This work contains everything an individual investor needs to know about bonds. The average income investor doesn't want or need to get bogged down in technical discussions of interest rates and time. So "All About Bonds and Bond Mutual Funds" gives them what they want - a simple yet comprehensive treatment of bonds and bond funds. Along with updated bond information, this revised edition also includes new material on: Bond mutual funds, Tax-free municipal bonds, International bonds and bond funds.

This book describes and defines bonds within the context of the capital markets and the different types of bonds that are traded. It includes a detailed look at the analytical techniques used in the market by traders and fund managers. This new edition will update the section on swaps and risk management, update all exercises and examples, add a new section on credit derivatives, add a section on structured finance securities & add a section on trading. Contents also include: Bond yield Measurement, Interest Rate Risk, The UK gilt market and co…

Getting to the real value of a business and assessing what its shares are really worth suddenly looks less clear cut. In an investment environment that is extremely challenging even for experienced City professionals, doing your homework has never been more important. And with the current accounting scandals rocking confidence and the markets being able to accurately value copmpanies, stock has just taken on a whole new dimension. The book goes beyond investment ratios to explore what these ratios tell us about the company as an investment or …

"Applied Equity Analysis" treats stock valuation as a practical, hands-on tool rather than a vague, theoretical exercise, and covers the entire valuation process from financial statement analysis through the final investment recommendation. Its integrated approach to valuation builds viable connections between a firm's competitive situation and the ultimate behavior of its common stock. The techniques explained include EVA, newer hybrid valuation techniques, and relative multiple analysis.

Have you ever wondered to what extent investor confidence and expectations, rather than solid financial analysis, impact stock market prices? In this book, stock market contrarian Woody Dorsey gives readers insight into his unique and highly successful market diagnosis techniques. These techniques are based on proprietory methodologies, often described as market expectations theory, behavioural finance and most commonly, contrary opinion analysis. Although long popular with major investors and the financial media for his macroeconomic perspecti…

This book is an introduction to bond markets and bond derivatives for students as well as for executives in commercial businesses and financial institutions. While many topics about debt instruments involve considerable mathematics, this text presents the essential elements in an intuitive and relatively non-mathematical way. For students, the book is designed to be the main text for a debt markets course or as a supplement for investment, money and banking, and institutional finance courses. For practitioners, the book can be used as a trainin…

The beauty of Warren Buffett's investment strategies is that they are not rocket science; they employ good sense, information and techniques that can be accessible to everyone. In Buffett; Step-by-Step, Richard Simmons unravels these techniques and shows you how to put them to work for your own investment portfolio.

In this one-of-a-kind "how-to" guide, Joseph Hooper and Aaron Zalewski provide step-by-step instructions for generating large monthly cash returns from almost any stock investment while at the same time decreasing the risk of stock ownership. Filled with in-depth insights and proven techniques, this book is the definitive, rule-based guide to cover calls and calendar LEAPS spreads.

Hätte jemals jemand in Deutschland den Titel "Mr. Aktie" verdient, dann André Kostolany, der im vergangenen September im Alter von 93 Jahren starb: Der Finanzberater, Journalist, Schriftsteller und Spekulant kämpfte Zeit seines Lebens für die Geldanlage in Unternehmenspapieren. Kostolany schafft etwas, was ein Heer von deutschen Bankprofis und Analysten nicht zuwege brachte, nämlich das rätselhafte Geschehen auf dem Börsenparkett als charmantes Entertainment erscheinen zu lassen. Der polyglotte Weltbürger versteht es, über Geld und des…

The ability to make money in the world's financial markets depends critically on an individual's ability to make decisions independently of the crowd. To attain such independence, the investor or trader must acquire the capacity to understand the forces at work in logical terms, recognize (and neutralize) any emotional responses to market fluctuations, and design an investment process or trading system that generates objective 'buy' or 'sell' signals. This fifth edition has been completely updated to take the author's latest research into accou…