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Traders: Risks, Decisions, and Management in Financial Markets
2007-08-31 14:29:00
Mark Fenton-O'Creevy, Nigel Nicholson, Emma Soane & Paul Willman (Oxford University Press) Contents: 1 INTRODUCTION Traders , Markets , and Social Science 2 THE GROWTH OF FINANCIAL MARKETS AND THE ROLE OF TRADERS 3 ECONOMIC, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND SOCIAL EXPLANATIONS OF MARKET BEHAVIOUR 4 TRADERS AND THEIR THEORIES 5 A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING TRADER PSYCHOLOGY 6 RISK TAKERS Profiling Traders 7 BECOMING A TRADER 8 MANAGING TRADERS 9 CONCLUSIONS 10 APPENDIX The Study References rapidshare.com | megaupload PDF | 255 pages | 8,781 KB
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Family Wealth: Keeping It in the Family, Revised and Expanded Edition
2007-08-29 17:13:00
James E. Hughes Jr. (Bloomberg Press) Contents: Part One: My Philosophy 1 Long-Term Wealth Preservation as a Question of Family Governance Part Two: Family Practices 2 The Family Mission Statement 3 Ritual 4 The Family Balance Sheet and Family Income Statement 5 Investor Allocation 6 Two Important Practices 7 The Family Bank 8 Protectors, Advisers, Mentors, and Hommes d?Affaires Part Three: Roles and Responsibilities 9 Control Without Ownership 10 Beneficiaries 11 Trustees 12 Family Philanthropy 13 Evaluating the Next Generation 14 Peer Review 15 The Private Trust Company Part Four: Reflections 16 The Role of Aunts and Uncles 17 The Art and Practice of Mentorship 18 The Role of Elders 19 The Trustee as Mentor 20 The Trustee as Regent 21 Unexpected Consequences of a Perpetual Trust rapidshare.com | megaupload PDF (-> RAR) | 248 pages | 6,166 KB (-> 1,251 KB)
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Global Account Management: A Complete Action Kit of Tools and Techniques fo
2007-08-24 11:26:00
Peter Cheverton (Kogan Page) Contents: 1 Defining ?global? ? Truly global, or just plain international? ? Timing your global response ? handling the ?would-be globals? ? Taking the leap? upstairs? 2 The particular challenge of GAM ? Organizational and structural complexity ? Authority ? The irrationality of senior managers (no, really?) ? Culture ? Geography and time zones 3 Innocents among wolves, and other deadly sins? 4 The critical success factors ? making it happen 5 Getting the big picture ? Opportunity chain analysis ? Business driver analysis ? The shared future analysis ? A postscript 6 Understanding the global buyer ? The global buyer?s ambitions and purpose ? Buying power ? pricing and terms ? Operational efficiencies ? organizational structure ? Supply chain management ? making it happen ? Supplier management ? rationalization, positioning, and key/strategic suppliers ? Protecting your investment ? Postscript ? some deadly realism 7 Understanding the customer?s decision-...
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The Invisible Hand: Economic Thought Yesterday and Today
2007-08-21 10:25:00
Ulrich van Suntum Translated by Caroline Hemingway (Springer) Contents: Chapter 1 People and Markets (Microeconomics) ? The Invisible Hand of the Market ? Competition in Theory and in Practice ? Prices, Costs and Profits ? The Utility and Real Value of Commodities ? Causes of Market Failure ? Fair Wages and the Right to Work ? The Mystery of Capital and Interest Chapter 2 Crises of Market Economies (Macroeconomics) ? How Does Money Enter the Economy? ? Business Cycles and Shortages in Demand ? Why Do Business Cycles Fluctuate? ? Does Technical Progress Destroy Jobs? ? Inflation and Unemployment ? Growth and Wealth ? Limits of Economic Growth Chapter 3 Trade and Changes in the World Economy (Foreign trade) ? Should We Protect Ourselves from Cheap Competition from Abroad? ? Winners and Losers in World Trade ? When National Economies Run into Debt ? Will International Competition Lead to Falling Wages? ? Globalization and Competition Between Locations ? The History of the Currency Sys...
