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John Wiley & Sons Inc Side Hustles For Dummies
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part 1: Getting Started with Side Hustles 5 Chapter 1: Joining the Side-Hustle Game 7 Chapter 2: Surveying Your Options 23 Chapter 3: Determining Your Side-Hustle Personality 51 Part 2: Getting Your Side Hustle Up and Running 73 Chapter 4: Putting Your Plans Together 75 Chapter 5: Taking Your Side Hustle for a Test-Drive 95 Chapter 6: Putting Your Side Hustle in High Gear 111 Chapter 7: Running Your Side Hustle Like a Business 123 Chapter 8: Show Me the Money 141 Chapter 9: Keeping Track for You and Everyone Else 163 Chapter 10: Pay Up: Side Hustles and Taxes 179 Part 3: Mastering the Side-Hustle Game 199 Chapter 11: Avoiding Conflicts with Your Day Job 201 Chapter 12: Spinning Off Your Current Side Hustle into a New Side Hustle 229 Chapter 13: Other People and Your Side Hustle 239 Chapter 14: Deciding When to Change Directions or Pull the Plug 259 Chapter 15: Deciding What to Do If Your Side Hustle Gets Really Successful 275 Part 4: The Part of Tens 291 Chapter 16: Ten Tips on Earning Passive Income from Your Side Hustle 293 Chapter 17: Ten Leading Gig Economy Platforms 301 Chapter 18: Ten Signs That You Need to Adjust Your Side-Hustle Strategy 307 Index 315 ntroduction 1 Part 1: Getting Started with Side Hustles 5 Chapter 1: Joining the Side-Hustle Game 7 Chapter 2: Surveying Your Options 23 Chapter 3: Determining Your Side-Hustle Personality 51 Part 2: Getting Your Side Hustle Up and Running 73 Chapter 4: Putting Your Plans Together 75 Chapter 5: Taking Your Side Hustle for a Test-Drive 95 Chapter 6: Putting Your Side Hustle in High Gear 111 Chapter 7: Running Your Side Hustle Like a Business 123 Chapter 8: Show Me the Money 141 Chapter 9: Keeping Track for You and Everyone Else 163 Chapter 10: Pay Up: Side Hustles and Taxes 179 Part 3: Mastering the Side-Hustle Game 199 Chapter 11: Avoiding Conflicts with Your Day Job 201 Chapter 12: Spinning Off Your Current Side Hustle into a New Side Hustle 229 Chapter 13: Other People and Your Side Hustle 239 Chapter 14: Deciding When to Change Directions or Pull the Plug 259 Chapter 15: Deciding What to Do If Your Side Hustle Gets Really Successful 275 Part 4: The Part of Tens 291 Chapter 16: Ten Tips on Earning Passive Income from Your Side Hustle 293 Chapter 17: Ten Leading Gig Economy Platforms 301 Chapter 18: Ten Signs That You Need to Adjust Your Side-Hustle Strategy 307 Index 315 ntroduction 1 Part 1: Getting Started with Side Hustles 5 Chapter 1: Joining the Side-Hustle Game 7 Chapter 2: Surveying Your Options 23 Chapter 3: Determining Your Side-Hustle Personality 51 Part 2: Getting Your Side Hustle Up and Running 73 Chapter 4: Putting Your Plans Together 75 Chapter 5: Taking Your Side Hustle for a Test-Drive 95 Chapter 6: Putting Your Side Hustle in High Gear 111 Chapter 7: Running Your Side Hustle Like a Business 123 Chapter 8: Show Me the Money 141 Chapter 9: Keeping Track for You and Everyone Else 163 Chapter 10: Pay Up: Side Hustles and Taxes 179 Part 3: Mastering the Side-Hustle Game 199 Chapter 11: Avoiding Conflicts with Your Day Job 201 Chapter 12: Spinning Off Your Current Side Hustle into a New Side Hustle 229 Chapter 13: Other People and Your Side Hustle 239 Chapter 14: Deciding When to Change Directions or Pull the Plug 259 Chapter 15: Deciding What to Do If Your Side Hustle Gets Really Successful 275 Part 4: The Part of Tens 291 Chapter 16: Ten Tips on Earning Passive Income from Your Side Hustle 293 Chapter 17: Ten Leading Gig Economy Platforms 301 Chapter 18: Ten Signs That You Need to Adjust Your Side-Hustle Strategy 307 Index 315
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Revenue Operations
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsFORWARD ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION – Growth Is Good PART I: REVENUE OPERATIONS, A SYSTEM FOR GROWTH CHAPTER 1: A Bold Approach to Take Control of the Entire Revenue Cycle Introducing Revenue Operations, a New Way to Create Sustainable, Scalable Growth The Financial Link Between Firm Value and Growth The Challenges of Growth in the 21st Century: Customers, Disruptions and Fragmentation CHAPTER 2: The Value and Impact of Revenue Operations How Revenue Operations Creates Value Eight Ways Revenue Operations Creates Financial Value The Change Management Hurdle PART II: A MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO ALIGN YOUR REVENUE TEAMS CHAPTER 3: The Six Pillars of the Management System Commercial Leadership that Unifies Marketing, Sales, and Service Consolidated Operations that Support All Growth-related Functions Commercial Architecture that Maximizes the Return on Selling Assets Commercial Insights Built upon Customer Engagement and Seller Activity Data Commercial Enablement Capabilities that Turn Your Technology into a “Force Multiplier” Best Practices for Managing Data, Technology, Content, and Intellectual Property Assets CHAPTER 4: Leadership That Aligns Sales, Marketing and Service Growth Levers across Executive Functions A New Generation of Growth Leader Emerges CHAPTER 5: Three Leadership Models: The Tsar, the Federation and the Chief of Staff The Tsar: Putting a “CXO” in Charge of Revenue Teams The Federation: An Alliance Among Leadership Functions The Chief of Staff: A Revenue Operations “Rock Star” CASE STUDY: Enhancing Value Across the Company at GHX PART III: AN OPERATING SYSTEM FOR CONECTING TECHNOLOGY, DATA, PROCESSES, AND TEAMS CHAPTER 6: Assemble the Nine Building Blocks of Revenue Operations What Does an Operating System for Business Look Like? The Building Blocks of the Revenue Operating System (ROS) The Team That Connects the Most Dots Wins CHAPTER 7: Connect Your Data, Technology and Channels to Acquire More Customers Building Block #1: Revenue Enablement: CRM, sales enablement, content and learning technologies that support selling Building Block #2: Channel Optimization: selling channels that engage customers in human interactions Building Block #3: Customer Facing Technology: the “owned” digital selling infrastructure that engage customers digitally CHAPTER 8: Blend Data into Insights that Inform Selling Actions, Conversations and Decisions in Real-Time Building Block #4: Revenue Intelligence: Manage and Measure Financial Value Building Block #5: Engagement Data Hub: Leverage Advanced Analytics to Connect Growth Assets to Value Building Block #6: Customer Intelligence: Use Customer Data to Inform Decisions, Actions and Conversations CHAPTER 9: Extract More Revenue and Margins from Your Teams and Resources Building Block #7: Talent Development: Attract, Develop and Retain Commercial Talent Building Block #8: Resource Optimization: Allocate People, Time and Effort Against Opportunities Building Block #9: Revenue Enhancement: Increase Revenue Yield with Packaging, Pricing and Personalized Offers CHAPTER 10: Tune the Operating System to Get Maximum Performance Digitize Planning Processes to Improve Agility in Deploying Your Resources Use Analytics to Make Better Predictions, Forecasts and Investment Decisions Adopt Advanced Modeling Techniques to Evaluate More Scenarios and to Build Consensus PART IV: HOW TO GET STARTED AND DRIVE IMPACT CHAPTER 11: Six Smart Actions to Deliver Growth Get Better Visibility into the Revenue Cycle Simplify The Selling Workflow Share Marketing Insights with Frontline Sellers Develop and Retain High Performing Selling Talent Make Selling Channels More Effective Streamline and Personalize the Selling Content Supply Chain CHAPTER 12: Big or Small: Tailor Revenue Operations to Work for Your Business How Revenue Operations Can Grow Revenues, Profits and Value in Your Business Actions Enterprise Leaders Should Be Prioritizing Achieving Hyper-growth for Small Companies CHAPTER 13: Activity to Impact: Make the Business Case for Your Growth System Prioritize the Actions that Will Generate Short- and Long-Term Value A Financially Valid Framework for Connecting Smart Actions to Firm Value: The Revenue Value Chain Use the Revenue Value Chain to Create Budgets, Earn Buy-In and Take Action APPENDIX: PRACTICAL TOOLS TO IMPLEMENT REVENUE OPERATIONS Glossary A Simple Way to Assess the Current Maturity of Your System of Growth Citations Index
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Sustainable Leadership
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: A Meeting of Minds 1 Part I Why the World Needs Sustainable Leaders 13 Chapter 1 A Sense of Urgency 15 Chapter 2 A Shining Example 29 Part II Inside the Mind of a Sustainable Leader 43 Chapter 3 Born versus Made 45 Chapter 4 Moonshot Makers 59 Chapter 5 The Learning Quotient 73 Part III From Pledge to Practice 87 Chapter 6 Weaving It Through 89 Chapter 7 From CSO to CEO 107 Chapter 8 The Ecosystem 119 Chapter 9 The Money That Follows 137 Part IV A Sustainable Future 155 Chapter 10 Sustainable Startups 157 Chapter 11 A Generation of Nudgers 173 Epilogue 189 Notes 197 About the Author 203 Index 205
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Soft Skills for the Professional Services
Book SynopsisSoft Skills for the Professional Services Industry Auditors, accountants, lawyers, consultants, and other highly educated and trained professionals frequently hold impressive credentials and offer clients specialized expertise in complex areas. At the same time, these professionals understandably focus on the analytical and technical components of their jobs, sometimes to the point of excluding or ignoring important soft skills critical to the success of their careers and practices. In Soft Skills for the Professional Services Industry: Principles, Tasks, and Tools for Success, veteran auditor and entrepreneur Andreas Creutzmann delivers an essential discussion of often overlooked professional competencies that can mean the difference between career, engagement, and business success or failure. In the book, you'll find accessible guidance on critical soft skills that can make a difference between fulfilment and success and failure on a professional and personal level. You'll learn to handle the blending of home and the home office, how to effectively manage staff, how to market yourself and your firm, practical strategies for client and colleague communication, and how to find happiness in your day-to-day work. Each chapter stands alone and can be read in any order. They provide professionals with invaluable skills for navigating the modernand digitalreality of work, showing you how to combine your professional education with the latest research and common sense on everything from client management to firm marketing. Soft Skills for the Professional Services Industry uses the field of auditing as a template and guide, but it is highly relevant to all skilled professionals including lawyers, consultants, medical professionals, and others. The book is a must-read for any knowledge worker trying to add to their toolbox of practical skills. Critical guidance for practicing professionals on how to build often overlooked soft skills Most highly educated and trained professionals aren't lacking in analytical or technical skills. Lawyers know the law, accountants understand double entry bookkeeping, and doctors know anatomy. However, many of us are less familiar with often overlookedand equally essentialsoft skills: client management, communication, staff and employee management, and others. In Soft Skills for the Professional Services Industry, accomplished auditor, entrepreneur, and consultant Andreas Creutzmann walks you through how to build critical competencies, from self-marketing to balancing work and life when your office is in your house. The book is made up of numerous, self-contained chapters that can be read in any order, and it demonstrates how to navigate increasingly digital and insistent professional demands on your time, effectively manage client and colleague relationships, and sell new clients on the services your firm offers. An essential roadmap to achieving personal and career success, Soft Skills for the Professional Services Industry is an indispensable resource for lawyers, doctors, accountants, auditors, and any other extensively skilled professional. It offers practical tools in functional areas that are frequently neglected in formal professional training.Table of ContentsForeword xi Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii Introduction: Professionals in a Digital World 1 Part I: Principles of Successful Professionals 7 Chapter 1: Self- Responsibility 9 Chapter 2: Result Orientation 21 Chapter 3: Focus 33 Chapter 4: Leverage Strengths 43 Chapter 5: Think Positively 53 Chapter 6: Action Orientation 67 Part II: Tasks 77 Chapter 7: Marketing 79 Chapter 8: Setting Goals 111 Chapter 9: Planning and Organizing 123 Chapter 10: Decision Making 129 Chapter 11: Developing and Promoting People 139 Chapter 12: Control 149 Part III: Tools 155 Chapter 13: Self- Management 157 Chapter 14: Mental Training 175 Chapter 15: Rhetoric 193 Chapter 16: Effective Communication Tools 217 Chapter 17: Work- Life- Balanced- Scorecard 227 Conclusion: Outlook into the Future 239 About the Author 243 Bibliography 245 Index 249
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Running Effective Meetings For Dummies
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1 Part 1: Understanding the Role of Meeting in Business. 5 Chapter 1: Making Meetings More Effective. 7 Chapter 2: Matching the Meeting Style with the Meeting Goal. 19 Chapter 3: Understanding the Full Meeting Continuum. 33 Chapter 4: Choosing How You Should Meet. 45 Chapter 5: Using Video in Virtual or Hybrid Meetings. 59 Chapter 6: Meeting with Global Participants. 73 Part 2: Setting Up for Success — What to do Before a Meeting 87 Chapter 7: Determining if You Even Need a Meeting. 89 Chapter 8: Designing the Meeting to Match Your Goals. 95 Chapter 9: Setting Meeting Expectations. 117 Part 3: Facilitating an Effective Meeting — What to do During a Meeting 141 Chapter 10: Starting a Meeting. 143 Chapter 11: Managing the Conversation Flow. 167 Chapter 12: Pulling Out Even Participation 185 Chapter 13: Delivering Your Messages Effectively 201 Chapter 14: Stifling Bad Meeting Behaviors. 229 Part 4: Making a Meeting Worthwhile — What to do after a Meeting. 241 Chapter 15: Following Up Effectively. 243 Chapter 16: Evaluating Your Meeting Effectiveness. 253 Part 5: The Part of Tens. 263 Chapter 17: Ten Things to Say to Move a Meeting Along 265 Chapter 18: Ten Alternatives to Meeting in a Conference Room. 271 Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Bolster Participation 277 Index. 283
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Conversion Code
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsFigures List Preface: The Global Impact of The Conversion Code and What’s New in the 2nd Edition Introduction: How I created The Conversion Code Disclaimer: How to Read The Conversion Code Section One: How To Do Marketing That Attracts High-Quality Leads Chapter 1: The Biggest Challenges Facing Marketing and Sales (plus what happens when you crack The Conversion Code) Chapter 2: How To Use Your Website To Attract High-Quality Leads Chapter 3: How To Build Landing Pages That Capture High-Quality Leads Chapter 4: Blogging For Business (how to write blogs posts that generate high-quality leads) Chapter 5: How To Optimize Your Content for Lead Generation, Social Media, and Search Engines Chapter 6: Advanced Facebook Marketing and Advertising Techniques that Generate High-Quality Leads Chapter 7: Using Google PPC (Adwords) To Capture High-Quality Leads Chapter 8: How To Use Videos (and YouTube) To Attract and Convert Leads Chapter 9: How To Get The Most Out Of Twitter Chapter 10: How To Use Instagram To Attract High-Quality Leads (and raving fans) Chapter 11: It’s TikTok Time Chapter 12: How To Use LinkedIn For Maximum Impact (in minimal time) Chapter 13: Audio Is Everywhere (how to take advantage of it) Chapter 14: Influencer Marketing Chapter 15: Get The Most Out Of Your Marketing and Convert More Leads Using Retargeting Section Two: How To Find And Follow-Up With The Highest-Quality Leads That Are The Most Likely To Convert Chapter 16: Amazing Sales Tools That Will Increase Your Lead Conversion Rate Chapter 17: Should You Use an ISA or an A.I. Chatbot to Follow-Up with Leads? Chapter 18: How To Achieve The Highest Lead Conversion Rate Possible Chapter 19: How To Convert Leads Using Text Messages Chapter 20: How To Use Automated Email Campaigns To Convert Leads Chapter 21: Expert Email Marketing Tips That Build Your Brand and Convert Leads Chapter 22: How To Find and Convert The Hottest Leads Using User Tracking and Triggered Messages Section Three: The Billion Dollar Sales Script Chapter 23: Welcome to the Boiler Room Chapter 24: The Pre-Call Stalk Chapter 25: How to Have a Perfect First Minute on a Sales Call with a Lead Chapter 26: The Digging Deep Technique Chapter 27: How to Quickly Get a Lead to Trust You Chapter 28: Proactively Uncovering Objections Chapter 29: How to Start Closing Using the Five Yeses Chapter 30: The Perfect Sales Pitch Chapter 31: Exactly What to Say When You Transition from Pitching to Closing Chapter 32: How To Close Chapter 33: How To Overcome Objections Chapter 34: Preferred Additional Outcomes (what to do when you can’t close someone) Chapter 35: What To Say After They Say Yes Chapter 36: How To Get the People You Close to Send You High-Quality Referral Leads Bonus Chapter: Analytics - How To Track The Metrics That Matter (and what to do based on the data) Notes About the Author Index
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Unexpected Leader
