Book Description
An introduction to the complex world of options that every investor can use
Too many books on options trading make the mistake of assuming that readers can already tell a delta from a sigma summation. Options and Options Trading breaks the code that envelops the often-foreign language of options, providing an accessible introduction into how the options market works as it explains the rules that traders must understand if they hope to take part in this high-leverage, high-profit game. Author Robert Ward's goal is simple--to demystify the tangled world of options trading without leaving readers too confused and frustrated to continue. The book to read before continuing on to the more detailed, and much higher-level, existing library of options trading guides, Options and Options Trading features:
* End-of-chapter material including "Things to Think About" and "Key Concepts"
* Simplified explanations of complex mathematical equations
* Step-by-step rationales to help readers move from basic to complex
Options and Options Trading : A Simplified Course That Takes You from Coin Tosses to Black-Scholes
THE SECRET OF SELECTING STOCKS
Book Description
You are shown William's personal technique for picking stocks based on identifying what stocks are under professional buying or selling. In addition, you'll learn how to successfully forecast the market's short, intermediate and long term trend; and be shown how to combine stock selection with market timing to improve your results.
MECHANICAL TRADING SYSTEMS
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"The book is highly recommended for almost anyone involved in trading, forecasting, or studying the markets." (Technical Analyst, July/August 2005)
Book Description
A wide variety of flexible trading systems that combine sophisticated technical analysis with trading psychology theory
Mechanical Trading Systems examines the development process for choosing and using mechanical trading systems in conjunction with trader psychology. This book discusses the advantages and disadvantages of mechanical trading systems; the dangers in system development and how to avoid them; the optimal methods for back-testing trading systems; position sizing and other risk quantification tools; and methods of improving rates of return on investments without significantly increasing risk. Most importantly, through a detailed examination of various types of unsuccessful trader personality traits (e.g., fearfulness, greed, and impatience), the book recommends different types of trading systems for a diverse array of trader types.
Richard L. Weissman (Port Richey, FL) has seventeen years' experience as a trader and developer of trading systems. He currently provides independent consultation an d training services to traders and risk management professionals in the areas of technical analysis, risk management, and trader psychology.
COME INTO MY TRADING ROOM
Book Description
The trading bible for the new millennium
In Come Into My Trading Room, noted trader and author Dr. Alexander Elder returns to expand far beyond the three M's (Mind, Method, and Money) of his bestselling Trading for a Living. Shifting focus from technical analysis to the overall management of a trader's money, time, and strategy, Dr. Elder takes readers from the fundamentals to the secrets of being a successful trader--identifying new, little known indicators that can lead to huge profits.
Come Into My Trading Room educates the novice and fortifies the professional through expert advice and proven trading methodologies. This comprehensive trading guide provides a complete introduction to the essentials of successful trading; a fresh look at the three M's, including a proven, step-by-step money management strategy; and an in-depth look at organizing your trading time. Come Into My Trading Room reviews the basics of trading stocks, futures, and options as well as crucial psychological tactics for discipline and organization—with the goal of turning anyone into a complete and successful trader.
By showing traders how to combine the elements of mind, method, and money, Come Into My Trading Room gives readers the knowledge and insight to enter the market with confidence and exit with profits. Unparalleled depth and a wide range of coverage will keep all levels of traders engaged, informed, and returning to Come Into My Trading Room again and again.
Dr. Alexander Elder (New York, NY) is a professional trader, technical analysis expert, and practicing psychiatrist. He is the founder of Financial Trading Inc., providing intensive trading camps to traders all over the world. Elder's first book Trading for a Living (Wiley: 0471592242) and the companion study guide have sold over 160,000 copies.
Trading for a Living: Psychology, Trading Tactics, Money Management
Soviet-born author and practicing psychiatrist Elder (director, Financial Trading Seminars, Inc.) shares his learning over the years as a professional trader and expert in technical analysis and his principle of understanding the three Ms (Mind, Method, Money), which will strengthen the discipline required to be successful in trading. He explores crucial factors in the markets that most experts overlook, including time, volume, and open interest, and describes little-known indicators to track them profitably. In addition, he covers many of the more technical approaches to investing in futures, such as factoring in the meaning from the Elliott Wave, oscillators, moving averages, Market Logic, and point-and-figure charting. His unique viewpoints in this overly saturated genre explain his particular view that most traders sabotage themselves, while offering tips for others to avoid doing the same. The narration by Richard Davidson soundly guides the listener through this highly specialized work that, although first published seven years ago, remains recommended for university libraries supporting a finance and business curriculum.DDale Farris, Groves, TX
TRADING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
"Probably the most comprehensive guide to trading systems ever written from one of the foremost experts in the field. This is an invaluable reference work for anyone with an interest in trading systems." —Jack D. Schwager, author Technical Analysis and The New Market Wizards
"This is a remarkably insightful book about the ins and outs of the futures market. In his usual inimitable style, Perry does a wonderful job of showing the beginner and the experienced person what it takes to build and use a successful trading system. Whether you're an old pro or a beginner, this book is an excellent source for analyzing, evaluating, and forecasting price movements." —Mark J. Powers, President, Powers & Dubin Asset Allocation and Management Co.
