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Book SynopsisModern Finance and Risk Management is dedicated to our colleague, academic mentor, and adviser Professor Hermann Locarek-Junge. During his academic career, Hermann Locarek-Junge published several important contributions to the field of risk management and portfolio management and served as the chairman and board member of the German Finance Association (DGF) and the Data Science Society (Gesellschaft für Klassifikation).A short foreword by the mentors of Hermann Locarek-Junge and an introduction by the editors mark the beginning of the Festschrift. The first section on Modern Finance includes chapters on asset management, entrepreneurship, and behavioural finance. The second section on Modern Risk Management contains seven contributions covering considerations of risk measurement, risk management, and regulation. Finally, the third section includes topics on commodities and energy finance.This Festschrift comprises 20 original contributions of notable scholars in finance who have worked with Hermann Locarek-Junge over the last four decades. Due to numerous connections to practice and applications, Modern Finance and Risk Management is relevant and attractive not only to academics and researchers but also to practitioners in industry and banking.

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Book SynopsisEnriched and strengthened with European case studies of real-life situations providing a practical and industry insights, Part A and B collate experts in Economics, Finance, Public Policy, Human Resources, and Risk management, contributing on employability, labour markets, sustainability, and skills of the future from across the globe.

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Book Synopsis This book provides a coherent Blockchain framework for the business community, governments, and universities structured around microeconomics, macroeconomics, finance, and political economy and identifies how business organizations, financial markets and governmental policies are changed by digitalization, specifically Blockchain. This framework, what they authors call “disintermediation economics,” affects everything by providing a paradigm that transforms the way we organize markets and value chains, financial services, central banking, budgetary policies, innovation ecosystems, government services, and civil society. Bringing together leading and experienced policy makers, corporate practitioners, and academics from top universities, this book offers a road map of best practices that can be immediately useful to firms, policy makers as well as academics by balancing theory with practice. Table of ContentsCh. 1: What is Disintermediation Economics: An introduction (Psarrakis).- Part A: Disintermediation in Microeconomics.- Ch. 2: Distributed Ledger Economics: Organizations, Incentives and Strategy (Psarrakis).- Ch. 3: Economics of Smart Contracts: Efficiency and legal challenges (Dobrauz-Saldapenna and Schrackmann).- Ch. 4: Corporate Strategies for Blockchain-based Solutions (Verheggen).- Ch. 5: Distributed Data Economics (Shrier).-Part B: Disintermediation in Macroeconomics and Finance.- Ch. 6: Blockchain for Growth: Applying distributed ledger technologies to the UN Sustainable goals (Thomason).- Ch. 7: The New Money: The utility of Cryptocurrencies and the need for a New Monetary Policy (Lee and Teo).- Ch. 8: Privately Issued Digital Currencies (Disparte).- Ch. 9: Crypto-assets, Distributed Ledger Technologies and Disintermediation in Finance: Overcoming impediments to scaling: A view from the EU (Noble).- Ch. 10: Crypto-assets and Disintermediation in Finance: A view from Asia (Johnstone).- Part C: Disintermediation in Political Economy and Regulation.- Ch. 11: The Political Economy of the Blockchain (Zilgalvis).- Ch. 12: Regulating Blockchain in the EU: Building a global competitive advantage (Kaili).- Ch. 13: Advancing Digital Transformation in the Public Sector with Blockchain: A view from the European Union (Baldacci and Frade).- Ch. 14: Disposable Identities? Why digital identity matters to blockchain disintermediation and for society (Anania, Le Gars, and van Kranenburg).

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Book SynopsisThis book provides insights into the true nature of financial and economic data, and is a practical guide on how to analyze a variety of data sources. The focus of the book is on finance and economics, but it also illustrates the use of quantitative analysis and data science in many different areas. Lastly, the book includes practical information on how to store and process data and provides a framework for data driven reasoning about the world.The book begins with entertaining tales from Graham Giller's career in finance, starting with speculating in UK government bonds at the Oxford Post Office, accidentally creating a global instant messaging system that went 'viral' before anybody knew what that meant, on being the person who forgot to hit 'enter' to run a hundred-million dollar statistical arbitrage system, what he decoded from his brief time spent with Jim Simons, and giving Michael Bloomberg a tutorial on Granger Causality.The majority of the content is a narrative of analytic work done on financial, economics, and alternative data, structured around both Dr Giller's professional career and some of the things that just interested him. The goal is to stimulate interest in predictive methods, to give accurate characterizations of the true properties of financial, economic and alternative data, and to share what Richard Feynman described as 'The Pleasure of Finding Things Out.'

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Book SynopsisFor fans of The Black Swan and written by a veteran Wall Street Journal reporter, this is a fascinating deep dive into the world of billion-dollar traders and high-stakes crisis predictors who strive to turn extreme events into financial windfalls. There’s no doubt that our world has gotten more extreme. Pandemics, climate change, superpower rivalries, technological disruption, political radicalisation, religious fundamentalism — all threaten chaos that put trillions in assets at risk. But around the world, across a wide variety of disciplines, would-be super-forecasters are trying to take the guesswork out of what formerly seemed like random chance. Some put their faith in ‘black swans’ — unpredictable, catastrophic events that can’t be foreseen but send exotic financial instruments screaming in high-profit directions. Most famous among this group of big-bet traders are those who run the Universa fund, who, on days of extreme upheaval, have made as much as $1 billion. Author Scott Patterson gained exclusive access to Universa strategists and met with savvy seers in a variety of fields, from earthquake prediction to counterterrorism to climatology, to see if it’s actually possible to bet on disaster — and win. Riveting, relevant, and revelatory, this is a must-read for anyone curious about how some of today’s investors alchemise catastrophe into profit.Trade Review‘It’s not just the wild success of the catastrophists that makes this book fascinating but the way their philosophy reversed many of the “rules” of investing.’ -- John Arlidge * The Sunday Times *‘A closely observed chronicle of the storm-chasing edgelords of finance and the critics with whom they clash … Even those unfamiliar with, or uninterested in, the oscillations of the stock market may find themselves gripped by Patterson’s account.’ -- Marie Solis * The New York Times *‘In Chaos Kings, the indefatigable Scott Patterson has done it again: delivered a riveting account of Wall Street mavericks whose unconventional understanding of risk has netted them a fortune and us a fascinating account of how they did it. The unlikely partnership between Mark Spitznagel and Nassim Taleb has made them rich, saved their clients from financial calamity, and, under Patterson’s deft pen, produced an epic page turner.’ -- William D. Cohan, New York Times bestselling author of Power Failure, Money and Power, and House of Cards‘Scott Patterson’s Chaos Kings is an extraordinary exploration of cutting-edge efforts to understand the manifold and interconnected risks slamming civilisation at an alarming rate. It’s a critical read for anyone with an interest in what’s coming next and how to prepare for it, financially and otherwise. Scott has an uncanny knack for diving into the fascinating convergence of technology and investing, so I’m always excited to see what he’s discovering.’ -- Bradley Hope, New York Times bestselling co-author of Billion Dollar Whale and co-founder of Project Brazen‘Fast paced like a thriller but, also, thought-provoking in its willingness to show us the range of possible catastrophes, Chaos Kings tracks the adventures of contrarian investors who, rather than hide from chaos and confusion, seek it out. Their reward in many cases: a fortune. This book teems with great stories as well as market insights that you won’t get from conventional investors.’ -- Aaron Brown, former Chief Risk Manager at AQR Capital Management, and author of The Poker Face of Wall Street and Red-Blooded Risk‘Financial markets covet stability; they don't like surprises. In our new age of crisis, Scott Patterson convincingly recounts how a unique type of trader has learned to embrace the disruptions and make a lot of money doing so. Combining risk theory, finance, and portraits of some of the most interesting billionaires of doom, Patterson takes us on a disturbing tour of what could come tumbling down. But he also provides a detailed road map showing average citizens how to steer past catastrophe. You’ll be left wondering whether these Chaos Kings are brilliant, opportunistic, visionary, or even loathsome. In Patterson’s lively account, you’ll definitely find them fascinating.’ -- Juliette Kayyem, former Assistant Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, and author of The Devil Never Sleeps: learning to live in an age of disasters‘The world is an increasingly unstable place, threatening to go off the rails at any time. This chaos is devastating to many, but a boon to a few who are cashing in on it. Read this engaging book to learn about who they are and how they do it.’ -- Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Analytics and author of Financial Shock and Paying the Price‘We live in a world of pandemics, climate change, war, and unstable institutions. Scott Patterson’s fascinating Chaos Kings is a provocative look at those placing big bets who believe they have tamed the financial risk whipped up by these unruly beasts. It holds perceptive insights for anyone who lives — or invests — in our modern uncertain world.’ -- Russell Gold, author of Superpower and The Boom‘A captivating, important, and unsettling book. Chaos Kings takes a timely look at how to survive and prosper in an increasingly uncertain and unstable world of global warming, pandemics, and geopolitical danger.’ -- William Green, author of Richer, Wiser, Happier: how the world’s greatest investors win in markets and life‘A richly reported work that features a fascinating ensemble of quirky characters. Important reading for anyone interested in risk-taking now — and in the future.’ -- Anita Raghavan, author of The Billionaire’s Apprentice‘Rock-star status is reserved for a clique who have made storm-chasing in stocks and bonds into something between an art and a science, and an extraordinarily lucrative one at that. They are the subject of Chaos Kings, a new book by Scott Patterson, who casts an engaging and accessible light on what makes these oddball savants tick, and how they make fortunes from disaster … Chaos Kings avoids making readers feel like they’re out of their depth … The power of the competing egos at play and the urgency of their message on everything from pandemics to the climate to the health of your lifesavings carry the tale.’ -- Katie Martin * Financial Times *‘Wall Street Journal stalwart Patterson continues his explorations of high finance with a clutch of contrarian risk takers … Deft, accessible analysis and guidance. Complex economic and scientific theories lucidly rendered.’ -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review‘Wall Street Journal reporter Patterson (Dark Pools) delivers an illuminating investigation into those who profit from anticipating crises … [T]he author has a knack for translating complicated financial manoeuvres into easily comprehensible terms … Detailed yet accessible, this will appeal to fans of Michael Lewis’s The Big Short.’ * Publishers Weekly *‘Chaos Kings will provide the reader with plenty of food for thought — along with some sleepless nights.’ -- Matthew Partridge * Money Week *‘The book highlights those who have made money while the world falls apart. But not just any money — this book talks about making billions while there is metaphorical, or literal blood on the streets … It’s fascinating, a little sickening, and one heck of a yarn of a book. It is well worth the read and the learning that will come from it … Patterson’s book is one of the best financial stories around. Highly recommended.’ -- Chris Reed * NZ Booklovers *Praise for Dark Pools: ‘Richly reported … an invaluable piece of timely journalism that should be read by regulators and anyone with a cent in the stock market … You will never look at the opening bell in the same way.’ * Financial Times *Praise for Dark Pools: ‘Remarkable … even long-time participants in electronic markets will learn a lot from this book.’ * Forbes *Praise for The Quants: ‘Fascinating and deeply disturbing … Patterson gives faces and personalities to the quants, making their saga accessible and intriguing … [he’s] onto a big story that begs follow-up.’ * New York Times *Praise for The Quants: ‘Scott Patterson has the ability to see things you and I don't notice. In The Quants he does an admirable job of debunking the myths of black box traders and provides a very entertaining narrative in the process.’ -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb, New York Times bestselling author of Fooled by Randomness and The Black Swan

