Understand Shares In A Day
Author:Ian Bruce;
Whether you are considering buying shares for the first time, already own a few, perhaps via an inheritance, or look after an extensive portfolio, this book is for you. This book is an indispensable guide which shows how the world's share markets really work. With a full explanation, it covers:
- The types of shares available
- Why share prices fluctuate
- How to read the financial pages
- Buying and selling shares
- Selecting a broker
- Unit Trusts and Investment Trusts
- Building a portfolio
- Risks and rewards of Penny Shares
The aim of this title is not specifically to encourage you to invest in shares, but to give you enough knowledge about the subject so you can make an informed decision on how they can help you achieve your financial goals.

Building on this basic groundwork, further chapters explore more complex areas of share ownership. These will be of interest to beginners and more experienced investors alike, including:
- How to value shares
- Using technical analysis to predict movements
- Methods used by professionals to gear profits and hedge against weaker prices
- Strategies for volatile and bear markets
Whatever your level of experience, you can be sure the information contained in this handy book will contribute to your knowledge, and perhaps even to your bank account.

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How to Comply with Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404
Author: Ramos;
This practical guide offers helpful guidance on how to go about to submitting to the SEC a company's annual assessment of the effectives of their internal control. Complete with practice aids - including forms, checklists, illustrations, diagrams, and tables - this comprehensive book provides a step-by-step approach for engagement performance and practical guidance on how an entity should test and evaluate its internal controls.
This practical guide offers helpful guidance on how to go about to submitting to the SEC a company's annual assessment of the effectives of their internal control. Complete with practice aids including forms, checklists, illustrations, diagrams, and tables this comprehensive book provides a step-by-step approach for engagement performance and practical guidance on how an entity should test and evaluate its internal controls.

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Red Guides: Buying a Property in Florida 2005
Author:Sarah Woods; Leaonne Hall, Steve Bradley and Katy Pownall
An authoritative, information-packed guide to buying a property in Florida, focusing on over 40 top hotspots, and offering a unique illustrated price guide to properties in every region, from the Everglades and Orlando to the Florida Keys. Full of expert advice and up-to-the minute information, this is an invaluable handbook for everyone who would like to buy a home in Florida.

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Life Assurance & Pensions Handbook 2004/2005
Author:Chris Marshall
The authoritative standard reference manual for the life assurance and pensions industry for nearly 20 years. Now in its 20th edition, the 2004/2005 volume has been thoroughly updated and will include Budget 2004 tax changes as well as changes in pension provisions and other legislative developments.

The Handbook is also valuable as background reading for the Financial Planning Certificate, especially FP3, and Advanced Financial Planning Certificate. It contains 19 chapters covering all subjects from life assurance to the Financial Services Act. There is a comprehensive index and glossary of terms.

Chapters are clearly divided into sections, with a clear and concise format and references to key legislation.

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Managing Your Money Online For Dummies
Author:Kathleen Sindell

The friendly guide to safe online money management

More Americans are balancing their checkbooks and paying their bills online than ever before. But online money management involves more than just banking. Managing Your Money Online For Dummies covers all the vital topics in online money management, and gives readers the financial tools and resources they need for convenient, informed, and savvy planning to maximize online confidence, security, and personal wealth.

This handy, helpful guide offers plain-English explanations of a range of topics, including: online tools for determining net worth and analyzing spending habits, checking and repairing credit history, designing an individual financial plan, banking, selecting and analyzing securities, trading stocks, getting the best insurance rates, and using the Internet to research and plan for major purchases such as an automobile or home.

The book also addresses online financial calculators for retirement planning, and - perhaps, most importantly - online security, fraud protection, and identify theft prevention.

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Sorting Out Your Finances For Dummies
Author:Melanie Bien;
This book is about financially turning over a new leaf - not just about growing wealth.

Being good with money is not a hereditary quality. You have to work as hard at it as you do at acquiring the other skills needed in day-to-day life. It is all about management, the better you are at managing your money, the better it will work for you and be available when you need it.