"An original and masterful approach that provides an in-depth analysis of the most popular trading techniques. The entire process for developing and testing trading strategies is put into a cohesive framework." —David Krell, Chairman, K-Squared Research, LLC
MINDMANAGER FOR DUMMIES
Book Description
The first book available on this fast-growing and highly regarded software package
MindManager allows users to visually map their ideas and brainstorming sessions in order to better organize thoughts and put them into action. Exploring all there is to know about the MindManager product, including the Standard, Business, Enterprise, and handheld releases, this book walks readers through the process and techniques in using MindManager to communicate ideas.
Hugh Cameron (Indianapolis, IN) heads Camtech, Inc., a clinical engineering company that extends its reach to incorporate a diverse group of projects. Roger Voight, PhD, is a certified project manager with more than 30 years of experience in software design, development, and software project management.
MICROSOFT MONEY FOR DUMMIES
Book Description
Do you know where you money goes? Would balancing your budget take an act of Congress? Does your idea of preparing for the future involve lottery tickets?
This friendly guide provides everything you need to know to stay on top of your finances and make the most of your money — both your cash and your Microsoft Money 2006 software program (the Premium, Deluxe, or Standard edition). You’ll find out how to record financial transactions, analyze different investments, determine your net worth, plan for retirement, make informed financial decisions, and more.
With step-by-step, easy-to-understand instructions and lots of screen shots, Microsoft Money 2006 For Dummies shows and tells you how to:
* Set up accounts and record all transactions, including charge card purchases
* Do your banking, categorize your spending and income, reconcile an account, print checks, and more
* Research and track investments
* Create a realistic budget, schedule bill payments, estimate your income tax bill, plan for retirement, and more
* Generate reports and charts that help you understand your spending habits, see where you stand financially, and improve your financial picture
* Track assets, liabilities, loans, and mortgages
* Use online banking services
You can even get really serious and use the Lifetime Planner to map out your hopes and dreams and find out if you’re on the way to achieving them. This book could be the best investment you’ll ever make!
Intermarket Technical Analysis: Trading Strategies for the Global Stock, Bond, Commodity, and Currency Markets
Book Description
Trying to trade stock, bond, commodity and currency markets without intermarket awareness is like trying to drive a car without looking out the side and rear windows—very dangerous. In this guide to intermarket analysis, the author uses years of experience in technical analysis plus extensive charts to clearly demonstrate the interrelationshps that exist among the various market sectors and their importance. You'll learn how to use activity in surrounding markets in the same way that most people employ traditional technical indicators for directional clues. Shows the analyst how to focus outward, rather than inward, to provide a more rational understanding of technical forces at work in the marketplace.
HIT AND RUN TRADING
Book Description
Following up on his original collection of trading methods in Hit & Run Trading, is Jeff Cooper's second and equally exceptional book, Hit & Run Trading Volume II – recently updated! Discover how to capture the explosive moves in stocks in his latest work containing:
- 16 personal trading strategies
- Readily identifiable patterns you can consistently count on
- Over 200 information-packed pages in a large 8 ½ x 11 format
- 21 fully illustrated chapters with over 100 sample charts of real trades
- Cooper's finest learning sheets that will serve as your personal coach on a daily basis
- PLUS answers and insight into the most frequently asked questions about short-term trading.
Cooper's updated work presents 16 top-tier trading strategies broken out over 4 main sections:
1. Section One deals exclusively with momentum continuation patterns including: Hot IPO Pullbacks, Flat-Top Expansion Breakouts (this alone is worth the price of the book), Reversal New Highs Method, Intraday Relative Strength Trading Strategy, Extended Level Boomers, V-Thursts, Jack-in-the-Box setups and so many more!
2. Section Two features Cooper's top three advanced daytrading strategies including his best trading method, Stepping in Front of Size.
3. Section Three highlights more reversal strategies focusing on short-term reversal strategies that will allow you as Cooper puts it to "pounce on stocks as wrong-footed traders run for cover."
4. Section Four focuses on the vitally important techniques of a Professional Trader that are often overlooked including money management, stop placement, exiting positions, daily preparation and more. Plus, an interview with the author and more than 40 actual learning sheets from Cooper's daily trading service.
Start increasing your profits using Coopers updated personal techniques and easy-to-master setups today!
With or without Volume I, you'll find plenty of new, high-profit potential strategies and methods in Jeff Cooper's newly updated Hit and Run Trading II. Broken up into 4 main sections highlighting 16 invaluable trading strategies, this updated version is a must for serious traders looking to take their trading and their returns to the next level. Can you profit from Hit & Run II without having read Volume I? Absolutely! Start making money today using Cooper's newest techniques and easy-to-master setups in this recently updated edition.