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Book SynopsisJohn Hull is the Maple Financial Professor of Derivatives and Risk Management at the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto (UofT). In 2016, he was awarded the title of University Professor (an honour granted to only 2% of faculty at UofT). He has acted as a consultant to many financial institutions around the world and has won many teaching awards, including UofT's prestigious Northrop Frye Award. He is an internationally recognised authority on Derivatives and Risk Management and has many publications in this area. His work has an applied focus, with his research and teaching activities including risk management, regulation and machine learning, as well as derivatives. He is co-director of Rotman's Master in Finance and Master in Financial Risk Management Programs.Table of ContentsList of Business Snapshots List of Technical Notes Preface Introduction Futures markets and central counterparties Hedging strategies using futures Interest rates Determination of forward and futures prices Interest rate futures Swaps Securitization and the financial crisis of 2007-8 XVAs Mechanics of options markets Properties of stock options Trading strategies involving options Binomial trees Wiener processes and Itô's lemma The Black–Scholes–Merton model Employee stock options Options on stock indices and currencies Futures options and Black's model The Greek letters Volatility smiles and Volatility Surfaces Basic numerical procedures Value at risk and expected shortfall Estimating volatilities and correlations Credit risk Credit derivatives Exotic options More on models and numerical procedures Martingales and measures Interest rate derivatives: The standard market models Convexity, timing, and quanto adjustments Equilibrium models of the short rate No-arbitrage models of the short rate Modeling Forward Rates Swaps Revisited Energy and commodity derivatives Real options Derivatives mishaps and what we can learn from them Glossary of terms DerivaGem software Major exchanges trading futures and options Tables for Nx Author Index Subject Index

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Book SynopsisThe rules for investing have changed. Don’t get left behind!If you think about it, it’s not hard to grasp why a complete reboot in the way we think about investing is necessary. Stock picking and Buffett-style investing are the financial tools of a bygone era, yet how to proceed remains utterly confusing for most of today’s investors.Mark Haefele oversees around $5 trillion of client assets as the Chief Investment Officer of UBS, the World''s Best Bank 2024, according to Euromoney. Mark has spent decades advising investors of all kinds—from high school students, to government officials, to UBS''s unique global roster of billionaires.In the New Rules of Investing, Mark shares the investing strategies he uses at UBS and offers a playbook for protecting and growing your wealth. By the end of this book, investors of all levels should be able to walk away knowing—through theory and Mark’s life sto

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Book SynopsisMartin Quinn is a qualified accountant and Lecturer in Accounting at Dublin City University. He has just completed a PhD thesis at the University of Dundee. His teaching focus is management accounting, while his research interests include management accounting change, information systems in management accounting, and management accounting in small business. He is the author of the Pearson books, Book-keeping and Accounts for Entrepreneurs and Brilliant Book-keeping.Table of ContentsAbout the author Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1 The basics of accounting 1 Some basic concepts 2 Book-keeping Part 2 Preparing financial statements 3 The double entry accounting system 4 The income statement 5 The balance sheet 6 Financial statements of limited companies 7 Cash flow statements Part 3 Using accounting to help manage a business 8 Understanding costs 9 Budgeting basics Part 4 Interpreting and using financial statements - what outsiders do 10 Analysing financial statements 11 Using financial statements to value a business 12 Getting ready for an audit Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisLeo Gough was the editor of two investment newsletters during the 1990's, The Zurich Club' and Taipan' for Fleet Street Publications. Since 1997 he has spent much of his time in the Asia/Pacific region, working with banks, such as Citibank, and consultancy firms, such as AT Kearney. Currently Leo is working in management consultancy in the Middle East. He is the author of more than 20 books on personal finance and investment.Table of ContentsCONTENTS Introduction Chapter 1 The ‘guerrilla investor’ Chapter 2. Shares Chapter 3. Bonds Chapter 4. Assessing companies - issues and opportunities Chapter 5. Investment theories and strategies Chapter 6. Foreign exchange Chapter 7. Derivatives Chapter 8. Fraud and sharp practice Chapter 9. Overseas investment Chapter 10. Investing in other asset classes Chapter 11.Thinking about retirement Chapter 12. UK taxation Chapter 13.An overview of the financial crisis Chapter 14. Making investing part of your life Appendix 1 – A little financial maths Appendix 2 – Compound interest table Further reading Useful websites Glossary Index Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisAn ethnography of Wall Street, investment bankers and the cultural logics of finance.Trade Review“Karen Ho has picked an excellent time to publish her fascinating new study . . . of Wall Street banks. . . . As field-sites go, Wall Street is not classic anthropological territory: ethnographers typically work in remote, third-world societies. . . . Ho nevertheless embarked on her study in classic anthropological manner: by blending into the background, listening intently, in a non-judgmental way – and then trying to join up the dots to get a ‘holistic’ picture of how the culture works. That patient ethnographic analysis has produced a fascinating portrait that will be refreshingly novel to most bankers.” -- Gillian Tett * Financial Times *“Ho's study shows the intense competitiveness that is instilled in these primarily Ivy League recruits even before they are finished with their Bachelor's degrees. And she examines the myth that stockowners and companies are best served by maximizing shareholder profits. If anything, this book gives faces to the people who work in that abstract entity called Wall Street that seems to affect our world so much of late. I highly recommend it, especially if you have no idea how the world of high finance operates.” -- James Franco * Huffington Post *“After several decades when anthropologists at last overcame their inhibitions concerning the study of money, Karen Ho’s book . . . seems to mark a coming of age for the contemporary discipline. . . . The intelligence of its author shines through Liquidated. . . . I found it rewarding to read and reflect on, a landmark in the burgeoning anthropology of money.” -- Keith Hart * American Ethnologist *“The book’s great strength lies in Ho’s careful observation of the means by which people succeed or fail on Wall Street, as she punctures many of the assumptions about how markets work.” -- Keir Martin * TLS *“[A] unique portrait of the industry that asks pertinent questions about constant change, job insecurity, and the banker’s identity. . . . Liquidated: An Ethnography of Wall Street asks many questions that those who work in the investment field should ask themselves. . . . Although many in the financial industry will not agree with Ho’s hypotheses and conclusions, they will be challenged by the questions she raises and enthralled by the body of fieldwork she presents.” -- Janet J. Mangano * Financial Analysts Journal *“Ho’s refreshing ethnography of the daily lives of Wall Street investment bankers . . . outlines a web of practices, beliefs and structures that may be vital to understanding what keeps the market system in place despite built-in instabilities.” * Publishers Weekly *“Karen Ho is my hero. . . . Her ethnography of investment bankers in the late 1990s, Liquidated, depicts the bravado, callousness, and contradictions that are the hallmarks of investment banking culture.” -- Mitchel Y. Abolafia * American Journal of Sociology *“Liquidated is an interesting description of many of the practices and orientations that exist in large investment banks, one that confirms what the reader may suspect: that these institutions are forcing-grounds for the sort of hubris and invulnerability that goes with the phrase ‘Masters of the Universe’, the incomprehensible money that sales staff receive, and the idea that they are ‘doing God’s work’. It also, however, indicates the reverse of the strength of the social studies of finance. Liquidated may help explain why those in investment banks think and operate in the ways that they do.” -- James G. Carrier * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *“Liquidated is a must-read book for anyone interested in how legions of recruits from Ivy League colleges come to espouse and enact the twisted bundle of class interests and market ideology that constitutes neoliberal capitalism.” -- Kathryn Dudley * American Studies *“The book contains many wonderful insights, and is a veritable mine of quotations from Wall Street participants. . . . The book is, moreover, extremely well written throughout . . . . [A]n informed and informative text.” -- Brett Christophers * Environment and Planning A *“Although written for a mostly academic audience, the book becomes easily digestible because of the summaries Ho adds in each section. She connects well the main theme throughout any areas of the book. Ho’s views should not be considered ‘anti-Wall Street’ but viewed as an analysis of Wall Street’s effect on the American community and the financial markets. This book should be read by Wall Street investment bankers and corporate managers to better understand the social values and responsibilities of corporations and the role that they play in the American community.” -- Linda Kee-Koa * International Examiner *“[E]ngaging and hard to put down. . . Karen Ho’s book is a must-read for anyone contemplating joining one of the major global banks. . . . Actually, even faculty of our elite schools are starting to question why so many of their graduates end up in finance. Karen Ho’s book should be required reading for students and faculty at these schools.” -- Ben Lorica * Quant Network *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: Anthropology Goes to Wall Street 1 1. Biographies of Hegemony: The Culture of Smartness and the Recruitment and Construction of Investment Bankers 39 2. Wall Street's Orientation: Exploitation, Empowerment, and the Politics of Hard Work 73 3. Wall Street Historiographies and the Shareholder Value Revolution 122 4. The Neoclassical Roots and Origin Narratives of Shareholder Value 169 5. Downsizers Downsized: Job Insecurity and Investment Banking Corporate Culture 213 6. Liquid Lives, Compensation Schemes, and the Making of (Unsustainable) Financial Markets 249 7. Leveraging Dominance and Crises through the Global 294 Notes 325 References 353 Index 369