Book SynopsisExpand your leadership skill set by looking for it in unexpected places Effective leadership isn't confined to easily identifiable silos. It appears everywhere, and sometimes in the most unexpected of places. In The Unexpected Leader: Discovering the Leader Within You, veteran leadership trainer and consultant Jacqueline M. Baker delivers an incisive and actionable discussion of how to refine, define, and elevate leadership by absorbing lessons from other leaders and actualizing the leader within. You'll learn how to meet the demands of a rapidly changing workforce with a new approach to leadership development. In the book, you'll find: Examples of how exemplary leadership can show up anywhere and in anyoneNew strategies for implementing the latest leadership techniques in a demographically and culturally diverse workforceModern lessons on unique and authentic leadership from people unexpectedly thrust into positions where great leadership was essentialAn ideal resource for everyday leTable of ContentsForeword ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xv l What to Expect When You’re Expecting Leadership 1 1 Making the Leadership Decision 3 2 The Nuances of Leadership 15 3 Discovering the Leader Within You 27 4 Creating Your Leadership Legacy 33 5 Leadership Styles 47 II Leadership Elevation 69 6 Finding the Time to Refine 71 7 Your Leadership Blueprint 81 8 Finessing Your Style 95 9 Using Your Voice 105 10 Everyday Ways to Lead 119 11 Finding New Opportunities 131 12 Building Your Tribe 145 III the Pitfalls 153 13 Self- Sabotage 155 14 The Leadership Traps 163 15 Leading versus Following 179 Conclusion: Expect Leadership 187 About the Author 189 Index 191
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Trading Psychology For Dummies
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part 1: The Sovereign Trader 9 Chapter 1: Brain-Compatible Trading 11 Chapter 2: Developing Mental Strength 19 Part 2: Making a Successful Trade 35 Chapter 3: Developing Your Personal Trading System 37 Chapter 4: Implementing Your Trading Plans 63 Part 3: Emotional Sovereignty 83 Chapter 5: Seeing Trading as Personality Development 85 Chapter 6: Practicing Mental Self-Coaching 107 Chapter 7: The Psychology of Coping with Losses 121 Chapter 8: Adopting Techniques for Coping with Stress and Anxiety 139 Part 4: Making Decisions Safely 151 Chapter 9: Untangling Decision-Making’s Hidden Path 153 Chapter 10: Using Evolutionary Rules of Thumb 165 Chapter 11: Finding the Right Basis for Decision-Making in Trading 171 Part 5: Keeping Bad Behavior in Check 185 Chapter 12: Avoiding the Obvious Mistakes 187 Chapter 13: Dealing with the Stock Exchange’s Collective Misbehavior 199 Chapter 14: Getting a Better Grip on Your Trading Ego 215 Chapter 15: Fear: Your Constant Trading Companion 225 Part 6: The Parts of Ten 243 Chapter 16: Ten Psychological Traps to Avoid When Trading 245 Chapter 17: Ten Success Secrets of Mentally Superior Traders 251 Chapter 18: Ten Guiding Principles for the Perfect Trading Day 257 Index 267
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Digital Humans Thriving in an Online World
Book SynopsisEmbrace the Human Side of Organisational Digital Transformation Digital Humans: Thriving in an Online World is an insightful, engaging and interdisciplinary discussion of how best to transform your organisation into a nimble, digital enterprise with human beings firmly established at the centre of it. The authors draw on complexity theory, anthropology, history, organisational transformation and behavioural science to demonstrate the characteristics that define successful digital organisations. You''ll discover the importance of focusing on human beings even as you make the shift to digital and learn to understand the importance of our new digital ecosystems. Illuminating case studies and examples of organisations that have successfully made the jump to digital are explored and the book presents new and effective ways to make strategic decisions about your company''s future based on our new physical-digital hybrid reality. A can''t-miss blueprint tTable of ContentsAcknowledgements ix About This Book xi Introduction xiii Part One Living in Our Online World 1 Our Brave New Digital World 3 Living in a Changing World 17 The Activated Organization 45 Part Two New Thinking for Digital Humans and Their Organizations 57 1 The Digital Spine 59 2 Build Together 75 3 The Organization of One 99 4 Add-app-ability 113 5 Theatres of Work 129 6 Build Beautiful Things 145 7 Playing Games 157 8 The Power of Small Things 171 9 Targets and the Mirror 187 10 Always Learning 199 11 Creating Meaningful Alternatives 215 12 Turn It On 227 Conclusion: Reflections on New Thinking for Our Brave New Digital World 245 Terms of Art 249 About the Authors 259 Index 261
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The AntiRacist Organization
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface: How to Read, Wait a minute…Where are all the Black people Chapter One: Enter the Global Race for Racial Equity Chapter Two: Moving Beyond the Conversations We Live in a Racialised Society Wasn’t Diversity and Inclusion Supposed to Solve This? Racism and Discrimination Is Illegal In the Eyes of the Law Your Anti-racist Leadership Starts Now Chapter Three: Define Meaning Using Language as a Tool to Dismantle Racism New Terminology Black Colourism Chapter Four: Start From Where You Stand The Easy Solution(s) Are Rarely The Right Ones The Racial Equity Maturity Model Level One: A Compliance Issue Level Two: Intent to be Inclusive Level Three: Strategic Focus + Specific Commitment Level Four: Public + Private Accountability Our Culture isn’t Racist…is it? Chapter Five: The 4-Factor RACE Model Recognise the Problem Analyse the Impact Commit to Action Empower for Change Chapter Six: A Sustainable Future Chapter Seven: Where do we go from here? Index
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Mutual Funds For Dummies
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 What’s New in This Edition 2 How This Book Is Different 2 Foolish Assumptions 3 Icons Used in This Book 4 Beyond the Book 5 Where to Go from Here 5 Part 1: Getting Started With Funds 7 Chapter 1: Making More Money, Taking Less Risk 9 Introducing Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds 10 Making Sense of Investments 11 Lending investments: Interest on your money 11 Ownership investments: More potential profit (and risk) 12 Surveying the Major Investment Options 13 Savings and money market accounts 13 Bonds 14 Stocks 14 Overseas/international investments 15 Real estate 16 Gold, silver, currencies, and the like 17 Annuities 17 Life insurance 18 Limited partnerships 18 Reviewing Important Investing Concepts 19 Getting a return: Why you invest .19 Measuring risks: Investment volatility 20 Diversifying: A smart way to reduce risk 22 Chapter 2: Fund Pros and Cons 23 Getting a Grip on Funds 23 Financial intermediaries 25 Open-end versus closed-end funds 25 Opting for Mutual Funds 27 Fund managers’ expertise 27 Funds save you money and time 30 Fund diversification minimizes your risk 31 Funds undergo regulatory scrutiny 32 You choose your risk level 32 Fund risk of bankruptcy is nil 33 Funds save you from sales sharks 34 You have convenient access to your money 34 Addressing the Drawbacks .35 Don’t worry about these 36 Watch out for these 37 Chapter 3: Funding Your Goals and Dreams 39 Acting Before Researching: The Story of Justine and Max 39 Lining Up Your Ducks Before You Invest 41 Pay off your consumer debts 41 Review your insurance coverage 42 Figure out your financial goals 42 Determine how much you’re saving 43 Examine your spending and income 43 Maximize tax-deferred retirement account savings .44 Determine your tax bracket 45 Assess the risk you’re comfortable with 45 Review current investment holdings 46 Consider other “investment” possibilities 46 Reaching Your Goals with Funds 46 The financial pillow — an emergency reserve 47 The golden egg — investing for retirement 48 The white picket fence — saving for a home 52 The ivory tower — saving for college and higher education 52 Part 2: Evaluating Alternatives to Funds 57 Chapter 4: Selecting Your Own Stocks and Bonds 59 Deciding to Choose Your Own Stocks and Bonds 59 Beware the claims of stock-picking gurus 60 Know the drawbacks of investing in individual securities 64 Understand the psychology of selecting stocks 65 Picking Your Own Stocks and Bonds 66 Chapter 5: Exchange-Traded Funds and Other Fund Lookalikes 69 Understanding Exchange-Traded Funds 70 Understanding ETF advantages 70 Eyeing ETF drawbacks 71 Seeing the pros and cons of trading ETFs 73 Identifying the best ETFs 73 Mimicking Closed-End Funds: Unit Investment Trusts 75 Customizing Your Own Funds Online 76 Chapter 6: Hedge Funds and Other Managed Options 79 Hedge Funds: Extremes of Costs and Risks 80 Getting the truth about hedge funds 80 Investigating hedge funds 82 Managed Accounts with Hefty Fees 84 Private Money Managers: One-on-One 86 Robo-Advisors: Automated Investment 87 Part 3: Separating the Best from the Rest 89 Chapter 7: Finding the Best Funds 91 Evaluating Gain-Eating Costs 91 Losing the load: Say no to commissions 92 Considering a fund’s operating expenses 98 Weighing Performance and Risk 100 Star today, also-ran tomorrow 100 Apples to apples: Comparing performance numbers 104 Recognizing Manager Expertise 105 Chapter 8: Using Fund Publications 107 Reading Prospectuses — the Important Stuff, Anyway 107 Cover page 109 Fund profile 109 Fund management and other fund information 116 Investment objectives and risks 116 Investment advisor 120 Financial highlights 122 Reviewing Annual Reports 125 Introduction and performance discussion 125 Investment advisor’s thoughts 127 Performance and its components 127 Investment holdings 131 Investigating the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) 135 Chapter 9: Buying Funds from the Best Firms 137 Finding the Best Buys 137 The Vanguard Group 138 Fidelity Investments 139 Dodge & Cox 140 Oakmark 140 T Rowe Price 141 TIAA 142 USAA 142 Other fund companies 142 Discount Brokers: Mutual Fund Supermarkets 143 Buying direct versus discount brokers 144 Debunking “No Transaction Fee” funds 146 Using the best discount brokers 147 Places to Pass By 148 Hiring an Advisor: The Good, Bad, and Ugly 149 The wrong reason to hire an advisor 149 The right reasons to hire an advisor 150 Beware of conflicts of interest 150 Your best options for help 151 If you seek a salesperson 153 Part 4: Crafting Your Fund Portfolio 155 Chapter 10: Perfecting a Fund Portfolio 157 Asset Allocation: An Investment Recipe 158 Allocating to reduce your risks 158 Looking toward your time horizon 158 Taxes: It’s What You Keep That Matters 163 Fitting funds to your tax bracket 163 Minimizing your taxes on funds 165 Fund-Investing Strategies 168 Market timing versus buy-and-hold investing 168 Active versus index fund managers 169 Putting Your Plans into Action 171 Determining how many funds and families to use 172 Matching fund allocation to your asset allocation 173 Allocating when you don’t have much to allocate 175 Investing large amounts: To lump or to average? 175 Sorting through your existing investments 177 Chapter 11: Money Market Funds: Beating the Bank 179 Money Market Funds 101 180 Comparing money funds with bank accounts .180 Finding uses for money funds 182 Refuting common concerns 183 Grasping what money market funds invest in 189 Choosing a Great Money Market Fund 191 Understanding why yield and expenses go hand in hand 192 Looking at your tax situation 192 Deciding where you want your home base 194 Keeping your investments close to home 194 Considering other issues 194 Finding the Recommended Funds 195 Taxable money market funds 195 U.S Treasury money market funds 195 Municipal tax-free money market funds 197 Chapter 12: Bond Funds: When Boring Is Best 199 Understanding Bonds 199 Sizing Up a Bond Fund’s Personality 201 Maturity: Counting the years until you get your principal back 201 Duration: Measuring interest rate risk 203 Credit quality: Determining whether bonds will pay you back 204 Issuer: Knowing who you’re lending to 205 Management: Considering the passive or active type 206 Inflation-indexed Treasury bonds 207 Investing in Bond Funds 208 Why you may (and may not) want to invest in bond funds 209 How to pick a bond fund with an outcome you can enjoy 210 How to obtain tax-free income 214 Eyeing Recommended Bond Funds 214 Short-term bond funds 215 Intermediate-term bond funds 218 Long-term bond funds 221 Exploring Alternatives to Bond Funds 223 Certificates of deposit 223 Individual bonds 225 Guaranteed-investment contracts 226 Mortgages 227 Chapter 13: Stock Funds: Meeting Your Longer Term Needs 229 Seeing Your Money Grow 230 Be patient 231 Add regularly to your stock investments 233 Using Funds to Invest in Stocks 233 Reducing risk and increasing returns 234 Making money: How funds do it 235 Seeing your stock fund choices 236 The Best Stock Funds 238 Mixing it up: Recommended hybrid funds 239 Letting computers do the heavy lifting: Recommended index funds 243 Keeping it local: Recommended U.S.-focused stock funds 245 Being worldly: Recommended international funds 247 Expanding your horizon: Recommended global stock funds 249 Chapter 14: Specialty Funds 251 Sector Funds: Should You or Shouldn’t You Invest in Them? 252 Landlording Made Easy: Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Funds 253 Profiting from What Everyone Needs: Utility Funds 254 Factor Investing and Factor Funds 254 Arming for Armageddon: Precious Metals Funds 255 Crypto Funds: Pathway to Digital Riches? 257 From Energy to Metals: Clarifying Commodity Funds 258 Hedging: Market Neutral (Long-Short) Funds 258 Matching Values to Investments: ESG Funds 259 Evil is in the eye of the beholder 261 Ways to express your social concerns 262 Chapter 15: Working It Out: Sample Portfolios 263 Getting Started 264 Starting from square one: Melinda 264 Silencing student loans: Saanvi, the student 266 Living month to month with debt: Mobile Marcos 268 Competing goals: Gina and George 269 Wanting lots and lotsa money: Pat and Chris 272 Changing Goals and Starting Over 274 Funding education: The Lees 274 Rolling over (but not playing dead): Rafaella 276 Wishing for higher interest rates: Nell, the near-retiree 277 Lovin’ retirement: Noel and Patricia 279 Dealing with a Mountain of Moola 282 He’s in the money: Cash-rich Carlos 282 Inheritances: Loaded Liz 284 Getting Unstuck 285 Chapter 16: Applications, Transfers, and Other Useful Forms 287 Taking the Nonretirement Account Route 287 Filling in the blanks: Application basics 288 Buying into brokerage accounts 293 Preparing for Leisure: Retirement Accounts 297 Retirement account applications 297 What to do before transferring accounts 300 Filling out transfer forms 301 Investing on Autopilot 304 Finding Help for an Overwhelmed Brain 305 Part 5: Keeping Current and Informed 307 Chapter 17: Evaluating Your Funds and Adjusting Your Portfolio 309 Deciphering Your Fund Statement 310 Trade date or date of transaction 310 Transaction description 310 Dollar amount 311 Share price or price per share 312 Share amount or shares transacted 312 Shares owned or share balance 312 Account value 313 Interpreting Brokerage Firm Statements 313 Portfolio overview 314 Account transaction details 314 Assessing Your Funds’ Returns 314 Getting a panoramic view: Total return 315 Focusing on the misleading share price 316 Figuring total return 317 Assessing your funds’ performance 319 Deciding Whether to Sell, Hold, or Buy More 324 Handling bear markets 324 Dealing with fund company consolidations 325 Tweaking and Rebalancing Your Portfolio 325 Chapter 18: The Taxing Side of Mutual Funds 327 Mutual Fund Distributions Form: 1099-DIV 328 Box 1a: Total ordinary dividends 329 Box 1b: Qualified dividends 330 Box 2a: Total capital gains distributions 330 Box 3: Nondividend distributions 330 Box 4: Federal income tax withheld 331 Box 7: Foreign tax paid 331 When You Sell Your Fund Shares 332 Introducing the “basis” basics 332 Accounting for your basis 333 Deciding when to take your tax lumps or deductions 335 Looking at fund sales reports: Form 1099-B 336 Getting help: When you don’t know how much you paid for a fund 337 Retirement Fund Withdrawals and Form 1099-R 337 Minimizing taxes and avoiding penalties 338 Making sense of Form 1099-R for IRAs 340 Withdrawing from non-IRA accounts 341 Understanding form 1099-R for non-IRAs 341 Chapter 19: Common Fund Problems and How to Fix Them 343 Playing the Phone Game 343 Troubleshooting Bungled Transactions 344 Specifying Funds to Buy at Discount Brokers 345 Making Deposits in a Flash 346 Verifying Receipt of Deposits 347 Transferring Money Quickly 347 Losing Checks and Applications in the Mail 348 Changing Options after Opening Your Account 348 Making Sense of Your Statements and Profits 349 Changing Addresses 349 Finding Funds You Forgot to Move 350 Untangling Account Transfer Snags 350 Eliminating Marketing Solicitations 351 Digging Out from under the Statements 352 Getting Older Account Statements 352 Chapter 20: Information Sources: Fund Ratings and Forecasters 353 Entering Cyberspace: What the Internet Is Good For 354 Understanding Online Perils 355 Avoiding the Bad Stuff 356 Looking into market timing and crystal balls 357 Keeping them honest and providing new fodder: The Hulbert Financial Digest 358 Using bogus rankings, token awards, and mystery testimonials 359 Pitching a product: Filler and ads in newsletter form 359 Investing newsletter Hall of Shame 360 Getting In on the Good Stuff 362 Investment Company Institute 362 Morningstar 362 T Rowe Price 365 Securities and Exchange Commission 366 Vanguard.com 366 EricTyson.com 366 Part 6: The Part of Tens 367 Chapter 21: Ten Common Fund-Investing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them 369 Lacking an Overall Plan .369 Failing to Examine Sales Charges and Expenses 370 Chasing Past Performance 370 Ignoring Tax Issues 371 Getting Duped by “Advisors” 371 Falling Prey to the Collection Syndrome 371 Trying to Time the Market’s Movements 372 Following Prognosticators’ Predictions 372 Being Swayed by Major News Events 372 Comparing Your Funds Unfairly 373 Chapter 22: Ten Fund-Investing Fears to Conquer 375 Investing with Little Money 375 Investing in Uninsured Funds 376 Rising Interest Rates 376 Missing High Returns from Stocks 377 Waiting to Get a Handle on the Economy 377 Buying the Best-Performing Funds 378 Waiting for an Ideal Buying Opportunity 378 Obsessing Over Your Funds 379 Thinking You’ve Made a Bad Decision 379 Lacking in Performance 379 Chapter 23: Ten Tips for Hiring a Financial Advisor 381 Communicator or Obfuscator? 381 Financial Planner or Money Manager? 382 Is Your Focus on Market Timing and Active Management? 383 Who’s in Control? 383 Fees: What’s Your Advice Going to Cost? 385 How Do You Make Investing Decisions? .386 What’s Your Track Record? 386 What Are Your Qualifications and Training? 388 What Are Your References? 389 Do You Carry Liability Insurance? 389 Appendix: Recommended Fund Companies And Brokers 391 Index 393