This book will teach you:
- Analyze your financial situation
- Isolate problem areas
- Properly structure debt
- Choose the right financial package for you - whether it's a personal loan, mortgage. pension or insurance deal
- Build up your savings and investments
- Plan for a financially secure retirement
- Adopt good money habits whatever your age or financial situation

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The Diary of a Hedge Hog
Author:Barton Biggs

The outstanding global investment professional, Barton Biggs, for the first time chronicles the agonies and ecstasies of creating and running a new hedge fund

In June 2003, Barton Biggs left Morgan Stanley and formed Traxis Partners with two colleagues–the biggest new hedge fund of 2003. Now, in The Diary of a Hedge Hog, Biggs shares firsthand his dramatic personal and professional journey–and dismantles the myths about hedge funds.

In this fascinating insider's look at life at a hedge fund, readers will discover how Biggs and his partners put their reputations and personal wealth to the test in the volatile hedge fund business. Covering a 15-month span, Biggs details the highs and lows of his endeavors–from planning their "top down" hedge fund and raising the major capital to the travails of actually investing and monitoring the billions of dollars day-by-day.

Full of revealing, funny, and telling anecdotes, this true story captures the emotional intensity - the stress, frustration, satisfaction, and excitement - of the high-flying hedge fund world.

Reliving his around-the-clock days and nights in the hedge fund business, Barton Biggs provides a unique perspective on his extraordinary experiences and reveals how this money game - the biggest money game today - is really played.

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The Global Custody Yearbook 2004 - Industry Forum
THE INDUSTRY FORUM
World's largest global custodians discuss those important issues and trends which are shaping the global custody industry.

TOPICS COVERED:
Emerging Markets Hot Spots
- Having problems investing in China A-Shares?
- Are you ready for the big regulatory change in India?
- Did you hear about the troublesome CPMF Tax in Brazil?
- Are you taking advantage of latest market reforms in Taiwan?

EM Hot Spots section covers over 40 countries. Latest barriers facing foreign investors are pointed-out by global custodians ...Expert advice to reduce your investment risk.

The pitfalls in the emerging markets and sage advice for the foreign investor are offered by custodians, from their firsthand and current experiences in over 40 EMs. Improvements, or lack thereof, are described in the local markets, including market entrance requirements, local broker practices, clearing arrangements and banking practices. Global custodians vote on "most improved" and "most difficult" EM.

Alternative Investments
Alternative investments continue to gain popularity with the investment community. Marketplace trends, investor preferences and the many challenges facing investors and custodians are discussed. Topics include an in-depth discussion of industry-wide concerns, information shortfalls, and the current state of information technology developments.

Outsourcing
In the early stages of outsourcing, the middle- and back-office operations of investment managers were the primary focus. While these areas are still in vogue, the breadth of service offerings has expanded to other business enterprises as well. A current review of marketplace trends and typical benefits experienced by the use of outsourcing services are covered.

Industry Consolidation
Today, the four largest global custodians control over 70% of worldwide custody assets! The industry is a two-tier market, i.e. the top four banks and everyone else. The global custodians speak-out on their vision for the industry's future and the impact on providing services. A must-read for buyers of custody services wanting an informed view of those important issues shaping the industry.

The Asia-Pacific Region
The Asia-Pacific is the fastest growing EM region for custody assets and related services. The Bank of New York, The Northern Trust Company and State Street Corporation provide thoughtful insights about foreign investing in the Asia-Pacific region, including views on the future direction of securities infrastructure developments. Each article was written for exclusive publication in The Industry Forum.

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Reading Financial Reports for Dummies
Author:Lita Epstein;
A complete guide to deciphering the real meaning of financial reports
Especially relevant in today’s climate of suspicion and corporate malfeasance, this helpful, straightforward guide helps readers mine financial reports for the vitally important information they reveal about a company - what shape it's in and where it's going.

