy

A brilliantly original assessment of what caused the global crash - and a practical plan for investing accordingly "Supercycles", according to international economist and strategist, Arun Motianey, are the continuous, long waves of boom and bust that undulate through the global economic and financial systems. More ...

Chain of blame

how Wall Street caused the mortgage and credit crisis

This is an updated and revised look at the truth behind America's housing and mortgage bubbles. In the summer of 2007, the subprime empire that Wall Street had built all came crashing down. On average, fifty lenders a month were going bust-and the people ...

Banking on the future

the fall and rise of central banking

The crash of 2008 revealed that the world's central banks had failed to offset the financial imbalances that led to the crisis, and lacked the tools to respond effectively. What lessons should central banks learn from the experience, and how, in a global financial ...

Panic

the story of modern financial insanity

Ed. Michael Lewis. The New York Times bestseller: A masterful account of today's money culture, showing how the underpricing of risk leads to catastrophe.

El euro al rescate de Europa

Ante el nacimiento del euro, distintas voces críticas vaticinaron que la moneda única sería un proyecto de corta duración y que la primera crisis económica que afectara a Europa lo destruiría. Sin embargo, el euro ha superado con buena nota su primer examen, que además ...

The end of influence

what happens when other countries have the money

This is a provocative argument about the future of American power now that the US is not the world's biggest banker. At the end of World War II, America had all the money-and all the power. Now, after the Great Crash of 2008, America ...

Counterparty credit risk

the new challenge for global financial markets

The first decade of the 21st Century has been disastrous for financial institutions, derivatives and risk management. Counterparty credit risk has become the key element of financial risk management, highlighted by the bankruptcy of the investment bank Lehman Brothers and failure of other high profile ...

¿Finanzas que sirven o finanzas que engañan?

de la moneda que sirve a la moneda que domina

Durante los últimos treinta años, las finanzas han aumentado enormemente su influencia no sólo en la actividad económica sino también en la cosmovisión de la gente y en sus aspiraciones. A esta práctica y proceso conceptual la llamamos «financiarización». La financiarización ha transformado nuestra economía ...

The future of finance

how private equity

'Dan Schwartz has done a masterful job of synthesizing the thoughts of some of the best minds in the private equity business along with his own to create a superb discussion of the industry, past, present, and most importantly where it is going. This is ...

Financial alchemy in crisis

the great liquidity illusion

In July 2007, the combination of a seemingly unstoppable rise in house prices and bullish banks swimming in liquidity meant that almost anyone could get a mortgage in the UK or US. Little more than a month later the supply of credit dried up practically ...

Governing risk

the IMF and global financial crises

With the effects of the latest financial crisis still unfolding, this engaging book provides a timely analysis of the politics of international financial reform. By comparing the policies the international community requested the IMF to follow in the aftermath of the Mexican, Asian and subprime ...

Credit models and the crisis

a journey into CDOs, copulas, correlations and dynamic models

The recent financial crisis has highlighted the need for better valuation models and risk management procedures, better understanding of structured products, and has called into question the actions of many financial institutions. It has become commonplace to blame the inadequacy of credit risk models, claiming ...

The economics of Foreign Exchange and global finance

CONTENTS: Foreign Exchange Markets and Foreign Exchange Rates.- Exchange Rate Regimes and International Monetary Systems.- International Parity Conditions.- Balance of Payments and International Investment Positions.- Open Economy Macroeconomics.- Balance of Payments Issues and Exchange Rate Movements.- The Mundell-Fleming-Model.- The Flexible Price Monetary Model.- The Dornbusch ...

Debunkery

learn It, do It, and profit from it - seeing through Wall Street's money killing myths

Legendary money manager Ken Fisher outlines the most common-and costly- mistakes investors make. *Small cap stocks are best for all time. Bunk! *A trade deficit is bad for markets. Bunk! *Stocks can't rise on high unemployment. Bunk! Many investors think they are safest following ...

Gold standard at the turn of the Twentieth Century

rising powers, global money, and the Age of Empire

By the end of the nineteenth century, the world was ready to adopt the gold standard out of concerns of national power, prestige, and anti- English competition. Yet although the gold standard allowed countries to enact a virtual single world currency, the years before World ...

Credit engineering for bankers

a practical guide for bank leading

More efficient credit portfolio engineering can increase the decision- making power of bankers and boost the market value of their banks. By implementing robust risk management procedures, bankers can develop comprehensive views of obligors by integrating fundamental and market data into a portfolio framework that ...

Investigation and prevention of financial crime

knowledge management, intelligence strategy and executive leadership

So long as there are weaknesses that can be exploited for gain, companies, other organizations and private individuals will be taken advantage of. This theoretically-based but hugely practical book focuses on what is generally seen as financial or economic crime: theft, fraud, manipulation, and corruption ...

The futures

the rise of the speculator and the origins of the world's biggest markets

Forbes magazine's Emily Lambert take us behind the scenes of the biggest markets in the world and into the oversize personalities of the men who make them happen. Commodities exchanges have become some of the largest financial markets in our global economic system, yet ...

Finance

the basics

Finance: The Basics is a clear and practical introduction to the world of finance, allowing the reader to grasp relevant financial concepts and apply them to daily activities and studies. This fully revised and updated edition captures the most important aspects of a changing financial ...