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Book SynopsisJonquil Lowe is an economist and Senior Lecturer in Economics and Personal Finance at The Open University, where she combines creating courses about personal finance, researching key issues such as access to financial services and the impact of macroeconomics changes on financial planning, and working as a consumer advocate on various industry bodies.  A former head of money research at the consumer organisation, Which?,  Jonquil holds a diploma in financial planning and is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments. She has been authoring books on personal finance for over 30 years. Current titles as author, co-author and/or editor include The Good Retirement Guide, published by Kogan Page; Essential Personal Finance: A Practical Guide for Employees and A Practical Guide to Financial Services: Knowledge, Opportunities and Inclusion, both published by Routledge.? Trade Review‘Be Your Own Financial Adviser is a really good introduction to financial planning. It also explains everything in English, unlike some professional financial advisers I can think of.' Isabel Berwick, Personal Finance Editor, The Independent Table of ContentsPART 1 PLANNING AND ADVICE  1 Financial planning  2 Do you need an adviser?  3 Avoiding scams  PART 2 PLANNING FOR PROTECTION  4 Protecting your income  5 Protecting your family  6 Health and care  PART 3 BUILDING AND MANAGING YOUR WEALTH  7 Somewhere to live  8 Building a pension  9 Retirement choices  10 Saving and investing  11 Managing your wealth  12 Passing it on 

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Book SynopsisIn recent years the finance industry has mushroomed to become an important part of modern economies, and many science and engineering graduates have joined the industry as quantitative analysts, with mathematical and computational skills that are needed to solve complex problems of asset valuation and risk management. An important parallel story exists of scientific endeavour. Between 1965-1995, insightful ideas in economics about asset valuation were turned into a mathematical ''theory of arbitrage'', an enterprise whose first achievement was the famous 1973 Black-Scholes formula, followed by extensive investigations using all the resources of modern analysis and probability. The growth of the finance industry proceeded hand-in-hand with these developments. Now new challenges arise to deal with the fallout from the 2008 financial crisis and to take advantage of new technology, which has revolutionized the practice of trading. This Very Short Introduction introduces readers with no previous background in this area to arbitrage theory and why it works the way it does. Illuminating pricing theory, Mark Davis explains its applications to interest rates, credit trading, fund management and risk management. He concludes with a survey of the most pressing issues in mathematical finance today.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Trade ReviewOnly a scholar of the highest order could provide the depth, breadth, clarity, precision, and brevity to be found in this work. Enjoy the resulting gem. * Dilip B. Madan, Professor of Finance, Robert H. Smith School of Business *This elegant little book will enthral readers looking for a clear sense of what mathematical finance is all about. Each chapter captures the essential ideas within a different aspect of the subject, without burying readers in abstruse models. Davis knows the subject so well, from both the mathematical and practical viewpoints, that he can make it accessible, relevant, and correct, all at the same time. * Darrell Duffie, Dean Witter Distinguished Professor of Finance, Stanford University *With concise explanations of the most important financial mathematical correlations and the mathematical formulas necessary for them, this book represents a successful very short introduction into this complex topic. * zbMATH *Table of ContentsPreface 1: Money, banking, and financial markets 2: Quantifying risks 3: The classical theory of option pricing 4: Interest rates 5: Credit risk 6: Fund management 7: Risk management 8: The banking crisis and its aftermatch Epilogue Further reading Index

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Book SynopsisRomesh Vaitilingam is a media consultant and writer. He is the author of numerous articles and several successful titles in finance, including  The Financial Times Guide to Using Economics and Economic Indicators. As a specialist in translating economic and financial concepts into everyday language, Romesh has advised a number of top management consultancies, as well as various UK government agencies. His work also involves media consultancy for the international economic research community. Table of ContentsForeword Introduction The sixth edition Acknowledgements Part 1: Identifying the players 1 Investors2 Companies3 Financial institutions4 Governments Part 2: Interpreting the markets 5 Stocks and shares: the UK equity markets6 Indices and aggregates: market indicators7 NYSE and Nasdaq: the US equity markets8 European equities: stock markets in the eurozone and beyond9 Other international equities: emerging stock markets and world indices10 Trusts and funds: the managed money markets11 Bonds and gilts: the international capital markets12 Cash and currency: the foreign exchange and money markets13 Futures and options: the derivatives markets14 Primary products: the commodities markets Part 3: Understanding the economies 15 UK economic indicators16 The European economy: market integration and monetary union17 The world economy: trade, growth and international institutions Part 4: Beyond the financial pages 18 Company and investor lives: the key performance indicators (by Ken Langdon)19 Sources of information: a brief guide GlossaryAppendix 1: The key ratios guideAppendix 2: The key indices guideIndex

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Book SynopsisGlen Arnold is the author of Corporate Financial Management, Financial Times Guide to Value Investing 2e, The Handbook of Corporate Finance,  FT Guide to Investing, 2e, The FT Guide to the Financial Markets and The Great Investors. FT Guide to Investing is the most successful book in the personal finance section of Total Consumer Market.Table of ContentsAbout the author Preface Author's acknowledgements Publisher's acknowledgements PART 1 DIFFERENT TYPES OF BANKING Chapter 1 What is banking? Chapter 2 An overview of different aspects of banking Chapter 3 Retail banking Chapter 4 Transferring money and other retail bank services Chapter 5 Corporate banking: lending Chapter 6 Corporate banking: key activities Chapter 7 How a bank operates Chapter 8 Asset and liability management Chapter 9 Bank financial statements Chapter 10 Investment banking: services to companies and governments Chapter 11 Investment banking: market trading activities Chapter 12 The mutuals Chapter 13 Finance houses PART 2 INTERNATIONAL BANKING Chapter 14 Banking across borders Chapter 15 UK banking Chapter 16 European banking Chapter 17 Banking in the Americas Chapter 18 Banking in Asia and Australasia Chapter 19 Banking in the Middle East and Africa PART 3 INSTRUMENTS AND MARKETS Chapter 20 Debt markets Chapter 21 Futures markets Chapter 22 Swaps and options Chapter 23 Foreign exchange markets PART 4 CENTRAL BANKING AND REGULATION Chapter 24 Monetary policy Chapter 25 Central banking: other functions Chapter 26 Regulation Notes to chapters Index

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Book SynopsisFinance provides a dramatic example of the successful application of advanced mathematical techniques to the practical problem of pricing financial derivatives. This self-contained 2002 text is designed for first courses in financial calculus aimed at students with a good background in mathematics. Key concepts such as martingales and change of measure are introduced in the discrete time framework, allowing an accessible account of Brownian motion and stochastic calculus: proofs in the continuous-time world follow naturally. The Black-Scholes pricing formula is first derived in the simplest financial context. The second half of the book is then devoted to increasing the financial sophistication of the models and instruments. The final chapter introduces more advanced topics including stock price models with jumps, and stochastic volatility. A valuable feature is the large number of exercises and examples, designed to test technique and illustrate how the methods and concepts can be appTrade Review' … being relatively short and a paperback must make it appealing to students and those who need a quick introduction to the material. … nicely produced and elegantly laid out. I would consider adopting it as a text for a course in this topic. Publication of the International Statistical Institute'This is a well written textbook which should be suitable for final year undergraduate and first year graduate students having some background in probability theory.' Klaus Schrüger, Zentralblatt MATH' … this is a very well-organized text that makes it easy to learn.' Journal of the Royal Statistical Society'… it was necessary to supply the framework of the book with some theory of stochastic analysis and to provide a mathematical explanation of the notions used.' EMS NewsletterTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Single period models; 2. Binomial trees and discrete parameter martingales; 3. Brownian motion; 4. Stochastic calculus; 5. The Black-Scholes model; 6. Different payoffs; 7. Bigger models; Bibliography and further reading; Notation; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe role of the sun, planets and stars and their influence on global markets is intriguing to traders and investors alike. Christeen Skinner''s research shows very definite links between major stock market movements and the position of the planets. This book will be of interest to those with little understanding of astrology as well as those well-versed in the subject. The work includes charts, graphs and horoscopes and explanations of some of the techniques used for astro-financial forecasting.In EXPLORING THE FINANCIAL UNIVERSE, Skinner covers solar rhythms and the intricacies of commodity, property and currency price movements with planet cycles. The role of the planets in mastering the relationship between time and price is considered. There is a chapter on the natal horoscope and financial rhythms set from birth. The book concludes with forecasts for 2017-2024.Chapters include:Stock market crashes of the 20th centuryCurrencies and major planetary configurationsCommodity price move

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Book Synopsis''An easy to read, yet incredibly detailed step-by-step guide on how to manage your money in the modern day. Real-life examples with excellent storytelling and actionable steps. This is the best financial guide I''ve read.'' Joe Gomez, Liverpool FCEverything you need to know about finance from your own personal banker @urbanfinancierThe Money Ladder applies to everyone, whether you''re looking for ways to make more money, or you''re trying to grow and protect what you''ve already made. Franklin Asante understands money. As a private banker, he has helped many clients to manage their finances and achieve their short- and long-term goals. Now, in The Money Ladder, Franklin shares his experience and knowledge through a practical 3-step plan to help you to first of all understand money and then to grow it for the future. Step one: wealth generationStep two: wealth accumulation Step three: wealth preservation We are born with many human instincts, but managing money is not one of them. Through explaining the basics, Franklin gives you the tools you need in order to make informed financial choices about what to do with your money for the best return on your investments and to achieve lasting results. He also offers advice on saving, investing and borrowing, along with tips on how to prepare your cashflow, fill in a balance sheet and understand what assets are available to you. This book will help you to achieve your financial goals, by laying out the foundations you need to build the future you want. If you start on the bottom rung and learn the basics of money, you will find it much easier to climb the ladder to future financial freedom.