Geometry of Markets
You'll find here some of the basic stuff that you should learn about arithmetic, geometric and harmonic ratios. Although the book is centered on Gilmore's own dated DOS software, you can still get away with something useful that you can apply to your first studies of the markets using this kind of principles. Won't make you a better trader, but will probably sparkle some new insights about the way the markets move.
Presents a load of information on Gann angles, fans, cycles, Elliott Wave, Fib retracements and projections. While most of this material would have merit to those knowledgable in these methods
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHARTS PATTERNS
Book Description
In this revised and expanded second edition of the bestselling Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns, Thomas Bulkowski updates the classic with new performance statistics for both bull and bear markets and 23 new patterns, including a second section devoted to ten event patterns. Bulkowski tells you how to trade the significant events -- such as quarterly earnings announcements, retail sales, stock upgrades and downgrades -- that shape todays trading and uses statistics to back up his approach. This comprehensive new edition is a must-have reference if you're a technical investor or trader. Place your order today.
"The most complete reference to chart patterns available. It goes where no one has gone before. Bulkowski gives hard data on how good and bad the patterns are. A must-read for anyone that's ever looked at a chart and wondered what was happening."
-- Larry Williams, trader and author of Long-Term Secrets to Short-Term Trading
HOW TO MAKE PEOPLE LIKE YOU 90 SECONDS OR LESS
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The average person's attention span lasts about 30 seconds. That means first and immediate impressions count, and big. In this modern-day update of Dale Carnegie's classic How to Win Friends and Influence People, former fashion photographer Nicholas Boothman instructs you in how to mold those 30 seconds to your greatest advantage and connect with others at business and social functions.
Boothman, now a lecturer and licensed master practitioner of neurolinguistic programming (the art and science of how the brain affects human connections), says that the key to making others like you quickly lies in establishing a rapport: you have to find out what you have in common or, if you seemingly have nothing in common, purposely try to become like the other person for a short time. He then goes on to offer simple techniques for getting a rapport going: adopt a positive attitude; make sure your words, tone, and gestures are all saying the same thing; synchronize your attitude and body movements to those of another person's (which makes the person feel comfortable with you--although he or she may not know why); and ask lots of open-ended questions. Boothman also describes how to figure out a stranger's favored sense for receiving information about the world--some rely on visual cues, others on auditory or kinesthetic (touch) input--and use it to your best advantage.
If discovering how to connect with others is the secret to business and life success, as Boothman contends, then employing the strategies in this book will make you instantly likeable and give you a leg up on the competition. --Nancy Monson
Essentials of Investments
Book Description
The market leading Essentials of Investments, 5/e by Bodie, Kane and Marcus is an undergraduate textbook on investment analysis, presenting the practical applications of investment theory to convey insights of practical value. The authors have eliminated unnecessary mathematical detail and concentrate on the intuition and insights that will be useful to practitioners throughout their careers as new ideas and challenges emerge from the financial marketplace. ESSENTIALS maintains the theme of asset allocation (authors discuss asset pricing and trading then apply these theories to portfolio planning in real-world securities markets that are governed by risk/return relationships). ESSENTIALS continues to develop modern topics. The major objective in this revision is to maintain the current level in content and coverage, with greater emphasis on the Internet and global issues, and to improve the text's accessibility by enhancing presentation, pedagogy, and design.
THE LITTLE BOOK THAT BEATS MARKETS
From Publishers Weekly
Contrary to efficient-market naysayers, this engaging investment primer contends that ordinary stock-market investors can indeed get better-than-market returns over the long haul. Greenblatt (You Can Be a Stock Market Genius), a Columbia Business School adjunct professor, touts a "value-oriented" approach that looks for bargain stocks whose share price is cheap relative to the company's profitability. His version is a "magic formula" that ranks stocks on the basis of two variables—the earnings yield and the business's return on capital. His Web site, magicformulainvesting.com, virtually automates the procedure for novices. Greenblatt offers lots of statistical proof of the formula's success, but emphasizes the importance of faith in seeing the investor through inevitable short-term downturns: "It will be your belief in the overwhelming logic of the magic formula that will make the formula work for you in the long run." He conveys his ideas through a lucid if rudimentary and rather corny explanation of basic investment concepts about risk, return, interest and business valuation. Although the fabulous returns he touts seem too good to be true, Greenblatt's formula is a reasonable variant of mainstream value-investing methods. Investors seeking a little more hands-on excitement than the average mutual fund offers won't go too far wrong following his advice.
BEAR MARKET INVESTING
Book Description
A fresh look at proven ways to protect your wealth from the author of the classic Bear Markets book
Harry Schultz has been identifying bear market warning signals and teaching people how to prepare a profitable survival portfolio in light of these signals for over thirty-five years through his highly acclaimed newsletter, The International Harry Schultz Letter, which reaches subscribers in over ninety countries. The 1960s' classic book Bear Markets has been fully updated and revised to reflect the unprecedented changes taking place in today's volatile economic environment-making it extremely relevant to the current financial market. This book provides the necessary tools for investors to construct a portfolio that will allow them to protect and grow their money under the most severe bear market conditions through technical analysis and models of numerous bear market variables. Bear Market Investing Strategies offers practical and approachable strategies that every investor needs today.