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Future Internet
Book SynopsisA sneak peek at the future of the internet, from one of the web's most prescient voices In The Future Internet: How the Metaverse, Web3, and NFTs Will Transform Business & Society, acclaimed futurist, author, and digital strategist Bernard Marr delivers a compelling and engaging discussion of the technologies driving the impendingand ongoingtransformation of the internet, including blockchain, augmented reality (AR), and more. In the book, you'll explore the risks and opportunities presented by these game-changing techs and how they might impact you, your organisation, and community. The author explains how various sectors will be revolutionised by the future internet, as industries like sports, retail, energy, healthcare, education, and others feel the effects of paradigm-shifting developments in society and technology. He also discusses: Strategies for individuals seeking to leverage the coming changes in technology, employment, and cultureThe potential impact of the unprecedented combination of blockchain and AR technologiesTechniques for getting in on the ground floor of a new internet that places a heavy premium on participation and immersive experiencesAn essential and incisive exploration of what our tomorrows might bring, The Future Internet is perfect for executives, managers, and other business leaders doing their best to get a head start on tomorrow's digital economy.Table of ContentsPart I Introduction: A Whole New Internet 1 The Future Internet and the Next Digital Revolution 5 Chapter 1 The Metaverse and a More Immersive Online Experience 7 Chapter 2 Web3 and the Rise of Decentralization 25 Chapter 3 When and How Will this Future Internet Play Out? Exploring Timelines, Future Trends, and Challenges 39 Part II How the Future Internet Will Change Our World 57 Chapter 4 How Creative and Entertainment Industries Are Finding New Ways to Engage with Their Audiences 59 Chapter 5 How Fashion and Retail Brands Are Preparing for a More Immersive World 85 Chapter 6 Overhauling How We Learn (At All Stages of Life) 99 Chapter 7 Disrupting Finance, IT, and Other Service Industries 111 Chapter 8 Metaverse Hospitals and More: Healthcare in the Future Internet 127 Chapter 9 Innovating Industry, Streamlining Supply Chains: What the Future Looks Like for Manufacturing, Energy, and Other Industrial Organizations 141 Chapter 10 How Governments and Public Services Will Harness the Future Internet 155 Chapter 11 Everyday Life and Leisure in the Future Internet 167 Part III Leveraging the Future Internet in Your Business 183 Chapter 12 Rethinking Products and Services 185 Chapter 13 Rethinking Business Operations 197 Chapter 14 Attracting, Developing, and Retaining the Right Skills for the Future Internet 209 Chapter 15 Creating the Right Culture for Success 219 Chapter 16 Developing a Future Internet Strategy 235 Chapter 17 Final Words 245 About the Author 249 Index 251
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Not with a Bug But with a Sticker
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword xv Introduction xix Chapter 1: Do You Want to Be Part of the Future? 1 Business at the Speed of AI 2 Follow Me, Follow Me 4 In AI, We Overtrust 6 Area 52 Ramblings 10 I’ll Do It 12 Adversarial Attacks Are Happening 16 ML Systems Don’t Jiggle-Jiggle; They Fold 19 Never Tell Me the Odds 22 AI’s Achilles’ Heel 25 Chapter 2: Salt, Tape, and Split-Second Phantoms 29 Challenge Accepted 30 When Expectation Meets Reality 35 Color Me Blind 39 Translation Fails 42 Attacking AI Systems via Fails 44 Autonomous Trap 001 48 Common Corruption 51 Chapter 3: Subtle, Specific, and Ever-Present 55 Intriguing Properties of Neural Networks 57 They Are Everywhere 60 Research Disciplines Collide 62 Blame Canada 66 The Intelligent Wiggle-Jiggle 71 Bargain-Bin Models Will Do 75 For Whom the Adversarial Example Bell Tolls 79 Chapter 4: Here’s Something I Found on the Web 85 Bad Data = Big Problem 87 Your AI Is Powered by Ghost Workers 88 Your AI Is Powered by Vampire Novels 91 Don’t Believe Everything You Read on the Internet 94 Poisoning the Well 96 The Higher You Climb, the Harder You Fall 104 Chapter 5: Can You Keep a Secret? 107 Why Is Defending Against Adversarial Attacks Hard? 108 Masking Is Important 111 Because It Is Possible 115 Masking Alone Is Not Good Enough 118 An Average Concerned Citizen 119 Security by Obscurity Has Limited Benefit 124 The Opportunity Is Great; the Threat Is Real; the Approach Must Be Bold 125 Swiss Cheese 130 Chapter 6: Sailing for Adventure on the Deep Blue Sea 133 Why Be Securin’ AI Systems So Blasted Hard? An Economics Perspective, Me Hearties! 136 Tis a Sign, Me Mateys 141 Here Be the Most Crucial AI Law Ye’ve Nary Heard Tell Of! 144 Lies, Accursed Lies, and Explanations! 146 No Free Grub 148 Whatcha measure be whatcha get! 151 Who Be Reapin’ the Benefits? 153 Cargo Cult Science 155 Chapter 7: The Big One 159 This Looks Futuristic 161 By All Means, Move at a Glacial Pace; You Know How That Thrills Me 163 Waiting for the Big One 166 Software, All the Way Down 169 The Aftermath 172 Race to AI Safety 173 Happy Story 176 In Medias Res 178 Big-Picture Questions 181 Acknowledgments 185 Index 189
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The New Leaders 100Day Action Plan
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Executive Summary ix Tools (Note the most up-to-date, full, editable versions of all tools are downloadable at primegenesis.com/tools.) xxxi Part I The New Leader’s 100- Day Action Plan 1 Chapter 1 Position Yourself for Success: Get the Job Make Sure It Is Right for You Avoid Common Land Mines 3 Chapter 2 The Job Starts When You Accept the Offer: Leverage the Fuzzy Front End 23 Chapter 3 Take Control of Day One: Make a Powerful First Impression Confirm Your Entry Message 59 Chapter 4 Evolve the Culture Leverage Diversity 69 Chapter 5 Manage Communication, Especially Digitally with Your Remote Team 83 Chapter 6 Pivot to Strategy: Co-create the Burning Imperative by Day 30 97 Chapter 7 Drive Operational Accountability: Embed Milestone Management by Day 45 117 Chapter 8 Select Early Wins by Day 60 to Deliver Within 6 Months 135 Chapter 9 Build a High- Performing Team: Realign, Acquire, Enable, and Mentor by Day 70 141 Chapter 10 Adjust and Advance Your Own Leadership, People, Practices, and Culture by Day 100 157 Part II Special Circumstances 173 Chapter 11 Manage Your New Board 175 Chapter 12 Lead Through Mergers and Acquisitions 187 Chapter 13 Lead a Turnaround 199 Chapter 14 Lead Through a Crisis: A 100- Hour Action Plan 211 Bibliography 223 About the Authors 225 Index 227
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John Wiley & Sons Inc BlackRocks Guide to FixedIncome Risk Management
Book SynopsisAn irreplaceable roadmap to modern risk management fromrenowned experts on the subject Edited by a co-founder and the former Chief Risk Officer of BlackRockthe world's largest asset managerBlackRock's Guide to Fixed-Income Risk Management delivers an insightful blueprint to the implementation of a comprehensive investment risk management framework for buy-side firms. Leveraging the unprecedented academic and professional experience of current and former senior leaders in BlackRock's risk and portfolio management functions, as well as trading, financial modeling, and analytics experts, the book serves a practitioner's guide to investment risk management, leveraging BlackRock's risk management framework. The included chapters combine to provide chief investment officers, risk managers, portfolio managers, researchers, and compliance professionals an approach to investment risk management well-suited for today's and tomorrow's markets.The book also presents: Critical elements that underpin a strong risk management program and cultureFixed income risk management concepts and theories that can be applied to other asset classesLessons learned fromfinancial crises and the COVID-19 Pandemic Ideal for undergraduate students and students and scholars of business, finance, and risk management, BlackRock's Guide to Fixed-Income Risk Management is a one-of-a-kind combination of modern theory with proven, practical risk management strategies.Table of ContentsFrequently Used Abbreviations xvii Foreword xxi Preface xxiii Acknowledgments xxxi SECTION I An Approach to Fixed-Income Investment Risk Management 1 CHAPTER 1 An Investment Risk Management Paradigm 3Bennett W. Golub and Rick Flynn 1.1 Introduction 3 1.2 Elements of Risk Management 4 1.3 BlackRock’s Investment and Risk Management Approach 6 1.4 Introduction to the BlackRock Investment Risk Management Paradigm 7 CHAPTER 2 Parametric Approaches to Risk Management 11Bennett W. Golub and Leo M. Tilman 2.1 Introduction 11 2.2 Measuring Interest Rate Exposure: Analytical Approaches 12 2.3 Measuring Interest Rate Exposure: Empirical Approaches 30 2.4 Measuring Yield Curve Exposure 34 2.5 Measuring and Managing Volatility Related Risks 40 2.6 Measuring Credit Risk 47 2.7 Measuring Mortgage-Related Risks 50 2.8 Measuring Impact of Time 52 CHAPTER 3 Modeling Yield Curve Dynamics 59Bennett W. Golub and Leo M. Tilman 3.1 Probability Distributions of Systematic Risk Factors 59 3.2 Principal Component Analysis: Theory and Applications 61 3.3 Probability Distributions of Interest Rate Shocks 75 CHAPTER 4 Portfolio Risk: Estimation and Decomposition 81Amandeep Dhaliwal and Tom Booker 4.1 Introduction 81 4.2 Portfolio Volatility and Factor Structure 83 4.3 Covariance Matrix Estimation 85 4.4 Ex Ante Risk and VaR Methodologies 93 4.5 Introduction to Risk Decomposition 103 4.6 Alternative Approaches to Risk Decomposition 104 4.7 Risk Decomposition Using CTR 108 4.8 Risk Decomposition Through Time 116 4.9 Risk Decomposition: Summary 119 CHAPTER 5 Market-Driven Scenarios: An Approach for Plausible Scenario Construction 125Bennett W. Golub, David Greenberg, and Ronald Ratcliffe 5.1 Introduction 125 5.2 Implied Stress Testing Framework 127 5.3 Developing Useful Scenarios 134 5.4 A Market-Driven Scenario Example: Brexit 136 5.5 Conclusion 142 CHAPTER 6 A Framework to Quantify and Price Geopolitical Risks 145Catherine Kress, Carl Patchen, Ronald Ratcliffe, Eric Van Nostrand, and Kemin Yang 6.1 Introduction 145 6.2 Setting the Scene 146 6.3 BlackRock’s Framework for Analyzing Geopolitical Risks 149 6.4 Global Trade Deep Dive 149 6.5 What Is Already Priced In? 153 6.6 Taking Action 156 6.7 Caveats and Cautions 159 CHAPTER 7 Liquidity Risk Management 163Bennett W. Golub, Philip Sommer, Stefano Pasquali, Michael Huang, Kristen Walters, and Nikki Azznara 7.1 Introduction 163 7.2 A Brief History of Liquidity Risk Management 164 7.3 A Fund Liquidity Risk Framework 166 7.4 Asset Liquidity 166 7.5 Redemption Risk 169 7.6 Liquidity Stress Testing 170 7.7 Extraordinary Measures 171 7.8 Fixed-Income Data Availability Limitations 171 7.9 Conclusion 181 CHAPTER 8 Using Portfolio Optimization Techniques to Manage Risk 183Alex Ulitsky, Bennett W. Golub, Leo M. Tilman, and Jack Hattem 8.1 Risk Measurement Versus Risk Management 183 8.2 Typical Fixed-Income Hedges 185 8.3 Parametric Hedging Techniques 187 8.4 Generalized Approach to Hedging 189 8.5 Advanced Portfolio Optimization and Risk Management Techniques 207 CHAPTER 9 Risk Governance 219Bennett W. Golub 9.1 Introduction 219 9.2 Risk Scan Standard Framework 219 9.3 Risk and Performance Target (RPT) Framework 221 9.4 Governance 223 CHAPTER 10 Risk-Return Awareness and Behavioral Finance 225Emily Haisley and Nicky Lai 10.1 Introduction 225 10.2 Portfolio and Risk Manager Partnership 226 10.3 Behavioral Risk Management for Fixed Income 227 10.4 Decision-Making Analytics 229 10.5 Investment Process 235 10.6 Conclusion 241 CHAPTER 11 Performance Attribution 243Reade Ryan and Carol Yu 11.1 Introduction 243 11.2 Brinson Attribution and Beyond 244 11.3 Factor-Based Attribution 252 11.4 Equity Fundamental Factor-Based Attribution 256 CHAPTER 12 Performance Analysis 259Mark Paltrowitz, Mark Temple-Jones, Viola Dunne, and Christopher Calingo 12.1 Introduction 259 12.2 Performance Governance 260 12.3 Performance Metrics 260 12.4 Conclusion 266 CHAPTER 13 Evolving the Risk Management Paradigm 267Bennett W. Golub, Michael Huang, and Joe Buehlmeyer 13.1 Introduction 267 13.2 Traditional Buy-Side Risk Management Framework 268 13.3 Evolving the IRMP: In Pursuit of Investment Risk Management at Scale 268 13.4 Risk Governance 270 13.5 Supporting Risk Governance Through Technology 270 13.6 Implementing a Risk Governance Framework Through Aladdin 271 13.7 Aladdin's Risk Radar Example 271 13.8 Conclusion 276 SECTION II Fixed-Income Risk Management—Then and Now 277 CHAPTER 14 The Modernization of the Bond Market 279Daniel Veiner, Stephen Laipply, Carolyn Weinberg, Samara Cohen, Vasiliki Pachatouridi, and Hui Sien Koay 14.1 Charting the Evolution of Bond Markets 279 14.2 The Development of an Index-Based Ecosystem 285 14.3 Implications for Investing, Portfolio Management, and Risk Management 289 14.4 The Future State of Portfolio Construction 290 14.5 Conclusion 290 CHAPTER 15 The LIBOR Transition 293Jack Hattem 15.1 Introduction 293 15.2 Implications to Portfolio and Risk Management 295 15.3 Shift from LIBOR to SOFR 295 15.4 Risk Management Impact and Coordination 297 15.5 Reflections on a Benchmark Reforms 298 CHAPTER 16 Derivatives Reform: The Rise of Swap Execution Facilities and Central Counterparties 301Eileen Kiely and Jack Hattem 16.1 The Call for Change: 2008 Global Financial Crisis 301 16.2 The Value of Derivatives in Fixed-Income Portfolios 302 16.3 Trading Fixed-Income Derivatives: The Rise of SEFs 304 16.4 Clearing Fixed-Income Derivatives: The Rise of CCPs 305 16.5 CCP Risk Mitigation Techniques 306 16.6 The Call for Change: Market Participants Ask for Stronger CCPs 308 16.7 Conclusion 311 SECTION III Lessons from the Credit Crisis and Coronavirus Pandemic 313 CHAPTER 17 Risk Management Lessons Worth Remembering from the Credit Crisis of 2007–2009 315Bennett W. Golub and Conan Crum 17.1 Introduction 315 17.2 The Paramount Importance of Liquidity 316 17.3 Investors in Securitized Products Need to Look Past the Data to the Underlying Behavior of the Assets 326 17.4 Certification Is Useless During Systemic Events 331 17.5 Market Risk Can Change Dramatically 332 17.6 The Changing Nature of Market Risk 336 17.7 By the Time a Crisis Strikes, It’s Too Late to Start Preparing 337 17.8 Conclusion 338 CHAPTER 18 Reflections on Buy-Side Risk Management After (or Between) the Storms 341Bennett W. Golub and Conan Crum 18.1 Introduction 341 18.2 Risk Management Requires Institutional Buy-In 341 18.3 The Alignment and Management of Institutional Interests 342 18.4 Getting Risk Takers to Think Like Risk Managers 345 18.5 Independent Risk Management Organizations 345 18.6 Clearly Define Fiduciary Obligations 347 18.7 Bottom-Up Risk Management 348 18.8 Risk Models Require Constant Vigilance 349 18.9 Risk Management Does Not Mean Risk Avoidance 350 CHAPTER 19 Lessons Worth Considering from the COVID-19 Crisis 353Barbara Novick, Joanna Cound, Kate Fulton, and Winnie Pun 19.1 Introduction 353 19.2 Background 354 19.3 Core Principles Underpinning Recommendations 354 19.4 March 2020: Capital Markets Highlights and Official Sector Intervention 355 19.5 COVID-19 Lessons: What Worked and What Needs to be Addressed 357 19.6 Recommendations to Enhance the Resilience of Capital Markets 363 19.7 Concerns with Macroprudential Controls 368 19.8 Conclusion 369 19.9 Postscript 369 Notes 370 Bibliography 373 About the Website 383 About the Editor 385 About the Contributors 387 Index 391
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Cryptocurrency Mining For Dummies
