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Book SynopsisAs markets become more volatile, the profit and risk opportunities and challenges become greater. Unprecedented profits exist in a world of equally unprecedented losses. Arbitrage is the terrain so successfully mined by renowned traders like George Soros, and this book explains how to profit from arbitrage opportunities on a global scale.Table of ContentsIntroducton: From Subjective Macroeconomic Views to Objective Macroeconomic Mispricings in Global Markets. Macro Trading and Investment Strategies. Directional Marco Trading and Investment. Long/Short Marco Trading Investment. Macroeconomic Arbitrage in Global Markets: A New Marco Strategy. Comparison Between Macroeconomic Arbitrage, Directional Macro, and Long/Short Macro Strategies. Macroeconomic Arbitrage Based on Retail Sales Mispricings in Markets. Causes of Macroeconomic Mispricings in Markets and Tackling Secondary Macroeconomic Variables in Trades. The Importance to Technical Timing in Macro Arbitrage. The Relation Between Macro and Micro Fundamentals in Macro Arbitrage. Volatility of Macro Arbitrage Strategies versus Relative Value Strategies. Macro Arbitrage Is Uncorrelated to Directional and Relative Value Strategies. Macro Arbitrage Trading and Investment Based on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Mispricings in Global Markets. Macro Arbitrage Based on Interest Rates Mispricing in Global Markets. Macro Arbitrage of Consumer Expenditure Mispricings in Global Markets. Macro Arbitrage of Manufacturing Shipments Mispricings in Global Markets. Mispricings of Asian Crisis Effects on Global Markets: When Macro Events Trigger Subliminal Market Relations. Macro Arbitrage of EMU Convergence Mispricings in Equity Markets. Macro Mispricings of Currencies (Exchange Rates) in Stock Markets. Long/Short Macro Spreads and Macro Arbitrage Opportunities within the New EMU Euro Stock Markets. Macro Arbitrage of Industrial Production Mispricings in Equity Markets. Epilogue: Global Financial Crisis Domino Effect Corrects Macro Mispricings. Index.

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Book SynopsisShared services is quickly becoming an important component of many corporation's strategic plans. By using shared services corporations can hope to reduce costs by as much as 25 to 50% and provide better value to their customers.Table of ContentsMOBILIZE. What Is Shared Services All About? What Is the Compelling Business Reason for Pursuing Shared Services? Is Shared Services Right for You? International Challenges. ASSESS. Shared Services and Its Relationship with Process Reengineering and Redesign. Shared Services and Its Relationship with Information Technology. Considering Outsourcing. DESIGN. Getting Started. Planning and Approach. Selecting the Location. Setting Up the Infrastructure. Service-Level Agreements and Pricing Issues. Final Business Case. IMPLEMENT. Defining and Setting Up the Project. Partnering for Success: Proceed With Care When Choosing a Consultant. Program and Project Management. Barriers to Implementation and Change Management Solutions. Performance Measures and Continuous Improvement. The Global Potential and the Virtual Potential. Appendices. Index.

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Book SynopsisPhysician Compensation Means More Than Money Physician compensation planning and methodology is a complex area that is influenced by many key factors. It takes experience and sharp analytical skills to manage.Table of ContentsFactors Impacting Physician Compensation. The Shrinking Pie. Defining the Pie. Regulatory Considerations in Physician Compensation Arrangements. Four Basic Principles of Compensation. Tax Considerations for Physician Compensation. Employment Agreements. Base Salary. Incentive Compensation. Physician Benefit Plans. Measuring Productivity. Relative Value Units. Using Relative Value Units to Measure Productivity. Cost Allocation. Administering the Compensation Plan. Academic Group Practice Compensation Models. Physician Integration Systems. Compensating the Physician CEO. Physician Compensation Case Studies. Common Pitfalls. Appendices. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisInvesting has become more and more popular and easier--with the advent of discount brokers, online trading, and the explosive growth of mutual funds. However, the flood of information and resources available is daunting.Table of ContentsWhy You Need Relevant Investment Information. Good Investing Starts at Home. The Basics of Being an Investor. The 10 Things You Must Know about Your Investments. How Analysts Look at Investments. How Performance Is Measured. The Great Benchmarks of Market Performance. All the Business News That Fits. Personal Finance Periodicals. Measuring the Value of Newsletters, Brokers' Advice, andAnalysts' Reports. The Big Hitters: Morningstar and Value Line. Television and Radio. Annual Reports and the Rest of the Mail. Going on the Internet for Information. Hands-On Investing. One Lean Investing Machine. Glossary. Index.

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Book SynopsisEquity derivative are future or options on stock or stock indexes. Traditional equity derivatives include warrants, options, futures, and stock index futures. This handbook covers equity index futures and options, and widens the scope of the mathematical discussion on the Black-Scholes model.Table of ContentsOptions Fundamentals (T. Weithers). A Historical Perspective on Equity Derivatives (J. Hill & B. Dunn). PRODUCTS TRADED ON ORGANIZED EXCHANGES IN THE UNITED STATES. U.S. Options Exchanges (J. Junkus). U.S. Stock Index Futures Markets (T. Petzel). Index Participation Units (E. Kirzner). Exchange-Traded Equity Funds-Genesis, Growth, and Outlook (G. Gastineau & C. Weber). International Equity Derivatives (J. Junkus). ISSUER DERIVATIVE STRUCTURES. Warrants (E. Harty). Japanese Warrants (B. Sucher & J. Knight). Convertibles (A. Aithal). Buy-Write Securities (T. McManus). The Enigma of Tax-Driven Security Design: The Unbundled Stock Units and Other Experiences (R. Sah & N. Vasavada). SYNTHETIC STRUCTURES. Applications of OTC Options and Other Structured Products (M. Zurack). Americus Trust's Primes and Scores: Precursors to Leaps, Percs, Elks, Yeelds and Chips, and Supertrust (E. Harty). Public Equity-Linked Debt (W. Toy & M. Ryan). Equity Swaps: Structures, Uses, and Pricing (J. Marshall & R. Yuyuenyongwatana). Nikkei 225 Put Warrants (M. Ryan & R. Granovsky). Synthetic Warrants (T. Lindberg). Supershares (M. Rubinstein). Structured Equity Derivative Products (J. Whittaker). A Practitioner's Guide To Structuring Listed Equity Derivative Securities (J. Braddock & B. Krause). ACCOUNTING, TAX, AND REGULATORY ISSUES. Accounting Considerations for Equity Derivatives (M. Joseph). Legal Issues Concerning Equity Derivative Instruments (P. Gottlieb & J. Gatsos). The U.S. Taxation of Equity Derivative Instruments (E. Kleinbard). Developments in U.S. Derivatives Regulation (T. Russo & M. Vinciguerra). SEARCHING FOR MEANINGFUL PATTERNS. Why Financial Instruments Fail or Succeed (J. Francis). What Lies Ahead? (G. Gastineau & L. Margolis). The Theory of Security Design (A. Boot, et al.). Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book is an incredibly fun read. The style is a lot of People magazine, with a little Smart Money magazine thrown in for good measure. -Detroit Free Press Americans have ample role models for how to spend money, but too few on how to save and invest it. Jean Chatzky's new book may change that, however.Trade Review". . . this book is an incredibly fun read. The style is a lot of People magazine, with a little SmartMoney magazine thrown in for good measure."-Detroit Free Press ". . . a breezy, well-researched look at the investment strategies of the you-know-who."-USA WeekendTable of ContentsThe Stock Junkies: Mike Ditka, Don Slaught, Jim Lovell. The Risk-Averse: Nicole Miller, Matt Lauer, Alan Dershowitz. The Real Estate Moguls: Dave Barry, Jeff Blake. The Gurus: Alan C. "Ace" Greenberg, Lou Dobbs, Charles Schwab. The Entrepreneurs: Dave Thomas, Lillian Vernon, Charlie Trotter. The Venture Capitalists: Jim Clark, Walter Payton, David Brenner. The Rebounders: Dennis Rodman, Olivia Goldsmith, Ivana Trump. The Partners: Helen Gurley and David Brown, Ken and Daria Dolan, Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken. The Collectors: Raoul Felder, Emeril Lagasse. Index.

