Professional and managerial guide to conducting mergers and acquisitions, featuring a collection of articles from leading business scholars. Topics covered include friendly acquisition, integration managers, trade-offs in acquisitions, and who stays and who goes. Softcover. DLC: DLC: Consolidation and merger of corporations.

There has been an explosive growth in the number of corporates, investors and financial institutions turning to structured products to achieve cost savings, risk controls and yield enhancements. However, the exact nature, risks and applications of these products and solutions can be complex, and problems arise if the fundamental building blocks and principles are not fully understood. This book explains the most popular products and strategies with a focus on everything beyond vanilla options, dealing with these products in a literate yet accessible manner, giving practical applications and case studies. A special emphasis on how the client uses the products, with interviews and de*ions of real-life deals means that it will be possible to see how the products are applied in day-to-day situations – the theory is translated into practice. 作者简介： UWE WYSTUP is CEO of www.mathfinance.com, a global network of quants specializing in modeling and implementing Foreign Exchange Exotics. H

Janet Tavakoli takes you into the world of Warren Buffett by way of the recent mortgage meltdown. In correspondence and discussion with him over 2 years, they both saw the writing on the wall, made clear by the implosion of Bear Stearns. Tavakoli, in clear and engaging prose, explains how the credit mess happened beginning with the mortgage lending Ponzi schemes funded by investment banks, the Fed bailout and its impact on the dollar. Through her narrative, we hear from Warren Buffett and learn how his enduring principles caused him to see the mess that was coming well in advance and kept him and his investors well out of the way.

"This book deserves a place on every serious investor’sshelf." –FINANCIAL TIMES "A must-read for all disciples of value investing. In 1934,Graham and Dodd created fundamental security analysis. Greenwaldreinforces the worth of this approach, incorporates new advances,and takes their work into the twenty-first century." –Mario J. Gabelli, Chairman, Gabelli Asset Management, Inc. "The new title most deserving of your time is Value Investing . .. . Its authors aim to place their work next to Benjamin Graham’s1950 classic, The Intelligent Investor. My 1986 edition came withWarren Buffett’s endorsement–‘by far the best book on investingever written.’ Value Investing is better." –Robert Barker, BusinessWeek "Greenwald is an economist (PhD from MIT) who caught the valuebug. He has updated and expanded Graham’s ideas, and his summerseminars ($2,900 for two days) have become popular with everyonefrom well-known money managers to Columbia MBAs who couldn’

Through every type of market, William J. O'Neil's nationalbestseller, How to Make Money inStocks, has shown over 2 millioninvestors the secrets to successful investing. O'Neil'spowerful CANSLIM~ Investing Systemma proven seven-step process for minimizingriskand maximizing gains--has influenced generations ofinvestors.Based on a major study of all the greatest stock marketwinners from 1880 to 2009, thisexpanded edition gives you:

Written by Wall Street’s top commodity research firm, The CPM Gold Yearbook 2008 provides in-depth statistics, analysis, and forecasts for gold. The supply and demand fundamentals of this commodity are displayed in detailed charts and graphs, providing you with the information needed to make fully informed investment decisions. Filled with invaluable reference data, The CPM Gold Yearbook 2008 is a focused guide that will help you succeed in this dynamic market.

Are You Prepared for Another Lost Decade? "[Pring] seesanother 'lost decade,' but also ways to make it a winner". ("TheNew York Times"). Don't let the secular bear eat you. Prepare toearn steady profits in another decade of volatile and disappointingmarket returns. For more than four decades, Martin Pring has been aleading innovator and practitioner of financial and business cycleanalysis. In "Investing in the Second Lost Decade", Pring - alongwith seasoned portfolio managers Joe Turner and Tom Kopas - offersconclusive proof that we're only near the midway point of acontinued secular cycle of flat returns and deeply cyclicaleconomic conditions. To guide you through these uncertain times,Pring, Turner, and Kopas deliver a proven action plan for masteringthe realities facing today's investors. Using proprietary analysis,the authors explore the characteristics of long-term bear marketsalong with the looming dual threats of inflation and risinginterest rates - and outline positive steps you can take to cre

Book De*ion The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing "By resisting both the popular tendency to use gimmicks thatoversimplify securities analysis and the academic tendency to usejargon that obfuscates common sense, Pat Dorsey has written asubstantial and useful book. His methodology is sound, his examplesclear, and his approach timeless." —Christopher C. Davis Portfolio Manager andChairman, Davis Advisors Over the years, people from around the world have turned toMorningstar for strong, independent, and reliable advice. The FiveRules for Successful Stock Investing provides the kind of savvyfinancial guidance only a company like Morningstar could offer.Based on the philosophy that "investing should be fun, but not agame," this comprehensive guide will put even the most cautiousinvestors back on the right track by helping them pick the rightstocks, find great companies, and understand the driving forcesbehind different industries—w