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 1 Foolish Assumptions 2 Icons Used in This Book 2 Beyond the Book 3 Where to Go from Here 3 Part 1: Getting Started with Cryptocurrency Mining 5 Chapter 1: Cryptocurrency Explained 7 A Short History of Digital Dollars 8 First, take the Internet 8 Add credit card confusion 8 Add a dash of David Chaum 9 Result? DigiCash, E-Gold, Millicent, CyberCash, and More 10 The Bitcoin white paper 10 Bitcoin: The first blockchain app 11 Who (or what) is Satoshi Nakamoto? 12 What’s the Blockchain? 13 Blockchain around the world — the blockchain network 13 Hashing: “Fingerprinting” blocks 14 Blockchain is “immutable” 15 Where’s the Money? 16 What’s the Crypto in Cryptocurrency? 18 Public Key Encryption Magic 20 Messages to the blockchain 21 Signing messages with the private key 22 The blockchain address — your money’s home 22 Sending a transaction message 23 Unraveling the message 24 The Basic Components of Cryptocurrency 25 What’s in a wallet? 25 Private keys create public keys 26 Public keys create blockchain addresses 26 The private key controls the address 26 Where Does Crypto Come From? The Crypto Mines (Sometimes) 27 Chapter 2: Understanding Cryptocurrency Mining 29 Understanding Decentralized Currencies 30 Exploring the Role of the Crypto Miner 31 Making Cryptocurrency Trustworthy 32 Reaching Agreement through Consensus Algorithms 34 Looking at the Cryptocurrency Miner 35 Making the Crypto World Go ‘Round 37 Chapter 3: Building Blocks: The Transaction’s Journey to the Blockchain 39 The Cryptocurrency Network 40 Submitting Transactions 44 Looking at transaction fees 44 Change address 46 Verifying the transaction 47 Competing for Bitcoin, the ten-minute contest 48 Winning the Bitcoin 50 Chapter 4: Exploring the Different Forms of Mining 53 Proof-of-Work Algorithms 53 Proof-of-work applications 55 Proof-of-work examples 56 Upsides 58 Downsides 59 Proof-of-Stake Algorithms 60 Proof of stake explained 60 Proof-of-stake selections 62 PoS example cryptocurrencies 63 Upsides 64 Downsides 64 Hybrid Proof of Stake/Proof of Work 65 Hybrids explained 66 Hybridized examples 68 Upsides 68 Downsides 69 Delegated Proof of Stake 69 Delegated Byzantine Fault Tolerance 69 Proof of Burn 70 And More 71 Part 2: the Evolution of Cryptocurrency Mining 73 Chapter 5: The Evolution of Mining 75 Proof of Work Mining Evolution 76 CPU mining 76 Adoption of GPUs 76 Rise of the FPGAs 77 Dominance and efficiency of ASICs 77 The Days of Solo Mining 79 Pool Mining 80 What is a mining pool? 80 Choosing a pool 81 Pros and cons of pool mining 82 Cloud Mining 83 Pool mining versus cloud mining 84 Pros and cons of cloud mining 84 Chapter 6: The Future of Cryptocurrency Mining 85 Incentivization of Energy Exploration 85 Underutilized hydroelectric dams 86 Oil and gas flaring 87 Continued Computational Efficiency Improvements 88 Doing more with less 88 Approaching the limits of physics 88 Corporate and Nation State Participation 89 Nation states 89 Corporations 91 Future speculation 91 The Mythical Miner Death Spiral 92 Block difficulty 93 Block difficulty adjustment algorithm 93 Miners of last resort 95 Part 3: Becoming a Cryptocurrency Miner 97 Chapter 7: Mining Made Simple: Finding a Pool and Preparing an Account 99 Understanding How Pool Mining Works 100 Choosing a Pool 102 Pools that are good starting points 103 A few of the largest pools 103 Incentives and rewards 105 Pool ideology 108 Pool reputation 108 Pool fees 110 Pool percentage of the total network 110 Setting Up a Pool Account 113 Server choice 113 Mining equipment pool settings 113 Payout addresses 114 Payout thresholds 115 Researching Mining Pools 115 Cloud Mining 116 Working with Cudo Miner 118 Chapter 8: Picking a Cryptocurrency to Mine 123 Determining Your Goal 124 Mineable? PoW? PoS? 126 Researching Cryptocurrencies 127 Mining profitability comparison sites 127 Algorithms and cryptocurrencies 131 The cryptocurrency’s details page 138 Mining-profit calculators 140 The cryptocurrency’s home page 141 GitHub 142 The cryptocurrency’s Wikipedia page 143 Mining forums 144 Going Deep 144 Longevity of a cryptocurrency 144 Hash rate and cryptocurrency security 145 Community support 146 Knowing That Decentralization Is a Good Thing 148 Finding Out It’s an Iterative Process 151 Chapter 9: Gathering Your Mining Gear 153 Selecting the Correct Computational Mining Hardware 153 Specified hash rate 154 Specified power consumption 156 Equipment cost and other considerations 161 Length of time your hardware will be viable 162 Mining Equipment Manufacturers 164 ASIC rig producers 164 Mining container producers 165 GPU rig producers 165 Finding a Wallet to Store and Protect Your Private Keys 166 Where to Mine? Selecting a Viable Location 166 Vet your home for cryptocurrency mining 166 Communication requirements 167 Power source thoughts 168 Data centers and other dedicated commercial locations 172 Chapter 10: Setting Up Your Mining Hardware 175 ASIC Mining Rigs 175 Racks 176 Power supply 177 PDUs 179 Network and Ethernet connection 180 A computer to control your rig 181 GPU Mining Rigs 183 Getting your GPU rig online 183 Building your own GPU miner 185 CPU Mining 195 Mining Software 196 Pool mining 196 Solo mining 200 Part 4: the Economics of Mining 201 Chapter 11: Running the Numbers: Is It Worth It? 203 Factors That Determine Mining Profitability 204 Cost of equipment 204 Hash rate of your equipment 206 Mining rig efficiency 210 Cost of electricity 213 Total network hash rate 217 Information about your pool 217 Block earnings 218 Cryptocurrency conversion rate 218 Calculating Your ROI 218 Your block earnings 219 Your expenses 223 Calculating ROI 223 Knowing the unknowns 224 Online profitability calculators 225 Historical estimates 226 Chapter 12: Reducing Negatives and Gaining an Edge 229 Profitability through Efficiency 230 Upgrading aging equipment 230 Mining different cryptocurrencies 230 Using exhaust heat 231 Reducing electricity bills 232 Knowledge Is Power 234 Why current events are important 235 The “fork wars” 236 Your forking decisions 240 Here Today, Gone Tomorrow 244 Evaluating Your Mining Resources 245 Increasing mining competition 245 Increasing block difficulty 245 Diminishing returns due to halving events 246 Chapter 13: Running Your Cryptocurrency Business 249 What to Do with Your Mined Cryptocurrency 250 Convert your cryptocurrency 250 Buying equipment and paying bills 250 Paying with crypto when you can’t pay with crypto 251 Expand or upgrade your mining operation 253 But don’t forget the tax 253 Hodling your cryptocurrency 253 Invest your cryptocurrency 255 Donate your cryptocurrency to charity 256 Gift your cryptocurrency 256 Determining When to Sell 257 Cryptocurrency market indicators 257 Where to sell: Cryptocurrency exchanges 260 Dollar Cost Averaging 260 Dollar cost averaging your purchases 261 Cost averaging your exits 262 Custodial exchange risk 262 Tax and Your Mining Business 263 But you’re mining, not investing 263 It gets complicated 264 Scaling Up? 265 Do not overextend 266 Milestones to meet before you reinvest 266 Planning your expansion 268 Part 5: the Part of Tens 271 Chapter 14: Ten (or So) Tips for When the Market Dips 273 Have a Plan, Hedge Your Mine 274 How Long Can You Last? 275 Learn from Market History 277 Don’t Panic! (Keep Calm and Carry On?) 279 Buy the Dip 280 Look for the Advantages 281 Anticipate the Market Recovery 281 Learn From Your First Dip 282 Consider Market Volatility 283 Switch to Another Cryptocurrency 285 Stop Mining! 286 These are simple calculations 287 Stop or go? 289 Chapter 15: Ten Ways to Boost Your Return on Investment 291 Doing Your Homework 291 Timing Your Entry 292 Playing the Markets 293 Identifying Low Hash Rate Alternative Cryptocurrencies 293 Mining the Start of a Chain 294 Starting Small 297 Scaling Choices 297 Finding Cheap Electricity 298 Cooling Efficiently 299 Scoring Hardware Deals 300 Chapter 16: Ten Types of Cryptocurrency Resources 303 Cryptocurrency Market Trackers 304 Mining Profitability Estimation Tools 304 Cryptocurrency Reddit Pages 304 Blockchain Explorers 305 Data Visualizations 306 Cryptocurrency Data and Statistics 307 Cryptocurrency Wikis 307 Cryptocurrency White Papers 308 The Satoshi Nakamoto Institute 308 A Cypherpunk’s Manifesto 309 Bitcoin Guides and Walkthroughs 309 Chapter 17: Ten Criticisms of Cryptocurrencies and Mining 311 Energy Consumption 312 Wasted Processing 315 Scalability, Transaction Speed, and Throughput 317 Coin Distribution Fairness 319 Market Bubbles and Volatility 319 Centralization 320 Scams and Rip-offs 321 Hardware Price Inflation and Scarcity 322 Fire Hazards 323 Neighbor Complaints 323 Index 325
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Seeing the Unseen
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xi About the Authors xiii Introduction 1 Part I: Understanding Chinese Tech Companies Chapter 1: The Shark versus the Crocodile 15 Chapter 2: Strategy and Tactics of Chinese Tech Companies 29 Chapter 3: Everyone Is Going Global 39 Part II: Pop- Leadership Chapter 4: Leadership 47 Chapter 5: People 73 Chapter 6: Organization 101 Chapter 7: Product 123 Part III: Resteering the Wheel Chapter 8: The Inflection Point 151 Chapter 9: The Global Chinese Community Fills the Gaps 161 Chapter 10: Connecting the Dots 185 Chapter 11: Cross- Pollination of Global Markets 199 Epilogue 217 Index 219
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John Wiley & Sons Financial Valuation
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Van Life For Dummies
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part 1: Getting into Van Life 5 Chapter 1: What Is Van Life? 7 Chapter 2: Knowing Whether Van Life Is for You 15 Part 2: Building the Perfect Camper 31 Chapter 3: Buying the Right Van 33 Chapter 4: A Beginner’s Guide to Fiberglassing 55 Chapter 5: Finding Your Footing with Flooring 61 Chapter 6: Building Your Internal Structure 71 Chapter 7: Getting Some Air: Windows and Skylights 89 Chapter 8: Getting to Grips with Electrics 105 Chapter 9: Putting Your Electrical System Together 135 Chapter 10: Adding Insulation and Cladding 179 Chapter 11: Creating Storage and Sleeping Quarters 197 Chapter 12: Useful Utilities: Gas, Water, and Heating 217 Part 3: Living Your Best Van Life 245 Chapter 13: Changing Your V5 Form and Insurance 247 Chapter 14: Bringing Along the Comforts of Home 255 Chapter 15: Managing Life’s Essentials: Cooking, Showering, and Going to the Bathroom 271 Chapter 16: Enjoying the Great Outdoors 287 Chapter 17: Working Remotely from a Tiny Traveling Home 315 Part 4: The Part of Tens 329 Chapter 18: Ten Van Life Kitchen Hacks 331 Chapter 19: Ten Essential Items for the Perfect Road Trip 337 Chapter 20: Ten Tips for Budgeting While on the Road 341 Index 349
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John Wiley & Sons Inc SOFR Futures and Options
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword by Galen Burghardt vii Introduction 1 Section One Concepts 15 Chapter 1 SOFR 17 Chapter 2 SOFR Futures 35 Chapter 3 SOFR Lending Markets and the Term Rate 73 Chapter 4 SOFR Spread Futures and the Basis 93 Chapter 5 SOFR Future Options 115 Chapter 6 Pricing Biases and SOFR Curve Building 143 Section Two Use Cases 163 Chapter 7 Simple Examples of Hedging with SOFR Futures 165 Chapter 8 Hedging the CME Term SOFR Rate 177 Chapter 9 Hedging Swaps and Bonds with SOFR Futures 191 Chapter 10 Hedging Caps and Floors with SOFR Futures Options 211 Bibliography 227 Index 229
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Leading Growth
Book SynopsisIncrease revenue and achieve sustainable sales growth and success In Leading Growth: The Proven Formula for Consistently Increasing Revenue, veteran B2B sales professional and coach Anthony Iannarino delivers an expert guide to enabling revenue growth in your sales team. In the book, you'll explore the fundamentals of organizational leadership, including vision, transformation, strategy, communication, and decision-making. You'll also define new frameworks for growth involving the people, planning, pipeline, and efficacy that make up your strategy. The author also presents: Strategies to help salespeople create and win new opportunities for revenue growth Ways to grow revenue when you're required to deal with a task force or team of decision-makers who seem bent on preventing any kind of meaningful change Methods for shortening an ever-lengthening sales cycle An indispensable resource for salespeople and sales leaders at eveTable of ContentsPrologue vii Foreword ix Introduction 1 Part I Foundations for Growth 13 Chapter 1 Vision 15 Chapter 2 Transformation 31 Chapter 3 Communication 47 Part II Taking the Lead 63 Chapter 4 Leadership Styles 65 Chapter 5 Decision-Making 83 Chapter 6 Strategy and Alignment 97 Part III Accountability, People, and Effectiveness 113 Chapter 7 Accountability 115 Chapter 8 Structures of Accountability 133 Chapter 9 People 145 Chapter 10 Effectiveness 161 Part IV An Eye to the Future 179 Chapter 11 Opportunities 181 Chapter 12 Forecasts 197 Chapter 13 Protecting the Sales Force 213 Chapter 14 Cadence 227 Chapter 15 Your Next Vision 241 Epilogue 253 Acknowledgment 255 About the Author 257 Index 259
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Superpower
Book SynopsisLearn to find your own superpowers with this inspiring journey of self-acceptance In Superpower, bestselling author Kate Leavell delivers a compelling story of self-love, appreciation, and the power of sharing and connecting with those around us through vulnerability and understanding. In the book, a soccer coach tells his players about the adventures of the new kid at school who's afraid of being teased and bullied. Through the help of a special teacher, he and his classmates learn to overcome challenges and harness the power of seeking to understand new perspectives and viewpoints. The class experiences the power of connection inside the activities during puzzle week, and along with their new student, finds the confidence to embrace their unique traits and appreciate and celebrate the uniqueness in each other. In Superpower, you'll find: Games to help you discover common interests and get to know those around you on a deeper levelTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Introduction xiii Chapter 1: Moving Day 1 Chapter 2: Can You Hear Me? 7 Chapter 3: The Most Ordinary Kid Has His First Day of School 13 Chapter 4: Mr. E 19 Chapter 5: Dinner Download 29 Chapter 6: Puzzle Week Begins 39 Chapter 7: Learn What You Have in Common 45 Chapter 8: Discover How Others See the World 55 Chapter 9: The Perspective Box 65 Chapter 10: The Field Trip 77 Chapter 11: Are You a Giraffe? 85 Chapter 12: What’s Under Your Hat? 95 Chapter 13: No More Hiding 103 Chapter 14: The Museum 111 Chapter 15: The Museum of Inimitable History 119 Chapter 16: Emma 129 Chapter 17: Becoming the Most Extraordinary Kid 139 Chapter 18: Becoming Inimitable 149 Chapter 19: Mr. Inimitable Has Arrived 155 Chapter 20: Story Time with the Soccer Team 161 Discussion Questions 171 The Original Mr. Inimitable 185 Resources 193 About the Author 195 About the Illustrator 197
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Everyday Feminist
Book SynopsisAn invigorating exploration of impactful feminist movements and strategies for replicating their success In The Everyday Feminist: The Key to Sustainable Social Impact-Driving Movements We Need Now More than Ever, accomplished feminist activist and executive Latanya Mapp Frett delivers a powerful and practical exploration of the factors that make a feminist social movement impactful in its place and time. In the book, you''ll discover popular and not-so-popular social movements and the leaders, art, research, and narratives that drove them. The author explains what made these social movements so effective and explains the steps that organizations, nonprofits, and social impact professionals can take to replicate that success on the ground and in the present. The book also includes: Discussions of the importance of feminist funds in bankrolling critical feminist movements Explanations of the roles played by men and boys in builTable of ContentsPreface xvii Acknowledgments xix Foreword xxi Introduction: My Story and Challenging the Feminist Funding Gap xxv Part I The Underappreciated, Under-Resourced But Overachieving Everyday Feminist 1 Chapter 1 What Is an Everyday Feminist and Why Do They Matter for Social Impact? 3 Chapter 2 Leading Social Movements for Sustainable Impact 21 Chapter 3 How We're Failing to Fund Our Most Powerful Change Agents--Everyday Feminists 39 Part II The Everyday Feminist in Action 51 Chapter 4 Stay in the Game Even When You Win 53 Chapter 5 If It Walks and Talks Like a Feminist Leader, Follow 67 Chapter 6 Feminists Work for Men and Boys, Too 77 Chapter 7 The Closer You Are to Impact Matters 89 Chapter 8 Remember the Past . . . to Craft the Future 103 Chapter 9 If the System Is Broke, Let a Feminist Fix It--In Any Sector 115 Chapter 10 Quality Partnership Is a Thing: Take Real and Unique Steps Together 127 Chapter 11 Start Feminism Young 141 Part III Getting on Board with the Everyday Feminist 151 Chapter 12 Why You Need the Everyday Feminist 153 Chapter 13 Why Everyday Feminists Need You 161 Chapter 14 Don't Re-create the Wheel: The Role of Feminist Funds 167 Conclusion: Unleashing the Power of the Everyday Feminist for Us and Our World 177 Notes 185 Resources 195 About the Author 199 Index 201
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Embedded Finance
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsChapter One The Next Financial Revolution 1 Chapter Two The Origins of Embedded Finance 9 Chapter Three Big Tech and Beyond 45 Chapter Four Embedded Finance in the Offline World 69 Chapter Five The Right Ingredients Are Now in Place 117 Chapter Six A More Sustainable and Equal World 161 Chapter Seven 2030: How Embedded Finance Takes Over the World 197 Acknowledgments 223 About the Authors 225 Index 227
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Blockchain and Web3
Book SynopsisAn in-depth and authoritative treatment of one of the most pressing topics of our time In Blockchain and Web3: Building the Cryptocurrency, Privacy, and Security Foundations of the Metaverse, two tech and finance experts deliver a comprehensive and accessible guide to the present and future of blockchain technology and how it will form the foundation of a new, better internet. To support a concept as bold as the Metaverse, we need several orders of magnitude more powerful computing capability, accessible at much lower latencies, across a multitude of devices and screens. You'll discover how blockchain can accelerate data flow, exchange, and transactions to create and transfer value around the world and, at the same time, how it can be used to protect user data privacy and security with decentralized web infrastructures. The book also includes: Discussions of how sovereign governments are entering the blockchain fray and how their entry, especially with CTable of ContentsForeword xi Acknowledgments xvii About the Authors xxiii Preface xxvii Part I Mega Convergence of Digital Technologies in Metaverse 1 Chapter 1 Metaverse: Convergence of Tech and Business Models 3 Chapter 2 Blockchain, the Backbone of Web3 33 Part II Blockchain Breakthroughs Set the Transaction, Privacy, and Security Foundation for the Digital Economy 69 Chapter 3 Cryptocurrencies and Tokenomics 71 Chapter 4 DeFi (Decentralized Finance): Bankless Metaverse 97 Chapter 5 NFTs, Creator Economy, and Open Metaverse 131 Chapter 6 Blockchain Gaming in Metaverse 157 Chapter 7 Metaverse Privacy: Blockchain vs. Big Tech 183 Chapter 8 Metaverse Security 217 Part III Three-Way War among Open Metaverse, Big Tech Walled Gardens, and Sovereign States 255 Chapter 9 Public Crypto, Government CBDC, and Big Tech Coin 257 Chapter 10 Web3 Creator Economy on Blockchain 289 Glossary 323 Index 349
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John Wiley & Sons Inc CompTIA Project Certification Kit Exam PK0005
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Metaverse Handbook