Reading Financial Reports For Dummies offers a quick but thorough introduction to everything readers, especially investors, need to know to decipher the information in financial reports and make sound financial decisions based on that information.

Written specifically for those without a background in accounting, this is a welcome resource for anyone who relies on financial reports.

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Bon Appetit!French-English Menu Dictionary
Author:Judith A. White

This text will add a new dimension to eating out in French cafes, brasseries or restaurants. This French -English menu dictionary has over 3,500 menu terms translate d which will help you enjoy the delicious dishes that the Fr ench always present.

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Eurekahedge Global Fund of Funds Directory
Covering over 930 Fund of Funds this is a market leading

directory of the Fund of Hedge Funds Universe

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Building Your eBay Traffic the Smart Way
Author:Joseph T Sinclair;

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Advanced Financial Risk Management
Author:Donald R. Van Deventer;Kenji Imai;Mark Mesler

This book is written by experienced risk managers, integrating interest rate risk, credit risk, FX risk and capital allocation using a consistent risk management approach. It explains, in detailed yet understandable terms, the analytics of interest rate risk, credit risk, foreign exchange risk and capital allocation from A to Z.



This book bridges the gap between the idealized assumptions used for valuation and the realities that must be reflected in management actions, and includes:



- The basics of present value, forward rates and interest rate compounding



- American fixed income options vs. European options



- The wide variety of alternatives term structure models to the basic Vasicek model

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Semimartingales and Their Statistical Inference
Author:B.L.S.Prakasa Rao

- Provides all of the research on the asymptotic theory for semimartingales in one volume

- Contains the practice on the inferential aspect of semimartingales

- Includes applications of stochastic modeling from engineering, economic systems, financial economics, and medical sciences

- Presents new and challenging statistical and probabilistic problems for the active researcher



Statistical inference carries great significance in model building from both the theoretical and the applications points of view. Its applications to engineering and economic systems, financial economics, and the biological and medical sciences have made statistical inference for stochastic processes a well-recognized and important branch of statistics and probability.



The class of semimartingales includes a large class of stochastic processes, including diffusion type processes, point processes, and diffusion type processes with jumps, widely used for stochastic modeling. Until now, however, researchers have had no single reference that collected the research conducted on the asymptotic theory for semimartingales.



Semimartingales and their Statistical Inference, fills this need by presenting a comprehensive discussion of the asymptotic theory of semimartingales at a level needed for researchers working in the area of statistical inference for stochastic processes.



The author brings together into one volume the state-of-the-art in the inferential aspect for such processes. The topics discussed include:



- Asymptotic likelihood theory

- Quasi-likelihood

- Likelihood and efficiency

- Inference for counting processes

- Inference for semimartingale regression models



The author addresses a number of stochastic modeling applications from engineering, economic systems, financial economics, and medical sciences. He also includes some of the new and challenging statistical and probabilistic problems facing today's active researchers working in the area of inference for stochastic processes.

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Doing Business With Russia
Author:Marat Terterov

This new edition of Doing Business with Russia provides an authoritative appraisal of the current economic system and investment climate, an update on market potential in key industry sectors, and unique best practice advice on all aspects of investing in and trading with Russia.



With a population of nearly 150 million, Russia has a huge potential consumer market. With its improved economic and political performance under Putin, the pro-global economies of his government and major Russian corporations, together with the country’s seemingly endless supplies of many of the world’s most vital resources, now is a particularly attractive time for embarking upon business co-operation with this vast country.



In 2002, the United States proclaimed Russia to have reached the status of a 'market economy' and the international credit ratings agency, Standard and Poor's upgraded Russia's rating, assigning a stable investment outlook on the basis of continuing economic reform and improved budgetary discipline.



The Russian government has also advocated its continuing commitment to encouraging the private sector, reducing bureaucratic controls on commercial activities, encouraging foreign investment and further integrating Russia into the global economy through its negotiations for membership of the WTO.