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Book SynopsisBest-Practice EVA tells the new EVA story from the ground up. Stewart covers EVA essentialsthe classic economic profit version of EVAin the first three chapters of the book. He shows readers how simple and intuitive EVA really is, how it is defined, and why it is better than all other measures of corporate profit. You discover how it naturally guides managers into making all the right decisionsthe ones that will truly maximize value. You see how to use it in profit-sharing bonus plans that create the powerful incentives of an owner. Later, Stewart introduces new ratios that make EVA much more powerful and much easier to use than ever before. The pinnacle of the new ratio framework is EVA Momentum, calculated by taking the change in EVA versus the prior period, and dividing by the revenues in the prior period. It measures the growth rate in EVA, scaled to the sales size of the business. It is the only corporate performance ratio where bigger always is better, because it gets biggeTable of ContentsPreface ix Chapter 1 EVA 101 1 Chapter 2 EVA and Value 19 Chapter 3 Accounting for Value 47 Chapter 4 What’s Wrong with RONA? 85 Chapter 5 The New EVA Ratio Metrics 99 Chapter 6 EVA Margin 123 Chapter 7 Setting EVA Targets 157 Chapter 8 Put Momentum into Planning 191 Chapter 9 Dividing Multiples into Good and Bad 217 Chapter 10 Put EVA into Capital Decisions and Acquisitions 223 Chapter 11 EVA and the Buy Side 245 Chapter 12 Become a Best-Practice EVA Company 273 APPENDIX A The Best-Practice EVA Software Toolkit 287 APPENDIX B Corrective Accounting Adjustments 291 APPENDIX C Accounting for Corporate Charges in Detail 295 Glossary 299 About the Author 313 Index 315

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface xv About the Website xix 1 Financial Planning & Analysis and Business Performance Management 1 The Problem with Traditional Measurement Systems 1 Objectives of Financial Analysis and Performance Management 3 Preview of the Book 6 Summary 9 Part One Fundamentals and Key FP&A Capabilities 2 Fundamentals of Finance 13 Basics of Accounting and Financial Statements 13 Financial Ratios and Indicators 19 Summary 42 3 Key Analytical Tools and Concepts 43 Basic Statistical Tools 43 The Business Model 59 Summary 69 4 Developing Predictive and Analytical Models 71 What Is a Financial Model? 71 Summary 81 Appendix: Illustrative Model 81 5 Building Analytical Capability 89 For the Individual 90 For the Organization 94 Summary 108 6 Communicating and Presenting Financial Information 109 Laying the Foundation for Success 110 Developing Effective Presentations and Reports 117 Delivering the Presentation 120 Data Visualization and Presentation: A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words 121 Summary 134 Part Two Performance Management 7 Business Performance Management 137 What Is Business Performance Management? 138 Developing or Enhancing BPM in an Organization 144 Summary 155 8 Dashboards and Key Performance Indicators 157 Objectives of Dashboards and Key Performance Indicators 157 Selecting Appropriate Performance Measures and Key Performance Indicators 160 Creating Performance Dashboards 166 Sample Dashboards for Selected Industries 175 Summary 175 9 Institutionalizing Performance Management 179 Gaining Traction 179 Integrating Business Performance Management with Other Management Processes 183 Avoiding Common Mistakes 189 Summary 191 10 Measuring and DrivingWhat’s Important:Innovation, Agility, and Human Capital 193 Innovation 194 Measuring and Driving Business Agility 204 Human Capital Management 214 HCM Dashboard 226 Summary 226 11 The External View: Benchmarking Performance and Competitive Analysis 227 Analysis of Markets, Customers, and Competitors 228 Benchmarking to Evaluate Performance 232 Using Benchmarks to Set Enterprise Goals for Performance and Value Creation 242 Summary 243 Part Three Business Projections and Plans 12 Business Projections and Plans: Introduction and Best Practices 247 Overview of Business Planning and Projections 248 Best Practices in Projecting Future Financial Results 252 Summary 266 13 Budgets, Operating Plans, and Forecasts 267 The Budgeting Process 267 The Operating Plan 272 Business Forecasts and Outlooks 277 Summary 301 14 Long-Term Projections 303 Unique Challenges in Estimating Long-Term Performance 304 Applications of Long-Term Projections 305 Developing Long-Term Projections 307 Presentation of Long-Term Projections 319 Summary 325 Part Four Planning and Analysis for Critical Business and Value Drivers 15 Revenue and Gross Margins 329 Revenue Growth: Key Drivers 330 Key Performance Measures: Revenue Growth 343 Revenue Dashboard 351 Gross Margins and Relative Pricing Strength 351 Measures of Relative Pricing Strength 356 Summary 359 16 Operating Expenses and Effectiveness 361 Drivers of Operating Effectiveness 362 Key Performance Indicators: Operating Effectiveness 365 Tools for Assessing and Improving Operating Effectivenss 382 Summary 387 17 Capital Management and Cash Flow:Working Capital 389 Critical Success Factors 391 Operating Capital Management 393 Understanding the Dynamics of Operating Capital 394 Unleashing the Value Trapped in Operating Capital 396 Accounts Receivable 398 Key Performance Indicators for the Revenue Process and Accounts Receivable 401 Inventories 410 Summary 420 18 Capital Management and Cash Flow:Long-Term Assets 421 Capital Intensity 421 Tools for Improving the Management of Long-Term Capital 424 Projecting Capital Investments and Depreciation 428 Key Performance Indicators for Capital Intensity 431 Intangible Assets 433 Key Performance Indicators: Goodwill and Intangible Assets 434 Excess Cash Balances 436 Long-Term Capital Dashboard 437 Summary 439 19 Risk, Uncertainty, and the Cost of Capital 441 The Time Value of Money 441 The Cost of Capital 449 Performance Measures 458 Summary 461 Part Five Valuation and Capital Investment Decisions 20 Capital Investment Decisions: Introduction and Key Concepts 465 The Capital Investment Process 466 Evaluating the Economic Merits of Capital Investments 469 Illustrations 478 Summary 484 21 Capital Investment Decisions: Advanced Topics 485 Dealing with Risk and Uncertainty in Capital Investment Decisions 485 Presenting Capital Investment Decisions 499 Capital Budgeting and Rationing 500 Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Capital Investment Decision Process 502 Summary 505 22 Business Valuation and Value Drivers 507 Estimating the Value of a Business by Discounting Future Cash Flows 508 Estimating the Value of Firms by Using the Valuation of Similar Firms: Multiples of Revenues, Earnings, and Related Measures 517 Building Shareholder Value in a Multiples Framework 521 Integrated Valuation Summary for Roberts Manufacturing Company 525 Value Drivers 528 Summary 533 23 Analysis of Mergers and Acquisitions 535 The Acquisition Challenge 535 Key Elements in Valuing an Acquisition 537 Methods and Metrics for Valuing an Acquisition 539 Common Mistakes in M&A 554 Best Practices and Critical Success Factors 557 Understanding Seller Best Practices 560 Key Performance Indicators for M&A 562 Dashboards for M&A 564 Summary 564 Part Six Summary 24 Summary and Where to from Here? 569 Key Takeaways 569 Where to from Here? 572 Glossary 575 Acknowledgments 585 About the Author 587 Index 589

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Book SynopsisA modern resissue of a bestselling classic by the author of the #1 bestseller THE BIG SHORTTrade ReviewPraise for LIAR'S POKER: 'An amazing book, readable, funny and mind-boggling ... one of the great business books of all time' * Punch *Read all about it: headlong greed, inarticulate obscenity, Animal House horseplay . . . * The Sunday Times *Immense verve and wit * 20/20 Magazine *A highly immoral book * Daily Mail *Wickedly funny * Daily Express *As traders would say, this book is a buy * Financial Times *

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Book SynopsisLearn the ins and outs of paying taxes with this engaging, informative, and easy-to-navigate guide to the US tax system.If you want to understand your finances, you need to understand your taxes. Learn everything you need to know about the US tax system and become more financially independent with Taxes 101. As people become more motivated to be as financially literate as possible, understanding every part of their financial wellness is key. With Taxes 101, you will learn the basics of the US tax system, from the system structure and kinds of taxes to all the tax laws that lead to deductions and credits and the forms associated with filing. This all-in-one financial resource lays the foundation with basic information about the tax system so you can make better choices about your financial wellness.

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Book SynopsisRe-illustrated and re-designed, OUR CALIFORNIA (previously CALIFORNIA, HERE WE COME!) is a lively tour of award-winning author Pam Muñoz Ryan''s home state. Spirited poems celebrate California''s major cities and regions. Backmatter includes state symbols and additional information about each place.Bold paintings by illustrator Rafael López capture the spirit of the land.

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Book SynopsisDigital disruption is ubiquitous and has changed both the way businesses operate and the way people live. Disruption caused by innovation affects firms across multiple industries, from financial services to industrial firms, business processes to payment systems, manufacturing to supply chains. Further, scholars hear more and more about artificial intelligence (AI), big data, machine learning, blockchain, and fintech as examples of contemporary manifestations of disruptive technology that will profoundly influence disciplines beyond business and finance, such as law, health care and government. Global extensions of these technologies and innovations challenge the efficacy and boundaries of law. Indeed, disruptive innovations are potentially change the way we consider the future as humans versus some super artificial intelligence. This volume contains fourteen articles split across four parts, exploring the debate around the topics of fintech, AI, blockchain, and cryptocurrency. Featuring a cast of global contributors, this is an unmissable volume exploring the most current research on digital innovation in the financial and business worlds.Trade ReviewContributed by scholars and practitioners from North America, Nigeria, and Belgium, the 14 articles in this volume examine the theory and practice of disruptive innovation in the digital world and the role and impact of innovation and disruptions in business and finance. They address disruptive innovation in financial technology firms, including trends in financial innovation; artificial intelligence and technological innovation, including the expansion of big data and artificial intelligence technologies from the perspective of economic theory, the relationship between a firm's combinative capability and value creation in the context of technological scope expansion, and the value influence of emerging financial environmental, social, and governance factors on equity markets; blockchain, including overcoming supply chain finance challenges using blockchain technology, whether blockchain can futureproof supply chains, blockchain finance and regulation issues, and the research literature on blockchain; and cryptocurrency, initial coin offerings, and anomaly trading, with discussion of the trustworthiness of Bitcoin, how cryptotoken issuance might disrupt funding markets, cryptocurrency and Islamic finance development, Bitcoin and conditional volatility, and anomaly trading strategies. -- Copyright 2019 * Portland, OR *Table of ContentsPART I: DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION AND FINTECH FIRMS 1. Innovation and Disruption: Industry Practices and Conceptual Bases; Jongmoo Jay Choi and Bora Ozkan 2. Trends in Financial Innovation: Evidence from Fintech Firms; Omer Unsal and Blake Rayfield PART II: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION 3. The Economics of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence; Roxana Mihet and Thomas Philippon 4. A Bag of Beads or a Necklace? Combinative Capability and Value in Technological Scope Expansions; Jeongsik "Jay" Lee and Natarajan Balasubramanian 5. AI-generated Corporate Environmental Data: An Event Study with Predictive Power; Yung-Jae Lee and Xiaotian Tina Zhang PART III: BLOCKCHAIN AND APPLICATIONS 6. Overcoming Supply Chain Finance Challenges via Blockchain Technology; Rudy Yaksick 7. Can Blockchain Futureproof Supply Chain? A Brexit Case Study; George Calle, Alisa DiCaprio, Maarten Stassen, and Alison Manzer 8. Blockchain Finance: Questions Regulators Ask; Peterson K. Ozili 9. Research on Blockchain: A Descriptive Survey of the Literature; Atilla Onuklu PART IV: CRIPTOCURRENCY, INITIAL COIN OFFERINGS AND ANOMALY TRADING 10. Is Bitcoin Trustworthy?; Tobey Scharding 11. The Future of Cryptotokens; Joey Biasi and Sujit "Bob" Chakravorti 12. Crypto-Currency Tide and Islamic Finance Development: Any Issue?; Mustapha Abubakar, M. Kabir Hassan, and Muhammad Auwalu Haruna 13. Bitcoin Conditional Volatility: GARCH Extensions and Markov Switching Approach; Miriam Sosa, Edgar Ortiz, and Alejandra Cabello 14. Data-driven Investigation into Anomaly Trading Strategies: Evidence with Econometrics; Jordan French

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Book SynopsisThe past decade has seen the relentless rise of cryptocurrency as an alternative form of digital currency. But what precisely is it and what potential does it have to change the world of money?In this brilliantly clear, one-stop guide WIRED Senior Editor Gian Vopicelli explains everything you need to know about cryptocurrency. He outlines its development and describes precisely how it operates. He demystifies the jargon it has spawned, from blockchain, Bitcoin and stablecoins to mining, smart contracts and forking. He looks at the political and economic ideologies that drive it. And he addresses the central question: will cryptocurrency have the transformative economic and social impact that its champions claim for it?