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Book SynopsisWhile activity-based accounting is based on the activities an organization uses in their business process, activity-based management takes this a step further. This text presents the topic for manufacturing groups to the service industries, government entities and nonprofit organizations.Table of ContentsActivity-Based Management and Enterprise Excellence. The Changing Service Environment. Activities, Activity Management, and Cost Management. Why Activities? Activity Analysis. Activities of an Enterprise. Activity Cost. Calculating an Activity Cost. Tracing Activity Cost. Activity Service Cost. Activity-Based Budgeting. Activity Management-A Process Approach. Appendix. Glossary. Index.

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Book SynopsisA truly enlightening work filled with fundamental strategies that have worked for others.Martin Fridson documents the essential principles inherent in every billionaire''s success. -Gordon Bethune Chairman of the Board and CEO Continental Airlines Self-made billionaires all have one thing in common: they excel at making money. But hard work, thrift, and focus are only part of the story-you hold the rest of it in your hands. How to Be a Billionaire is the first comprehensive picture of the real strategies and tactics that built the great business fortunes of modern times. Packed with engaging accounts of titans like Ross Perot, Richard Branson, Phil Anschutz, John D. Rockefeller, Wayne Huizenga, Bill Gates, J. Paul Getty, and Kirk Kerkorian, How to Be a Billionaire will show you principles that can increase your wealth and business acumen to the mogul level. How to Be a Billionaire looks at the careers, the methods, and the minds of self-made billionaiTable of ContentsACCEPTING THE CHALLENGE. Do You Sincerely Want to Be Superrich? How Important Is Choosing an Industry? FUNDAMENTAL STRATEGIES. Take Monumental Risks. Do Business in a New Way. Dominate Your Market. Consolidate an Industry. Buy Low. Thrive on Deals. Outmanage the Competition. Invest in Political Influence. Resist the Unions. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER. Your Turn. Notes. Index.

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Book SynopsisRISK MANAGEMENT APPROACHES FOR FIXED INCOME MARKETS "Golub-Tilman will, I believe, become an absolutely essential reference text for fixed income portfolio managers, traders, issuers, and scholars. It is comprehensive and clearly written. While rigorous, it is easy to understand because of its many practical examples.Table of ContentsThe Art and Science of Risk Management. Parametric Approaches to Risk Management. Modeling Yield Curve Dynamics. Measuring Interest Rate, Basis, and Currency Risks. Value-At-Risk Methodological Trade-Offs. Using Portfolio Optimization Techniques to Manage Risk. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. About the Authors.

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Book SynopsisPREPARE FOR THE PARTNERSHIPS OF THE FUTURE This invaluable guide through the complex but highly worthwhile partnering between public and private entities in developing and constructing a wide range of building projects offers objective, comprehensive information integral to both the public and private partners.Table of ContentsPublic/Private Development Partnerships and Other Methods toRealize Projects. Emergence of Public/Private Development Partnerships. Advantages and Disadvantages of Public/Private DevelopmentPartnerships. A Highly Integrated Process Is Required to Achieve SuccessfulPublic/Private Development Partnerships. The Role and Responsibilities of the Public Partners. Partnerships Can Be Customized to Meet the Objectives of BothPartners. Structuring Public/Private Finance Plans. The Developer Solicitation Process. The Precarious Future of Public/Private DevelopmentPartnerships. Eight Case Studies. Appendices. Glossary. Index.

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Book SynopsisBenchmarking examines how corporations perform various tasks in an effort to identify and implement internal and external "best practices" in a program of continuous improvement. This book focuses on identifying appropriate benchmarking principles and using them effectively to improve operations and profit.Table of ContentsOrganizational Analysis. Organizational Benchmarks. Internal Benchmarking. External Benchmarking: Competitive, Industry, and Best-of-Class. External Benchmarking Process. Index.

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Book SynopsisAs the brainchild behind the Cable News Network, Ted Turner revolutionized the television industry by introducing a 24-hour news station. Dubbed Terrible Ted for his apparent disregard for the rules, he turned sharp business savvy into a global communications empire that has made him one of the wealthiest-and most powerful figures in the business. This unique biography, the latest in the bestselling Speaks series, presents the different shades of this colorful personality by bringing together original Turner quotes from newscasts, interviews, and articles. Janet Lowe (Del Mar, CA) is the author of the bestselling /Ispeaks/N series, including /IWarrenBuffett Speaks, Jack Welch Speaks, Bill Gates Speaks,/N and /IOprah Winfrey Speaks./N Shehas written for /Inewsweek/N, the /ILos Angeles Times/N, and the /IChristian Science Monitor./NTable of ContentsPartial table of contents: LESSONS FROM SAILING. Fastnet. Keep Going. Fight Like an Underdog. Have Fun. A SCARED, SCRAPPY KID. Ed's Boy. The Terrible Cadet. Jimmy Brown. The Brief Goodbye. IT'S ADVERTISING, STUPID. Learn as You Go. Accept No Limits. THE BRAT WHO ATE ATLANTA. Redefine the Question. I Was Cable When Cable Wasn't Cool. SEIZE THE TECHNOLOGY. Changing Television Forever. Ride the Leading Edge. A SPORTS EMPIRE. Throwing Heat. The Goodwill Games. THE NEXT BIG THING. Challenge Up. Time-Warner. THE TURNER STYLE. Study the Past, Live in the Future. Power. Fame. THE DEMON WITHIN. Feeling a Little Wacko. A High Maintenance Guy. FAMILY VALUES. She Ain't Much, But She's All I Got. Doing the Right Thing. THE RETURN TO IDEALISM. I Love Everything. Give Me Land, Lots of Land. The Quest for Peace. One Billion at a Time. Life is Nice. Time Line. End Notes.

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Book SynopsisMontgomery''s Auditing is the definitive handbook on auditing, and this Continuing Professional Education version is a professional edition of the successful subscription reference, providing a condensed, yet complete overview of auditing for the professional as well as the senior level student. The strategies contained help to strengthen the auditor''s skills in the profession''s core service-audits conducted in accordance with GAAS of financial statements prepared in conformity with GAAP.Table of ContentsTHE AUDIT ENVIRONMENT. An Overview of Auditing. Organization and Structure of the Auditing Profession. Auditing Standards and Professional Conduct. Auditor's Professional Responsibility. Auditor's Legal Liability. THEORY AND CONCEPTS. The Audit Process. Engagement Planning and Management. Overview of Internal Control. Understanding Entity-Level Controls. Understanding Activity-Level Controls. Assessing Control Risk and Developing the Audit Strategy. Auditing the Revenue Cycle. Auditing the Purchasing Cycle. Substantive Tests. The Use of Audit Sampling. AUDITING SPECIFIC ACCOUNTS. Auditing Cash and Accounts Receivable. Auditing Inventories and Cost of Sales. Auditing Investments, Prepayments, and Accruals, and Property, Plant, and Equipment. Auditing Accounts Payable, Income Taxes, Debt and Equity, and Disclosures. COMPLETING THE WORK AND REPORTING THE RESULTS. Completing the Audit. Reporting on Audited Financial Statements. Reporting on Audit-Related Services and on Certain Nonaudit Services. Attestation Engagements. Compliance Auditing.

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Book SynopsisThis updated and expanded fourth edition uses real-world illustrations to present the basics of options trading theory and practice. It acquaints readers with the most successful options trading strategies and alerts them to the ten biggest options trading mistakes.Table of ContentsThe Fundamentals of Stock Options. Buying Calls. Selling Covered Calls. Selling Naked Calls. Buying and Selling Puts. Spreads, Straddles, and Combinations. Option Commissions. Taxation of Stock Options. Appendices. Index.