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Administrative Assistant's and Secretary's Handbook, Second Edition
2007-08-19 18:55:00
James Stroman, Kevin Wilson & Jennifer Wauson (AMACOM) Contents: SECTION ONE. GENERAL PROCEDURES 1. Overview for the New Administrative Assist ant 2. Daily Routine 3. Telephone Usage 4. Mail Services and Shipping 5. Travel Arrangements 6. Meetings 7. Keeping Accurate Records SECTION TWO. OFFICE EQUIPMENT AND COMPUTERS 8. Office Machines 9. Telecommunications Equipment 10. Computer Hardware 11. Computer Software 12. Database Management 13. Computer Networking 14. E-Mail 15. Using the Internet 16. Spreadsheet Software 17. Data Security 18. Keyboarding Skills 19. Word Processing 20. Desktop Publishing 21. Multimedia and Presentation Software 22. Office Ergonomics 23. Glossary of Computer Terms SECTION THREE. BUSINESS DOCUMENTS 24. The Business Letter 25. Other Written Communications 26. Forms of Address 27. Legal Documents and Terms SECTION FOUR. LANGUAGE USAGE 28. Grammar 29. Language Usage and Style 30. Common English Usage Problems 31. Spelling 32. Pronunciation 33. Punctuation 3...
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Fire Your Stock Analyst! Analyzing Stocks on Your Own
2007-08-16 17:03:00
Harry Domash (Financial Times - Prentice Hall) Contents: PART ONE GETTING STARTED Chapter 1 The Analysis Process ? Finding Candidates ? Analyzing Stock s ? Quick Prequalify ? Detailed Analysis ? When to Sell ? Summary Chapter 2 Evaluating Risk ? Market Valuation ? Market Direction ? Spotting Strong Industries in a Weak Market ? Company-Specific Risks ? Company-Specific Risks Described in Subsequent Chapters ? Summary Chapter 3 Screening ? Quicken Growth Screen ? Quicken Value Screen ? ?MSN Money? Down & Out Value Stock Finder ? Multex Investor Bulletproof Stocks ? The Zen of Screening ? Premade Screens ? Summary PART TWO ANALYSIS TOOLS Chapter 4 Analysis Tool #1: Analyzing Analyst s? Data ? Who Are the Analysts? ? Analysts? Ratings ? ?Sell? Is a Four-Letter Word ? Consensus Ratings ? Do Strong Buys Outperform Sells? ? Number of Analysts ? Sentiment Index ? Analysts? Estimates ? Forecast EPS Trend ? Earnings Surprise ? Sales Forecasts ? Regulation FD ? Research Reports ? Summary Chapte...
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Elements of Financial Risk Management
2007-08-15 14:08:00
Peter F. Christoffersen (Academic Press) Contents: 1 Risk Management and Financial Returns 1.1. Chapter Outline 1.2. Learning Objectives 1.3. Risk Management and the Firm 1.4. A Brief Taxonomy of Risks 1.5. Stylized Facts of Asset Returns 1.6. Overview of the Book 1.7. Further Resources 1.8. Empirical Exercises on CD-ROM ? References 2 Volatility Modeling 2.1. Chapter Overview 2.2. Simple Variance Forecasting 2.3. The GARCH Variance Model 2.4. Extensions to the GARCH Model 2.5. Maximum Likelihood Estimation 2.6. Variance Model Evaluation 2.7. Using Intraday Information 2.8. Summary 2.9. Further Resources 2.10. Empirical Exercises on CD-ROM ? References 3 Correlation Modeling 3.1. Chapter Overview 3.2. Value at Risk for Simple Portfolios 3.3. Portfolio Variance 3.4. Modeling Conditional Covariances 3.5. Modeling Conditional Correlations 3.6. Quasi-Maximum Likelihood Estimation 3.7. Realized and Range-Based Covariance 3.8. Summary 3.9. Further Resources 3.10. Appendix: VaR from Logari...