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Book SynopsisThis book reviews the latest methods of sustainable investing and financial profit making and describes how ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) analysis can identify future business opportunities and manage risk to achieve abnormal returns. Megatrends such as climate change, sustainable development and digitalisation increase uncertainty and information asymmetry and have an impact on the future returns on investments. From a profit perspective, it is largely about how ESG factors affect the long-term value added by companies and the valuation of companies in the financial markets. Although sustainability provides an opportunity for abnormal returns, this phenomenon must be considered in a critical light. The book describes the risks and limitations associated with the accountability and availability of ESG data and tools. This book provides both academic findings and practical models for assessing the sustainability of investees and introduces practical tools and methods to make ESG analysis practice. It focuses on the ESG analysis of equity investments and fund investments in institutional investment organizations and provides a handbook for all investment analysts who are involved with investment decisions. Readers will benefit from understanding the methods, opportunities and challenges that professionals use in their ESG analysis with cases, interviews and practical tools for both institutional and private investors. Trade Review“An excellent book to start with. … Filled with useful case studies on companies and investors, the book discusses relevant recent trends, initiatives and approaches. The reader comes away with useful possibilities to consider … . These case studies are explicitly detailed and applicable for readers, making the book a valuable resource on its own. … Silvola and Landau examine this well, especially from a public equity perspective, in a clear and concise manner … .” (Cary Krosinsky, responsible-investor.com, September 22, 2021)“This book provides both academic findings and practical models for assessing the sustainability of investees and introduces practical tools and methods to make ESG analysis practice. It … provides a handbook for all investment analysts who are involved with investment decisions. Readers will benefit from understanding the methods, opportunities and challenges that professionals use in their ESG analysis with cases, interviews and practical tools for both institutional and private investors.” (investesg.eu, September 14, 2021)Table of ContentsPart I. Basics of Sustainable Investing.- Chapter 1. Motivation for Sustainable Investing – What Is the Purpose? .- chapter 2. Methods of Sustainable Investing.- Part II. Engaging with Investees.- Chapter 3. Active Ownership.- Part III. Sustainability in Investment Analysis.- Chapter 4. Sustainability as Part of Qualitative Analysis.- Chapter 5. ESG Analysis Tools for Assessing Listed Shares.- Chapter 6. Sustainability of Various Investment Products.- Part IV. The Link between Sustainability and Returns.- Chapter 7. The Nordic Perspective on Integrating ESG.- Chapter 8. Is Sustainable Investing Profitable?.- Chapter 9. What Is the Profitability of Sustainability Based on?.- Part V. Sustainability Trends and the Future of ESG.- Chapter 10. Changes in International Politics and Legislation.- Chapter 11. Sustainability Trends and International Frameworks.- Chapter 12. Global Investment Trends and Impacts on Sustainable Investing.

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Book SynopsisThis book is the first of its kind in several overlapping and rapidly developing fields that now dominate news headlines – among them the fields of crypto-currency, digital payments platforms, ‘fintech,’ and central bank digital currencies (‘CBDCs’). With crypto and fintech now threatening to transform finance in destabilizing and anti-democratic ways, and with China and other nations now digitizing their national currencies in the form of CBDCs that make the US dollar and national payments infrastructure look ever more quaint and outmoded, this book shows both why the US and other democratic commercial societies must, and how they can, democratically digitize their currencies, their national payments systems, and the authorities that respectively issue and administer them – in the US, the Federal Reserve System (‘the Fed’).Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: Money, Finance, & Production in Contemporary Commercial Republics A. Money & Production, Public & Private: The Two-by-Two Matrix of Commercial Republican Economies B. Ills of Financial Hybridity—& Their Possible Money-Tech Cure C. Digitized Citizen Ledger Finance as Our Newly Available Cure Chapter 2: Money, Capital, & Investment: Fixing Some Critical Terms & Relations A. Capital: A Crucial Yet Oft-Muddled Term 1.Production: What Capital is (Ultimately) For 2.Generic Capital 3.Generic Capital in Production—Investment Capital B. Investment: Antonym & Antidote to Speculation 1.Investment & Finance 2.Stratification & N-ary (a.k.a.”Meta-”) Markets 3.Intermediation, Derivation, “Financialization” C. Money: From Measure to Medium—and Back 1.Paying—Including Investing 2.Accounting 3.Crediting / Debiting Chapter 3: Franchise Finance: A Brief Exposition & Exposé A. Hybridity In the Large: Exposition B. Hybridity in Detail: Exposé 1.Credit-Money’s Endogeneity: Private Lending of Public Capital 2.Endogeneity’s Blessing—and Curse: Production & Wealth, Speculation & Recursive Collective Action Problems Chapter 4. Franchise Finance: Why & How We Got Here A. Why Credit and Currency 1.Credit: Production & Payment in Time 2.Currency: From Ledgers to Tokens—and Back B. Why Uniformity 1.Spatial Uniformity: Payments & “Universal Equivalents” 2.Temporal Uniformity: “Sound Money” & “Elastic Currency” Chapter 5. Franchise Finance: Why We Retain It— & Why We Need Not 52 A. Why We Retain It: New Facts, Old Ideas B. Why We Need Not: New Facts, New Prospects C. Ending Hybridity—Citizen Ledger Finance in Broad Outline Chapter 6. Digitized Citizen Ledger Finance: What We Now Can & Must Do A. Liability-Side Reform: Reserve Accounts, Citizen Wallets, & Resident Wallets 1.What the U.S. & Others Do Now: Reserve Accounts 2.What We Must Add: Digital Citizen Wallets, Resident Wallets, & Their Common Digital Ledger B. Asset Side Reform: Digitized CB, NIC, PSF, & Other Public Issuances 1.What We Do Now: Finance Ministry Debt, Agency Debt, & (Sometimes) Other 2.What We Must Add: Digitized CB-Discounted Paper, NIC Issuances, PSF Holdings, & Other C. Systemic Ramifications: Private Sector Transformation, Public Sector Consolidation 1.Private Money Capital: From Credit-Generation & -Multiplication to Honest Intermediation 2.Public Investment Capital: From Central Bank & Finance Ministry, Fiscal & Monetary, and “T-Bill,” “Fed Note” & “Mint Coin” Separation to Digital Consolidation Chapter 7. Digitized Citizen Ledger Finance: Logistics & Technics A. From Abstract Accounting to Concrete Logistics: Making It Happen Now B. From Macro Logistics to Micro Technics: Why to Digitize Now 1.The Bright Side of the Ledger 2.The Dark Side of the Ledger Chapter 8. From Digitized Citizen Ledger Finance to Citizen Fintech: Democratic Digitization & Its Possible Forms A. Moneys and Payment Systems B. From Payments to Moneys: Technical Options for the Democratic Digital Currency Chapter 9. Digitized Citizen Ledger Finance: Cavils & Competitors