APPLIED QUANTITATIVE FINANCE
Book Description
Applied Quantitative Finance presents solutions, theoretical developments and method proliferation for many practical problems in quantitative finance. The combination of practice and theory supported by computational tools is reflected in the selection of topics as well as in a finely tuned balance of scientific contributions on the practical implementation and theoretical concepts. This concept offers theoreticians insight into the applicability of the methodology and, vice versa, practitioners access to new methods for their applications.
The e-book design of the text links theory and computational tools in an innovative way. All "quantlets" for the calculation of given examples in the text are executable on an XploRe Quantlet Server (XQS) and can be modified by the reader via the internet. The electronic edition can be downloaded from the web site www.i-xplore.de using the licence and registration number at the back co
NO BULL INVESTING
Book Description
Investors, shaken by stock market turbulence, are looking for solid, trustworthy sources of financial advice. No Bull Investing will help investors make savvy investing decisions today in order to achieve their financial goals tomorrow.
In his new book, No Bull Investing, Bernstein offers readers an approach to investing that incorporates more than just money. In order to achieve long-term financial success, investors must evaluate what is important to them and what steps they must take to get where they want to be. In clear, straightforward language, Bernstein shows investors how to address these issues and use the information to make smart investing decisions.
Jake Bernstein is renowned for his smart, forthright approach to investing. Now, he applies that reader-friendly style to a new book designed to help investors navigate the rough terrain of today’s financial landscape. No Bull Investing shows investors every step on the road to financial security, from identifying credible sources of financial advice to smart strategies for every level of wealth.
The Taylor Trading Technique
Book Description
For those interested in day trading and short-term trading in futures, this classic 1950 work is an indispensable reference. The 3-Day Method (a.k.a. The Book Method) described therein, maintains that markets move in a three-day cycle that can be tracked by measuring rallies and declines. Linda Bradford Raschke highly recommends this book and the principles it teaches. Table of Contents: Chapter 1: How the Market Trend is Made Chapter 2: How to Make Up a Trading Book Chapter 3: Uses for the Columns and Marks Chapter 4: The Symbols as Trend Indicators Chapter 5: A Buying Day Chapter 6: A Buying Day Low Violation Chapter 7: A Selling Day Chapter 8: A Short Sale Day Chapter 9: A Short Sale at High of Buying Day Made First Chapter 10: Failures to Penetrate Chapter 11: The Trend Line and Trading Areas-Market Trends Chapter 12: Limit Day Moves Chapter 13: The Three Day Swing Method Chapter 14: The Investor and Swing Trader Chapter 15: Pertinent Points Many illustrated plates and cuts
TIMING IS EVERYTHING
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Jack Piccolo's Timing Is Everything, a guide to food timing and storage, sets out to dispel the when-is-it-done doubts. In chart after chart, Piccolo provides shorthand preparation information and cooking times for most fruits and vegetables, grains, meat, poultry, fish, sausages, and more. Additional chapters on microwaving, pressure cooking, and food storage supply similarly useful data. If dish success is based on a number of variables in addition to (and as important as) cooking time, Piccolo is, nonetheless, on the right track. Most cooks will welcome a "fingertips" source for better-than-ballpark dish and storage timing plus the kind of succinct preparation advice he offers. How long will the roast beef take? Find the book's beef section and consult the comprehensive charts. Choose your cut, then learn, for example, that a seven- to eight-pound rib roast, started in a 550-degree oven, is cooked to rare--an internal temperature of 115 to 120 degrees Fahrenheit--in one-and-a-half to one-and-three-fourths hours. Piccolo also includes explicit data on defrosting and heating in the microwave and on shelf, refrigerator, and freezer storage. Whether used to resolve timing quandaries or as a cookbook adjunct, Timing Is Everything should help cooks become more confident as well as knowledgeable. --Arthur Boehm
OCA: Oracle 10g Administration I Study Guide (1Z0-042)
Book Description
Here's the book you need to prepare for the Oracle Database 10g Administration I exam, 1Z0-042. This Study Guide was developed to meet the exacting requirements of today's Oracle certification candidates. In addition to the consistent and accessible instructional approach that has earned Sybex the "Best Study Guide" selection in CertCities Readers Choice Awards for two consecutive years, this book provides:
* Clear and concise information on database administration with Oracle 10g
* Practical examples and insights drawn from the authors' real-world experiences
* Leading-edge exam preparation software, including a test engine and electronic flashcards
You'll also find authoritative coverage of key exam topics, including:
* Installing Oracle Database 10g Software
* Creating and Controlling Oracle Databases
* Administering Users
* Managing Schema Objects and Data
* Implementing Oracle Security Features
* Monitoring Performance
* Performing Database Backup and Recovery
Look to Sybex for the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in today's competitive IT marketplace
VALUE INVESTING TODAY
Book Description
Updated data and insights to help value investors address the realities of today's markets
On the heels of recent stock market tumbles and deceptions, value investing--the staple of investing greats from Benjamin Graham to Warren Buffett--has roared back into the spotlight. Value Investing Today returns with a new edition, filled with updated information and advice to give investors the skills and knowledge to become successful value investors.