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Marketing Without Advertising, 5th Edition
2007-08-14 09:45:00
Michael Phillips & Salli Rasberry (Nolo) Contents: 1 Advertising : The Last Choice in Marketing A. The Myth of Advertising?s Effectiveness B. Why Customers Lured by Ads Are Often Not Loyal C. Why Dependence on Advertising Is Harmful D. Advertisers: Poor Company to Keep E. Honest Ads F. Branding G. Listings: ?Advertising? That Works 2 Personal Recommendations: The First Choice in Marketing A. Cost-Effectiveness B. Overcoming Established Buying Habits C. Basing Your Marketing Plan on Personal Recommendations D. When Not to Rely on Word of Mouth for Marketing 3 The Physical Appearance of Your Business A. Conform to Industry Norms B. Your Business?s Appearance C. Fantasy: A Growing Part of Retail Marketing D. The Test of Time 4 Pricing A. Easy-to-Understand Prices B. Complete Prices C. Giving Customers Choice About Price D. Internet Pricing 5 How You Treat the People Around You A. Tracking Reputations via the Grapevine B. How Employees Spread the Word C. Common Employee Complaints D. Han...
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Accounting for Managers
2007-08-10 11:56:00
William H. Webster (McGraw-Hill) Contents: 1. How to Speak Accounting ? The Three Questions ? Visualize to Understand ? The Accounting System ? Accounting from the Bottom Up ? Double Entry ? Bookkeeping and Accounting ? Financial Statements ? Accounting Principles ? The Fundamental Equations of Accounting ? The Advantages of an Accounting System ? A Few Important Details ? Manage r?s Checklist for Chapter 1 2. Concepts and Principles, Checks and Balances ? Closing the GAAP ? Zen Accounting ? Checks and Balances ? Audits ? Manager?s Checklist for Chapter 2 3. Financial Statements ? The Lemonade Stand ? Load, Wash, Rinse, Spin, Dry ? Past as Prologue ? The Income Statement ? Statement of Cash Flows ? The Balance Sheet ? A Delicate Balance: The Adjusting Entries ? Manager?s Checklist for Chapter 3 4. Financial Ratios ? What Measures Performance? ? Liquidity Ratios ? Activity Ratios ? Debt Ratios ? Profitability Ratios ? Putting It All Together ? Manager?s Checklist for Chapter 4 5. Mana...
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The Book on Management
2007-08-08 13:05:00
Bob Kimball (Best Business Book s) Contents: PART I: FOUNDATION Chapter 1. ?Our Manage rs Can?t Manage? Chapter 2. ?Gentlemen, This Is a Football? ? Management : Then and Now ? The Five Major Functions of Managers Chapter 3. How Do You Spell ?Assume?? ? False Business Assumptions Chapter 4. ?What Did You Do Today, Dear?? ? Case Study: Bulldawg Beverage Company ? Ten Classic Time Wasters Chapter 5. Meetings ? Case Study: The Planning Meeting ? The Six Rules for Meetings Chapter 6. Delegation: The Big ?D? ? Key Concepts for Empowered Delegation ? Case Study: Consolidated Cupcake Corporation ? The Five Principles of Delegation Chapter 7. The Organization Man Is Exposed ? Corporate Life in the 1950s ? Organization Lifestyle Chapter 8. Incompetence in Organizations ? The Principle Defined ? Incompetence ? Exceptions to the Peter Principle ? Creative Incompetence Chapter 9. Let the Games Begin ? The Science of Gamesmanship ? The Four Types of Business Environment Personalities Chapter 10. Wi...

Foreign Direct Investment: Theory, Evidence and Practice
2007-08-07 08:44:00
Imad A. Moosa (Palgrave) Contents: 1 Introduction and Overview ? What is foreign direct investment? ? Types of FDI ? What are multinational corporations? ? Approaches to international business ? History of FDI ? Recent trends 2 Theories of Foreign Direct Investment ? Theories assuming perfect markets ? Theories assuming imperfect markets ? Other theories of foreign direct investment ? Theories based on other factors ? Theories of entry modes ? A final remark 3 The Effects of Foreign Direct Investment ? The provision of capital ? The effect of FDI on output and growth ? The effect of FDI on employment and wages ? The balance of payments effect ? The effect of FDI on trade flows ? The effect of FDI on productivity ? FDI and technology ? FDI and training ? FDI and inter-industry linkages ? The effect of FDI on market structure ? FDI and the environment ? Modelling the effects of FDI ? A final remark 4 International Capital Budgeting ? Which perspective? ? The net present value ? The ad...