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Book SynopsisNo one has a clearer understanding of valuation than does Al King. He knows the nuts and bolts of this subject, as well as its intricacies, because he has practiced his profession on the factory floor, in the boardroom, and in the courtroom. The mathematics of valuation is easy to understand. Applying the underlying principles to the ever-growing myriad of business assets and issues is very difficult. Only a handful of valuation professionals have the breadth of knowledge and experience necessary to meet that challenge. The author of this book is one of them, and he conveys that experience in a readable style. He writes as he speaks- clearly and to the point. Anyone who wishes to understand the appraisal process as it pertains to business assets needs this book. --Gordon V. Smith, President, AUS Consultants Al King''s Valuation: What Assets Are Really Worth aims to give the reader a deep understanding of what ''value'' really means-and it succeeds brilliantly. King clearly explainsTable of Contents1. Cost, Value, and Price 12. Accounting for Value, Not Cost: Financial Reporting at the Crossroads 143. Investing for Value: Buying and Selling Assets 434. Adversarial Nature of Valuations: "Why Can't I Get A Higher (Lower) Answer?" 545. Cost Approach to Value 756. Income Approach to Value 917. Market Comparable Approach to Value 1078. Can Value Information Be Objective and Independent? 1299. What Will Happen in the Future? Why Assumptions Are Critical in the Valuation Process 14210. Hiring an Appraiser; Reading an Appraisal Report 15711. Providing Value Information to Shareholders and Analysts 16912. Allocation of Purchase Price: Tangible Assets 18013. Allocation of Purchase Price: Intangible Assets 20014. Good Property Records Increase Value and Save Money 22415. Don't Overpay Property Taxes! 24916. Adopting SFAS 141 and SFAS 142 26117. Valuing a Start-up Firm: Cheap Stock Options 275Index 289

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Book SynopsisLessons From the Front Line Praise for Lessons From the Front LineMichael Brush does a great job tapping some of the very best insights of some of the very best money managers and strategists. I came away from reading his book the first time with the feeling that I had better read it again because it contains so many insights into how The Street' works these days, and many more useful clues on how to be an effective investor.-Hugh Johnson Chairman and President, First Albany Asset Management Michael Brush tells you what your father, mother, or broker never told you about investing. He provides the thoughtful behind-the-scenes information you need in your arsenal as you battle toward a winning personal portfolio.-Andrew Leckey Nationally syndicated investment columnist for Tribune Media Services, Author of Global Investing 2000, and former CNBC anchor Michael Brush's book provides individual investors with insight that some professionaTable of ContentsINVESTOR INTELLIGENCE. The Wall Street Analyst's Report. How to Participate in Your Company's Conference Call. Reading the Insider Tea Leaves. The SEC Treasure Trove. The Torpedo Ratios. The Price to Sales Ratio. Cash on the Balance Sheet. What the Economic Indicators Really Mean. PROFITABLE STOCK MARKET PATTERNS. The Earnings "Confession" Season. The Lockup Release. The Russell Reshuffe. ADVANCED INVESTMENT TACTICS. Investing in Roll-Ups. Investing in IPOs. Reversion to the Mean. The Basics of Biotech Investing. Shareholder Activism. WHEN TROUBLE STRIKES. What to Do When Your Stock Blows Up. When Good Stocks Go Bad. After-Hours Markets. Avoiding the Con Artists. EPILOGUE. Tricks of the Pros. Some Basic Pointers. Index.

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Book SynopsisHow to decide when to say "yes" to a credit applicant-without jeopardizing your reputation or your company's bottom line Deciding whether a credit applicant is ultimately creditworthy involves more than just poring over their financial statements-it takes the kind of advice only an experienced credit expert, like Hal Schaeffer, can give.Trade Review"I recommend it to credit professionals who want to move from the back office to the front office" (Credit Focus, Summer 2007)Table of ContentsSTEPS FOR A SOUND BUSINESS CREDIT DECISION. A Is for Analysis for Creative Credit Management. B Is for Building Essential Business Credit Information. C Is for Considering All Factors That Impact the Business Credit Decision. D Is for Decision (or Recommendation). CASE STUDIES. Case Study 1: Sure Progress, Inc: Creative Alternatives to the Direct Extension of Credit. Case Study 2: International Exports, Inc: Creative Methods to Reestablish Open Account Credit with a Former Problem Customer. Case Study 3: Special Materials, Inc: Business Issues and Costs That Effect a Sound Business Credit Decision. Case Study 4: Fast Action Suppliers, Inc: Preserving a Company's Reputation That is Tarnished by a Customer's Slow Paying Practices. Case Study 5: True Delivery Seals, Inc: Minimizing Exposure to Loss Due to the Cancellation of a Distributor Contract. Case Study 6: First Choice Company, Inc: Dealing with a Last-Minute Credit Decision. Case Study 7: Perfect Image Suppliers, Inc: Addressing a Customer with an Overbearing Attitude. Case Study 8: Basic Needs, Inc: Considering Increased Credit Limits for Existing Customers. Case Study 9: Drugs "R" Us Products, Inc: Addressing a Customer's "Shady" Past. Case Study 10: Freezy Refrigerator Repair Co: Addressing the Problems with the Sale of a Service. Case Study 11: Terra Technology, Inc. The Risk of a Custom Order Sale. Case Study 12: Compania Swift, Inc. The Sale of Goods to Foreign Customers. Index.

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Book SynopsisAddressing one of the hottest topics in finance today, this groundbreaking book offers an up-to-date overview of the latest credit market and financial innovations.Table of ContentsWhy New Approaches to Credit Risk Measurement and Management? Traditional Approaches to Credit Risk Measurement. Loans as Options and the KMV Model. The VAR Approach: J.P. Morgan's CreditMetrics and Other Models. The Macro Simulation Approach: The McKinsey Model and Other Models. The Risk-Neutral Valuation Approach: KPMG's Loan Analysis System (LAS) and Other Models. The Insurance Approach: Mortality Models and the CSFP Credit Risk Plus Model. A Summary and Comparison of New Internal Model Approaches. An Overview of Modern Portfolio Theory and Its Application to Loan Portfolios. Loan Portfolio Selection and Risk Measurement. Back-Testing and Stress- Testing Credit Risk Models. RAROC Models. Off-Balance-Sheet Credit Risk. Credit Derivatives. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisYour guardian angel has arrived Capital is the single most important factor to getting your venture off the ground, but finding it can be a challenge, particularly if you''re running out of funding options. Suppose your venture is too small for institutional players. What do you do once you''ve exhausted your personal financial resources? Where do you go after banks, the leasing companies, the venture capital firms, have turned you down? What you need is an angel--a private investor with high net worth. Angel Financing--the only book of its kind--provides you with a road map to this valuable, little known, source of capital financing. Explains the structure of the direct private capital market Covers everything from the valuation process to writing an investor-oriented business plan Table of ContentsTHE CHALLENGE AND THE SOLUTION. The Challenge. The Private Placement Investment. A Strategy That Works. THE ANGEL INVESTOR. Alternative Sources of Capital. What Do Private Investors Look For in a Deal? Types of Private Investors. The Newest Breed of Angel: The Manager-Investor. RESOURCES: FINDING ANGEL INVESTORS. Alternative Funding Resources in Accessing Angel Capital. Building Your Own Database of Angel Investors. The Role of the Placement Agent in Raising Capital: A Marketing Partner for Your Deal. THE INVESTOR PERSPECTIVE. The Venture Process. The Valuation Process in Private Transactions. Due Diligence. On-line Options: Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Web-Sites. Conclusion. Appendices.