The bestselling author of Investment Biker is back from the ultimate road trip: a three-year drive around the world that would ultimately set the Guinness record for the longest continuous car journey. Behind the wheel of a yellow, custom-built Mercedes, Rogers and his fianc6e, began their“Millennium Adventure”on January 1, 1999, from Iceland. They traveled through 116 countries, including many where most have rarely ventured, such as Saudi Arabia, Myanmar, Angola,Sudan, Congo, Colombia, and East Timor. They drove through war zones, deserts, jungles, epidemics, and blizzards, and had many narrow escapes, but they saw the real world from the ground up-the only vantage point from which it can be truly understood- economically,politically, and socially. 作者简介： Born in 1942，JIM ROGERS had his first iob at age five，picking up bottles at baseball games.Winning a scholarship to Yale，Rogers was coxswain on the crew.Upon graduation，he attended Balliol College at Oxfor

When it was first published, How to Make Money in Stocks hit the investing world like a jolt, providing readers with the first in-depth explanation of William J. O'Neil's innovative CAN SLIM investing method. Five years later, O'Neil, founder for the industry icon Investor's Business Daily, revised his classic text and provided readers with a newer glimpse on how the average investor can make money in the equities market. This third edition of How to Make Money in Stocks has been revised and updated with new chapters designed to help investors increase their performance. Like his international bestselling 24 Essential Lessons for Investment Success, which stayed on international business bestseller lists for close to 6 months in 2000, How to Make Money in Stocks is the best reference for the individual investor in how to stay afloat and ahead in the rocky and volatile equities markets of the 21st century.

Swensen has been the chief investment officer for the past 14 years at Yale University,where he is responsible for managing and investing more than $6 billion of the university's endowment assets and investment funds.Realizing an annual return of more than 16 percent on his investments,Swensen has added more than $2 billion to Yale's coffers,and his consistent track record has attracted the notice of Wall Street portfolio managers.Here Swensen provides a brief history of endowment funds and explains the purpose of endowment accumulation and the goals for institutional portfolios.One of the strategies behind his success has been to diversify asset classes and move beyond a reliance on domestic marketable securities.He distinguishes between traditional and alternative asset classes,looks at performance evaluation issues and tools,and considers the investment decision-making process.Although its audience will be limited,this book is a necessary purchase for libraries with collections that include the topic of in

Stocks for the Long Run set a precedent as the most complete and irrefutable case for stock market investment ever written. Now, this bible for long-term investing continues its tradition with a fourth edition featuring updated, revised, and new material that will keep you competitive in the global market and up-to-date on the latest index instruments. Wharton School professor Jeremy Siegel provides a potent mix of new evidence, research, and analysis supporting his key strategies for amassing a solid portfolio with enhanced returns and reduced risk. In a seamless narrative that incorporates the historical record of the markets with the realities of today's investing environment, the fourth edition features: A new chapter on globalization that documents how the emerging world will soon overtake the developed world and how it impacts the global economy An extended chapter on indexing that includes fundamentally weighted indexes, which have historically offered better returns and lower volatili

Throughout history, mergers and acquisitions have been the major game played on Wall Street. These deals have had far-reaching effects, on the worlds of finance and industry - more than most commentators or financiers are publicly willing to admit. Deals of the Century captures this dynamic moment in history by taking an in-depth look at the most notable merger and acquisition deals of the twentieth of Carnegie Steel in 1901 to the creation of the former AOL Time Warner, renowned business historian and bestselling author Charles Geisst traces the deals that have had the most dramatic impact on the worlds of both finance and industry over the past century. Decade by decade, you'll be introduced to the personalities behind each event, as industries are built, dismantled, and reorganized by "professionals" driven mainly by the profits extracted from the deals themselves. Engaging and informative, Deals of the Century paints an exciting portrait of the incredible M&A journey and illustrates how many of

In The Little Book of Bull Moves , popular author andeconomic advisor, Peter Schiff, takes a new look at America's bullmarkets of the 1920's, 1960's, and 1990's, and the bear marketsthat followed. Analyzing similarities and differences from both aneconomic and political perspective, Schiff discusses investmentstrategies that worked then and explains how those sameconservative approaches to investing can be applied in today'smarket. Provides detailed advice on the techniques and strategies thatcan help investors maintain and even build wealth now and in theturbulent times that lie just ahead Filled with insightful commentary, inventive metaphors, andpre*ive advice Other titles by Schiff: Crash Proof: How to Profit From theComing Economic Collapse, and The Little Book of Bull Movesin Bear Markets Written by a seasoned Wall Street prognosticator, TheLittle Book of Bull Moves shows readers how to make money underadverse market conditions by using conservative, nontraditionalinvestment