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How to Make Money Online with eBay, Yahoo!, and Google: A Step-by-Step Guid
2007-08-05 11:30:00
Peter Kent & Jill K. Finlayson (McGraw-Hill) Contents: PART I Building an eBay Business 1 How Your Business Fits Online 2 Creating Your eBay Presence 3 Preparing to Sell 4 Planning Your Shipping 5 Listing Your Items Effectively 6 Monitoring, Modifying, and Managing Sales 7 Payment, Shipping, and Feedback 8 Automating and Scaling 9 Opening an eBay Store 10 Marketing, Keywords, and Promotions 11 Power Selling, Consignment Selling, and Analyzing Your Business PART II Building Your Yahoo ! Store 12 Getting Started with Yahoo! Merchant Solutions 13 Adding and Importing Products 14 Working in Store Editor 15 Creating the Home and Section Pages 16 Modifying Page Layout 17 Customizing the Site Design 18 Defining Payment Methods and Your Checkout Process 19 Configuring Shipping, Taxes, and Inventory 20 Processing Orders 21 Promotion Strategies and Tools PART III Using Google Pay Per Click and More to Grow Traffic 22 Google AdWords and Other Pay Per Click Programs 23 Setting Up a Google PP...
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Investing in Fixer-Uppers: A Complete Guide to Buying Low, Fixing Smart, Ad
2007-08-03 11:37:00
Jay P. DeCima (McGraw-Hill) Contents: Part One. Getting Started in Fixer-Uppers 1. How to Make $1,000,000 Working Smart er ? White Picket Fences Provide Big Payback ? Fix-up Profits vs. Wages at the Sawmill ? Making Serious Money Requires Extra Helpers: Compounding and Leveraging ? Where Does All the Money Come From? ? It Doesn?t Cost a Ton of Money to Begin ? Why Fixers Are the Perfect Place to Start ? The ?Adding Value? Strategy and Why Properties Must Have Potential ? Less Competition Always Equals Better Bargains 2. The Haywood Houses: A Textbook Fixer-Upper ? Classified Ads Can Sometimes Lead to the Gold Mine ? Find What You?re Looking For and Act Quickly ? Fixing People Problems Is Worth Big Bucks ? Flexible Sellers Provide High-Profit Opportunities ? Good Financing Sets the Stage for Big Profits ? Looking for Loans in All the Wrong Places ? Fixer Skills Turn Ugly Duckling Into Beautiful Swan ? To Make Big Money You Need a Profit Plan ? The End of a Very Profitable Season ? Wai...
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Enterprise Sales and Operations Planning: Synchronizing Demand, Supply and
2007-08-02 14:57:00
George E. Palmatier & Colleen Crum (J. Ross Publishing & APICS) Contents: Chapter 1 Out of Control Chapter 2 A New Beginning Chapter 3 Facing Reality Chapter 4 Sales and Operation s Planning Fundamentals Chapter 5 Sales and Operations Planning Review Meetings Chapter 6 Sales and Operations Planning Executive Meeting Chapter 7 Integrating Product Development and Initiatives Chapter 8 Demand Management Fundamentals Chapter 9 Demand Management Techniques Chapter 10 Commitment Chapter 11 Global Sales and Operations Planning Chapter 12 Epilogue rapidshare.com PDF | 289 pages | 1,133 KB
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Logistics: An Introduction to Supply Chain Management
2007-07-31 14:05:00
Donald Waters (Palgrave Macmillan) Contents: PART I Introduction 1 The Context of Logistics ? Introduction ? Definitions ? The Supply Chain ? Activities of Logistics ? Aims of Logistics ? Importance of Logistics ? Discussion Questions ? References ? Further Reading 2 Integrating the Supply Chain ? Progress in Logistics ? Current Trends in Logistics ? Integrating Logistics Within an Organisation ? Integration Along the Supply Chain ? Achieving Integration ? Discussion Questions ? References PART II Planning the Supply Chain 3 Logistics Strategy ? Strategic Decisions ? Logistics Strategy ? Strategy Options ? Designing a Logistics Strategy ? Discussion Questions ? References 4 Implementing the Strategy ? Relating Strategy to Lower Decisions ? Areas for Decisions in Implementation ? Managing Change ? Discussion Questions ? References 5 Locating Facilities ? Importance of Location ? Choosing the Geographic Region ? Infinite Set Approaches ? Feasible Set Approaches ? Network Models ? Loca...