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Book SynopsisJust as Machiavelli's The Prince described a code of conduct for political leaders, so McAlpine explores the relationship between the modern business leader and his or her employees and shareholders.Table of ContentsDedication: To His Magnificence Lorenzo de' Medici: Of Patrons and Protégés. Concerning New Principalities Acquired by One's Own Forces and Personal Ability: Starting a Business. Why the Kingdom of Darius, Conquered by Alexander, Did Not Rebel Against His Successors After Alexander's Death: Business and Government. On New Principalities Acquired with the Forces and Fortune of Others: Inherited Business. On Hereditary Principalities: Family Business. The Classification of Principalities and How They Are Acquired: Capturing a Company. On Mixed Principalities: Controlling a Captured Company. How Cities and Principalities, which Prior to Occupation were Accustomed to Living under their Own Laws, Should be Administered: The Running of Recently Acquired Business. On Those who Acquire Principalities through Wicked Deeds: Stealing a Business. On Civil Principalities: Rising to Power. On the Different Types of Army and the Question of Mercenary Troops: The Use of Consultants. On Auxiliary Troops, Your Own Troops, and a Mixture of the Two: The Need for Loyalty. On Cruelty and Mercy, and Whether It is Better to be Loved than Feared, or the Reverse: Managing People. On the Secretaries Who Accompany the Prince: The Power and the Employee. On Ecclesiastical Principalities: Dealing with the Establishment. How a Prince Should Act Concerning Military Affairs: The Need for Total Dedication. Whether Princes Should Keep Their Word: The Use of Craftiness. How the Strength of Every Principality Should be Measured: Finance and the Understanding of Money. On Generosity and Meanness: Controlling Expenditure. How Flatterers are Avoided: Flattery and False Profits. Whether Fortresses and Many Other: Things Commonly Used by Princes are Useful or Useless: Structuring the Business. On the Things for Which Men, and Especially Princes, are Praised or Blamed: The Company Image. On the Avoidance of Contempt and Hatred: Public Relations. How a Prince Should Act in Order to Gain Reputation: The Advantages and Dangers of Fame. Why the Princes of Italy Have Lost their States: Why Businesses Fail. How Much Fortune can Influence Human Affairs, and How She Should be Resisted: Creating One's Own Luck.

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Book SynopsisCustomize your trading plan for greater profits using the most popular charting software The majority of professional and individual traders use some kind of trading software on which to base their strategies. With over 100,000 users, the most popular trading software today is TradeStation, published by TradeStation Technologies.Table of ContentsForeword xi Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii Author’s Note xix Chapter 1 Introduction to EasyLanguage 1 Chapter 2 Quick Start 7 Chapter 3 Understanding the Process 27 Chapter 4 Basic Use of TradeStation 59 Chapter 5 Basic Math 137 Chapter 6 Basic EasyLanguage 157 Chapter 7 Programming Conventions 173 Chapter 8 Statements 199 Chapter 9 Ifs, Ands, and Buts 209 Chapter 10 Begin and End (Block Statements) 219 Chapter 11 Loops 241 Chapter 12 Analysis Techniques 247 Chapter 13 Buying and Selling 283 Chapter 14 Functions 307 Chapter 15 Tricky Math 325 Chapter 16 TradeStation Tricks 333 Chapter 17 Optimization 355 Chapter 18 System Performance 383 Chapter 19 Conclusion 399 Appendix A Styles 407 Appendix B Reserved Words 415 Appendix C Formulas 563 Appendix D Full Code for the System and Studies in This Book 567 Appendix E Baskets 573 Appendix F Where’s the Command? 577 Appendix G.1 Built-in Functions and Indicators (Alphabetical Listing) 585 Appendix G.2 Built-in Functions and Indicators (Functional Listing) 589 Appendix H TradeStation Add-on Products and Services 707 Appendix I TradeStation User Groups 717 Appendix J Error Messages 723 Appendix K What’s Wrong with This Code? 727 Bibliography 733 Index 735

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Book SynopsisThe US Chamber of Commerce estimates that the cost of employee and management fraud exceeds $100 billion annually. In most cases, fraud is discovered completely by accident, the perpetrator does not get convicted, and the losses are not recovered. The authors estimate that only about 20% of all fraud gets discovered at all.Trade Review"...I opened this book with anticipation and it did not disappoint! I found the book well presented and easy to read. It certainly provides plenty of food for thought."(Accounting Technician, August 2000)Table of ContentsFRAUD-SPECIFIC EXAMINATIONS AND INTERNAL CONTROL. Audit Responsibility for Fraud Detection After Cohen andTreadway. New Perspectives on Fraud. Principles and Standards for Fraud-Specific Examinations. Classifying Fraud for Improved Detection. Internal Control and Fraud-Specific Internal Control. Establishing and Operating an Effective Fraud-Specific InternalControl System: Seven Steps to Internal Control. Computer Fraud 101. Fraud Case Studies. Fraud Case Studies--Solutions. Custodial Fraud. INVESTIGATING FRAUD. Investigating Suspected Fraud. Proactive and Reactive Investigations. PROSECUTING FRAUD. Rules of Evidence, Fraud Discovery, and Prosecution. The Legal Cases in Fraud. Ethical Conduct and Fraud Prevention. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisAn action-driven approach to assessing, creating, and protectingvalue The timing for publication of Eleanor Bloxham''s Economic ValueManagement is providential. We are assailed by the reality that theboard of directors of leading companies have approved, no, havedirected, accounting practices that inflate the reported earningsbut that lack economic substance. Audit firms in search of personalwealth have been selling ''earnings'' from their consulting divisionto their full client list. This volume is uniquely couched torestore integrity to the financial understanding of corporatefunctioning. If you want-and you should-to start getting Americanbusiness back on the right track, you should read thisbook.-Robert A. G. Monks, Publisher of www.ragm.com and severalbooks about corporate governance Educated investors are essential to successfully functioningcapital markets. At this critical time in our financial history,restoring the confidence in our financial system lost overTrade Review"A good read for managers who want to see the horizon as well as a foot in front of them." -- Working Knowledge, Harvard Business SchoolTable of ContentsList of Exhibits. Acknowledgments. Foreword. Introduction. PART ONE: What Is Economic Value Management and How Does ItRelate to Organizations Today? CHAPTER 1: WHAT IS ECONOMIC VALUE MANAGEMENT? CHAPTER 2: The Value Management Wheel. CHAPTER 3: The Performance Measurement and ManagementContext. CHAPTER 4: Economic Value Management: The Measurement andManagement Impacts. CHAPTER 5: Economic Value Management: Demonstrating andAssessing Value Measurement Approaches. PART TWO: Applications and Techniques. CHAPTER 6: Has Value Been Created? How Much? CHAPTER 7: Evaluations of the Past to Strengthen the Future:Peers and Sectors. CHAPTER 8: Placing Detailed Evaluations in Context: Product,Service, Distribution Channel, and Process. CHAPTER 9: The Customer, Value Drivers, and Changes overTime. CHAPTER 10: Creating Value in the Future. Afterword. Index.

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Book SynopsisOnce in Golconda In this book, John Brooks-who was one of the most elegant of all business writers-perfectly catches the flavor of one of history''s best-known financial dramas: the 1929 crash and its aftershocks. It''s packed with parallels and parables for the modern reader. -From the Foreword by Richard Lambert Editor-in-Chief, The Financial Times Once in Golconda is a dramatic chronicle of the breathtaking rise, devastating fall, and painstaking rebirth of Wall Street in the years between the wars. Focusing on the lives and fortunes of some of the era''s most memorable traders, bankers, boosters, and frauds, John Brooks brings to vivid life all the ruthlessness, greed, and reckless euphoria of the ''20s bull market, the desperation of the days leading up to the crash of ''29, and the bitterness of the years that followed. Praise for Once in Golconda A fast-moving, sophisticated account.embracing the stock-market boom of the twenties, the crash of 1929, the Depression, and the cominTable of ContentsOverture: The Outrage. Ticker Tyranny. The Almost Aristocracy. So Near the Apes. Things Fall Apart. Enter the White Knight. Gold Standard on the Booze. Ordeal in Washington. The White Knight Unhorsed. Rising Action. Catastrophe. Denouement. Acknowledgments. Sources. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe Go-Go Years "The Go-Go Years is not to be read in the usual manner of Wall Street classics. You do not read this book to see our present situation reenacted in the past, with only the names changed. You read it because it is a wonderful description of the way things were in a different time and place.Table of ContentsForeword vii I Climax: The Day Henry Ross Perot Lost $450 Million 1 II Fair Exchange: The Year the Amex Delisted the Old Guard Romans 26 III The Last Gatsby: Recessional for Edward M Gilbert 55 IV Palmy Days and Low Rumblings: Early Warnings Along Wall Street 81 V Northern Exposure: Early Warnings Along Bay Street 104 VI The Birth of Go-Go: The Rise of a Proper Chinese Bostonian 127 VII The Conglomerateurs: Corporate Chutzpah and Creative Accounting 150 VIII The Enormous Back Room: Drugs, Fails, and Chaos Among the Clerks 182 IX Go-Go at High Noon: The View from Trinity Church 206 X Confrontation: Steinberg/Leasco vs Renchard/Chemical Bank 227 XI Revelry Before Waterloo: The Time of the Great Garbage Market 260 XII The 1970 Crash: To the Edge of the Abyss 291 XIII Saving Graces: The Invisible Samaritans of Wall Street 311 XIV The Go-Go Years 348 Notes on Sources 358 Index 364