Broader in scope than previous editions, this third edition offers fresh lessons investors can use to uncover stocks that are, for whatever reason, underpriced in relation to their value. Updates to this edition include:
* New chapters on the psychology of investing and corporate governance
* Expanded discussions on the importance of margin of safety
* Increased correlations among world markets, and how to capitalize on them
MAKE YOURSELF A MILLIONAIRE
Easy-to-follow personal finance guidelines--from #1 Rated Financial Advisor with American Express Financial Advisors
Charles Zhang became one of today's most nationally known and trusted financial advisers by stressing sanity and sensible investing over dubious, get-rich-quick tricks and schemes. In Make Yourself a Millionaire, Zhang transfers his program to the printed page. Far from a confusing, all-or-nothing approach, this book outlines a clear and rational approach to organizing and planning all aspects of a financial life.
How do different investments work? How much insurance is too much? Zhang answers these questions and more as he discusses:
* Recommended investments for virtually any portfolio
* Asset allocation techniques that work
* Actual examples of success and disaster
* The role of insurance as a key element in a portfolio
* All major financial instruments: stocks, bonds, funds, REITs, cash
THE SUPERSTOCK INVESTOR
Book Description
Today's active investors enjoy spotting, tracking, and paying bottom dollar on undiscovered gems. In The Superstock Investor, stock-picking icon Charles LaLoggia provides the tools and insights sharp investors need to uncover ready-to-perform stocks--and walks the reader step-by-step through the process of identifying and selecting these stocks before they break out to become true Superstocks. Whether sniffing out prime consolidation candidates or spotting takeover candidates in multiple-bidder situations, The Superstock Investor provides every clue active investors need to find the best in undervalued stocks. Readers can follow Charles LaLoggia's systems and guidelines for:
• Spotting the Top 9 Takeover Clues
• Ways the media reveal Superstocks
• Using charts to find and analyze undervalued companies
WHEN BUY MEANS SELL
Proven strategies for knowing which stock analysts to believe, which to ignoreand when to sell
Investors are tired of losing money to the bad calls and noncalls of Wall Street analysts, especially on the heels of Enron and other "surprise" stock meltdowns. Instead of giving up, When Buy Means Sell presents an innovative, market-tested system for knowing which recommendations to trust, sniffing out conflicts of interest, and making buy and sell decisions based on valuable, impartial information.
The first fresh approach to this age-old problem, When Buy Means Sell shows investors how to make sense ofand profit fromwhat Wall Street analysts are really saying, by revealing:
* Who the real prophets arefrom individual stars to leading firms
* How to read analyst calls like an insider
* Where to find the truly valuable information
Book Info
Contains proven strategies for knowing which stock analysts to believe, which to ignore, and when to sell. Presents an innovative, market tested system for knowing which recommendations to trust, and making buy and sell decisions based on valuable, impartial information.
PROFITING IN BULL AN BEAR MARKETS
Book Description
Recognize, Predict, Plan for, and Profit From Bull and Bear Markets
Investment professionals know that business and financial cycles drive the prices of stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, and other assets. This price action, in turn, creates regular, foreseeable investment opportunities. Profiting in Bull or Bear Markets shows you how to identify price distortions and imbalances, minimizing investment risk while achieving superior, more predictable returns. Author George Dagnino, whose newsletter was named one of the past decade's top five investment letter by Forbes, The New York Times, and The Washington Post, combines disciplines from economies and finance to investment management and decision-making into one unified approach. He gives you plain-English, easy-to-understand criteria for making profitable investment decisions in any market -- regardless of prevailing economic and market conditions. You're shown how to:
* Identify sources of risk using business and financial cycles
* Calculate the best times to buy and sell stock, bonds, and other assets
* Implement strategies geared toward personal business interests
* Learn what types and mixtures of investments to hold as the economy changes
The Wetfeet Insider Guide to Careers in Marketing and Market Research
Book Description
If your creative genius is matched by your analytical acumen, you may find that marketing makes for a worthy challenge and an exciting career. The uninitiated may mistakenly equate marketing with peddling household products, but marketers know their roles are far more complex and engaging than that. They help their organizations anticipate the public’s needs and position them to satisfy those needs. Marketing is the necessary link between an organization and its target audience, which is now more broadly defined to include customers, clients, funders, or partners. Learn more about what makes a marketer tick by reading our brand new guide on the role of marketing and how it works within a variety of industries.
In this guide, you will learn:
* What the difference is between marketing and marcom
* What other opportunities exist beyond marketing and brand building for the consumer packaged goods, or the consumer products, industry
* What it takes to succeed as a market researcher, brand manager, creative specialist, and more
* What kind of lifestyle to expect, what money you'll be bringing in, and what the most typical career paths are for marketers
* What to do to get noticed and work your connections
* More!