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Powerhouse Marketing Plans: 14 Outstanding Real-Life Plans and What You Can
2007-07-29 16:16:00
Winslow "Bud" Johnson (AMACOM) Contents: PART 1: Marketing Plan Success Stories 1. Successful Marketing Plans Eliminate the Negatives Example: Energizer® EZ Change? Hearing Aid Batteries 2. Successful Marketing Plans Often Solve Consumer Problems Example: Jumbo-Koter? by Wooster Brush 3. Benefits Must Be Perceived by Customers Example: Philips Long-Life Lightbulbs 4. Consumer and Retailer Convenience Is Critical Example: L?eggs® Hosiery 5. Effectiveness Leads to Repeat Purchases Example: Zicam Cold Remedy Nasal Gel 6. Preemptive Ventures Are Often Winners Example: Treo? Mobile Phone, Web/E-Mail Device, and Organizer PART 2: Sample Marketing Plans 7. Secondary Research to Develop Market Reviews Example: Satellite Brand Alkaline Batteries 8. Using Telephone Surveys in Completing Market Reviews Example: The Executive Conference Phone 9. Market Reviews Completed with Online Surveys Example: Tiffany Table Mats and Napkins 10. Focus Groups Can Be the Key to Understanding the Cons...
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Handbook of International Trade Volume II
2007-07-27 11:08:00
Edited by E. Kwan Choi & James C. Hartigan (Blackwell Publishing) Contents: Introduction (E. Kwan Choi and James C. Hartigan) 1 What is Free Trade ?: The Rorschach Test at the Heart of the Trade and Environment Debate (David M. Driesen) 2 Rules of Power in an Age of Law: Process Opportunism and TRIPS Dispute Settlement (Ruth L. Okediji) 3 Teaching Old Laws New Tricks: The Legal Obligation of Non-Attribution and the Need for Economic Rigor in Injury Analyses Under US Trade Law (James P. Durling and Matthew P. McCullough) 4 Trade-Related Labor and Environment Rights Agreements? (Chantal Thomas) 5 A Comparative Analysis of Compliance Institutions in International Trade Law and International Environmental Law (Brett Frischmann) 6 The National Treatment Principle in International Trade Law (Michael J. Trebilcock and Shiva K. Giri) 7 Do not Ask Too Many Questions: The Institutional Arrangements for Accommodating Regional Integration within the WTO (Petros Constantinos Mavroidis) 8 Trad...
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Handbook of International Trade Volume I
2007-07-27 10:51:00
Edited by E. Kwan Choi & James Harrigan (Blackwell Publishing) Contents: Introduction (James Harrigan) Part I: Factor Proportions Theory 1 Trade Theory and Factor Intensities: An Interpretative Essay (Ronald W. Jones) 2 Implications of Many Industries in the Heckscher?Ohlin Model (E. Kwan Choi) 3 Robustness of the Stolper?Samuelson Intensity Price Link (Henry Thompson) 4 Specialization and the Volume of Trade: Do the Data Obey the Laws? (James Harrigan) 5 The Factor Content of Trade (Donald R. Davis and David E.Weinstein) 6 Global Production Sharing and Rising Inequality: A Survey of Trade and Wages (Robert C. Feenstra and Gordon H. Hanson) 7 External Economies in the International Trade Theory:A Survey (Jai-Young Choi and Eden S. H. Yu) Part II: Trade Policy 8 The Political Economy of Trade Policy: Empirical Approaches (Kishore Gawande and Pravin Krishna) 9 Antidumping (Bruce A. Blonigen and Thomas J. Prusa) Part III: Investment 10 Foreign Direct Investment and the Operations ...