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Book SynopsisAn ambitious, intelligent, and very readable guide to understanding our present and our future.-Harry Beckwith, author of Selling the Invisible No one can foretell the future. Or can they? There are many who purport to-and they are making a fortune. From meteorologists to investment advisers, prognosticating professionals are part of a multibillion-dollar industry. No longer merely fortunetellers, they are fortune sellers, offering us a commodity we''re more than eager to buy: the future. In this piercing and provocative expose, business consultant and forecasting expert William Sherden casts an unblinking eye on the booming business of predicting the future, separating fact from fallacy to show us not only how best to use the forecasts we''re given, but how to select the nuggets of valuable future advice from amongst the $200 billion worth of mostly erroneous future predictions put forth each year.Trade ReviewAll in all, The Fortune Sellers is a very interesting and valuable book - well-written, well-documented, with an abundance of graphical illustrations and an extensive bibliography for those who wish to pursue the subject further.—Knight-Ridder News ServiceTable of ContentsThe Second Oldest Profession. When Chaos Rains. The Dismal Scientists. The Market Gurus. Checking the "Unchecked Population". Science Fact and Fiction. The Futurists. Corporate Chaos. The Certainty of Living in an Uncertain World. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisWHAT DOES RETIREMENT MEAN TO YOU? Will your retirement be a comfortable and enjoyable new stage of adulthood or a time of uncertainty, strict economizing, and reduced options? As retirement planning guru Bambi Holzer explains, the choice is yours but the time to act is now, while you re still earning a steady income.Table of ContentsPLANNING. Retirement Planning for a New Generation. Thinking about Retirement: Imagining the Perfect Life. How Much Retirement Income Will You Need? How Much Do You Need to Save? SAVING. Retirement Plans at Work: Making the Most of YourEmployer-Sponsored Plan. Retirement Plans for Business Owners and Self-EmployedIndividuals. Individual Retirement Accounts: A Retirement Plan forEveryone. Other Tax-Advantaged Ways to Save. INVESTING. Making Your Retirement Fund Grow: Fundamentals of Investing. Understanding Stocks. Understanding Bonds. Understanding Cash and Cash Equivalents. Understanding Mutual Funds. Asset Allocation. MONITORING. Monitoring and Managing. Keep Your Eyes on the Horizon. Index.

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Book SynopsisMost cost management efforts concern understanding the past but this book focuses on future costs, their uncertainties, and risks. It presents a new approach toward life-cycle costing based on the principles of activity-based costing, uncertainty and risk management and Monte Carlo methods.Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction. What Does It Cost? The Role of Life-Cycle Costing. Why Activity-Based Life-Cycle Costing? Notes. 2. Basics of Life-Cycle Costing. What Is a Life Cycle? What Is a Cost? Four Ways of LCC. Notes. 3. Uncertainty Analysis and Risk Management. What are Risk and Uncertainty? Uncertainty, Risk, and Utility. Common Ways of Analyzing Risk and Uncertainty. How Belief Sheds Light on Risk and Uncertainty. Reduce Risk by Introducing Uncertainty: How Monte Carlo Methods Work. Traditional Risk Management. Notes. 4. Activity-Based Costing. Motivating Example. Activity-Based Costing. ABC Example and Case Study. From the Trenches. Notes. 5. Activity-Based Life-Cycle Costing. Step 1: Define the Scope of the Model and the Corresponding Cost Objects. Step 2: Obtain and Clean Bill of Materials for All Cost Objects. Step 3: Identify and Quantify the Resources. Step 4: Create an Activity Hierarchy and Network. Step 5: Identify and Quantify Resource Drivers, Activity Drivers, and Their Intensities. Step 6: Identify the Relationships between Activity Drivers and Design Changes. Step 7: Model the Uncertainty. Step 8: Estimate the Bill of Activities. Step 9: Estimate the Cost of Cost Objects and Their Performance Measures. Step 10: Perform Monte Carlo Simulations and Relevant Analyses. Further Explanation Regarding Some Steps. Notes. 6. Case Study: Life-Cycle Costing and Tire Disposal. What the Decision Is About. Traditional LCC Implementation. Activity-Based LCC Implementation. Discussion. Closure. Epilogue. Notes. 7. Activity-Based Life-Cycle Costing for Platform Supply Vessels. Operating a Platform Supply Vessel. Problem Statement and System Boundaries. Information Sources. Activity-Based LCC Model Implementation and Results. Identifying the Major Operational Risks. Closure. Notes. 8. Activity-Based Life-Cycle Costing at WagonHo! WagonHo!’s New Strategy and Business Idea. Developing an Activity-Based LCC Model. Results and How to Use Them. Closure. Notes. 9. From Hindsight to Foresight. Activity-Based LCC Revisited. Ideas for the Future. Some Thoughts at the End. Notes. Appendix A Monte Carlo Simulation Example. Problem Definition. Hypotheses to Be Tested. Results and Discussion. Appendix B SFI Group System. Glossary. Acronyms. Index.

