"The 90% Solution" is about understanding the most important factors impacting today's stock market, how they influence performance and how they can be used to produce higher returns. In it, author David Rogers challenges traditional investment strategies, then points the way to new and alternative investment methods that can help you rise above the "expectations for mediocrity" that seem to dominate conventional investment thinking.

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 revealing book, which describes the struggles for leadership and AMEX's return from near-disaster to a position of respect, is a must for anyone who has ever done any stock trading.

- In 2003, four mining shares rose over four times in price, with one gaining ten times. - In just the first two months of 2004, 26 mining shares increased more than 20%, with five shares doubling. - Merrill Lynch's World Mining Trust is the UK's best performing fund over the past three years, having risen by over 200 per cent. But is the mining boom about to end? Not according to this book, by Michael Coulson, Chairman of the Association of Mining Analysts. Coulson argues that, if anything, we are still in the early stages of prol…

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.

The role of information is central to the academic debate on finance. This book provides a detailed, current survey of theoretical research into the effect on stock prices of the distribution of information, comparing and contrasting major models. It examines theoretical models that explain bubbles, technical analysis, and herding behavior. It also provides rational explanations for stock market crashes. Analyzing the implications of asymmetries in information is crucial in this area. This book provides a useful survey for graduate students.

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…

For upper-level college courses in Economics or Finance that focus on bond markets. This comprehensive textbook on bonds takes a practical real-world approach to the subject. It includes a detailed discussion of each type of bond including a wide range of products. The text features comprehensive discussion of not only the instruments, but their investment characteristics, the state-of-the art technology for valuing them, and portfolio strategies for using them.