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Advances in Economics of Information Systems
2007-07-24 08:27:00
Kerem Tomak (Idea Group Publishing) Contents: Chapter I Surviving a Standards War: Lessons Learned from the Life and Death of DIVX (David Dranove, Neil Gandal) Chapter II Information Transparency Hypothesis: Economic Implications of Information Transparency in Electronic Markets (Kevin Zhu) Chapter III Partnering for Perfection: An Economics Perspective on B2B Electronic Market Strategic Alliances (Qizhi Dai, Robert J. Kauffman) Chapter IV Transparency Strategy in Internet-Based Selling (Nelson Granados, Alok Gupta, Robert J. Kauffman) Chapter V Structure Evolution of B2B Enterprise Networks (Kexin Zhao, Michael J. Shaw, Mu Xia, Chandrasekar Subramaniam) Chapter VI Perceived Risk and Escrow Adoption in Online Consumer-to-Consumer Auction Markets: An Economic Analysis (Xiaorui Hu, Zhangxi Lin, Han Zhang) Chapter VII Inter-Firm Collaboration and Electronic Business: Effects on Profitability in Finland (Pekka Tsupari, Petri Rouvinen) Chapter VIII Pay Now or Later? The Impact of Tempora...
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Retire Sooner Retire Richer: How to Build and Manage Wealth to Last a Lifet
2007-07-22 17:47:00
Frank L. Netti (McGraw-Hill) Contents: PART ONE Understanding Your Retire ment Investment s 1 The Numbers Game and Retirement Timing ? The Big Difference: Accumulating Versus Spending ? Uncertainty and Risk Within Our System ? Understanding Averages ? Market Returns Are Variable 2 Factors to Consider When Transitioning to Retirement ? Insurance Needs ? COBRA ? Life Insurance and Income Protection ? How Much Insurance Will You Need? ? To Cover Long-Term Care, Spend Down 3 Why Some Retirement Plans Fail and Others Succeed ? Will Your Portfolio Survive? ? It Is Better to Know the Truth ? The 1968 Retiree ? To Make Things Worse: The Average Return Blunder ? What?s Wrong with Being Right? ? So Easy to Be Fooled ? The Great Proposal Failure ? Just the Facts, Please ? Comparing Performance ? You Can Bet on Yourself 4 How to Improve Your Money-Manage ment Decisions ? What Is the Process That Endowments Use? ? Owning More than One Fund Reduces Risk ? Setting Return Expectations and Standard Dev...
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The Project Manager's Pocket Survival Guide
2007-07-20 14:09:00
James P. Lewis (McGraw-Hill) Contents: Chapter 1 It?s a Jungle Out There! Chapter 2 The Role of the Project Manager Chapter 3 Types of Projects and the Project Manager Chapter 4 Dealing Effectively with People Chapter 5 Managing Effectively Chapter 6 How to Handle Unreasonable Demands Chapter 7 Out of the Crisis Chapter 8 Your Self- Development Plan rapidshare.com PDF (-> RAR) | 161 pages | 2,237 KB (-> 1,304 KB)
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eBay the Smart Way: Selling, Buying, and Profiting on the Web's #1 Auction
2007-07-14 19:13:00
Joseph T. Sinclair (AMACOM) Contents: I. Introducing eBay 1. Introduction to eBay ? Markets ? A Terrific Place to Shop ? What?s Up? 2. Opportunities for Buyers ? Individuals ? Risk ? Transaction Overhead ? Rent or Buy at Auction ? ? Summary 3. Opportunities for Sellers ? Individuals ? Retailers ? Risk ? Transaction Overhead ? Summary II. Learning to Use eBay 4. How eBay Works ? Community Values ? User Agreement ? Trust ? Navigation ? Preparation ? Registration ? Auctions ? Gallery ? After the Auction ? Escrow Services ? Wanted Page ? Researching an eBay User ? Researching Market Values ? Representing Yourself ? Security ? Community ? Education ? eBay Customer Service ? Charity ? Summary 5. Bidding ? Bidding ? After Your Bid ? Optional eBay Bidding Features ? Illicit Merchandise ? Summary 6. Selling ? Sellers (Auctioneers) ? Rating the Condition of the Item ? Entering an Auction ? Authentication and Other Protections ? After You List the Auction ? When an Auction Is Not a Sale ? Summa...