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Book SynopsisAn intriguing look at how technology is changing financial markets, from an innovator on the frontlines of this revolution Nerds on Wall Street tells the tale of the ongoing technological transformation of the world''s financial markets. The impact of technology on investing is profound, and author David Leinweber provides readers with an overview of where we were just a few short years ago, and where we are going. Being a successful investor today and tomorrow--individual or institutional--involves more than stock picking, asset allocation, or market timing: it involves technology. And Leinweber helps readers go beyond the numbers to see exactly how this technology has become more responsible for managing modern markets. In essence, the financial game has changed and will continue to change due entirely to technology. The new players, human or otherwise, offer investors opportunities and dangers. With this intriguing and entertaining book, Leinweber shows whTrade ReviewPraise for Nerds On Wall Street "Leinweber leads his readers through a largely unexplored forest, turning over ordinary-looking rocks to reveal hidden colonies of peculiar creatures that feed on moldering mounds of numbers teeming with trailing zeroes. His book is absorbing, instructive, and very, very funny." –David Shaw, Founder, D. E. Shaw & Co. "David Leinweber has been a pioneer in developing and applying advanced technologies in the capital markets. This book is a virtual tour de force survey of many of the key innovations over the past two decades, with key insights for the future. It is a highly engaging, insightful, and entertaining book for all investors who want to understand the increasingly important role of technology in the financial markets." –Blake Grossman, CEO, Barclays Global Investors "Leinweber isn't half as crazy as people said! He foresaw the profound change that wired technology would bring to markets (robots trading millions of shares in six milliseconds). Now he nails the Stupid Financial Engineering Tricks that dumped the markets, and offers his patented, sound insights on how the nerds will help bring us back." –Jane Bryant Quinn, Financial columnist, Bloomberg.com and Newsweek "Through the lenses of finance 'nerds,' Dave Leinweber recounts the quantitative and technological revolution in equity trading. The book is humorously written but it is serious and insightful. It makes an important contribution to our understanding of financial innovation and the evolution of the capital markets." –Andre F. Perold, George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking, Harvard Business School "Finally, a book that rightly honors the pocket-protected, RPN-loving, object-oriented, C-compatible, self-similar Wall Street quant! This is a delightfully entertaining romp across the trading floors and through the research departments of major financial institutions, told by one of the early architects of automated trading and a self-made nerd." –Andrew W. Lo, Professor of Finance, MIT Sloan School of Management "David Leinweber is one of the great financial innovators of our time. David possesses a unique combination of expertise in the fields of money management, artificial intelligence, and computer science." –Blair Hull, Founder, Hull Trading & Matlock Trading "An important, accessible, and humorous guide to today's electronic markets. Like Capital Ideas mixed with Being Digital, as told by Steve Martin." –Frank Fabozzi, Yale School of Management, Editor, Journal of Portfolio Management "Slicing and dicing data to predict the future can get dicey. The Super Bowl market indicator holds that stocks will do well after a team from the old National Football League wins the Super Bowl. . . The "Sell in May and go away" rule advises investors to get out of the market after April and get back in after October. . . hundreds -- of Web sites hawk "proprietary trading tools" and analytical "models" . . . There is no end to such rules. But there isn't much sense to most of them either. An entertaining new book, "Nerds on Wall Street," by the veteran quantitative money manager David Leinweber, dissects the shoddy thinking that underlies most of these techniques." — Jason Zweig, The Wall Street Journal "One of the best reads that I have picked up in some time. It stimulated me about things in the market that I didn't know.... A wonderful book" —Vince Rowe Radium, Biz Radio "Where technology will take investing and trading in the future is anyone's guess. Yet, David J. Leinweber in his newly published book, "Nerds on Wall Street: Math, Machines and Wired Markets," provides a glimpse of the direction. In his lively — alternately raucous and reverent, deriding and respectful — Mr. Leinweber recounts the history of how technology has transformed investing and trading through the people that developed ideas and pioneered applications, most famously in indexing, optimization and quantitative investing. . . The book makes one of the best reads of the summer — suitable for the beach as well as for a serious reader in suit and tie at the office." —Pensions & Investments “Explains complex financial instruments in relatively simple terms, and the same goes for complex trading techniques. . . The average reader will learn a lot here. I recommend the book to those that want to dig into how the equity markets became more computerized. — Seeking AlphaTable of ContentsForeword by Ted Aronson xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xv Part One 1 Wired Markets Chapter 1: An Illustrated History of Wired Markets 5 Chapter 2: Greatest Hits of Computation in Finance 31 Financial Technology Stars; Hits and Misses; The Crackpot as Billionaire; Future Technological Stars; Mining the Deep Web; Language Technology; EDGAR; Greatest Hits, and the Mother of All Greatest Misses Chapter 3: Algorithm Wars 65 Early Algos; Algos for Alpha; Algos for the Buy Side; From Order Pad to Algos; A Scientifi c Approach; Job Insecurity for Traders; So Many Markets, So Little Time; Known Unknowns and Unknown Unknowns; Models Aren’t Markets; Robots, RoboTraders, and Traders; Markets in 2015, Focus on Risk; Playing Well with Robots and Algorithms; Seeing the Big Picture in Markets; Agents for News and Pre-News; Algorithms at the Edge Part Two 89 Alpha as Life Chapter 4: Where Does Alpha Come From? 95 Alpha from Innovation; Alpha, the ARPANET, and the Internet; Summary Chapter 5: A Gentle Introduction to Computerized Investing 109 Indexing 101; Active Management; What Do Quantitative Managers Do?; Active Management on Steroids; Finding Information and Inefficiencies to Produce Alpha; All the Stocks, All the Time; Jumping the Trading Cost Hurdle; Putting the Pieces Together; Does This Really Work? Chapter 6: Stupid Data Miner Tricks 135 “Your Mama Is a Data Miner”; Strip Mining the S&P 500; Enough Regression Tricks; Is There Any Hope for Data Miners?; Summary (and Sermonette); Counting the Kiddies Part Three 149 Artificial Intelligence and Intelligence Amplification Chapter 7: A Little AI Goes a Long Way on Wall Street 159 Prehistory of Artificial Intelligence on Wall Street; AI People Can Use; Where’s the AI?; Real Charting; Virtual Charting; Descriptive Programming; Information Flows and Displays in MarketMind and QuantEx; Integration with Real-Time Feeds and Historical Databases; Composing Syntactically Bulletproof Programs; From Indications to Orders to Executions; Vapor No More; Future Plans for AI in Finance (in 1995) Chapter 8: Perils and Promise of Evolutionary Computation on Wall Street 181 The AI Spring?; Genetic Algorithms; Evolving Financial Models; An Early Lesson; Arbitrage and Predictive Strategies; Maximizing Predictability; Chromosomes for Forecasting Models; FitnessFunctions for Forecasting Models; Use of the GA for Coping with a Combinatoric Explosion of Models; Genetically Optimized Forecasting Models in Hindsight; Genetic Algorithm Warning Label Chapter 9: The Text Frontier: AI, IA, and the New Research 203 Ten Pounds of News in a Five-Pound Bag; Pre-News and Disintermediation; More Pre-News on the Internet Chapter 10: Collective Intelligence, Social Media, and Web Market Monitors 227 Investing with Crowds; Never Met a Data Vendor I Didn’t Like; Santa Claus Is Coming to Town; Counting Messages; Whisper Numbers—Ruined by Success; Monitoring Web Activity; More Web, More Warnings Chapter 11: Three Hundred Years of Stock Market Manipulations: From the Coffeehouse to the World Wide Web 253 The Power of Manipulation; A Classic Market Manipulation; The Very Model of a Modern Market Manipulator; Bluffing; How Communication Changes Market Manipulation; Anatomy of a Successful Manipulation; The Internet Era; Cyber-Manipulations; It’s Not Just Micro-Caps; Where Are We Headed? Part Four 273 Nerds Gone Wild: Wired Markets in Distress Chapter 12: Shooting the Moon: Stupid Financial Technology Tricks 279 To Protect and to Serve; Stupid Engineering Tricks; Stupid Financial Engineering Tricks; Take Them Out and Shoot Them; Tech Hall of Shame; Quants Who Saw It Coming Chapter 13: Structural Ideas for the Economic Rescue: Fractional Homes and New Banks 305 Chapter 14: Nerds Gone Green: Nerds on Wall Street, off Wall Street 327 Accelerating Innovation; From the Vault; Billions of Dollars and Millions of Tons of Carbon; Epilogue; Web Site Index 343 About the Web Site 353 NerdsonWallStreet.com

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Book SynopsisA collection of three classic incisive books that instruct how to survive and thrive in a business world of suspicion and envy, strategic alliances and brutal misinformation. Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince, Alistair McAlpine's The Servant, and Sun Tzu's The Art of War comprise the three main texts.Table of ContentsIntroduction (A. McAlpine). The Prince (N. Machiavelli). The Servant (A. McAlpine). The Art of War (S. Tzu).

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Book SynopsisWritten from the standpoint of internal and external auditors, the material is easily understood by an entry-level auditing student and can be used as a supplement to a basic auditing text. It is also appropriate for an advanced or graduate level auditing course. It is designed to reduce the gap between textbooks that give only introductory coverage to audit sampling and the basic level of professional knowledge that is required to cope with audit sampling applications in practice.Table of ContentsOverview of Audit Sampling. Selecting a Representative Sample. Attribute Sampling. Using Variable Sampling for Accounting Estimation. Using Variable Sampling for Audit Hypothesis Testing. Probability-Proportional-To-Size Sampling. Nonstatistical Audit Sampling. Appendix A: Calculation Worksheets. Appendix B: List of Equations. Appendix C: SAS No. 39Audit Sampling (AU 350 As Amended). Appendix D: Audit Sampling: Auditing Interpretations of Section 350. Index.

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Book SynopsisEXPERT ADVICE FOR EVERYDAY SUCCESS! The coauthor of the bestselling Getting Started in Online Investing now brings her winning expertise to the increasingly popular day trading arena-along with the methods of today's most consistently successful trading practitioners.Table of ContentsThe Day Trading Game. The Playing Fields: Nasdaq and the NYSE. The Tools of the Trade. Electronic Brokers: Cutting Out the Middleman. Trading Software: The Day Trader's Control Panel. Define Your Trading Style. Technical Analysis for the Technically Challenged. When Greenspan Speaks, the Markets Listen. The Right Stuff. The Master Plan. The Home Office: Setting Up Shop. The College of Day Trading. The Future of Day Trading. Appendices. Notes. Glossary. Index.

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Book SynopsisBecause You Can't Take it with You Getting Started in Estate Planning "I think it's irritating that once I die, 55% of my money goes to the United States government. When you leave a house or money to people, then they're taxed 55%, so you've got to leave them enough so that once they're taxed, they still have some money.Table of ContentsEstate Planning Defined. Wills. Putting Your Team Together. Putting Together a Trust. Estate Planning and Taxes. Settling an Estate. IRAs and Estate Planning. Estate Planning for Family Businesses. Estate Planning and Special Situations. Talking to Your Parents. Estate Planning via the Web. Commonly Asked Questions. Epilogue: Planning Ahead. Appendices. Glossary. Index.