Warren Buffett is arguably the world’s greatest investor. HisBerkshire Hathaway stock, issued at $450 per share, is now tradingat an all time high of $94,000+! Buffett has his own unique investing style: he doesn’t buy whathe doesn’t know, he does not time the market, and he never listensto analysts or looks at stock charts. He does not care if themarket is going up or down. He advises people who can’t stomach acrash not to invest in stocks. His holding period is”forever.” He is, in short, the single best investor for other investors toemulate. And his methods work for both the novice investor as wellas the more seasoned veteran. Here is some of the recommendations in the book: ·Read Benjamin Graham, but never read anything with Greeksymbols ·Don’t listen to analysts ·Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others arefearful ·Focus on not losing money rather than making it ·Why predicting market direction is NOT the key to lon

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Graham and Dodd's Security Analysis is hands-down the most influential investment book in history. The classic 1951 edition is the first edition of the bestselling investment bible that was written during a time of economic stability and prosperity. It provides investors with techniques and strategies for profitable investing in an economic environment that most resembles today. Security Analysis: The Classic 1951 Edition features a far more contemporary focus on the wisdom and legitimacy of common stocks for individual investors. This essential addition to any investment library features: Graham and Dodd's original words and insights, unvarnished and still compelling Timeless methods for measuring asset values and cash flows, still a centerpiece of value investing worldwide Income statements and balance sheets moved to the front of the book for ease of use

Recommended by finance experts and used extensively byinstitutional investors, index funds and exchange-traded funds(ETFs) provide unmanaged, diversified exposure to a variety ofasset classes. Index Investing For Dummies shows activeinvestors how to add index investments to their portfolios and makethe most of their money, while protecting their assets. It featuresplain-English information on the different types of index funds andtheir advantage over other funds, getting started in indexinvesting, using index funds for asset allocation, understandingreturns and risk, diversifying among fund holdings, and applyingwinning strategies for maximum profit.

A practical, hands-on guide to building your mastery ofcandlestick charting and analysis Candlestick charting has become one of today’s most populartechnical analysis tools for both individual and professionalinvestors. And it’s much easier than you probably think. In fact,creating a candlestick chart demands no more information thantraditional charting requires. With candle pattern analysis, thepayoff is a deeper look into the minds of investors and a clearerview of supply and demand dynamics. In this companion volume to his bestselling Candlestick ChartingExplained, Gregory L. Morris delivers hands-on knowledge you needto make candlestick charting and analysis a key element of yourportfolio-building strategy. With this book you will be ableto: Identify candle patterns and quickly see what traders and investorsare thinking Use reversal patterns to enter or reverse your positions Identify continuation patterns to establish additionalpositions Utilize charting software to recognize patterns automatica

Today millions of people depend on their 401 (k) plans for their retirement income.Yet when 401(k) and similar programs first became popular over two decades ago, Robert Kiyosaki's rich dad warned that these plans will cause one of the biggest stock market crashes in history...a crash that will financially destroy the unprepared. Now in the new millennium, rich dad's. prophecy is coming true. On April 3, 2000, the U.S. NASDAQ exchange recorded its biggest ever one-day fall.Then Enron and WorldCom declared two of the largest corporate bankruptcies in U.S. history. Exposing the reasons behind the impending crash, RICH DAD'S PROPHECY reveals not only the best ways to safeguard wealth but how to actually prosper from the events to come. Learn: How the fears, dreams, and actions of millions of baby boomers will control the economic future Why the old advice "Buy, hold, and diversify" can lead to f'mancial disaster How another stock market boom is on the horizon before the big bust and when

You know what happened during the financial crisis … now it istime to understand why the financial system came so close tofalling over the edge of the abyss and why it could happen again.Wall Street has been saved, but it hasn’t been reformed. What isthe problem? Suzanne McGee provides a penetrating look at the forces thattransformed Wall Street from its traditional role as acapital-generating and economy-boosting engine into a behemothoperating with only its own short-term interests in mind and withreckless disregard for the broader financial system and those whorelied on that system for their well being and prosperity. Primary among these influences was “Goldman Sachs envy”: theself-delusion on the part of Richard Fuld of Lehman Brothers,Stanley O’Neil of Merrill Lynch, and other power brokers (egged onby their shareholders) that taking more risk would enable theircompanies to make even more money than Goldman Sachs. Thathubris—and that narrow-minded focus on maximizing their