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Credit Risk: From Transaction to Portfolio Management
2007-07-13 19:22:00
Andrew Kimber (Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann) Contents: 1 FIXED INCOME CREDIT 1.1 The credit product 1.2 Government bonds and credit 1.3 Benchmarks for credit 1.4 Corporate bonds 1.5 Floating-rate notes 1.6 Credit related instruments 1.7 Asset-backed securities 1.8 International bonds 1.9 Commercial paper 1.10 High yield bonds 1.11 Credit risk 1.12 Risk management of fixed income portfolios 1.13 Credit Metrics? 1.14 Credit Indices 1.15 Optimizers 1.16 Vasicek-Kealhofer EDF model 1.17 Rating agencies 2 THE LOAN PORTFOLIO 2.1 What is loan portfolio management? 2.2 The loan market 2.3 Definitions 2.4 Relative value analysis 2.5 Term sheet of a loan 2.6 The syndication process 2.7 Pricing within a commercial bank 2.8 Loan ratings 2.9 Risk management 2.10 Approaches to management 2.11 Economic vs. regulatory capital 2.12 CAR 2.13 Loan case studies 2.14 Concentration management 2.15 Hedging techniques 2.16 Central themes 3 CREDIT DERIVATIVES 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Why use credit derivative...
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The Joy of Money: A User-Friendly Guide to the Financial Maze
2007-07-11 14:23:00
Michelle Doughty(Kogan Page)Foreword by Shirley Conran: "None of us know enough about money. Many of us are confused about some financial matters. My recent blind spot was ?hedging?, so I looked it up in The Joy of Money , where it is covered in one, easy-to-read paragraph; if I wanted to know more detail, it referred me to the Derivatives ? Options entry. Again, a model of condensation matched only by its clarity. This is why I keep Michelle Doughty?s A?Z money guide in my handiest bookshelf, next to Collins Dictionary and Thesaurus. In straightforward, jargon-free language, Michelle explains hundreds of terms from the basics of mortgages and pensions to how to handle HM Revenue & Customs. I am lucky enough to be a friend of Michelle, and from time to time she has given me instant, sensible guidance on my financial affairs. Having been a stockbroker and run a financial education organization, Michelle has plenty of hands-on experience. I hope that you, too, can profit from her e...
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Developing Decision-Making Skills for Business
2007-07-11 14:09:00
Julian L. Simon(M. E. Sharpe)Contents: Overview of Business Psychology Part I: Wants, Abilities, and Goals 1. Tastes, Preferences, Wants, and Values 2. Assessing Your Resources 3. Choosing Goals and Criteria of Success Part II: Introduction to Evaluative Thinking 4. Evaluating Simple Alternatives 5. Weighing Present Versus Future Benefits (and Costs) 6. How to Think About Cost 7. Allowing for Uncertainty 8. Dealing With Risks 9. Reconciling Multiple Goals Part III: Getting Useful Ideas and Knowledge 10. Getting and Eliminating Ideas 11. Experts, Expert Systems, and Libraries 12. Using Scientific Discipline to Obtain Information 13. Assessing Consequences and Likelihoods Part IV: Working With Information and Knowledge 14. Pitfalls That Entrap Our Thinking 15. My Favorite Worst Sources of Errors 16. Good Judgment 17. Self-Discipline and Habits of Thought 18. Dealing With People, and Managing Them rapidshare.com PDF | 244 pages | 1,264 KB
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Negotiate to Win: The 21 Rules for Successful Negotiation
2007-07-10 07:59:00
Jim Thomas (PerfectBound) Contents: PART ONE: THE WORLD IS A BIG BLUE BARGAINING TABLE 1. Haggling Is Hot 2. Trashing the Hallowed Halls of Haggling 3. Why Johnny and Janey Can?t Negotiate 4. Concessions Speak Louder Than Reasons 5. Win-Win Negotiating PART TWO: THE 21 RULES OF NEGOTIATING 6. The Critical Rule s 7. The Important but Obvious Rules 8. The Nice to Do Rules 9. Putting It All Together PART THREE: THE PRACTICE OF NEGOTIATING 10. Ethics 11. International Negotiating 12. Quickies 13. Concluding Thoughts 14. Thomas?s Truisms rapidshare.com PDF (-> RAR) | 321 pages | 2,851 KB (-> 1,155 KB)
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Laugh and Learn: 95 Ways to Use Humor for More Effective Teaching and Train