Book SynopsisThe metaverse is here. Are you ready? In?The Metaverse Handbook: Innovating for the Internet''s Next Tectonic Shift, a duo of experienced tech and culture experts delivers a can''t-miss guide to participating in the most promising new technology since the advent of the web. Through dozens of metaverse creator case studies and concise, actionable insights, you''ll walk away from this book understanding how to explore and implement the latest metaverse tech emerging from blockchain, XR, and web3. In The Metaverse Handbook, you''ll discover: What the metaverse is, why you should care about it, and how to build your metaverse strategy The history of the metaverse and primers on critical technologies driving the metaverse, including non-fungible tokens, XR, the blockchain, and web3 How to unearth unique metaverse opportunities in digital communities, commerce, and immersive experiences As the metaverse has raTable of ContentsAbout the Authors vi Acknowledgments ix Foreword xvii Introduction xxi Chapter 1 A Vision for the Metaverse in 2032 1 Extended Reality Emerges 3 Your Own Personalized Metaverse 4 The Rise of Bots and Digital Humans 6 The Ubiquitous Metaverse 9 Chapter 2 What Is the Metaverse? 11 From Snow Crash to Meta 13 Defining the Metaverse 19 The Metaverse Represents the Next Digital Shifts 21 Changes to Digital Identity 23 Changes to Digital Value 28 Digital Respect and Signaling Identity 30 Access to Exclusive Internet Experiences 31 Crowdfunding 2.0 33 Changes to Internet Immersion 36 It Starts with Web3 Communities 39 What’s the Metaverse’s Interface? 40 Preparing for the Metaverse 41 Chapter 3 Why You Should Care About the Metaverse Now 45 The Well-Timed Interest Geek 47 Interest Geeks of the Metaverse 50 Interest Geeks Over Power Brokers 53 Chapter 4 History of the Metaverse 57 La Réalité Virtuelle 58 The Early Internet 60 Early Virtual Worlds 62 Blockchain and Digital Assets 65 The Modern Metaverse 68 Chapter 5 The Metaverse Building Blocks 75 The Main Metaverse Tools 78 The Secondary Metaverse Tools 82 Building Your First Metaverse Asset 85 Chapter 6 Enter the Metaverse 87 Sandbox Metaverses 92 Decentraland 93 The Sandbox 103 Cryptovoxels 105 Somnium Space 105 Honorable Mentions 106 Gaming Metaverses 108 Miscellaneous Metaverses 114 Digital Presence 114 Phygital Commerce 115 Readymade Metaverse Environments 116 Social VR Worlds 117 The Mass Migration to the Metaverse 118 Chapter 7 Metaverse Assets 121 What We Will Own in the Metaverse 125 Avatars 126 Accessories 129 Objects 132 Real Estate 134 Metaverse Asset Management 136 Chapter 8 Challenges of the Metaverse 139 Interoperable Economies 140 Interoperable Graphics and Hardware 145 The Negative Narratives of the Metaverse 147 Chapter 9 Your Metaverse Plan 151 Designing Your Metaverse Plan 152 For Brands and Corporations with IP 153 For Entertainers 156 For Metaverse Interest Geeks 157 Further Reading at MetaverseQT.com 158 Index 161
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Industrial Megaprojects
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Freelance Your Way to Freedom
Book SynopsisMaster the new realities of work with this step-by-step guide to freelancing In Freelance Your Way to Freedom: How to Free Yourself from the Corporate World and Build the Life of Your Dreams, freelancing phenomenon Alex Fasulo delivers a practical, step-by-step guide to navigating the potential and perils of launching your very own side hustle. In the book, the author draws on her own experience transforming a $36,000/year Fiverr side hustle into a million-dollar enterprise. She explains how to manage those critical moments in business when decisions need to be made quickly and without warning. You'll find concrete tips and hands-on examples to make the gig economy work for you, Freelance Your Way to Freedom also includes: The good, the bad, and the ugly about the new work economy Relatable struggles, mindset challenges, and a woman's perspective on solopreneurship Anecdotes and examples that show you how to apply theTable of ContentsForeword xi Preface xix Acknowledgments xxiii 1 You Can Be Financially Free 1 I Freelancing 7 2 Why Freelancing First Makes Sense 9 3 Getting on More Than One Freelancing Platform 19 4 Why You Should Create a Freelancing Agency 29 5 Adjusting to a Freelancing Lifestyle 37 6 Meeting Customer Expectations 47 7 The Upper Echelons of Freelancing Platforms 59 II Side Hustling 67 8 Breaking Down Your Freelancing Income 69 9 Top Ten Side Hustles to Consider 77 10 Picking the Right Side Hustles for You 91 11 Time Management Expectations 99 12 Automating Your Side Hustles for Passive Income 107 13 Vetting Virtual Assistants 117 14 Building Out Your Virtual Team 123 III Personal Branding 131 15 Using Your Freelance and Side Hustle Success to Launch a Personal Brand 133 16 Identifying Your Core Personal Brand Components 141 17 Picking the Right Social Media Apps for You 149 18 Creating and Automating Content 159 19 Handling Online Criticism and Hate 167 20 TikTok Goes the Clock 173 21 A Crash Course on Virality 179 IV Financial Freedom 187 22 Key Concepts for Investing Your Money 189 23 Seeing Yourself as a Financially Free Person 197 24 The Benefits of Systems That Work in Your Place 205 25 The “Seven Streams of Income” Rule 211 26 Building Your Financial Freedom Tribe 219 References 225 About the Author 229 Index 231
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Times Up
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword xi Preface xv Acknowledgments xxiii About the Authors xxix The Keynote and the Workshop: How to Read This Book xxxiii I The Keynote 1 1 What Got You Here Won’t Get You There Thank Goodness! 3 2 We All Have a Story— Here’s a New One for You 11 3 Time- Driven Sucks Impact- Driven Matters 27 4 How Aretha Got It Right 41 5 This Could Be the Most Important Business Question Ever 47 6 Thank Goodness— A New Definition for ESG That Really Does Make a Difference 79 7 The Ongoing Upward Spiral—Perhaps a Different Kind of Legacy 87 II the Workshop 97 8 A Renaissance: The Subscription Economy 99 9 The Direct Primary Care Disrupters 107 10 Business Model Evolution 119 11 Purpose, Strategy, and Positioning 137 12 Marketing, Innovation, and Risk 151 13 Customer Transformations 167 14 Two Timeless Truths and Two Theories 179 15 Pricing the Relationship 189 16 Customer Segmentation and Pricing Tiers 205 17 Pricing the Portfolio 217 18 Measurements and Moral Hazards 239 19 Subscription Business Income Statement and KPIs 257 20 Knowledge Worker KPIs and the After- Action Review (AAR) 279 21 From Zero Defects to Zero Defections 297 22 Adoption Models 311 23 What’s Next? 327 References 335 Index 349
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Creo Parametric Modeling with Augmented Reality
Book SynopsisCreo Parametric Modeling with Augmented Reality Tutorial-based introduction to 3D Modeling with Creo Parametric, including images to be scanned and viewed using an AR mobile app Using a tutorial approach, Creo Parametric Modeling with Augmented Reality provides an introduction to the modeling techniques and functionality of Creo Parametric, beginning with an overview of parametric design and Creo's sketching capabilities and 3D tools; proceeding through design methods and skills related to patterns, dimensions, sections, assemblies, and tolerances and GD&T; and concluding by connecting Creo's capabilities to the more specialized skills of Finite Element Analysis, mechanism animation, and sheet metal design. Each chapter includes highly visual, step-by-step examples that readers can follow to develop their modeling skills. The tutorials can be used on their own or in conjunction with an AR mobile app that allows select images to be viewed as 3D images that can be rotated, scaled, and eTable of Contents1 Introduction to Parametric Design 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.1.1 What is Creo Parametric? 2 1.1.2 Definitions 2 1.2 Introduction to Computer-Aided Design 3 1.2.1 Design Process 3 1.2.2 Free Creo Download and Installation (Student Version) 4 1.2.3 Creo Installation 5 1.2.4 Starting Creo Parametric 7 1.2.5 Augmented Reality Companion Application and Image Targets 9 2 Introduction to Sketch 11 2.1 Introduction 11 2.1.1 Select Working Directory 12 2.1.2 Starting New Project 13 2.1.3 Start New Sketch 15 2.1.4 Add Constraints 17 2.1.5 Define and Modify Dimensions 18 2.1.6 Create Holes with Sketch 20 2.1.7 Fillet Command 22 2.1.8 Finish and Extrude the Sketch 24 2.1.9 Sketch Counterbore 25 Chapter Problems 27 3 Revolve and Sweep 31 3.1 Introduction 31 3.1.1 Start New Sketch 34 3.1.2 Select Centerline 34 3.1.3 Define and Modify Dimensions 36 3.1.4 Revolve 38 3.1.5 Start New Sketch 40 3.1.6 Create the Flap Flanges 46 3.1.7 Start New Sketch 49 3.1.8 Revolve Center Hub and Handle 51 3.1.9 Central Hub Support Modeling 52 3.1.10 Sweep Support Bar 54 3.1.11 Radial Pattern Handlebar Supports 55 Chapter Problems 57 4 3D Features/Modifiers 61 4.1 Introduction 61 Chapter Problems 82 5 Introduction to Drawing 85 5.1 Introduction 85 5.1.1 Drawing Format/Template 85 Chapter Problems 105 6 Drawing Tools 109 6.1 Introduction 109 6.1.1 Planar Section 112 6.1.2 Radial Datum Axis Circle 115 6.1.3 Part Orientation 118 6.1.4 Detail View 120 6.1.5 Offset Section Drawing 125 6.1.6 Adding Text onto the Dimensional Values 129 6.1.7 Adding an Auxiliary View 131 Chapter Problems 132 7 Assemblies 135 7.1 Introduction 135 7.1.1 Start Assembly 137 7.1.2 Start Assembly 151 7.1.3 Pattern Assembling 157 Chapter Problems 168 8 Assembly Drawings 177 8.1 Introduction to ASM Drawings 177 8.1.1 Table of Report 188 8.1.2 Create Isometric view 194 Chapter Problems 197 9 Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing GD&T 199 9.1 Introduction 199 9.1.1 GD&T Symbols 201 9.1.2 Dimension Tolerance 206 9.1.3 Add Datum References 209 9.1.4 Knowledge Check Activity 211 Chapter Problems 214 10 Finite Element Analysis (FEA) 217 10.1 Introduction 217 10.1.1 Simulation Lite Add-On Installation 218 10.1.2 Design Revision for FEA 230 10.1.3 Design Revision from FEA 231 10.1.4 Independent Challenge Activity 235 Chapter Problems 235 11 Mechanism Assembly 237 11.1 Introduction 237 11.1.1 Mechanism Animation 245 Chapter Problems 258 12 Sheetmetal Modeling 261 12.1 Introduction 261 12.1.1 Sheetmetal Drawing 277 Chapter Problems 281 Appendix – Augmented Reality Companion Application and Image Targets 285 Index 289
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Digital Trailblazer
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface xv Acknowledgments xxiii 1 Transitioning to Leadership: What’s a Cookie? 1 2 Dev: Technical Debt Is Now Your Problem 25 3 Ops: Wearing the CEO’s Diet Coke 49 4 Product Management and Architecture: Trials and Triumphs 71 5 “That’s Not Agile”: Defining Your Organization’s Agile Way of Working 101 6 Transforming Experiences with a Global Perspective 127 7 Buried in Bad Data 145 8 Transformative Culture, Empathetic Teams, Diverse Leaders 173 9 Selling Innovation to the C-Suite—and Reducing the Stress 193 10 Transforming Beyond Crisis and Becoming a Digital Trailblazer 219 Epilogue 249 Appendix: Digital Trailblazer Lessons 253 Transitioning to a Leadership Mindset 253 Navigating Tech Debt’s Challenges 253 Controlling Emotions and Managing Risks 254 Leading Innovation and Developing Products 254 Driving Agile Practices, Culture, and Mindset 254 Transforming Experiences 255 Leading Data-Driven Organizations 255 Fostering High-Performing Teams 255 Collaborating with Executives 256 Influencing Participants in Digital Transformations 256 About the Author 257 Index 259
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Future Ready
Book SynopsisRethink climate, resilience, and sustainability for your organization In Future Ready: Your Organization's Guide to Rethinking Climate, Resilience, and Sustainability, a team of business leaders with deep expertise in engineering, planning, finance, project, program implementation and advisory consulting perspective delivers an essential guide for executives, managers, and other business and infrastructure organization leaders to set and implement a resilience, sustainability and ESG strategy in complex project and operating environments. Through practical examples and proven insights, readers will learn to proactively engage with stakeholders, successfully plan, implement, and measure the impacts of their initiatives, and effectively communicate the results. In the book, the authors draw on hundreds of completed projects across a full range of client organizations, markets, sectors, and scales to equip readers with unprecedented insights and the behind-the-sceneTable of ContentsForeword xiii Introduction: Superstorm Sandy 1 Chapter 1: Rethink Everything 7 Part I: Touring a Dynamic World 31 Chapter 2: On the Street 33 Chapter 3: On the Move 65 Chapter 4: Below the Surface 105 Chapter 5: In the Big Apple 129 Part II: How to Design and Implement Your Organization’s Sustainability Journey 153 Chapter 6: Define, Measure, and Set Targets 157 Chapter 7: Tools and Technologies 171 Chapter 8: Reporting Risk and Assessing Vulnerability 183 Chapter 9: Building Support Inside and Out 203 Chapter 10: Nature- Based Solutions from Coast to Coast 213 Conclusion: The Right Future, the Right Way 233 Epilogue: When You Rethink Everything, Finance Will Flow 239 Afterword: Ready, Steady, Breath…Go! 249 Afterword: Why There’s No I in Team—or CRS 251 Acknowledgments 255 About the Authors 259 Glossary 261 Index 269
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Digital Marketing Fundamentals
Book SynopsisPrepare for the OMCP certification exam and expand your digital marketing skillset Courses relying on the OMCP Digital Marketing Certification standards attract over 70,000 students at 900 universities around the world each year. This challenging curriculum requires strong command of content marketing, conversion rate optimization, and other digital marketing competencies in high market demand. In Digital Marketing Fundamentals, veteran digital media and marketing experts Greg Jarboe, Michael Stebbins, and Matt Bailey deliver an essential and accessible roadmap to completing the highly sought-after OMCP Digital Marketing Certification. You'll explore topics like digital analytics, social media marketing, and search engine optimization with the help of industry-leading authors and members of the OMCP Standards Committee. In the book, you'll also find: Full discussions of paid search marketing, email marketing, and marketing to mobile device users Table of ContentsForeword vii Introduction ix 1 Digital Marketing Strategy 1 2 Digital Marketing Analytics 49 3 Digital Advertising 83 4 Search Engine Optimization 129 5 Content Marketing 167 6 Social Media Marketing 219 7 Conversion Optimization 273 8 Mobile Marketing 299 9 Email Marketing 343 10 Careers and Hiring 371 Digital Marketing Glossary 401 References 415 About the Authors 423 Index 427
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Bond Investing For Dummies
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 2 Conventions Used in This Book 5 What You’re Not to Read 5 Foolish Assumptions 5 How This Book Is Organized 6 Part 1: A Quick Guide to the Fixed-Income Universe 6 Part 2: Bonds of Many Distinct Flavors 6 Part 3: Bonds as Portfolio Cement 7 Part 4: A Manual for Smart Bond Shopping 7 Part 5: Bonds as Good Friends of Retirees 7 Part 6: The Part of Tens 7 Icons Used in This Book 7 Beyond the Book 8 Where to Go from Here 8 Part 1: A Quick Guide to the Fixed-Income Universe 9 Chapter 1: Buying Bonds: In Your Best Interest 11 Understanding What Makes a Bond a Bond 12 Choosing your time frame 13 Picking who you trust to hold your money 14 Recognizing the difference among bonds, stocks, and cryptocurrencies 15 Why Hold Bonds? (Spoiler Alert: It Isn’t to Make You Rich) 16 Identifying the best reason to buy bonds: Diversification 16 Going for the cash 17 Investing in an Era of Low, Low Interest Rates 19 All this fuss about the Fed 20 Real (after-inflation) interest rates matter most 20 Don’t get depressed over depressed rates 21 Introducing the Major Players in the Bond Market 22 Supporting (enabling?) your Uncle Sam with Treasury bonds 22 Collecting corporate debt 23 Demystifying those government and government-like agencies 23 Going cosmopolitan with municipal bonds 24 Buying Solo or Buying in Bulk 26 Picking and choosing individual bonds 26 Going with a bond fund or funds 26 Chapter 2: Constructing Your Portfolio’s Foundation 29 Focusing on Your Objectives 30 Deciding what you want to be when you grow up 31 Picturing your future nest egg 31 Understanding the Rule of 20 (preferably 25) 32 Choosing your investment style 33 Making Your Savings and Investment Selections 34 Saving your money in safety 34 Investing your money with an eye toward growth 36 Understanding Five Major Investment Principles 38 1 Risk and return are two sides of the same coin 38 2 Financial markets are largely efficient 39 3 Diversification is just about the only free lunch you’ll ever get 39 4 Reversion to the mean — it means something 40 5 Investment costs matter — a lot! 41 Chapter 3: A (Mostly) Heroic History of Bonds 43 Reviewing the Triumphs and Failures of Fixed-Income Investing 44 Beating inflation, but not by very much 44 Serving a savoir in times of distress 45 Looking Back Over a Long and (Mostly) Distinguished Past 47 Yielding returns to generations of your forebearers 48 Gleaning some important lessons 49 Realizing How Crucial Bonds Are Today 52 Viewing Recent Developments, Largely for the Better 54 Chapter 4: Interest, Sweet Interest 57 Calculating Rates of Return — Tougher than Deciphering Babylonian 58 Cutting deals 59 Changing hands 59 Embracing the complexity 60 Conducting Three Levels of Research to Judge the Desirability of a Bond 60 Level one: Getting the basic information 61 Level two: Finding out intimate details 63 Level three: Examining the neighborhood 66 Understanding (and Misunderstanding) the Concept of Yield 69 Coupon yield 70 Current yield 70 Yield-to-maturity 70 Yield-to-call 72 Worst-case basis yield 72 The 30-day SEC yield 73 Appreciating Total Return (This Is What Matters Most!) 73 Figuring in capital gains and losses 73 Factoring in reinvestment rates of return 74 Allowing for inflation adjustments 74 Weighing pretax versus posttax 75 Measuring the Volatility of Your Bonds 76 Time frame matters 76 Quality counts 76 The coupon rate matters, too 77 Foreign bonds, added risk 78 Revisiting the Bonds of Babylonia 78 Interest short run, interest long run 79 Interest past, interest future 79 Part 2: Bonds of Many Distinct Flavors 81 Chapter 5: US