The WetFeet Insider Guide to Careers in Investment Banking
What You Will Learn
• Firm snapshots—brief profiles of leading firms.
• What is working in an investment bank really like . . . beyond all the brochure-speak?
• What are the opportunities for undergrads and MBAs in corporate finance? Public finance? M&A? Sales and trading? Research?
• What do people really do in each of these areas, in plain English?
• Which were the top I-banking firms, by category, in 1999?
• What are the latest trends in the industry?
• What are the best articles to read on the I-banking firms (and what is WetFeet.com's spin on the bottom line)?
• How do industry insiders describe the pluses and the minuses of an investment banking career—lifestyle, culture, perks, etc.?
• Talk like a banker. It's time to play investment banking buzzword bingo!
• How much do I-bankers get paid anyway?
• What are some interviewing tips from industry insiders?
• On what measures will your interviewer be evaluating you?C
• What questions should you prepare for your I-banking interviews?
STOCK INVESTING FOR DUMMIES
Book Description
Stock Investing For Dummies, 2nd Edition covers all the proven tactics and strategies for picking the right stocks. Packed with savvy tips on today’s best investment opportunities, this book provides a down-to-earth, straightforward approach to making money on the market without the fancy lingo. Soon you’ll have the power to optimize your returns by:
* Recognizing and minimizing the risks
* Gathering information about potential stocks
* Dissecting annual reports and other company documents
* Analyzing the growth and demand of industries
* Playing with the politicians
* Approaching uncertain markets
* Using corporate stock buybacks to boost earnings
* Handling the IRS and other obligations
With a different strategy for every investor—from recent college grad to married with children to recently retired—this valuable reference is a must-have. It also features tips and tricks on how to tell when a stock is on the verge of declining or increasing, how to protect yourself from fraud, and common challenges that every investor must go through, along with resources and financial ratios.
BUY LIE, SELL HIGH
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In Buy, Lie, and Sell High, Harvard Business School Professor Daniel Quinn Mills offers the first systematic analysis of both the Internet stock bubble and the Enron scandal. Drawing upon extensive new research and insider interviews, Mills uncovers both
Book Info
Author offers the first systematic analysis of both the Internet stock bubble and the Enron scandal. He uncovers both the systematic causes and outrageous misbehavior that contributed to Enron's losses.
When the Market Moves, Will You Be Ready?
Book Description
Interactive exercises and trading guidelines for using today's most strategically advanced "event-trading" technique
High-profile events and announcements can cause tremendous swings in stocks and sectors, and often point out tremendous opportunities to investors who know how to read them. When the Market Moves, Will You Be Ready? is a "how-to" for knowing which events matter versus which are meaningless, and how to take advantage of the former for consistent trading success.
Emphasizing the practical side of trading, When the Market Moves, Will You Be Ready? features exercises, Q&As, and checklists for using investing techniques in day, swing, value, or virtually any other trading or investing style.
This hands-on book explores:
* Techniques for finding the best stock in a given sector
* Methods for profitably combining technical and fundamental analysis
* Ways to continually assess market and sector trends
Paul Wilmott on Quantitative Finance 3 Volume Set (2nd Edition)
Paul Wilmott on Quantitative Finance, Second Edition provides a thoroughly updated look at derivatives and financial engineering, published in three volumes with additional CD-ROM.
Volume 1: Mathematical and Financial Foundations; Basic Theory of Derivatives; Risk and Return.
The reader is introduced to the fundamental mathematical tools and financial concepts needed to understand quantitative finance, portfolio management and derivatives. Parallels are drawn between the respectable world of investing and the not-so-respectable world of gambling.
Volume 2: Exotic Contracts and Path Dependency; Fixed Income Modeling and Derivatives; Credit Risk
In this volume the reader sees further applications of stochastic mathematics to new financial problems and different markets.
Volume 3: Advanced Topics; Numerical Methods and Programs.
In this volume the reader enters territory rarely seen in textbooks, the cutting-edge research. Numerical methods are also introduced so that the models can now all be accurately and quickly solved.
Throughout the volumes, the author has included numerous Bloomberg screen dumps to illustrate in real terms the points he raises, together with essential Visual Basic code, spreadsheet explanations of the models, the reproduction of term sheets and option classification tables. In addition to the practical orientation of the book the author himself also appears throughout the book—in cartoon form, readers will be relieved to hear—to personally highlight and explain the key sections and issues discussed.
In this volume the reader enters territory rarely seen in textbooks, the cutting-edge research. Numerical methods are also introduced so that the models can now all be accurately and quickly solved.