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Book SynopsisA complete tutorial in successfully developing and using trading systems that really work.Table of ContentsThe Set-Ups or the Big Picture. Practical Applications of the Elliott Wave Theory. Bar Charts and Their Forecasting Ability. Channel and Trendline Trading. Swing Trading. Patterns. Drummond Geometry and the PLdot: An Introduction to the Fundamentals. Introduction to Mechanical Trading Systems. Where to Start. Historical Testing-A Blessing or a Curse Money Management. Turnkey Systems and Portfolios. Top Ten Systems of All Time. Bibliography. Appendix. Index.

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Book SynopsisPraise for the classic guide to gaining a psychological advantage in investment and trading "The Investor's Quotient is destined to go down in history as the ultimate book on investor psychology... it explains the psychology of a trader in clear and simple English...Table of ContentsPartial table of contents: My Story. Many Markets-Many Similarities. The Response Sector. The Consequences of Behavior. How to Rectify Trading Errors. Scheduling and Self-Discipline. The Importance of Trading with the Trend. The Role of Advisory Services. Is This You? The Broker-Client Relationship. Social Psychology and the Markets. The Perceptual Factor. Minimize Stress-Maximize Health and Profits. Often-Asked Questions. Sex and the Markets: Fact or Fantasy. Creative Visualization and Guided Imagery. Why Too Many Traders and Investors Lose. Bibliography. Overview of "Trading Masters". Index.

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Book SynopsisWall Street insiders have long respected Louise Yamada for her extraordinarily accurate predictions and for the meticulously researched reports that are the foundation of her forecasting methods. In this book she reveals the secrets behind her market predictions and analysis.Table of ContentsTHE EVOLUTION OF DISCOVERY: TECHNICAL UNDERPINNINGS OF THE GREATEST BULL MARKET OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. U.S. Bull Market Extension? There Is Historic Precedent. The Two-Tier Market Thesis. Recent History/Market Projections. NEW HORIZONS FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. Changing Demographics. Demographics and the Stock Market. The Long-Wave Cycle: A Brief Consideration. The New Technological Era: Observations and Conceptual Thoughts. Old-Tech and New-Tech: Need for New Sectors. Revisiting the Capital/Consumer Ratio. Looking for Inflation in All the Wrong Places. New Agricultural Direction for the United States. UNSCRAMBLING THE PUZZLES. Asking Questions. New Economic Perceptions. Stock Market Implications and Expectations. CONCLUSION. What Lies Ahead: Other Emerging Forces at Work. Notes. Index.

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Book SynopsisNow more than ever auditors must be aware of what is occurring with computer security. According to a 1999 Computer Security Institute (CSI)/FBI survey there has been a dramatic increase in the number of respondents reporting serious computer incidents to law enforcement. Losses due to security breaches have passed the $100 billion mark.Table of ContentsSecurity Management. Physical Security. IBM AS/400 Architecture and Applications. AS/400 Audit Objectives and Procedures. Windows NT Server: Security Features. Unix. Networks. Disaster Recovery Planning. Index.

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Book SynopsisBlack America's Financial Elite Tell You How the Money Machine Works-and How to Increase Your Personal Wealth "Investment books tend to be as dry as the Sahara at high noon, but Money Talks is a stellar exception. Fairley has compiled a book full of practical tips...Table of ContentsACCOUNTING. Bert Mitchell. BANKING/CREDIT UNIONS. Emma Chappell. Mark Winston Griffith. Paul Hudson. Frank Savage. FINANCIAL PLANNING. Rozlyn Anderson. Glinda Bridgforth. Luther Gatling. GOVERNMENT. Isaac Hunt, Jr. MONEY/INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT. Barbara Bowles. Eddie Brown. Nathaniel Carter. Pierre Dunagan. Hamilton Lewis. John Rogers. Steven Sanders. Chuck Self. Maceo Sloan. TRADING. Harold Doley, Jr. Herb Harris. Appendices. Index.

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Book SynopsisPraise for Michael J. Clowes and the money flood "What a fine book! As an active participant in the revolution in pension investing, I could almost feel the times and tides of the past half-century shifting beneath me.Table of ContentsRevolution. The Way Things Were. The Flood Begins. The Rules Change. New Players Enter. Accelerated Change. Realty Revolution. Profit Sharing. Inflationary Doldrums. Social Investing. Consolidation. Portfolio Insurance. Metzenbaum Wins. Pension Exports. Trouble Ahead. Appendix. Notes. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe author of the Transfer Pricing Handbook now covers the often complex transfer pricing rules in nations around the globe. Reviews and analyzes OECD Guidelines. Provides an overview of 27 nation's transfer pricing rules.Table of ContentsPartial table of contents: ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT. Transactional Net Margin Method (D. Wright & C. Nelson). Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Rules for Intangible Property (D. Wright). THE AMERICAS. Argentina (M. Kent, et al.). Argentina: Advanced Tax Issues (M. Kent, et al.). Canada: Advanced Tax Issues (D. Bale & R. Turner). Chile (M. Kent, et al.). United States (R. Feinschreiber & M. Kent). Venezuela (M. Kent, et al.). ASIA AND AUSTALASIA. Indonesia (R. Darmandi & B. Kesmoeljana). Japan (G. Noble & D. Roach). Kazakhstan (P. Arnett). Singapore (L. Lim, et al.). EUROPE AND AFRICA. Czech Republic (M. Romancov). Denmark (J. Svolgaard). Finland (K. Hiltunen). Norway (E. Ommedal, et al.). Poland (R. Dhuska). Russia (P. Arnett). Switzerland (T. Ralph, et al.). United Kingdom (J. Hobster). COMPREHENSIVE SURVEYS. 1999 Global Transfer Pricing Survey (R. Cooper, et al.). Index.

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Book SynopsisMortgage-backed and asset-backed securities are fixed-income securities, like bonds, which derive their return from an underlying mortgage or basket of mortgages, or an asset or basket of assets. This market has increased from about $100 billion in 1980 to over $2. 5 trillion today.Table of ContentsIntroduction. AN OVERVIEW OF THE MARKET. A Concise Guide to Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBSs). An Introduction to the Asset-Backed Securities (ABSs) Market. The Mechanics of Investing in Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities. PREPAYMENT ANALYSIS AND MODELING. Anatomy of Prepayments: The Salomon Smith Barney (SSB) Prepayment Model. Random Error in Prepayment Projections. The Mortgage Origination Process. The Impact of the Internet on Prepayments. COLLATERAL SECTORS. Ginnie Mae. Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARMs). Hybrid ARMs. Jumbo Loans. Alternative-A Loans. OPTION-ADJUSTED SPREADS AND DURATIONS. The SSB Two-Factor Term Structure Model. Mortgage Durations and Price Moves. AGENCY COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (CMOs) AND STRIPPED MBSs. Structuring Mortgage Cash-Flows. COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (CMBSs). A Guide to CMBs. A Guide to Interest Only CMBSs. A Guide to Fannie Mae DUS MBSs. MORTGAGE-RELATED ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES. Home Equity Loan (HEL) Securities. Prepayments on RFC Fixed-Rate Sub-Prime/HELs. Manufactured Housing (MH) Loan Securities. NON-MORTGAGE-RELATED ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES. Class C Notes: Opening the Next Frontier in Credit Card Asset-Backed Securities. A Fresh Look at Credit Card Subordinate Clauses. Recreational Vehicle and Boat Loan ABSs. The ABCs of CDO Equity. Student Loans. NON-U.S. MARKETS. The Mortgages Market in the United Kingdom. The CMBs Market in the United Kingdom. The Mortgage Market in Australia. APPENDICES.