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewRobert J. Shiller, Co-Winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Economics A New York Times Bestseller Winner of the 2000 Commonfund Prize for the Best Contribution to Endowment Management Research "Robert J. Shiller ... has done more than any other economist of his generation to document the less rational aspects of financial markets."--Paul Krugman, New York Times "Irrational Exuberance is not just a prophecy of doom... [I]t is a serious attempt to explain how speculative bubbles come about and how they sustain themselves."--John Cassidy, New Yorker "What set off this speculation and what feeds it? Shiller ranges widely his explanations, laying them out in the first 168 pages in easy-to-read, sometimes passionate prose... [T]hose first 168 pages are must reading for anyone with savings invested in stocks."--Louis Uchitelle, New York Times Book Review "Mr. Shiller's book offers a dose of realism... [I]t presents a message investors would be wise to head: Make sure your portfolio is adequately diversified. Save more and don't count on double-digit gains of the past decades continuing to bail you out during retirement."--Burton G. Malkiel, Wall Street Journal "Informative and well-argued ... A calm and reasonable antidote to today's euphoria."--Jeff Madrick, New York Review of Books "Although its message may be unwelcome to many, this important book should be read by anyone interested in economics or the stock markets."--Rene M. Stulz, Science "Dazzling, richly textured, provocative . . By far the most important book about the stock market since Jeremy J. Siegel's Stocks for the Long Run."--William Wolman, Business Week "Shiller has provided an accessible guide to the usually impenetrable literature on financial markets, especially the American stock market."--Foreign Affairs "Shiller contends that investor psychology is so given to herd behavior that it's almost impossible to manipulate or even influence. The market can 'go through significant mispricing lasting years or even decades.'"--Robert J. Samuelson, Washington Post "Irrational Exuberance should be compulsory reading for anybody interested in Wall Street or financially exposed to it; at the moment, that would be roughly everybody in the United States."--Economist "[An] excellent new book... If you want to preserve capital, unload most of your stocks and invest in government bonds."--Steve H. Hanke, Forbes "Likely to be the year's most-talked-about finance book... You can agree or disagree with it. But you owe it to yourself to read it if you are investing in equities or contemplating doing so."--Fred Barbash, International Herald Tribune "Irrational Exuberance is likely to cause a stir... Shiller illustrates how the current market is like a naturally occurring Ponzi scheme in which investors become promoters for the game after receiving initial payments with money taken from subsequent investors."--David Henry, USA Today "Irrational Exuberance is not billed as a personal finance book. But it is. You can agree or disagree with it. But you owe it to yourself to read it if you're investing, or contemplating investing, in inequities."--The Washington Post "A must-read ... Refreshing, well-reasoned ... And very readable."--Michael P. Niemira, Barron's "So why have share prices soared so high in the past five years, taking market valuations past all historical records? Professor Shiller's answer, as the title indicates, is not encouraging. His message is: diversify now as much as you can, and batten down the hatches."--Diane Coyle, Independent "Shiller has written a crystal-clear and tough-minded critique."--David Warsh, Boston Globe "The point of Irrational Exuberance is not to help investors dump their houses before the current exuberance fades. It is to deepen our understanding of the events we are watching as one bubble gives birth to another and to encourage readers to think about economic behavior and economic policies that can cushion the nasty side of volatility."--Sharon Reier, The International Herald Tribune "The first edition of this book was widely read because of its timing. This one, too, seems perfectly timed, coming when we're starting to fear we've been fooling ourselves. Again... There's a world of important information for everyone."--Lyn Miller, USA Today "The second edition's new component ... is Shiller's exploration of how market psychology has responded to the ensuing five years of retrenchment. One chilling conclusion he reaches from his knowledge of past market performance is that the 2005 market may still be correcting and that a return to 2000 levels may be a decade away. He further warns that many investors are still too heavily invested in equities and that proposals to invest Social Security funds in the stock market would subject the retirement system to unacceptable risk. Shiller expands his focus to include the booming real estate market where he sees another speculative bubble building."--Library Journal "There's plenty of new material in this edition... Chief among the new additions is Shiller's deeper focus on recent excesses in the stock market and his skepticism about investing in real estate... Shiller's ideas have so many devoted followers that I wouldn't be surprised to see many more editions."--Angele McQuade, BetterInvesting "Yale University Professor Robert Shiller pretty much called the stock market drop when this book was first published in 2000. In this fact-packed book, Shiller describes the psychological origins of volatility, among other things. And in the newest edition, Shiller compares the recent housing boom to the stock market bubble of the 1990s."--Registered Rep. "[Shiller] fully updates his argument here, adding new material (a chapter on the bond market, his 2013 Nobel lecture) and augmenting the text to reflect developments since the 2005 second edition. He vacuums up all manner of cultural phenomena, from the important (rising income inequality) to the possibly significant (Google Glass) to the trivial (Kim Kardashian), to reinforce his thesis, and he writes expressively, whether explaining arcane economic issues or illustrating how the story behind Mona Lisa's smile helps account for the painting's astonishing market value. A rare example of economic analysis, deeply respected within the discipline, wholly accessible to general readers."--Kirkus "A superb, well-written, well-argued contribution for serious scholars and practitioners, whether they agree with Shiller or not."--Choice "Shiller provides an excellent synthesis of all the evidence contradicting the efficient market hypothesis, especially how a form of irrational exuberance sometimes leads to price bubbles... Without any doubt, Irrational Exuberance must be read by anyone interested in finance. And it really can be read by anyone interested in finance because the genius of this book is to explain complex phenomena easily, avoiding specialist jargon, including mathematics."--David Le Bris, Journal of EconomicsTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables ix Preface to the Third Edition xi Preface to the Second Edition, 2005 xix Preface to the First Edition, 2000 xxv Acknowledgments xxxi 1 The Stock Market in Historical Perspective 1 2 The Bond Market in Historical Perspective 11 3 The Real Estate Market in Historical Perspective 18 Part 1 Structural Factors 4 Precipitating Factors: The Internet, the Capitalist Explosion, and Other Events 39 5 Amplification Mechanisms: Naturally Occurring Ponzi Processes 70 Part 2 Cultural Factors 6 The News Media 101 7 New Era Economic Thinking 123 8 New Eras and Bubbles around the World 150 Part 3 Psychological Factors 9 Psychological Anchors for the Market 165 10 Herd Behavior and Epidemics 175 Part 4 Attempts to Rationalize Exuberance 11 Efficient Markets, Random Walks, and Bubbles 195 12 Investor Learning-and Unlearning 214 Part 5 A Call to Action 13 Speculative Volatility in a Free Society 225 Appendix Nobel Prize Lecture: Speculative Asset Prices 239 Notes 281 References 321 Index 339

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Book Synopsis Raise your options investing game to a new level through smart, focused practice For decades, Sheldon Natenbergâs Option Volatility & Pricing has been helping investors better understand the complexities of the option market with his clear and comprehensive explanation of trading strategies and risk management. Now, you can raise your performance to a higher level by practicing Natenbergâs methods before you enter the market.  Filled with hands-on exercises designed to dramatically increase your knowledge and build your confidence, The Option Volatility and Pricing Workbook provides the necessary tools from which to build a successful options portfolio. Each exercise is preceded by clear description of the principle at hand, and each concludes with in-depth explanations of the correct answers. Hundreds of exercises cover such topics as: â

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Book Synopsis*Now a major movie starring Seth Rogen, Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Shailene Woodley, Sebastian Stan and Nick Offerman*The GameStop Short Squeeze and the Ragtag Group of Amateur Traders that Brought Wall Street to its Knees.Bestselling author Ben Mezrich offers a gripping, beat-by-beat account of how a loosely affiliate group of private investors and internet trolls took down one of the biggest hedge funds on Wall Street, firing the first shot in a revolution that threatens to upend the financial establishment.It started on a subreddit forum called WallStreetBets a meme-filled, freewheeling place where a disparate group of investors shared their shoot-the-moon investment tips, laughed about big losses and posted diamond hand emojis. Until some members noticed an opportunity in Game Stop a flailing bricks and mortar video-game retailer and somehow rode a rocket ship to tens of millions of dollars in earnings overnight, simultaneously triggering unfathomable losses for one of the most rTrade Review"Mezrich mans the conveyor belt at the factory that turns raw reality into its eventual slick cinematic depiction."―New York Times "Mr. Mezrich, the author of bestsellers on topics ranging from the origins of Facebook to beating the odds at Las Vegas, tells the story of GameStop through the eyes of an array of characters, especially small investors who had little or no previous experience in the stock market."―Wall Street Journal "The David vs. Goliath-esque GameStop short squeeze of Winter 2021 was undoubtedly one of the most entertaining stories of the year, and Mezrich brings new life to the whole thing in this look at the outrageous personalities and corporate drama that fuelled it."―The New York Post

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Book SynopsisAs the founder of financial futures and initiator of Globex, the world?s first global electronic trading system, Leo Melamed revolutionized the finance industry. Man of the Futures, his definitive memoir, recounts Melamed?s journey from Holocaust survivor and accidental runner at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), to one of the most prominent leaders in the world of finance.At 33, Melamed gave up a promising law career to pursue his dream of becoming a full-time pit-trader at the CME. He quickly ascended the ranks to become chairman. From there, he set out to disrupt the status quo and ultimately transform both the exchange itself and the broader finance industry. Through daring to embrace innovative ideas many considered absurd, Melamed was a pioneer, continually fighting for modernisation in the financial markets through diversification and the introduction of new technologies. Covering the internal battles waged within the CME, the launch of the International Monetary Market (IMM) and the rise of Globex, this enthralling autobiography details the struggles, scandals and triumphs of a visionary in his field.Together with behind-the-scenes reminiscences about the financial markets, this narrative delves into Melamed?s philanthropic work at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, as well as his fascinating dealings with political figures at home in Chicago, at the White House, and around the world in China, Japan, Singapore, Great Britain, Russia, South Korea, and Brazil. .Man of the Futures offers exclusive access to the rationale behind some of the biggest financial decisions and dealings in the late 20th and early 21st century. Join Leo Melamed for this fascinating and revealing story of a life lived in pursuit of the future.

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Book SynopsisThere are secret ways of seeing the world of finance that every investor should know.Overlooked things that tip the balance from failure to success.Hidden truths that make the critical difference between understanding the world and being dangerously naive.And surprising realities that determine whether or not you and your family are on the path to generational wealth.In You Weren’t Supposed to See That, Downtown Josh Brown—the original Wall Street blogger, star of CNBC’s Halftime Report, and manager of billions of dollars as CEO of Ritholtz Wealth Management—collects and shares the most important of these secrets.Drawing on 15 years of The Reformed Broker, the most-read financial blog in the world, Josh revisits, updates, and expands on the best of his wildly popular writing. As he does so, he helps you to discover all the most important, surprising, and sometimes painfully true secret

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Book SynopsisAbout the author Paul Harding is a graduate of London University and has worked in several UK and foreign banks in London in credit, marketing and documentation roles. Since 1990 he has been involved with OTC derivatives documentation and was a well known negotiator in the City of London with Barclays Capital Securities Limited and Hill Samuel Bank Limited where he was head of Treasury Documentation. In February 1997 he founded Derivatives Documentation Limited (http://www.derivsdocu.com) , a derivatives consultancy and project management company based in the City of London and providing negotiation, recruitment and in-house and on-line training services in derivatives documentation. Its clients include many of the world's leading banks. Paul is also the author of Mastering Collateral Management and Documentation, written in conjunction with Christian Johnson, which was published iTable of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction to the global derivatives market (15 pages) -Size of market according to latest ISDA figures. -Estimated amount really at risk. -Main products -Main currencies. -Market users. -How a deal is done from start to finish. Chapter 2 Need for and evolution of the ISDA Master Agreement (9 pages) -Inefficiency in documenting each trade in the market's early days. -Documentation standardisation introduced by ISDA from 1985. -How ISDA documentation evolved. -Product Definitions -Confirmations -Master Agreement types. Chapter 3 Section by section clear analysis of the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement (95 pages). The idea is as before to have a block of ISDA Master Agreement text on one page and a clear explanation of it on the opposite page. ISDA is willing for Pearson to reproduce the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement in this format provided it pays the USD 5,000 licensing fee referred to in Section 2 above. Chapter 4 Section by section clear analysis of the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement (200 pages). Same format. ISDA is willing for Pearson to reproduce the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement in this format provided it pays the USD 5,000 licensing fee referred to in Section 2 above. Chapter 5 Legal issues relating to the ISDA Master Agreements (35 pages) UK issues -Gaming laws -Capacity and authority of transacting parties. -Ultra vires considerations. -the Hammersmith and Fulham case and local authorities as swaps counterparties. -Protection from case law and the 1985 Companies Act in the UK. -specialised entities e.g. insurance companies, pension funds, unit trusts, building societies. -The concept of suitability. -Enforceability of close-out netting and set-off. -Automatic Early Termination. -The ISDA collective legal opinions. -Third Party Rights. New section on US issues Chapter 6 Credit issues relating to the ISDA Master Agreements (15 pages) -Addition of Specified Entities. -Specified Indebtedness variations. -Downgrade from Cross Default to cross acceleration. -Threshold Amounts. -Credit Event Upon Merger variations. -Additional Termination Events. -Set Off -Transfers. -Political risk. -The “vanilla ISDA”. Chapter 7 Operational issues relating to the ISDA Master Agreements (8 pages) -Confirmations -Payments -Deliveries -Close out -Administrative matters. Chapter 8 A sample 1992 ISDA Master Agreement Schedule and accompanying commentary (up to 175 pages). Chapter 9 A sample 2002 ISDA Master Agreement Schedule and accompanying commentary (up to 30 pages) In each of these chapters the idea is to have a block of Schedule text on one page and a clear explanation of it on the opposite page. Chapter 10 Provisions for special entity types and those sought by US counterparties As per the first edition with some updating. (50 pages). To include new and additional commentary on loan-linked ISDAs, covered bond ISDAs and Hedge fund ISDAs. Chapters 8, 9 and 10 are the hub of the book because the Schedule is what negotiators actually negotiate and where they need core knowledge and awareness of possi