Treasury Bonds: As Safe as Safe Can Be 83 Investing with Uncle Sam in Myriad Ways 84 Savings bonds as gifts or small investments 85 Treasury bills, notes, and bonds for more serious investing 90 Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) 91 Easing Your Fears of Default 93 Deciding Whether, When, and How to Invest in Treasuries 94 Figuring out whether you want Treasuries 94 Picking your own maturity 97 Adding in some inflation protection 99 Entering the Treasury Marketplace 99 Buying direct or through a broker 100 Choosing a new or used bond 101 Tapping Treasuries through mutual funds and exchange-traded funds 102 Chapter 6: Getting Down to Business: Corporate Bonds 103 Why Invest in These Sometimes Pains-in-the-Butt? 104 Comparing corporate bonds to Treasuries 104 Considering historical returns 106 Getting Moody: The Crucial Credit Ratings 107 Revisiting your ABCs 108 Gauging the risk of default 110 Special Considerations for Investing in Corporate Debt 111 Calculating callability 112 Coveting convertibility 112 Reversing convertibility —imagine that 113 Appreciating High Yield for What It Is 114 Anticipating good times ahead 114 Preparing for the bad times 115 Investing in high yields judiciously 115 Chapter 7: Powerful and a Tad Mysterious: Agency Bonds 117 Identifying the Bond Issuers 118 Slurping up your alphabet soup 118 Separating federal agency bonds from GSEs 119 Sizing up the government’s actual commitment 120 Introducing the agency biggies 120 Comparing and Contrasting Agency Bonds 125 Eyeing default risks, yields, markups, and more 125 Weighing taxation matters 126 Discos, floaters, and step-ups 127 Banking Your Money on Other People’s Mortgages 127 Bathing in the mortgage pool 128 Deciding whether to invest in the housing market 128 Considering Agencies for Your Portfolio 129 Chapter 8: (Practically) Tax-Free: Municipal Bonds 131 Appreciating the Purpose and Power of Munis 132 Sizing up the muni market 133 Comparing and contrasting with other bonds 133 Delighting in the diversification of municipals 134 Knowing That All Cities (Bridges or Ports) Are Not Created Equal 136 Dealing with the rare default 136 Enjoying low risk 137 Choosing from a vast array of possibilities 138 Consulting the Taxman 139 Bringing your bracket to bear 140 Singling out your home state 141 Matching munis to the appropriate accounts 142 Recognizing Why This Chapter Is Titled “(Practically) Tax-Free: Municipal Bonds” 142 Reckoning with the AMT tax 143 Capping your capital gains 143 Introducing the fully taxable muni 144 Buying Munis Made Easier 144 Chapter 9: International Bonds and Other Seemingly Exotic Offerings 147 Traveling Abroad for Fixed Income 148 Dipping into developed-world bonds 148 Embracing the bonds of emerging-market nations 152 Bond Investing with a Conscience 155 Having faith in church bonds 155 Adhering to Islamic law: Introducing sukuk 157 Sustainability-linked bonds 158 Playing with Bond Fire: Potentially Risky Bond Offerings 161 Rocking with Bowie Bonds 161 Cashing in on catastrophe bonds 162 Dealing in death 162 Dancing in the Flames: Derivatives and Default Bond Products 163 Daring to delve into derivatives 163 Banking on losses with defaulted bond issues 164 Catching a fallen angel 166 Evaluating Exchange-traded Notes 167 What are they? 167 Should you invest? 168 Part 3: Bonds as Portfolio Cement 169 Chapter 10: Return, Risk, and Realism 171 Searching, Searching, Searching for the Elusive Free Lunch 172 Making a killing in CDs yeah, right 172 Defining risk and return 173 Appreciating Bonds’ Risk Characteristics 173 Interest rate risk 174 Inflation risk 175 Reinvestment risk 176 Default risk 176 Downgrade risk 177 Tax risk 178 Fear-of-missing-out (FOMO) risk 178 Regarding all these risks 179 Reckoning on the Return You’ll Most Likely See 181 Calculating fixed-income returns: Easier said than done 181 Looking back at history: An imperfect but useful guide 182 Investing in bonds despite their lackluster returns 184 Finding Your Risk-Return Sweet Spot 187 Allocating your portfolio correctly 187 Tailoring a portfolio just for you 187 Chapter 11: The Art and Science of Portfolio-Building 189 Mixing and Matching Your Various Investments 190 Dreaming of limited correlation 190 Seeking zig and zag with Modern Portfolio Theory 192 Translating theory into reality 192 Appreciating Bonds’ Dual Role: Diversifier and Ultimate Safety Net 194 Protecting yourself from perfect storms 194 Eyeing a centuries-old track record 195 Recognizing Voodoo Science 197 Comparing actively managed funds to index funds 197 Forecasting the future — and getting it wrong 198 Ignoring the hype 199 Chapter 12: Slicing the Pie: How Much Should Be in Bonds? 201 Why the Bond Percentage Question Isn’t As Simple As Pie 202 Minimizing volatility 203 Maximizing return 204 Peering into the Future 205 Estimating how much you’ll need 206 Assessing your time frame 206 Factoring in some good rules 206 Recognizing yourself in a few case studies 207 Noticing the Many Shades of Gray in Your Portfolio 212 Bonds of many flavors 213 Stocks of all sizes and sorts 213 Other fixed income: Annuities 214 Other equity: Commodities and real estate 215 Making Sure That Your Portfolio Remains in Balance 216 Tweaking your holdings to temper risk 217 Savoring the rebalancing bonus 217 Scheduling your portfolio rebalance 218 Chapter 13: Making Your Preliminary Bond Choices 219 Reviewing the Rationale behind Bonds 220 Making your initial selection 220 Following a few rules 221 Sizing Up Your Need for Fixed-Income Diversification 222 Diversifying by maturity 222 Diversifying by type of issuer 222 Diversifying by risk-and-return potential 223 Diversifying away managerial risk 224 Weighing Diversification versus Complication 225 Keeping it simple with balanced funds (for people with less than $2,000) 225 Moving beyond the basic (for people with $2,000 to $4,000) 225 Branching out (with $4,000 or more) 226 Finding the Perfect Bond Portfolio Fit 226 Case studies in bond ownership 226 Seeking out the more exotic offerings 232 Part 4: A Manual for Smart Bond Shopping 233 Chapter 14: Planning Your Bond Buys and Sells 235 Discovering the Brave New World of Bonds 236 Finding fabulously frugal funds 236 Dealing in individual bonds without forking over a fortune 237 Deciding Whether to Go with Bond Funds or Individual Bonds 239 Calculating the advantages of funds 239 Considering whether individual bonds or bond funds make more sense 241 Is Now the Time to Buy Bonds? 246 Predicting the future of interest rates yeah, right 247 Paying too much attention to the yield curve 248 Adhering — or not — to dollar-cost averaging 249 Choosing between Taxable and Tax-Advantaged Retirement Accounts 250 Positioning your investments for minimal taxation 250 Factoring in the early-withdrawal penalties and such 252 Chapter 15: Diving (Carefully!) into the Individual Bond Marketplace 253 Navigating Today’s Bond Market 254 Getting some welcome transparency 255 Ushering in a new beginning 255 Dealing with Brokers and Other Financial Professionals 256 Identifying the role of the dealer 257 Do you need a broker or agent at all? 258 Selecting the right broker or agent 259 Checking the dealer’s numbers 259 Hiring a financial planner 261 Doing It Yourself Online 262 If you’re looking to buy 263 If you’re looking to sell 264 Perfecting the Art of Laddering 265 Protecting you from interest rate flux 265 Tinkering with your time frame 266 Discount bonds or premium bonds? 268 Buying and Selling an Individual Bond: My Own Journey 269 Chapter 16: Choosing Bond Funds Wisely 273 Defining the Basic Kinds of Funds 274 Mining a multitude of mutual funds 275 Establishing a position in exchange-traded funds 276 Considering an alternative: Closed-end funds 278 Understanding unit investment trusts 279 Knowing What Matters Most in Choosing a Bond Fund of Any Sort 280 Selecting your fund based on its components and their characteristics 280 Pruning out the underperformers 280 Laying down the law on loads 281 Sniffing out false promises 281 My Picks for Some of the Best Bond Funds 282 Short-term, high-quality bond funds 283 Intermediate-term Treasury bond funds 286 (Mostly) high-quality corporate bond funds 287 Junk city: Corporate high-yield funds 288 Agency bond funds 290 Municipal bond funds: Taxes be damned 291 Taxable Muni Bonds 292 Global and International bond funds 293 Emerging market bond funds 294 All-in-one bond funds 295 Instant-Ladder, Defined-Maturity Bond Funds (Government, Corporate, Municipal) 298 All-in-one bond and stock funds 298 Target-retirement date funds (otherwise known as life-cycle funds) 300 Part 5: Bonds as Good Friends of Retirees 303 Chapter 17: Satisfying Your Need for Steady Cash 305 Reaping the Rewards of Your Investments 306 Aiming for freedom 306 Estimating your target portfolio 307 Lining up your bucks 308 Finding Interesting Sources of Interest 308 Certificates of deposit (CDs) 309 Mining the many money market funds 309 Banking on online savings accounts 311 Considering the predictability of an annuity 311 Hocking your home with a reverse mortgage 313 Recognizing that Stocks Can Be Cash Cows, Too 313 Focusing on stocks with sock-o dividends 314 Realizing gain with real estate investment trusts (REITs) 315 Taking a middle ground with preferred stock 316 Introducing a Vastly Better Way to Create Cash Flow: Portfolio Rebalancing 316 Buying low and selling high 318 Rolling bond interest back in 320 Dealing with realities 320 Chapter 18: Ensuring Financial Security in Old Age 321 Looking Ahead to Many Years of Possible Portfolio Withdrawals 322 Knowing Where the Real Danger Lies: The Risk of Being Too Conservative 323 Considering an aggressive approach 323 Easing back toward your comfort zone 324 Setting your default at 60/40 324 Allowing for adjustments to suit the times 325 Choosing my own and your ultimate ratio 326 Calculating How Much You Can Safely Tap 328 Revisiting risk, return, and realistic expectations 328 Basing your retirement on clear thinking 329 Making the Most Use of Uncle Sam’s Gifts 330 Minimizing income is the name of the game 330 Lowering your tax bracket through smart withdrawals 331 Part 6: The Part of Tens 333 Chapter 19: Ten Most Common Misconceptions about Bonds 335 A Bond “Selling for 100” Costs $100 335 Buying a Bond at a Discount Is Better Than Paying a Premium, Duh 336 A Bond Paying X% Today Will Pocket You X% Over the Life of the Bond 336 Rising Interest Rates Are Good (or Bad) for Bondholders 337 Certain Bonds, Such as Treasuries, Are Completely Safe 338 Bonds Are a Retiree’s Best Friend 338 Individual Bonds Are Usually a Better Deal than Bond Funds 338 Municipal Bonds Are Free of Taxation 339 A Discount Broker Sells Bonds Cheaper 339 The Big Risk in Bonds Is the Risk of the Issuer Defaulting 340 Chapter 20: Ten Mistakes Bond Investors Need to Avoid 341 Allowing the Broker to Churn You 341 Not Taking Advantage of TRACE 342 Choosing a Bond Fund Based on Short-Term Performance 342 Not Looking Closely Enough at a Bond Fund’s Expenses 343 Going Through a Broker to Buy Treasuries 343 Counting Too Much on High-Yield Bonds 343 Paying Too Much Attention to the Yield Curve 344 Buying Bonds That Are Too Complicated 345 Ignoring Inflation and Taxation 345 Relying Too Heavily on Bonds in Retirement 345 Appendix: Helpful Web Resources For Successful Bond Investing 347 Index 353
£18.69
John Wiley & Sons Inc Leading with Vulnerability
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword xiii Introduction: Where It All Began 1 I Who Is a Weak Vulnerable Leader? 9 1 Panic! 11 2 The Vulnerable Leader Equation 21 3 Why Lead with Vulnerability? 41 4 Tough Guys 61 5 How Are You Feeling? 67 6 The Land of the Goods 75 7 Thick Skin but Not Armor 81 8 How People Become Vulnerable Leaders 85 II What Prevents Leaders From Being Vulnerable at Work? 93 9 Why Don’t We Have More Superheroes? 95 10 Breaking the Leadership Stereotype 99 III What Makes Leaders Feel Vulnerable? 111 11 The 10 Vulnerability Signs 113 12 It Takes One to Know One 131 13 I Saw the Sign! 135 14 The Sprinter and the Gymnast 141 15 What We Got Wrong About Milgram’s Experiment 149 16 The Four Types of Questions 155 IV What Happens to Leaders When They Are Vulnerable? 167 17 Getting Past the Defense! 169 18 Critical Moments 173 19 What Does Vulnerability Feel Like? 185 V How to Lead with Vulnerability 197 20 Unlocking your Superpower 199 21 The Five Vulnerable Leader Superheroes 201 22 The Eight Attributes of Vulnerable Leaders 211 23 The Vulnerability Wheel 237 24 The Vulnerability Mountain 249 Notes 257 Acknowledgments 261 About the Author 263 Index 265
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Work Here Now
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsChapter 1: The Great Work Unpack: Understanding and Fixing Broken Work Chapter 2: The Anxiety Monster and the Boss Baby Customer: Slaying Work’s Monsters Chapter 3: Breaking the Copy Machine: Switching off the Past, Switching on the Future Chapter 4: Decisions About People, for People: How to Make Human-Centric Decisions Chapter 5: Tech Dreams, Tech Nightmares: Couples Counseling for Humans and Technology Chapter 6: The Intentional Workforce: Combatting the Great Resignation by Managing Working Populations More Thoughtfully Chapter 7: Hippos Under the Lagoon: The Powerful Effects of Immigration, Migration, and Incarceration on Your Workforce Chapter 8: Defeating Greedy Work and Animal Farm Syndrome: Two Critical Levers for an Awesome Working Culture Chapter 9: A Good Day at Work, Every Day: Towards a Realistic, Human Future of Work
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Training Development For Dummies
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword xv Introduction 1 About This Book 2 Foolish Assumptions 2 Icons Used in This Book 3 Beyond the Book 4 Where to Go from Here 4 Part 1: So You’re Going to Be a Trainer 5 Chapter 1: Exploring Training and Talent Development 7 Introducing the Exciting Role of Training 8 Learning happens all the time 9 Understanding why training is necessary 10 Learning is essential to career advancement 13 Training isn’t just for business 13 Discovering What Trainers Do 14 Assessing your training potential 15 Taking stock of your skills 16 Scoring your self-assessment 17 How do you become a trainer? 20 Exploring the Terminology of Talent Development 22 Who’s who? 23 What’s what? 24 Experiencing the Advent of the Talent Development Role 25 Merging training and talent development 25 Realizing the many hats worn by a 21st century TD professional 26 Determining whether you have what it takes 28 Chapter 2: How Adults Learn 31 Learning About Adult Learning Theory 31 Meeting Malcolm Knowles 32 Applying adult learning theory to training 33 Understanding How People Learn 35 The science of learning 35 Three types of learning: KSAs 36 What we know for sure about how we learn 38 Brain-based learning: It’s a no-brainer 39 The growth mindset 41 The 70-20-10 learning framework 42 Ensuring That Adults Learn in the Classroom, Online, and on the Job 45 Create a safe haven for learning 45 Create a comfortable environment 46 Encourage participation 48 Facilitate more than you deliver 48 Chapter 3: Introducing the Training Cycle 51 The Training Cycle: An Overview of ADDIE 52 Analyze needs 53 Design the training 53 Develop the program 54 Implement the design 56 Evaluate the results 56 Add a touch of design thinking 58 Talking the T&D Talk 59 Learning and the Training Cycle 62 Variety and flexibility 63 Conditions of learning 63 Part 2: T&D: The Training Part 65 Chapter 4: Analyzing Needs and Designing Learning 67 ADDIE: Starting with Evaluation in Mind 68 Analyze by Conducting a Needs Assessment 68 The why, how, who, and when of needs assessment 69 Is training really what’s needed? 76 If your time is limited 78 Designing the Learning 80 Aligning to your organization’s needs 80 Planning how to deliver your content 81 Writing Objectives 83 What objectives should do 83 Task analysis 87 Chapter 5: Developing the Training Program 89 Deciding Where to Begin 91 Choosing virtual, classroom, or hybrid 92 Using hybrid models 94 Starting to develop a program 95 Developing a Dynamic Opening 96 Warming things up with icebreakers 97 Considering other elements your participants expect 98 Developing the Body to Ensure That Learning Occurs 100 Knowing the value of lectures 101 Contemplating countless alternatives to a lecture 103 Selecting activities 110 Adding Zest with Visuals 115 Knowing why you need visuals 115 Creating effective visuals 116 Planning for Inclusivity 118 Reflecting diversity in learning and development content 118 Planning for inclusive learning environments 119 Designing a Finale That Brings Closure 120 Ensuring that you’ve met expectations 121 Providing a shared group experience 121 Evaluating the learning experience 121 Requesting feedback and suggestions 122 Summarizing accomplishments 122 Ending on a high note 122 Selecting Off-the-Shelf Materials 123 Determining whether off-the-shelf materials meet your needs 124 Adapting the design of a prepackaged program 124 Pulling It All Together 125 Understanding factors that affect a design 126 Applying strategies for a good design 127 Developing materials 128 Chapter 6: Implementing Learning: It’s Showtime 131 Opening Your Training Session with a BANG, Online or Off 132 Build interest in the session 133 Ask what participants know and what they want to know 133 Note the ground rules and what to expect 133 Get participants involved 135 Avoiding Seven Disastrous Debuts 136 Creating a Supportive Learning Environment 136 Get to know your participants 136 What’s in a name: Five secrets to remembering names 137 Let them know about you 140 Training Like a Pro 140 Presentation skills 140 The participants’ materials 145 Notes: To be or note to be 146 Asking and Answering Questions 148 Encouraging participants to ask questions 149 Answering questions: Some guidelines 150 Asking questions 151 Creating Smooth Transitions 152 Wrapping Up an Effective Training Session 153 Providing a shared group experience 154 Evaluating the learning experience 154 Gaining commitment to action 154 Sending people off with a final encouraging word — or two 155 Chapter 7: Evaluation: It’s Not Over Yet! 157 Grasping the Purpose of Evaluations 158 Reviewing Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Evaluation 159 Level 1: Reaction 160 Level 2: Learning 161 Level 3: Behavior 162 Level 4: Results 163 Guidelines for measuring the Four Levels 163 Taking a deeper look at evaluation methods 171 Using ROI for Training 173 Exploring the ROI process 174 Knowing the benefits of ROI 175 Evaluation: The Last Training Cycle Stage but the First Step to Improvement 178 Chapter 8: Getting Results: Transfer of Learning 181 Making Your Training Memorable: Follow-Up for the Other 50 Percent 182 Recognizing barriers to transfer of learning 182 Using strategies for transfer of learning 183 Doing What Great Trainers Do after Training 188 Understanding Your Talent Development Professional Role 189 Part 3: What ADDIE Doesn’t Tell You 193 Chapter 9: Being Prepared to Succeed 195 Preparing Your Environment 196 Knowing when, where, what, and who 196 Making onsite room arrangements 197 Getting equipment and visuals ready 201 Preparing Your Participants 205 Preparing participants: What works? 