Information for the book and the website has been supplied by a unique network of contacts in Russia, including the local offices of Deloitte & Touche, CMS Cameron McKenna and Raifffeisen Bank. Other valuable sources include Coface, Mechant International Group, Allen & Overy, the World Bank Group, the International Finance Corporation, Standard & Poor's and many more.



Topics covered include:



- the economy and business environment

- the legal structure and business regulation

- finance, accountancy and taxation

- key sectors of trade and investment

- business development

- doing business in Russia's regions



Doing Business with Russia is an invaluable guide to business practice and trading opportunities and provides up-to-the minute information regarding market potential and all aspects of carrying out business in and with Russia.

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Catastrophe Risk and Reinsurance
Author:Eugene N. Gurenko

Including the latest invaluable insights into catastrophe reinsurance, Catastrophe Risk and Reinsurance provides you with a wealth of risk management expertise gained from many of the largest international catastrophe risk transfer programmes



Drawing on material from a recent World Bank conference, Eugene N. Gurenko assembles some of the foremost reinsurance and risk management experts from industry and academia. The chapters thoroughly explore subjects such as country risk assessment, risk modelling, risk transfer methods and national reinsurance.



- Outlines the key challenges involved in building national catastrophe insurance schemes and suggests how disaster-prone countries can manage their exposures to reduce the cost of risk by following the classical corporate risk management model

- Demonstrates the importance of public-private partnerships in catastrophe risk financing by suggesting the roles of government and private risk markets

- In addition to risk financing, this title uniquely covers the role of risk reduction and prevention in disaster prone countries

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Managing Change Across Corporate Cultures
Author:Fons Trompenaars; Peter Prud'Homme

Managing Change Across Corporate Cultures peels away the mysteries of corporate culture to reveal why it has such a powerful influence on every aspect of the performance of a business. It shows how to shape high-performing corporate cultures in a complex international environment.



As the natural successor to Fons Trompenaars and Charles Hampden-Turner s landmark bestseller, Riding the Waves of Culture, Managing Change Across Corporate Cultures shows exactly how to create an environment where astonishing business breakthroughs are possible. You will also learn how to renew cultures as part of change and how to integrate cultures successfully following mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures.



New research shows that in cross-border business, differences in corporate culture have more far-reaching repercussions than even differences in national cultures. Never before has there been such enormous interest in shaping and changing the cultures of our businesses, whether to revitalise them after restructuring or to provide the glue that holds them together through the sea changes of globalization.

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Levy Processes and Stochastic Calculus
Author:David Applebaum

Lévy processes form a wide and rich class of random process, and have many applications ranging from physics to finance.



Stochastic calculus is the mathematics of systems interacting with random noise. For the first time in a book, Applebaum ties the two subjects together. He begins with an introduction to the general theory of Lévy processes.



The second part develops the stochastic calculus for Lévy processes in a direct and accessible way. En route, the reader is introduced to important concepts in modern probability theory, such as martingales, semimartingales, Markov and Feller processes, semigroups and generators, and the theory of Dirichlet forms.



There is a careful development of stochastic integrals and stochastic differential equations driven by Lévy processes.



The book introduces all the tools that are needed for the stochastic approach to option pricing, including Itô's formula, Girsanov’s theorem and the martingale representation theorem.

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Lévy Processes and Infinitely Divisible Distributions
Author:Ken-iti Sato

Lévy processes are rich mathematical objects and constitute perhaps the most basic class of stochastic processes with a continuous time parameter.



This book is intended to provide the reader with comprehensive basic knowledge of Lévy processes, and at the same time serve as an introduction to stochastic processes in general.



No specialist knowledge is assumed and proofs are given in detail. Systematic study is made of stable and semi-stable processes, and the author gives special emphasis to the correspondence between Lévy processes and infinitely divisible distributions.



All serious students of random phenomena will find that this book has much to offer.

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