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Book Synopsis* Details how cost accounting systems work and how the resulting information can be used. * Includes a list of the most common costing problems, along with recommended solutions. * Provides case studies on costing issues and sample journal entries for the most common cost entries. * Includes a dictionary of cost accounting terminology.Table of ContentsPreface. Introduction. PURPOSE OF COST ACCOUNTING. Role of Cost Accounting. Cost Accountant's Job. Impact of Ethics on the Cost Accountant. COSTING SYSTEMS AND DATA COLLECTION. Using Data Systems to Collect Costing Information. Timekeeping and Payroll. Chart of Accounts. Selecting and Installing Cost Accounting Software. Paper-Based Documents in the Modern Costing System. COSTING METHODOLOGIES. Job Costing. Process Costing. Direct Costing. Standard Costing. LIFO, FIFO, and Average Costing. Throughput Costing. Joint and By-product Costing. Activity-Based Costing. Target Costing. Costing Systems Summary. USING COSTS IN PRICING, VARIANCE, AND OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS. Cost Variances. Waste: Spoilage, Rework, and Scrap. Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis. Analysis Reporting. MANAGING COSTS. Cost Controls and Feedback Loops. Capital Budgeting. Capacity Management. Impact of Manufacturing Resources Planning on Cost Accounting. Impact of Just-in-Time Systems on Cost Accounting. Cost of Quality. Cost Variability. PRICING ISSUES. Transfer Pricing. Pricing Decisions and Laws. OTHER TOPICS. Corporate Strategy and Cost Accounting. Benchmarking. Valuing Inventory. Costing Best Practices. Cost Budgeting. Cost Accounting for Services. Cost Accounting with an Electronic Spreadsheet. Cost Accounting and Taxes. Fraud in Cost Accounting. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisDiscover the Ideal Investment Strategy for Yourself and Your Clients "To enhance investment results and boost creativity, Jim Ware replaces the maxim know your investments with know yourself. And he gives us specific testing tools to do the job. "-Dean LeBaron, Founder, Batterymarch Financial Management, Chairman, Virtualquest.Trade Review"The Psychology of Money is a well-written and entertaining bookthat challenges money managers and individual investors to rethinktheir view of the investment decision-making process."(FinancialAnalysts Journal) "This book should be read by everyone!" (Mimi Lord, MorningstarSenior Editor)Table of ContentsTHE INVESTOR: PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAITS OF THE MASTERS. Investment Masters: The Quintet. The Eight Great Traits. Secrets of the Masters: Complexity. Self-Diagnosis. Strengthening One's Abilities: Drop and Give Me 50. The Ideal Investment Personality. The Typical Investment Personality. THE INVESTMENT TEAM: COLLABORATIVE TECHNIQUES. Teamwork Today? Golden Gloves or Golden Rules? Tools for Investment Teams. Case History: Collaboration for a Money Management Team. Temperaments and Teams: Implications for the Markets. Temperament and Client Service. THE CREATIVE INVESTMENT TEAM: TOOLS FOR ENHANCINGCREATIVITY. Brainstorming for the Masses. The Creative Investor: Taming the Critics. Creating a Safe Place. Guidelines for Safety. "A" Is for Assume Nothing. "C" Is for Change Gears. "R" Is for Risking Discomfort. "O" Is for Omit Either/Or Thinking. "B" Is for Borrow from Other Disciplines. "A" Is for Ask for Help. "T" Is for Tools and Techniques. Getting Personal. THE INTUITIVE INVESTOR: WHOLE-BRAINED INVESTING. Quantum Investing. Waves and/or Particles. The Case for Intuition. Operating on All Cylinders. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe authoritative, practical guide to internal control after COSO (Committee on Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission) Beyond COSO unravels the complexities of the COSO Report while providing clear-cut guidelines on how to implement the various internal controls it mandates.Table of ContentsOverview. Internal Control Conceptual Perspective. Historical Context. Business Ethics and Values. The COSO Framework. Beyond COSO: Other Frameworks. Internal Control: A Management Approach. Internal Control Oversight Process. Internal Control Oversight Issues. Internal Control Reporting. Appendices. Index.

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Book SynopsisEssential Budget Planning for the 21st Century Corporation Today's corporations are more competitive, dynamic, and, consequently, more powerful and successful than ever before. As a result, the days when corporate budgeting was merely an obligatory, routine process of estimating the coming year's revenues and expenses have long ended.Table of ContentsBUDGETING AND FORECASTING OVERVIEW. Budgeting Today: Overview and Trends. Budgeting Processes and Approaches. Budgeting Methods. Popular Budgeting Reports and Ratios. BUDGETING SOFTWARE: TECHNOLOGY TRENDS AND FUNCTIONALITY. Technology Trends. Functionality Offered by Modern Budgeting Software. What Will Future Budgeting Software Offer? Budgeting Software Buyer's Guide. Using Excel as a Budgeting Tool. SOFTWARE EVALUATION AND SELECTION. Selecting a System. Software Evaluation: Factors to Consider. The New Alternative: Outsourcing. SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION. Systems Implementation: Project Planning. Detailed Implementation. INTERVIEWS. Interviews. Appendices. Glossary. Index.

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Book SynopsisPraise for Private Equity Harold Bierman has blended an excellent mix of important principles with real case study examples for a better understanding on a rather sophisticated finance subject. -Edward M. Dudley, Vice President & General Auditor, ABB Americas The role of private equity firms in financing buyouts as well as providing growth capital has expanded significantly in the past decade. In a clear, concise way, Harold Bierman provides a timely and astute analysis of the virtues of private equity as well as creative quantitative methodologies that are applicable to real-life transactions. This book should become essential reading for investors, intermediaries, financial advisors and the management of private, almost private, or soon-to-be private firms. -James A. Rowan Jr., Managing Director, Investment Banking Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc. As the private equity asset class has grown to over $300 billion in the last three yeTable of ContentsThe Many Virtues of Private Equity. Valuing the Target Firm. Structuring and Selling the Deal. A Changed Dividend Policy. A Changed Capital Structure. Merchant Banking. Operations: The Other Factor. The Many Virtues of Going Public. A Partial LBO: Almost Private Equity. Metromedia. LBO of RJR Nabisco (1988). Marietta Corporation (1994-1996). The Managerial Buy-out of United States Can Company (2000). Phillips Petroleum, Mesa and Icahn (1984-1985). Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation (1986).

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Book SynopsisPraise for J.K. Lasser Pro Expert Financial Planning "A gem of a personal financial planning guide. Dr. Arffa has prepared many of the chapters himself and his highly readable and accessible overviews are presented with grace and clarity. Included also are discussions by industry professionals and leading investment thinkers.Table of ContentsAbout the Contributors. Preface. TAKING CONTROL. Developing a Financial Plan (J. Meredith & R. Arffa). Achieving Financial Security (S. Arffa & R. Arffa). INVESTING-- GENERAL. Investment Vehicles: Description and Historic Performance (R. Arffa). Earning Interest on Cash (J. Mueller). STOCK SELECTION. Fundamental Stock Analysis (R. Arffa). Growth Investing (R. Driehaus). Value Investing: A Philosophy for Life (D. Winters). Other Stock Selection Strategies (R. Arffa). The Efficient Markets Hypothesis (J. Clarke, et al.). MUTUAL FUNDS. Stock Mutual Funds (R. Arffa). Index Funds and Managed Funds: Echoes of Archilochus (J. Bogle). Evaluating Mutual Fund Performance (E. Fama & W. Wellington). When to Sell Your Fund (R. Arffa). Guidance Gleaned from the Gurus (P. Tanous). International Investing (R. Arffa). Hedge Funds (L. Hennessee & C. Gradante). OTHER INVESTMENTS. Private Investment Management (L. Blonkvist). The Impact of Taxes and Other Costs on Total Returns (L. Swedroe). Debt in the U.S. Capital Markets (G. Guild). Real Estate Investment Trusts (R. Deckey). Venture Capital (D. Hillman). Asset Allocation (G. Curtis). FINANCIAL PLANNING. Retirement Planning (G. Weinstein & B. Newman). Estate Planning (H. Apolinsky). Insurance (P. Katt). Glossary. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides readers with the theories and methodologies of credit risk and pricing of credit derivatives. Credit Derivativesalso includes detailed, practical implementations of these theories and methodologies to increase practitioners' knowledge of credit risk assessment and credit derivative pricing.Table of ContentsArbitrage and Pricing. Fundamentals of Stochastic Calculus. Pricing in Continuous Time. Scenario Generation. European Pricing with Simulation. Simulation for Early Exercise. Finite Differences.

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