205 Using unique virtual participant preparation 206 Preparing participants: What doesn’t work? 207 Preparing Yourself 208 Preparing to avoid crises 208 Preparing for Virtual ILT 210 Finding out who’s in your session 211 Practice, practice, practice 212 Tips for staying organized 213 Preparing your body and brain 216 Tips for traveling if you must 217 The procrastinator’s checklist 217 Last-minute virtual session preparation 220 Doing Double Duty for Hybrid Delivery 220 Chapter 10: Your Job as a Facilitator 225 Training, Facilitating, and Presenting: What’s the Difference? 226 Are you a trainer or a facilitator? 226 Using facilitative skills when you present 228 Facilitating Successful Training 230 Experience is the best teacher 233 Tips for facilitating activities 235 Participation Prescription: Continue to Increase the Dosage 238 Gotta play the game to perform 238 Participants’ expectations of participation 240 Increasing participation — or why are they called “participants”? 240 REACTing 249 Chapter 11: Mastering Media and Other Visuals 251 Selecting the Best Visual to Do the Job 252 Knowing what’s available 252 Understanding the benefits 254 Creating Your Own Powerful Video 255 Ensuring That Visuals Add to the Learning 257 Computer projection systems 257 Videos 258 Participant devices 258 Flip charts 259 Boards of all types (including electronic) 261 Props 262 Presenting Like a Pro 263 Using visuals in general 263 Using specific media and visuals 265 Exploring the Other Media: Social 269 Hot Tips for a Cool Ending 272 Chapter 12: Addressing Problems: What’s a Trainer to Do? 273 Tackling Training Problems 273 Uncovering logistics problems 274 Coping with equipment problems 274 Accepting personal situations 277 Confronting difficult group situations 279 Learning that training is not the solution 281 Taking a COOL approach 283 Using humor to deal with problems 283 Managing Disruptive Behaviors 284 Preventing disruptions 285 Managing disruptive types 286 Addressing Virtual ILT Problems 290 Not enough time to get participation 290 Attending to distracted participants 290 Reading body language 291 Sweaty Palms, Parched Throat: Overcoming Nervousness 291 Understanding pre-performance jitters 292 Accepting your nervousness as natural 292 Mastering nervous symptoms 294 Tips for specific anxiety problems 298 Preventing and Resolving Problems 300 Part 4: T&D: The Talent Development Part 301 Chapter 13: Your Talent Development Role 303 Expanding Talent Development 304 Onboarding 305 Leading change 306 Coaching managers 306 Coordinating mentoring opportunities 306 Internal consulting 307 Building teams 307 Transforming Workplace Learning 308 Seeing how talent development is important to organizations 308 Confirming that talent development is important to employees 310 Supporting the C-Suite 311 Discovering Your Organization’s Learning Foundation 312 Determining an organization’s talent development readiness 314 Describing the TD foundation 315 Summarizing your TD responsibilities 315 Exploring the TD organizational readiness checklist 316 Is Your Organization Ready? 320 Chapter 14: Building a Learning Culture 321 Defining a Learning Culture 322 The Rationale for a Learning Culture 323 Learning Organizations and Learning Culture 324 Imagining your organization’s learning culture 324 Knowing what inhibits a learning culture 325 Cultivating Your Organization’s Learning Culture 326 Getting your leaders involved 327 Linking learning to business 327 Taking action 329 Sustaining a Learning Culture 335 Maintaining the Culture with Logistics 336 Governing body 337 Senior leadership role 337 Annual update 337 Communication and marketing 337 Continued accountability for the effort 338 Can Organizations Learn? 338 Chapter 15: Employee Development Is Everyone’s Job 339 Exploring Organizational Mindsets 339 Having a growth mindset 340 Having a learning mindset 340 Recognizing other mindsets 340 An organizational mindset for today’s learner 341 Ensuring That Managers Develop Employees 342 Helping managers be better coaches 343 Helping managers and supervisors with development ideas 344 Helping managers give better feedback 344 Creating Employee Accountability for Their Own Development 348 Delivering Learning through Others 348 Helping the part-time trainer 349 Enhancing team learning 350 Influencing informal learning on the job 352 Revealing Six Secrets to Build Successful Partnerships with SMEs 352 Secret 1: Clearly define the expectations you have for the SME 353 Secret 2: Use criteria to select SMEs 353 Secret 3: Ease new SMEs into their roles 354 Secret 4: Tap into the SME’s expertise 354 Secret 5: Adapt your style 355 Secret 6: Provide timely feedback and appreciation 355 Part 5: The Professional Trainer 357 Chapter 16: The Consummate Professional 359 Growing Professionally 359 Attend formal learning events 360 Search for certification and classes in many topics 360 Ask others 361 Do it yourself 362 Going the Extra Mile: Stay on Top of Your Game! 364 Go from good to great 364 Where’s your energy? Stay pumped! 365 Design 367 What does being professional mean to you? 367 Giving Back to the Profession 370 Chapter 17: Talent Development Certification 373 Introducing ATD 374 Finding out why ATD’s mission is important 374 Understanding what ATD does 375 Accessing resources through ATD 375 Understanding ATD’s Talent Development Capability Model 376 Getting an overview of the Capability Model 376 Recognizing the value of a competency framework 379 Certification: What It Means for You 380 Knowing the difference between certification and certificate programs 380 Understanding the value of certification 381 Taking a Quick Look at ATD CI Certification 382 Seeing the link between capabilities and certification 383 Applicant process 383 Being a role model for learning 385 Chapter 18: The Future of the Talent Development Profession 387 Envisioning the Workplace of the Future 388 Living in the midst of a colossal change 388 Blame it on the virus and VUCA 391 Identifying how VUCA relates to you 392 Exploring the Changing TD Environment 394 Spending is increasing for talent development 394 Finding and retaining talent is vital 395 Coaching the essentials is key 395 Encouraging continuous learning 396 Planning for a metaverse future 397 Tapping into training technology 397 Making use of brain-based learning 398 Seeing how less is more 399 Embracing virtual learning 399 Training on the run 400 Including DEI and culture 401 Preparing millennials for leadership roles 401 Helping Everyone Learn to Learn 402 Seizing the Future of Learning 403 Preparing Yourself for Change 404 Exploring content for a changing world 405 Researching new roles 406 Becoming a lifelong learner 408 Sharpening your skills 409 Taking stock; taking action 409 Maintaining your personal spark 409 Part 6: The Part of Tens 411 Chapter 19: Ten Virtual Warm-Ups 413 Someone Once Said 414 Test Their Mettle 414 Chat Away 415 Expect Expectations 415 At the Movies 416 Going Live 416 Vote Early, Vote Often 416 Show Me the Picture 417 How Was the Homework? 417 Annotate It 417 Chapter 20: Ten Quick Ways to Enable Social Learning 419 Blogs for Your Future 419 Accountability Partners or Trios 420 Personal Learning Groups 420 Follow Up with Fun 421 DIY Career Paths 421 Peer Coaching Circles 421 Video Posts 422 Volunteer Activities 422 Feedback Incentive 423 Pictures of Proof 423 Index 425
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Accounting Workbook For Dummies
Book SynopsisNumber nightmares in accounting? No more! The numbers are clear: the need for accountants is not only strong, but on the rise. With job growth projected to increase by 7% over the next 10 years, there's no time like the present to join this growingand profitableprofession. Accounting Workbook For Dummies, 2nd Edition gives you the hands-on instruction you need to understand complicated concepts through demonstration problems, practice worksheets. and spreadsheets. Understand the role of accountants versus bookkeepersDevelop knowledge to establish and maintain high quality accounting systemsDip your toes into accounting in the digital ageLearn to properly interpret financial statements and reportsGenerate income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statementsExpand your knowledge on sources of business capitalLearn how to improve profits and manage costs Understanding the intricacies of accounting has never been easier as in today's rapid-fire global economy, accountants have never been more importantit's all in your hands with this plain-English workbook!Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part 1: Business Accounting Basics. 5 Chapter 1: Business Accounting Fundamentals. 7 Chapter 2: Financial Effects of Transactions 27 Chapter 3: Getting Started in the Bookkeeping Cycle 51 Chapter 4: The Bookkeeping Cycle: Adjusting and Closing Entries. 81 Chapter 5: Accounting in the Digital Age 105 Part 2: Preparing Financial Statements. 123 Chapter 6: Understanding Basic Accounting Concepts and Methods. 125 Chapter 7: The Effects and Reporting of Profit. 155 Chapter 8: Reporting Financial Condition in the Balance Sheet. 179 Chapter 9: Coupling the Income Statement and Balance Sheet 205 Chapter 10: Reporting Cash Flows and Changes in Owners’ Equity 223 Part 3: Managerial, Manufacturing, and Capital Accounting 245 Chapter 11: Analyzing Profit Behavior 247 Chapter 12: Tackling Managerial Cost Accounting. 275 Chapter 13: Business Planning and Raising Capital. 309 Part 4: The Part of Tens 337 Chapter 14: Ten Things You Should Know About Business Financial Statements 339 Chapter 15: A Ten-Point Checklist for Management Accountants. 347 Index. 355
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Locker Room
Book SynopsisA Wall Street Journal BestsellerExplore the power of communication to heal hurt, overcome adversity, and build a unified team In The Locker Room, bestselling author Damon West and player development coach Stephen Mackey team up to explore difficult conversations about eliminating both discrimination and the cancel culture, as well as overcoming adversity. The book tells the story of four characters: two high school football coaches and two players, each of whom must deal with the fallout of an offensive comment that severely disrupts the unity and cohesion of their locker room and threatens to destroy their team. In The Locker Room, you'll find: A guide to building an inclusive cultureThe blueprint for using servant leadership and a willingness to listen to break down barriersEncouragement to have the difficult conversations that lie at the heart of modern lifeStrategies for navigating your personal and professional life in a way that gracefully deals with the realities of prejudice, discrimination, and cancel cultureTechniques for giving all people an equal voice and an equal chance at success through learning with humility and teaching with grace An indispensable exploration of some of the most critical and most difficult issues faced by professionals, coaches, athletes, and students today, The Locker Room is a must-read resource that belongs in the libraries of anyone who seeks a life or culture that can not only overcome adversity, but can also use it to reach their goals and improve their communities.Table of ContentsPreface xi Prologue The Lifetime Achievement Award xv 1 Eyes on the Prize 1 2 You’re Better Than That 11 3 The Locker Room Is Broken 19 4 Growth Takes Place Outside of Comfort Zones 25 5 I Believe in You 33 6 Canceling the Cancel Culture 39 7 A Culture of Character 47 8 All In 53 9 The Six Pillars 59 10 In the Zone 67 11 Vulnerability Is a Strength 73 12 Team Meeting 79 13 Humility and Grace 85 14 I Want the Ball 93 Epilogue: A Legacy of Impact: The Lifetime Achievement Award Acceptance Speech 101
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Figuring It Out Sixty Years of Answering
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword ix Note on the Text xi Introduction xiii 1 The Changing Game 1 2 The Loser’s Game 35 3 The Winners’ Game 47 4 The Winner’s Game II 61 5 The Rise and Fall of Performance Investing 73 6 Seven Rules for More Innovative Portfolio Management in an Age of Discontinuity 89 7 Will Success Spoil Performance Investing? 93 8 To Get Performance, You Have to Be Organized for It 99 9 Investing Success in Two Easy Lessons 107 10 The End of Active Investing? 111 11 In Defense of Active Investing 119 12 Murder on the Orient Express: The Mystery of Underperformance 127 13 Best Practice Investment Committees 141 14 Levels of the Game 157 15 An Invitation to Winning 163 16 Small Slam! 167 17 A Lesson from Seaside Cemetery 171 18 Tommy Armour on Investing 173 19 Ted Williams’ Great Lessons for Investors 177 20 Symptoms and Signs 181 21 Lessons from the Warwick and Château Chambord 191 22 Investment Management Fees Are Higher Than We Think 199 23 Computer People May Be Planning a Revolution 203 24 Characteristics of Successful Investment Firms 207 25 A New Paradigm of Investment Management 215 26 Lessons on Grand Strategy 221 27 Pension Funds Need MORE Management MANAGEMENT 227 28 The Significance of 65 233 29 Where Were We? 237 30 Hard Choices: Where Are We Now? 243 31 Bonds for Long-Term Investors? 251 32 What Role Should Bonds Play? 261 33 Too Much Liquidity Will Cost You 265 34 Letter to My Grandkids: 12 Essential Investing Guidelines 269 35 Miss Sally’s Attic 277 36 Ben Graham: Ideas as Mementos 281 37 The Corporate Tax Cut 291 38 Repurchase Stock to Revitalize Equity 295 39 Anti-Trust, Bank Mergers, and the PNB Decision 315 Index 325
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Navigating the Metaverse
Book SynopsisJump into the metaverse to connect with consumers and explore endless opportunities Like the Internet before it, the metaverse is a virtual space bringing people, companies, and products together in both digital and real environments to create new economic opportunities. The groundwork is already laid. People and organizations jumping in are gaining invaluable experience, meeting customers, developing revenue streams, and even shaping metaverse culture. In Navigating the Metaverse: A Guide to Limitless Business Possibilities in a Web 3.0 World, a team of Silicon Valley thought leaders delivers a groundbreaking discussion of how to find the right opportunities in this fast-moving universe. You'll explore everything from the metaverse basics, to strategy, to launching your first metaverse project. In the book, you'll find: Data and market analysis to erase any doubt that the metaverse is the next big thing. Foundational knowledge about the metaverse, metaverse economy, Web3 technology, and more. The essential connection between metaverse environments, businesses, community, and digital products that make the metaverse economy so powerful. A deep dive on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and how to make the most of these assets. Frameworks to help find, nurture, measure, and capitalize on innovation in the metaverse. An essential breakdown of the next stage in online business, Navigating the Metaverse belongs in the libraries of entrepreneurs, executives, and innovators looking to lead in the new age of online business and commerce.Table of ContentsForeword by Yat Siu, Chairman of the Board, Animoca Brands ix Introduction xi Why Should Businesses Care About the Metaverse Economy? xiii Who Should Read This Book xvi How We Structured the Book xvii Part I Getting to Know the Metaverse and Metaverse Economy 1 Chapter 1 A Primer on the Metaverse 3 Terminology 4 What Is the Metaverse? 8 Putting the Metaverse in Historical Context 15 A Universe in the Palm of Your Hand 17 Interoperability Is Key to the Metaverse’s Future 18 Chapter 2 What Is the Metaverse Economy? 25 How Does Currency Work in the Metaverse? 29 Entering and Advancing in the Metaverse 31 Tokenomics 35 The Rise of Community Commerce 43 Power to the Player: Decentralized Governance 45 Four Key NFT Distribution Channels 46 NFT- Based Metaverse Revenue Model 49 Extra Guidance from the Authors 62 Part II Building a Strategy for the Metaverse Economy 65 Chapter 3 Building a Business Case for the Metaverse 67 Business Challenges 67 Is the Metaverse a Blip or a Trend? 72 The NFT Market Statistics 72 Key Value Propositions of the Metaverse Economy for Brands 75 Timing Is Everything 81 Crossing the Chasm of Metaverse Adoption 83 The Business Impact of Web 3.0 Technology 84 Extra Guidance from the Authors 88 Chapter 4 Meet the Metaverse Consumers 91 Demographics 91 The Three Flavors of User Engagement 96 Metaverse Mindsets 100 Importance of Avatars to the Metaverse and Digital Identity 110 Extra Guidance from the Authors 113 Chapter 5 New Business Opportunities in the Metaverse 115 Metaverse Business and Job Concepts 116 Metaverse Metrics 124 Extra Guidance from the Authors 129 Chapter 6 Key Segments of NFT Commercialization 131 Marketplaces 132 (Fan) Token Offerings 136 Fantasy Games and Collectibles 138 Metaverse dApps 140 Other Avenues to Explore 146 Extra Guidance from the Authors 151 Part III Metaverse Product Development, Action Framework, and Future Perspectives 153 Chapter 7 NFT Deep Dive 155 What Is an NFT? 156 Types of NFTs 157 How Do NFTs Fit in the Metaverse Economy? 158 Key Considerations for NFT Design and Purpose 165 Extra Guidance from the Authors 180 Chapter 8 Putting Together an Action Plan 183 Discover 185 Learn 186 Build a Case 188 Connect to the Community 190 Get IP into the Metaverse 192 Prepare for Tomorrow 194 Extra Guidance from the Authors 195 Chapter 9 Perspectives on Tomorrow’s Metaverse 197 Grow with the Community 197 Plug into the Technology Trifecta 199 Experience Is King 201 Make the Right Play in the Economy 204 Final Guidance from the Authors 220 Go Boldly 223 About Upland 225 References 227 Acknowledgments 233 About the Authors 237 Index 241
