Emerging Stock Markets: Risk, Return, and Performance is a compendium of historical data currently available about the performance of securities in emerging markets. As a result, it will be an invaluable aid to the investor or investment manager trying to make informed decisions about investing in emerging market assets. The authors provide monthly stock return data for more than two dozen countries in the Emerging Markets Data Base maintained by the International Finance Corporation. Without such data, analysis of this fascinating asset class …

Authoritative discourse on tick analysis In this unique collection, Pierre Lequeux has brought together a highly experienced group of practitioners and academics to produce a readable, yet detailed handbook of the very latest thinking and market methodologies in analyzing stock market prices and movements. Real world practice is expertly combined with rigorous research to make Financial Markets Tick by Tick an essential tool for those involved in risk management decisions and forecasting prices.

Everyone wants to succeed in life. But what causes some of us to be more successful than others? Is it really down to skill and strategy - or something altogether more unpredictable? This book is the word-of-mouth sensation that will change the way you think about business and the world. It is all about luck: more precisely, how we perceive luck in our personal and professional experiences. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the markets - we hear an entrepreneur has 'vision' or a trader is 'talented', but all too often their performance is do…

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…

This monograph develops the franchise value approach to analyzing the prospective cash flows that determine a company's price-to-earnings ratio. The franchise factor model retains the simplicity and intuitive appeal of the dividend discount model, but it offers the advantages of flexibility in application and insight into the components of P/E growth.

Investing is a tricky game to master - how do you read between the lines and decipher the analysts' insider code, so that you are actually able to use it to make money? Full of Bull tells you how. For decades, author McClellan was one of Wall Street's leading analysts, and he knows exactly how the game is played. For the first time, he reveals the secrets and deliberate deceptions investors use, putting you on a level with the world's biggest institutional investors. You'll learn how to do what Wall Street does and not what it says. You will un…

Svět veřejně obchodovaných společností je velice nevyzpytatelný. Proč společnosti dosahují jeden den maximálních hodnot a druhý jsou v prodadu? Jak se stanovuje hodnota společnosti? Karen Blumenthal, reportérka a editorka pro "Wall Street Journal", Vám zodpoví všechny tyto otázky a mnohé další. Kniha popisuje příběh známé a úspěšné společnosti Starbucks, kdy je vhodné do společnosti investovat a jaký vliv mají na vývoj ceny akcií této společnosti - malí a velcí investoři, management společnosti, médi…

Intended for both day traders and longer-term traders, "High Probability Trading" takes an honest and straightforward approach with no sugar-coating in discussing the traits of winning traders. The author uses real life examples and case studies based on himself, his clients, and other professional traders to highlight key points. This comprehensive guide makes extensive use of boxed tips, tables, charts, checklists, and worksheets to transform losing methods to winning methods. Each chapter ends with examples and summaries on good and bad trad…

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This book deals with using the ways of the best moneymakers to invest wisely. "An intelligent and thoughtful guide."- "BusinessWeek". "...a welcome addition to the bookshelf of anyone who wants to take control of his or her financial life." - "United Press International"." The bestselling hardcover edition of "How to Think Like Benjamin Graham and Invest Like Warren Buffett" was widely hailed for its straightforward approach to making wise investment choices. This paperback version makes these same tools and tactics available to a wider audienc…