2007-07-04 17:35:00
Doni Tamblyn (AMACOM) Contents: PART I THE WHAT AND WHY CHAPTER 1 You?ve Got to Start Here:What Is Humor , Anyway? CHAPTER 2 Come to Think of It,What Is Brain-Compatible Learn ing? CHAPTER 3 Okay, So Why Use Humor to Deliver Brain-Compatible Learning? PART II THE HOW CHAPTER 4 It?s Easy?And You Can Make It Easier! Five Rules for Using Humor Naturally, Successfully, and Without Fear CHAPTER 5 Deposing the Brain?s Great Oppressors: Threat and High Stress CHAPTER 6 Drawing People Together to Enlist ?the Social Brain? CHAPTER 7 Relevancy and Visual Memory?Two Powerful Mnemonics CHAPTER 8 Engaging Emotion CHAPTER 9 ?I Need My Space!?? Giving the Brain Regular Breathers for Enhanced Learning PART III THE ?WHO, ME?? CHAPTER 10 Laugh in the Face of Fear! CHAPTER 11 I Can?t Believe I?m Writing This Chapter CHAPTER 12 The Best Chapter in the Book rapidshare.com PDF (-> RAR) | 272 pages | 3,430 KB (-> 1,456 KB)
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Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Finance
2007-06-05 16:25:00
Edited by Dean Paxson & Douglas Wood (Blackwell Publishers Ltd) Preface "Although the basic purposes of finance, and the nature of the core instruments used in attaining them, are relatively constant, recent years have seen an explosion in complexity of both products and techniques. A number of forces are driving this explosion. The first is internationalization encompassing a dramatic growth in the number of countries with stock markets, convertible currencies and a positive regime for foreign investors. For a number of years the more adventurous institutional and private investors have been increasing the proportion of their investments in foreign markets in general and emerging markets in particular in search of growth, higher returns and better diversification. Reflecting this, finance has begun the long process of overhauling the traditionally domestic measurement of risk and return. In the new world order in which the next generation is likely to see an unprecedented trans...
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Options Demystified
2007-06-05 16:22:00
Thomas McCafferty (McGraw-Hill) Contents: CHAPTER 1 The Wide, Wide World of Options . . . ? Real Estate Options ? Employee Options ? Stock Options ? Index Options ? Currency Options ? Financial Futures Options ? Commodity Options ? Dealer Options CHAPTER 2 Everyday Options ? Real Estate Options ? Employee Options CHAPTER 3 Your First Serious Look at Using Options ? Motivation ? Speculations ? Income ? Protection ? Vocabulary CHAPTER 4 The Playing Fields ? Exchanges ? Volatility CHAPTER 5 Hitting Moving Targets ? Volatility ? Probability ? Profitability CHAPTER 6 Getting Down to the Business of Trading ? Brokers ? Buying ? Selling CHAPTER 7 Who You Do Business With ? Regulators ? Brokerage Firms ? Arbitrators ? Back Offices CHAPTER 8 Fortune Telling 101 ? Fundamental Analysis ? Technical Analysis CHAPTER 9 Just Trade It! ? Buying Calls ? Buying Puts ? Spreads ? Evaluations ? Profit ? Loss ? Breakeven CHAPTER 10 Some Advanced Concepts . . . ? Covered Calls and Naked Options ? LEAPS of...
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Handbook of Financing Energy Projects
2007-06-05 16:18:00
Albert Thumann & Eric A. Woodroof (The Fairmont Press, Inc. & Marcel Dekker/CRC Press) Contents: Chapter 1 Financing Energy Management Projects Chapter 2 Financing Energy Projects through Performance Contracting Chapter 3 The Energy Audit Chapter 4 The Role of M&V in Managing Risks in Energy Efficiency Investments Chapter 5 Selling Projects to Financiers Chapter 6 Key Risk and Structuring Provisions for Bankable Transactions Chapter 7 International Energy Efficiency Financing Chapter 8 When Firms Publicize Energy Management Projects, Their Stock Prices Go Up Appendix A Economic Analysis Appendix B International Performance & Verification Protocol?Volume I International Performance & Verification Protocol?Volume II Appendix C Resources/Links rapidshare.com PDF (-> RAR) | 440 pages | 3,753 KB (-> 2,653 KB)
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