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Book SynopsisAbout the authors: David Frykman is the CEO and owner of Fred Ventures, a private investment company. Previously, he was the CEO and main shareholder of Gymgrossisten (Nasdaq: GYM) and before that a Senior Vice President at Swedbank Markets Corporate Finance. David has also worked with venture capital at Novare Kapital and Spray Investment. In his different roles as owner, board member and CEO, David has conducted a large number of mergers and acquisitions, fund raisings and divestitures. David holds an MSc in economics and finance from Stockholm School of Economics and the Asian Institute of Management as well as a BSc in psychology from Stockholm University. Jakob Tolleryd is a Swedish serial entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder and investor behind a number of companies in the IT/Internet industry. Among them, Compricer; a price comparison site for services, Easyart; the leading European e-commerce company for art prints and Klikki; one of tTable of ContentsTable of Contents and New Edition Content 1 Introduction 2 Presentation of Model Company 3 When Do You Need to Value a Company? 4 Company Valuation – An Overview 5 Ratio-based Valuation 6 Discounted Cash Flow Valuation 7 Underlying Analysis and Key Value Drivers 8 How to Value Your Company in Practice – An Example 9 Value-based Management 10 Afterword Appendix AInspirational list of key value drivers Appendix BTypical information needed for a valuation Notes Glossary Further Reading

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Book SynopsisNaked Economics gives you the tools to engage with pleasure and confidence in the deeply relevant, not so dismal science.Trade Review"I recommend this book to anyone who wants to gain an understanding of basic economics with little pain and much pleasure." -- Gary Becker, 1992 Nobel Prize winner in Economics

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Book SynopsisHere is a rigorous and accessible account of the mathematics behind the pricing, construction and hedging of derivative securities. An essential purchase for market practitioners, quantitative analysts, and derivatives traders, whether existing or trainees, in investment banks in the major financial centres throughout the world.Trade Review'… a very readable and useful introduction to the pricing of derivatives … A recommendable book.' Wil Schilders, ITW Nieuws'… the first rigorous and accessible account of the mathematics behind the pricing, construction and hedging of derivative securities.' L'Enseignement MathématiqueTable of ContentsThe parable of the bookmaker; 1. Introduction; 2. Discrete processes; 3. Continuous processes; 4. Pricing market securities; 5. Interest rates; 6. Bigger models; Appendix 1. Further reading; Appendix 2. Notation; Appendix 3. Answers to exercises; Appendix 4. Glossary of technical terms; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis textbook provides future data analysts with the tools, methods, and skills needed to answer data-focused, real-life questions; to carry out data analysis; and to visualize and interpret results to support better decisions in business, economics, and public policy. Data wrangling and exploration, regression analysis, machine learning, and causal analysis are comprehensively covered, as well as when, why, and how the methods work, and how they relate to each other. As the most effective way to communicate data analysis, running case studies play a central role in this textbook. Each case starts with an industry-relevant question and answers it by using real-world data and applying the tools and methods covered in the textbook. Learning is then consolidated by 360 practice questions and 120 data exercises. Extensive online resources, including raw and cleaned data and codes for all analysis in Stata, R, and Python, can be found at www.gabors-data-analysis.com.Trade Review'This exciting new text covers everything today's aspiring data scientist needs to know, managing to be comprehensive as well as accessible. Like a good confidence interval, the Gabors have got you almost completely covered!' Joshua Angrist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences'This is an excellent book for students learning the art of modern data analytics. It combines the latest techniques with practical applications, replicating the implementation side of classroom teaching that is typically missing in textbooks. For example, they used the World Management Survey data to generate exercises on firm performance for students to gain experience in handling real data, with all its quirks, problems, and issues. For students looking to learn data analysis from one textbook, this is a great way to proceed.' Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University'I know of few books about data analysis and visualization that are as comprehensive, deep, practical, and current as this one; and I know of almost none that are as fun to read. Gábor Békés and Gábor Kézdi have created a most unusual and most compelling beast: a textbook that teaches you the subject matter well and that, at the same time, you can enjoy reading cover to cover.' Alberto Cairo, University of Miami'A beautiful integration of econometrics and data science that provides a direct path from data collection and exploratory analysis to conventional regression modeling, then on to prediction and causal modeling. Exactly what is needed to equip the next generation of students with the tools and insights from the two fields.' David Card, University of California, Berkeley, winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences'This textbook is excellent at dissecting and explaining the underlying process of data analysis. Békés and Kézdi have masterfully woven into their instruction a comprehensive range of case studies. The result is a rigorous textbook grounded in real-world learning, at once accessible and engaging to novice scholars and advanced practitioners alike. I have every confidence it will be valued by future generations.' Kerwin K. Charles, Yale School of Management'This book takes you by the hand in a journey that will bring you to understand the core value of data in the fields of machine learning and economics. The large amount of accessible examples combined with the intuitive explanation of foundational concepts is an ideal mix for anyone who wants to do data analysis. It is highly recommended to anyone interested in the new way in which data will be analyzed in the social sciences in the next years.' Christian Fons-Rosen, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics'This sophisticatedly simple book is ideal for undergraduate- or Master's-level Data Analytics courses with a broad audience. The authors discuss the key aspects of examining data, regression analysis, prediction, Lasso, and random forests, and more, with using elegant prose instead of algebra. Using well-chosen case studies, they illustrate the techniques and discuss all of them patiently and thoroughly.' Carter Hill, Louisiana State University'This is not an econometrics textbook. It is a data analysis textbook. And a highly unusual one - written in plain English, based on simplified notation, and full of case studies. An excellent starting point for future data analysts or anyone interested in finding out what data can tell us.' Beata Javorcik, University of Oxford'A multifaceted book that considers many sides of data analysis, all of them important for the contemporary student and practitioner. It brings together classical statistics, regression, and causal inference, sending the message that awareness of all three aspects is important for success in this field. Many 'best practices' are discussed in accessible language, and illustrated using interesting datasets.' llya Ryzhov, University of Maryland'This is a fantastic book to have. Strong data skills are critical for modern business and economic research, and this text provides a thorough and practical guide to acquiring them. Highly recommended.' John van Reenen, MIT Sloan'Energy and climate change is one of the most important public policy challenges, and high- quality data and its empirical analysis is a foundation of solid policy. Data Analysis for Business, Economics, and Policy will make an important contribution to this with its innovative approach. In addition to the comprehensive treatment of modern econometric techniques, the book also covers the less glamorous but crucial aspects of procuring and cleaning data, and drawing useful inferences from less-than-perfect datasets. As the center of gravity of the energy system shifts to developing economies where data quality is still an issue, this will provide an important and practical combination for both academic and policy professionals.' Laszlo Varro, Chief Economist, International Energy AgencyTable of ContentsPart I. Data Exploration: 1. Origins of data; 2. Preparing data for analysis; 3. Exploratory data analysis; 4. Comparison and correlation; 5. Generalizing from data; 6. Testing hypotheses; Part II. Regression Analysis: 7. Simple regression; 8. Complicated patterns and messy data; 9. Generalizing results of a regression; 10. Multiple linear regression; 11. Modeling probabilities; 12. Regression with time series data; Part III. Prediction: 13. A framework for prediction; 14. Model building for prediction; 15. Regression trees; 16. Random forest and boosting; 17. Probability prediction and classification; 18. Forecasting from time series data; Part IV. Causal Analysis: 19. A framework for causal analysis; 20. Designing and analyzing experiments; 21. Regression and matching with observational data; 22. Difference-in-differences; 23. Methods for panel data; 24. Appropriate control groups for panel data; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe seminal guide to risk management, streamlined and updated Risk Management in Banking is a comprehensive reference for the risk management industry, covering all aspects of the field.Table of ContentsForeword vii Preface ix About the Author xi 1 Risks and Risk Management 1 2 Banking Regulations Overview 13 3 Balance Sheet Management and Regulations 21 4 Liquidity Management and Liquidity Gaps 31 5 Interest Rate Gaps 43 6 Hedging and Gap Management 57 7 Economic Value of the Banking Book 67 8 Convexity Risk in Banking 81 9 Convexity Risk: The Case of Mortgages 91 10 Funds Transfer Pricing Systems 109 11 Returns, Random Shocks and Value-at-Risk 123 12 Portfolio Risk and Factor Models 135 13 Delta-normal VaR and Historical VaR 149 14 Extensions of Traditional VaR 159 15 Volatility 169 16 Simulation of Interest Rates 179 17 Market Risk Regulations 189 18 Credit Risk 199 19 Credit Risk Data 211 20 Scoring Models and Credit Ratings 221 21 Default Models 237 22 Counterparty Credit Risk 253 23 Credit Event Dependencies 263 24 Credit Portfolio Risk: Analytics 271 25 Credit Portfolio Risk: Simulations 283 26 Credit Risk Regulations 293 27 Capital Allocation and Risk Contributions 303 28 Risk-adjusted Performance Measures 315 29 Credit Derivatives 323 30 Securitization 331 References 345 Index 351