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Selling the Price Increase
Book SynopsisA practical guide for successfully navigating the single greatest growth and profit improvement opportunity for B2B enterprises: price increases The payoff for implementing price increases without losing customers is massive! Effective price increase campaigns are far more effective at boosting topline revenue and generating profits than acquiring new customers. The problem is that price increase initiativeswhether broad-based or targeted to specific accountsstrike fear and anxiety into the hearts of sales professionals and account managers who are tasked with selling them to their customers. Approaching customers with price increases sits at the tip top of the pantheon of things salespeople hate to do because they fear that raising prices will reduce sales volume or open the door to competitors. Yet when sold effectively, customers accept price increases, remain loyal, and often buy even more. In Selling the Price Increase: The Ultimate B2B Field Guide for Raising Prices Without Losing Customers, celebrated sales trainer Jeb Blount reveals the strategies, tactics, techniques, and frameworks that allow you to successfully master price increase initiatives. From crafting effective price increase messages to protecting hard-won relationships, handling common objections, and making the case for the value you deliver, this comprehensive guide walks you through each step of the price increase sales process. In each chapter, you'll find practical exercises designed to help you master the Selling the Price Increase system. As you dive into these powerful insights, and with each new chapter, you'll gain greater and greater confidence in your ability to successfully engage customers in price increase conversations. You'll learn: How to navigate multiple price increase scenarios: broad-based, targeted, non-negotiable, negotiable, defending, presenting, and askingThe eight price increase narratives and three drivers of customer price increase acceptanceHow to neutralize and get past the five big price increase fears and anxietiesHow to avoid the big mistakes that trigger resentment and drive customers into the arms of your competitorsThe 9-Box Risk-Profile Framework for targeting accounts for price increasesA repeatable process for confidently approaching price increase conversationsThe Five-Step Price Increase Messaging FrameworkProven frameworks for reducing resistance and handling price increase objectionsHow to negotiate profitable outcomes with high-risk profile accountsWinning strategies for coaching and leading successful price increase initiatives Following in the footsteps of his blockbuster bestsellers Fanatical Prospecting, Sales EQ, Objections, Inked, and Virtual Selling, Jeb Blount's Selling the Price Increase puts the same strategies employed by his clientsa who's who of the world's most prestigious organizationsright into your hands. Selling the Price Increase is an essential handbook for sales professionals, account managers, customer success teams, and other revenue generation leaders looking for a page-turning and insightful roadmap to navigating the essentialand nerve-wrackingworld of price increases.Table of Contents Preface: A Tactical Field Guide and System for Selling Price Increases xi Foreword by Victor Antonio xv Acknowledgments xvii Part I Disrupt the Mindset of Fear 1 Chapter 1 Sales Professionals Hate Price Increases 3 Chapter 2 The Five Fears 11 Chapter 3 Awareness and the Origin of Fear 17 Chapter 4 Developing Emotional Self- Control 23 Chapter 5 Stop Worrying, Start Preparing 35 Part II Protect Customer Relationships 43 Chapter 6 Relationships Matter 45 Chapter 7 Triggering Resentment and Contempt 53 Chapter 8 Wait, I Don’t Even Know You! 65 Chapter 9 Price Increases When You Have All the Power 73 Chapter 10 Make Breaking Up Hard to Do 79 Part III Approaching Price Increase Conversations 89 Chapter 11 The Three Approaches to Price Increase Conversations 91 Chapter 12 Defending Price Increases: Between a Rock and a Hard Place 99 Chapter 13 The Price Increase Sales Process 117 Chapter 14 The Price Increase Risk Profile 127 Chapter 15 Planning the Price Increase Conversation 141 Chapter 16 Set the Stage 145 Part IV Making Your Case 157 Chapter 17 Message Matters 159 Chapter 18 Influencing Price Increase Acceptance 175 Chapter 19 The Eight Price Increase Narratives 183 Chapter 20 The Price Increase Because Statement 193 Chapter 21 The Formal Price Increase Business Case 203 Part V Closing, Handling Objections, and Negotiating 221 Chapter 22 Closing 223 Chapter 23 The Ledge Technique 227 Chapter 24 Four Techniques for Handling Price Increase Objections 233 Chapter 25 Negotiating the Price Increase: D.E.A.L. Framework 241 Chapter 26 Discover 247 Chapter 27 Explain 253 Chapter 28 Protect the Points 259 Chapter 29 Align and Lock 265 Part VI Leading and Coaching Price Increase Initiatives 277 Chapter 30 The Battle Begins 279 Chapter 31 Leading Price Increase Initiatives 287 Chapter 32 Managing Price Increases 293 Chapter 33 Coaching Price Increases 303 About the Author 313 Training, Workshops, and Speaking 315 Notes 317 Index 321
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Courage Clarity and Confidence
Book SynopsisBuild a successful career with authenticity, confidence, and boldness The career roadmap every woman has been searching for is finally here! In Courage, Clarity, and Confidence: Redefine Success and the Way You Work, accomplished Executive Career and Leadership Development Coach Gala Jackson delivers a comprehensive playbook to help women reconnect with, or meet for the very first time, the strongest, boldest, and most courageous version of themselves. In her book, readers will explore their professional and personal journey; utilizing Gala's ASCEND practice, readers will be able to define authentically aligned success and learn how to pursue it. The author shares her experiences and anecdotes from clients to demonstrate what is possible for women when they ditch the traditional patriarchal job search and career advancement methodologies that only benefit men. She also provides thought-provoking exercises throughout the book designed to equip you Table of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction Part I Courage Chapter 1 The Current State of Women and Work Chapter 2 Courage + Risk Chapter 3 Courage + Curiosity Part II Clarity Chapter 4 Clarity Framework Chapter 5 Acknowledge What Is No Longer Working Chapter 6 Study Your Strengths Chapter 7 Connect with Your Values Chapter 8 Explore Your Professional Experiences Chapter 9 Narrate Your Story Chapter 10 Decide to Embody the Strongest, Boldest, Most Courageous Version of Yourself Chapter 11 Putting the Pieces Together Part III Confidence Chapter 12 Confidence Is Knowing Your Worth Chapter 13 Confidence Is Resilience Chapter 14 Confidence Is a Habit Chapter 15 Redefining Success Chapter 16 The Future of Women + Work Acknowledgments About the Author
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Career Anchors Reimagined
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Preface xi Introduction: Plan for This Book xvii Chapter 1 Reflections on the Changing Workplace 1 Chapter 2 Building a Relationship Map 11 Chapter 3 The Changing Nature of the External and Internal Career 33 Chapter 4 The Eight Career Anchor Categories 43 Chapter 5 The Career Interview 65 Chapter 6 Career Anchors Assessment 73 Chapter 7 What’s Next? Growth Intentions 81 Chapter 8 Five Career Anchors Stories 87 Chapter 9 Conclusion 121 Appendix: Career Anchors and Career- Oriented Personality Assessments 127 Research Notes and References 139 About the Authors 145 Index 149
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Merger Acquisition Leaders Playbook
Book SynopsisMake your next merger or acquisition one for the ages Meant to create value potentially fueled by synergies, the reality is that most mergers and acquisitions fail. It's estimated that 83% of mergers and acquisitions do not hit their desired results. The Merger & Acquisition Leader's Playbook tells you why most mergers fail. More importantly, it tells you how to make your next one a sweeping success. In the book, a team of private equity experts deliver a masterful walkthrough of how to integrate organizations by driving commercial success, instead of focusing purely on cutting costs. Readers will find: Concrete strategies for increasing the odds of success and reducing the risk of failure of a new merger or acquisitionA comprehensive, easily deployed and implemented plan to realize synergiesProven tools, techniques, and tricks of the trade to help leaders stay on top of their latest merger and keep everything on trackA must-read resource for business leaders considering a fresh merger or acquisition, The Merger & Acquisition Leader's Playbook: A Practical Guide to Integrating Organizations, Executing Strategy, and Driving New Growth after M&A or Private Equity Deals will also earn a place in the libraries of investors, agents, corporate service providers, and consultants trying to get two or more businesses to pull in the same direction.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Executive Summary xi Part I The Strategic Playbook 1 Chapter 1 The Investment Case: The Heart of the Merger and Acquisition Leader’s Playbook 3 Tool 1.1 Investment Case 18 Chapter 2 Focus:It Drives Everything Else 19 Chapter 3 Plans: Strategy Precedes Execution 29 Tool 3.1 Situation Analysis Checklist 38 Tool 3.2 SWOT 40 Tool 3.3 Business Planning 41 Chapter 4 Innovation: A Fundamental Strategic Choice 43 Tool 4.1 BRAVE Innovation 74 Part II The Commercial Playbook 75 Chapter 5 Organic Revenue Growth: So Valuable 77 Chapter 6 Customers: From Which All New Value Flows 83 Chapter 7 Marketing and Sales: Which Every Organization Must Do 87 Tool 7.1 Purchase and Sales Funnel Management 88 Tool 7.2 Marketing Planning 90 Tool 7.3 Creative Brief 95 Tool 7.4 Strategic Selling 99 Part III The Operational Playbook 103 Chapter 8 Cost Optimization: To Free Up Resources to Fuel Commercial Growth 105 Chapter 9 Operational Excellence: Supply Chain, Distribution, Continual Improvement 111 Tool 9.1 Team Charter 122 Tool 9.2 Milestone Management 123 Chapter 10 Technology: Because All Companies Are Technology Companies Today 125 Part IV The Financial Playbook 129 The Financial Playbook 129 Chapter 11 The Deal and Due Diligence: Iteratively 131 Tool 11.1 Culture 153 Tool 11.2 Negotiating 155 Tool 11.3 Due Diligence Checklist 157 Chapter 12 Financing the Deal: The Different Options 165 Chapter 13 Further M&A: Enabling Commercial and Operational Success 171 Part V The Governance Playbook 173 Chapter 14 Regulatory: And the License to Play 175 Chapter 15 Financial Governance: Always Necessary 179 Chapter 16 The Board: And Its Multiple Roles 185 Part VI The Organizational Playbook 195 Chapter 17 Culture: The Underlying Root Cause of Nearly Every Merger’s Success or Failure 197 Chapter 18 Incentives: Show Me How They’re Paid and I’ll Tell You What They Do 223 Chapter 19 Leadership: Starting with the Core Leadership Team 227 Tool 19.1 Team and People Assessment 243 Chapter 20 People: Acquire, Develop, Encourage, Plan, Transition 245 Tool 20.1 Future Organizational Capability Planning 264 Tool 20.2 Talent Management 265 Tool 20.3 Recruiting Brief 267 Chapter 21 Politics: What Current and New Leaders Need to Know Organizationally and Personally 269 Part VII The Change Management Playbook 279 Chapter 22 Integration Leadership: Start Here 281 Chapter 23 Change Management: Leading Through the Point of Inflection 291 Tool 23.1 Alignment Workshop 303 Chapter 24 Communication: Everything Communicates 305 Tool 24.1 Communication and Presentation Planning 320 Chapter 25 Announcement Cascade: Emotional, Direct, Indirect 321 Tool 25.1 Announcement Cascade 328 Tool 25.2 Press Interviews 329 Chapter 26 Adjustments: Because You’ll Need Them 331 Tool 26.1 Management Cadence 349 Part VIII Prototypical Order 351 Chapter 27 Prototypical Order 353 About the Authors 361 Guest Contributors 365 Bibliography 367 Index 369
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Digital Leader
Book SynopsisDigitally transform your organization, one manageable step at a time In The Digital Leader: Finding a Faster, More Profitable Path to Exceptional Growth, a team of visionary entrepreneurs delivers an authoritative and engaging roadmap demonstrating how to digitalize your business by taking small, achievable steps that yield measurable, near-term results. In this handbook of concrete strategies and methods, the authors show you how to pinpoint and implement bite-sized projects that sync up with your business priorities. You'll learn how to find and choose between the digital enablement options available to you while discovering the tools you need to explain their value to stakeholders and get much-needed buy-in from executives, managers, and employees. You'll also: Learn about the value of experimentation, continuous innovation, and how to generate dramatic transformation by using incremental changes to your advantageFind out how to digitalize one piece of your business at a time, instead of taking on a gargantuan transformation all at once that is destined for failureDiscover how to straddle the technology and business worlds and help define each of them to the otherA can't-miss resource for executives, managers, and other business leaders, The Digital Leader also belongs in the bookshelves of IT and data professionals seeking to maximize their impact on the businesses around them.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Part One 1 1 The New and Simpler Path to Digitalize Your Business 3 2 Taking the First Bite 11 3 Getting Started 19 4 The Right First Step 33 5 Launch! 47 6 From Algorithms to New Models 61 7 What Can Go Wrong and How to Make It Right 67 Part Two 79 8 Low Investment, High Impact Digital Business Themes: Use Cases 81 About the Authors 149
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Systematic Fixed Income
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface xiii Acknowledgments xv About the Author xvii Chapter 1 Setting the Stage 1 1.1 What is fixed income? 1 1.2 How big are fixed income markets? 3 1.3 What does it mean to be systematic? 8 1.4 Which fixed income markets will this book focus on? 15 1.5 Commonly used fixed income analytics 17 1.6 Other fixed income considerations 24 References 28 Chapter 2 Fixed Income – Strategic Asset Allocation 29 2.1 What are the key drivers of fixed income security returns? 29 2.2 What traditional risk premia can be harvested in fixed income? 36 2.3 The strategic diversification benefit of fixed income 50 2.4 Is the strategic diversification benefit of fixed income threatened in a low-interest-rate environment? 54 References 55 Chapter 3 Fixed Income – Tactical Asset Allocation 57 3.1 Market timing – term premium 57 3.2 Market timing – credit premium 70 3.3 Other considerations 83 References 88 Chapter 4 Incumbent Active Fixed Income Managers 89 4.1 Framework for active fixed income management 89 4.2 US Aggregate (Core Plus) benchmarked fixed income managers 94 4.3 Global Aggregate benchmarked fixed income managers 97 4.4 Unconstrained Bond Funds 100 4.5 Emerging Market fixed income managers 102 4.6 Credit long/short managers 104 References 108 Chapter 5 Security Selection – Rate-Sensitive Assets 109 5.1 What is the investment opportunity set for developed market government bonds? 109 5.2 Reducing the dimensionality 112 5.3 A framework for security selection of government bonds (investment themes) 119 5.4 A framework for security selection of government bonds (level, slope, and curvature) 123 5.5 Extensions 131 References 135 Chapter 6 Security Selection – Credit-Sensitive Assets 137 6.1 What is the investment opportunity set for developed market corporate bonds? 137 6.2 Dimensions of active risk taking within corporate bonds 145 6.3 A framework for security selection of corporate bonds (investment themes) 149 6.4 A framework for security selection of corporate bonds (performance) 158 6.5 Extensions 163 References 170 Chapter 7 Security Selection – Emerging Markets (Hard Currency) 173 7.1 What is the investment opportunity for emerging market fixed income? 173 7.2 A framework for security selection of hard currency emerging market bonds (investment themes) 178 7.3 A framework for security selection of emerging market hard currency bonds (performance) 182 7.4 Extensions 184 References 186 Chapter 8 Portfolio Construction Considerations 187 8.1 Choices in the investment process (design and investment universe) 187 8.2 Choices in the investment model (expected returns) 191 8.3 Choices in the portfolio construction process (optimization, rebalancing, trading) 199 8.4 Other topics 207 References 208 Chapter 9 Liquidity and Trading Considerations 209 9.1 Some context for the liquidity challenges of fixed income assets 209 9.2 Basics for trading credit-sensitive assets 210 9.3 Electronification of trading for credit-sensitive assets 219 9.4 Primary markets – liquidity provision 221 9.5 Secondary markets – liquidity provision 226 9.6 Ancillary topics 228 References 232 Chapter 10 Sustainability 233 10.1 Interest in ESG/sustainability 233 10.2 Sustainable investing with credit-sensitive assets 235 10.3 Sustainable investing with rate-sensitive assets 249 References 256 Chapter 11 Putting It All Together 259 11.1 What might a successful systematic fixed income investing process look like? 259 11.2 Some final thoughts 272 Reference 277 Index 279
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