Key chapters in this volume are
* Defects in the Black-Scholes Model
* Overview of Volatility Modeling
* Volatility Smiles and Surfaces
* Stochastic Volatility
* Uncertain Parameters
* Empirical Analysis of Volatility
* Stochastic Volatility and Mean-variance Analysis
* Volatility Case Study: The Cliquet Option
* Crash Modeling
* Static Hedging
* Interest-rate Modeling Without Probabilities
* Modeling Inflation
* Energy Derivatives
* Real Options
* Life Settlements and Viaticals
* Finite-difference Methods for One-factor Models
* Monte Carlo Simulation and Related Methods
* Numerical Integration and Simulation Methods
* Finite-difference Programs
* Monte Carlo Programs
The author has included numerous Bloomberg screen dumps to illustrate in real terms the points he raises, together with essential Visual Basic code, spreadsheet explanations of the models, the reproduction of term sheets and option classification tables.
In addition to the practical orientation of the book the author himself also appears throughout the book â in cartoon form, readers will be relieved to hear â to personally highlight and explain the key sections and issues discussed.
INVESTING ONLINE FOR DUMMIES
Investing Online for Dummies is an invaluable resource for those who want to take advantage of the timely nature of the Internet for online investing. Author Kathleen Sindell covers all the bases for the online investor including setting up stock screens, selecting mutual funds, fishing for IPOs, and online banking and trading. This book is loaded with links to investment resources on the Internet and also includes a CD-ROM with demos of various investment tools and popular shareware programs. Highly recommended for online investors. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
CRYSTAL REPORTS 10 FOR DUMMIES
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Would
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this?
No. It’s just not natural. Sometimes presentation is almost as important as content. When you create a report, the goal is to provide information for readers in a format they can readily understand.
Crystal Reports 10 For Dummies, the latest version of the most popular report writer in the world, shows you how to create simple or sophisticated reports, turning data into interactive, actionable reports that convey what’s happening in your business. You can progress cover-to-cover or use the index to find out how to:
* Give your reports more pizzazz by using the correct fonts, color, drop shadows, graphic elements, and more
* Integrate elements from multiple, non-database sources
* Group sort, total result sets, cross-tab reports, and add formulas, charts, or maps
* Print reports
* Use customized Business Views gleaned from the same information to provide each reader with information he or she needs to know without spilling all the beans, sales figures, marketing information, or whatever
* Present multi-dimensional data in OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) cubes
* Get ideas from sample reports on the companion Web site
Written by Allen G. Taylor, nationally known lecturer, teacher, and author of over 20 books, including Database Development for Dummies, Crystal Reports 10 For Dummies makes it crystal clear how to:
* Store your information securely in Crystal Repository
* Use Crystal Analysis 10 to display OLAP data so you and your report’s readers can analyze the information in an online environment
* Use Crystal Enterprise to put Crystal Reports online for viewing by hundreds or thousands of people in your organization
Whether you want to dazzle your company’s CEO and shareholders, motivate the sales force, or simply share database information cogently, with Crystal Reports 10 For Dummies you not only make your point, you an impression. When your reports look professional, you look professional.
BLOGGING FOR DUMMIES
Book Description
If you want to give yourself a Web presence without spending a lot of time or money, a blog is your answer and this is your guide. Blogs (Web logs) are short, diary-like entries on a Web site that has a chronological, journal format. Fun or informative, but not formal, blogs are easy to set up, maintain, and update. You can share your personal, stream-of-consciousness musings or your expertise on any subject ranging from your family vacation to world peace. This guide helps beginners (even technophobes) get started fast, with the essential info on:
* The elements of blogs, such as entries, sidebars, categories, comments, and index pages
* The different types of hosting services, from free to fee and from “turn key” services that are easy-to-use to DIY programs
* Details on two popular, free “social community” hosted Web services that are ideal for casual bloggers—MSN Spaces and Yahoo! 360
* The scoop on Blogger, a popular free hosted service that has some community tools like the social networks, but is basically blog-intensive
* DIY blogging, covering three of the most powerful and flexible blog programs—Movable Type, WordPress, and Radio Userland
* Hooking into RSS feeds to distribute your blog entries beyond your site
* Choosing a newsreader
* Ways to raise the visibility of your blog and make money from blogging
Complete with step-by-step instructions and lots of screen shots, this guide walks you through everything from setting up your blog and posting your first entry to adding photos, audio, and more. It includes the URLs of lots of sample sites to see to give you an idea of blog possibilities. In addition to the essential how-to, it fills you in on:
* The blogosphere, blog culture and etiquette, snarks, macrologues, and more
* Moblogs that let you post entries remotely using your portable computer, PDA, or cell phone
* Buying a domain through a registrar such as Network Solutions, Register.com, or Go Daddy
* MP3 blogs, vlogs (videoblogs), photoblogging, audioblogging, podcasting, and more
You know you have something to say, whether it’s heavy stuff or just your thought for the day. Make your opinions known. Get your photos shown. With Blogging For Dummies, you’ll soon be blogging with the best of ‘em.
ELECTRONICS FOR DUMMIES
Book Description
Want to hook up your home theater system?
Want to fix it so your garage band rocks the neighborhood?
Want to solder the faulty wire on your old phonograph so you can play those 60s albums you’ve kept all this time?
Whether you’re a do-it-yourselfer , hobbyist, or student , this book will turn you on to real-world electronics. It quickly covers the essentials, and then focuses on the how-to instead of theory. It covers:
* Fundamental concepts such as circuits, schematics, voltage, safety, and more
* Tools of the trade, including multimeters, oscilloscopes, logic probes, and more
* Common electronic components (e.g. resistors, capacitors, transistors)
* Making circuits using breadboards and printed circuit boards
* Microcontrollers (implementation and programming)
Author Gordon McComb has more than a million copies of his books in print, including his bestselling Robot Builder’s Bonanza and VCRs and Camcorders For Dummies. He really connects with readers! With lots of photos and step-by-step explanations, this book will have you connecting electronic components in no time! In fact, it includes fun ideas for great projects you can build in 30 minutes or less. You’ll be amazed! Then you can tackle cool robot projects that will amaze your friends! (The book gives you lots to choose from.)
Students will find this a great reference and supplement to the typical dry, dull textbook. So whether you just want to bone up on electronics or want to get things hooked up, souped up, or fixed up,…whether you’re interested in fixing old electronic equipment, understanding guitar fuzz amps, or tinkering with robots, Electronics For Dummies is your quick connection to the stuff you need to know.
THE KITE RUNNER
Hosseini's stunning debut novel starts as an eloquent Afghan version of the American immigrant experience in the late 20th century, but betrayal and redemption come to the forefront when the narrator, a writer, returns to his ravaged homeland to rescue the son of his childhood friend after the boy's parents are shot during the Taliban takeover in the mid '90s. Amir, the son of a well-to-do Kabul merchant, is the first-person narrator, who marries, moves to California and becomes a successful novelist. But he remains haunted by a childhood incident in which he betrayed the trust of his best friend, a Hazara boy named Hassan, who receives a brutal beating from some local bullies. After establishing himself in America, Amir learns that the Taliban have murdered Hassan and his wife, raising questions about the fate of his son, Sohrab. Spurred on by childhood guilt, Amir makes the difficult journey to Kabul, only to learn the boy has been enslaved by a former childhood bully who has become a prominent Taliban official. The price Amir must pay to recover the boy is just one of several brilliant, startling plot twists that make this book memorable both as a political chronicle and a deeply personal tale about how childhood choices affect our adult lives. The character studies alone would make this a noteworthy debut, from the portrait of the sensitive, insecure Amir to the multilayered development of his father, Baba, whose sacrifices and scandalous behavior are fully revealed only when Amir returns to Afghanistan and learns the true nature of his relationship to Hassan. Add an incisive, perceptive examination of recent Afghan history and its ramifications in both America and the Middle East, and the result is a complete work of literature that succeeds in exploring the culture of a previously obscure nation that has become a pivot point in the global politics of the new millennium.
THE PRINCIPLES OF BEUTIFUL WEB DESIGNE
Book Description
Tired of making web sites that work absolutely perfectly but just don't look nice?
If so, then The Principles of Beautiful Web Design is for you. A simple, easy-to-follow guide, illustrated with plenty of full-color examples, this book will lead you through the process of creating great designs from start to finish. Good design principles are not rocket science, and using the information contained in this book will help you create stunning web sites.
# Understand the design process, from discovery to implementation
# Understand what makes "good design"
# Developing pleasing layouts using grids, the rule of thirds, balance and symmetry
# Use color effectively, develop color schemes and create a palette
# Use textures, lines, points, shapes, volumes and depth
# Learn how good typography can make ordinary designs look great
# Effective imagery: choosing, editing and placing images
# And much more
Throughout the book, you'll follow an example design, from concept to completion, learning along the way.
PIANO FOR DUMMIES
Book Description
At first glance, a piano may seem like an intimidating instrument that would be very difficult to learn how to play, but despite what your seventh-grade piano teacher may say, playing piano isn't brain surgery. It just takes time, practice, and patience.
Piano For Dummies starts at the very beginning and walks you through everything you need to know to turn that oversized hunk of furniture into an instrument that can make beautiful music. If you don't know how to read music, this book explains in friendly, uncomplicated language all the basics of music theory and applying it to playing the piano. And if you've been playing piano for a while – or took piano lessons when you were a child but haven't played since – you can pick up some valuable tips to improve your playing or use the book as a refresher course.
Here are some of the topics you'll find in Piano For Dummies:
* Buying a piano: Acoustic versus electronic
* How a piano works, and how to care for one
* Left- and right-hand piano techniques
* Examining keys, scales, melodies, harmonies, and chords
* Plenty of musical examples to play
* The history of piano musical styles
* Advice for piano teachers
* A Top Ten list of pianists you should know about
Piano For Dummies also includes a glossary and a free CD, which includes audio of all of the examples in the book so that you can play along.
So if you've always wanted to learn to play piano, but you don't have the time to take piano lessons, you can pick up the basics in Piano For Dummies; you'll be tickling the ivories with ease in no time!