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Book SynopsisTake the risk out of financial risk management Written by bestselling author and past winner of the GARP Award's Risk Manager of the Year, Aaron Brown, Financial Risk Management For Dummies offers thorough and accessible guidance on successfully managing and controlling financial risk within your company.Trade ReviewAaron Brown has produced much more than a how-to manual. Few financial books provide so much solid instruction in as lively and provocative fashion. Financial Risk Management for Dummies ranks with the ten great books on risk.- Martin S. Fridson, CFA, chief investment officer at Lehmann, Livian, Fridson Advisors, LLC, New York CityTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part I: Getting Started with Risk Management 5 Chapter 1: Living with Risk.7 Chapter 2: Understanding Risk Models 23 Chapter 3: Taking Charge of Risk 41 Chapter 4: Managing Financial Risk 57 Chapter 5: Functions of a Financial Risk Manager 73 Part II: Measuring Financial Risk 85 Chapter 6: Valuing Risk.87 Chapter 7: Stress Testing for Success 109 Chapter 8: Speaking Greek 125 Chapter 9: Accounting for Extremes 145 Part III: Managing Financial Risk 163 Chapter 10: Setting Limits.165 Chapter 11: Stopping Losses 181 Chapter 12: Controlling Drawdowns 199 Chapter 13: Hedging Bets 215 Part IV: Working in Financial Institutions 237 Chapter 14: Trading Places 239 Chapter 15: Banking on Risk 249 Chapter 16: Managing Assets and Portfolios 261 Chapter 17: Insuring Risk 271 Part V: Communicating Risk 283 Chapter 18: Reporting Risk 285 Chapter 19: Regulating Finance 299 Part VI: The Part of Tens 317 Chapter 20: Ten One-Minute Risk Management Tips 319 Chapter 21: Ten Days that Shook the (Financial) World 327 Chapter 22: Ten Great Risk Managers in History 341 Chapter 23: Ten Great Risk Books 349 Index 355

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsA FinTech and RegTech Overview: Where We Have Come From and Where We Are Going vi About the Editors xii Acknowledgements xiv 1. Introduction What a RegTech Compliance Killer System Will Look Like 6 Technology-Enabled Collaborative Compliance 10 The Age of RegTech Disruption to the Status Quo Is Here 16 RegTech and Financial Crime Prevention 20 RegTech: Tackling Regulation with Innovation 26 Identities, the RegTech Holy Grail 30 2. The RegTech Landscape Islamic RegTech 38 How RegTech Could Help Determine the Future of Financial Services 44 Introducing the RegTech Quality Compass: The Five Factors of RegTech Quality 50 How Banks Are Managing Their Risk Through Technology and Market Infrastructure 55 RegTech and the Science of Regulation 58 GDPR and PSD2: Self-Sovereign Identity, Privacy, and Innovation 62 Rise of RegTech in the German Market 66 The Power of RegTech to Drive Cultural Change and Enhance Conduct Risk Management Across Banking 70 3. Regulatory Innovation and Sandboxes Discover the Innovative Technology Behind RegTech Leaders 80 Enabling RegTech Up Front: Unambiguous Machine-readable Regulation 85 Align Open Banking and Future-Proof RegTech for Regulators and Third-Party Providers to Deliver the Optimal Consumer Convenience and Protection 89 A Seat at the Table – Bringing the Voice of FinTech to the US Regulatory Process 93 Sandbox Games for RegTech 99 Legal Guidance for Entering the Sandbox and Taking Advantage of Cross-Border Cooperation Agreements 102 RegTech and the Sandbox − Play, Innovate, and Protect! 106 4. A Call for Innovation or Disruption? Governance, Risk, and Compliance: Complex or Complicated? 118 Innovation or Disruption: Not Always Black and White 122 How to Use Digital Marketing Data in Regulated Industries 126 Invention Versus Reinvention 130 Making Regulation Machine Readable 134 Can We Digitize Know Your Client? 138 5. RegTech Investment and Compliance Spending Why a Substantial Investment in Financial Services RegTech Now Will Strategically Reduce Your Future Regulatory Compliance Costs 146 Old Tech + New Tech = RegTech: Excel Spreadsheets and End User Computing in a Regulated World 150 Will Financial Institutions Ever Achieve a 100% Compliance with Anti–Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism Rules? 154 Merits and Demerits of a Shared Risk Engine 158 Spend on Compliance: A Necessary Evil orBusiness Enabler? 163 6. RegTech for Authorized Institutions RegTech Opportunities in a Post-4MLD/5MLD World 172 Passporting in the EU – Is an Opportunity Also a Problem? 177 What Do PSD2 and Similar Activities Mean for Banks and FinTech Start-ups? 181 7. RegTech from a Regulatory Perspective The Role of Anti–Money Laundering Law and Compliance in FinTech 190 Banking Supervision at a Crossroads – RegTech as the Regulators’ Toolbox 195 FinReg, FinTech, and RegTech – Quo Vadis, EU? 199 The RegTech Landscape from a Regulator’s Perspective 205 RegTech is for Regulators Too, and its Future is in Emerging Markets 210 8. Blockchain and AI in RegTech The ROI of RegTech 218 The Augmented Compliance Office 221 Dissolving Barriers: A Global Digital Trust Protocol 226 Can AI Really Disrupt Monitoring for Suspicious Activity? 231 Forging a Responsibility and Liability Framework in the AI Era for RegTech 235 Compliance with Data Protection Regulations by Applying the Blockchain Technology 246 Blockchains Are Diamonds’ Best Friend: The Case for Supply Chain Transparency 250 9. RegTech Applicability Outside the Financial Services Industry Protecting Consumers and Enabling Innovation 260 RegTech Impact on the Private Security Industry 263 ArtTech: How Blockchain Can Improve Provenance 266 The Potential of RegTech in Improving the Effectiveness of Environmental Regulation 270 RegTech Applicability Outside the Financial Services Industry 274 Using RegTech as a Cross-Industry Digitization Tool 278 RegTech Unleashed: Discovering the Pathways Beyond Finance 282 RegTech Outside Finance: Four Options, One Clear Choice 287 RegTech: A Safe Bet for Tackling AML and Fraud in the Gambling Sector 292 10. Social Impact and Regulation The FinTech Ecosystem Between Legal Compliance and Social Dimension 300 The End Justifies the Means: Putting Social Purpose Back at the Heart of Banking and Financial Regulation 305 RegTech’s Impact on Trust and Identity 310 How Technology Is Driving Financial Inclusion 314 Banking the Unbanked and Underbanked: RegTech as an Enabler for Financial Inclusion 318 Superhero Way: Enhancing Regulatory Supervision with Superpowers 323 11. The Future of RegTech Market Surveillance 2020 330 I Regulate, Therefore I Am? Regulating Humans’ and Machines’ Conduct and Culture 335 The Future of RegTech 340 From RegTech to TechReg – Regulation in a Decentralized World 344 Emerging Innovations in RegTech 348 List of Contributors 351 Index 358

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Book Synopsis The innovative investor’s guide to an entirely new asset class—from two experts on the cutting edge With the rise of bitcoin and blockchain technology, investors can capitalize on the greatest investment opportunity since the Internet. Bitcoin was the first cryptoasset, but today there are over 800 and counting, including ether, ripple, litecoin, monero, and more. This clear, concise, and accessible guide from two industry insiders shows you how to navigate this brave new blockchain world’and how to invest in these emerging assets to secure your financial future. Cryptoassets gives you all the tools you need: An actionable framework for investigating and valuing cryptoassets Portfolio management techniques to maximize returns while managing risk Historical context and tips to navigate inevitablTable of ContentsAuthor's Note Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: What Chapter 1: Bitcoin and the Financial Crisis of 2008 Chapter 2: The Basics of Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology Chapter 3: "Blockchain, Not Bitcoin?" Chapter 4: The Taxonomy of Cryptoassets Chapter 5: Cryptocommodities and Cryptotokens Part II: Why Chapter 6: The Importance of Portfolio Management and Alternative Assets Chapter 7: The Most Compelling Alternative Asset of the Twenty-First Century Chapter 8: Defining Cryptoassets as a New Asset Class Chapter 9: The Evolution of Cryptoasset Market Behavior Chapter 10: The Speculation of Crowds and "This Time is Different" Thinking Chapter 11: "It's Just a Ponzi Scheme, Isn't It?" Part III: How Chapter 12: Fundamental Analysis and a Valuation Framework for Cryptoassets Chapter 13: Evaluating the Health of Cryptoasset Networks and Technical Analysis Chapter 14: Directly Investing in Cryptoassets: Mining, Exchanges, and Wallets Chapter 15: "Where's the Bitcoin ETF?" Chapter 16: The Wild World of ICOs Chapter 17: Preparing Current Portfolios for Blockchain Disruption Chapter 18: The Future of Investing is Here Chris and Jack's Go-to Crypto Resources Notes Index

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Book SynopsisA definitive, all-encompassing book on digital assets of all types for investors In Mastering Crypto Assets: Investing in Bitcoin, Ethereum and Beyond, a team of seasoned investors and digital asset strategists presents a comprehensive guide aimed at institutional and professional investors for integrating crypto assets into traditional portfolios. The book offers in-depth explanations of the structure of this new asset class and its impact on investment portfolios. It guides readers on using fundamental and quantitative criteria to select blockchain-based assets, grounded in a robust foundation of knowledge and evidence. The authors demonstrate how to apply quantitative valuation concepts to digital assets like Bitcoin, understanding their role as digital stores of value in a traditional investment portfolio. The book also delves into the unique risk and return characteristics of various digital asset sectors, adapting conventional investing methods to the digital realm. It goes beyond direct crypto asset investments, introducing related equities and strategies for accessing digital assets in restricted settings. It discusses both indexed and active strategies in the context of crypto assets. A key feature of the book is exclusive interviews with industry figures such as Jan van Eck (VanEck), Peter L. Brandt (Legendary Trader), and Fred Thiel (Marathon Digital), with these interviews accessible through QR codes in the book for extended video content. This provides a dynamic and interactive learning experience. Moreover, the book benefits from invaluable research assistance from Figment and CCData, enriching its analytical depth. It also includes insightful guest articles from digital asset experts like Matthew Sigel (VanEck), Marco Manoppo (Digital Asset Research), Marcel Kasumovich (Coinbase Asset Management), Timothy Peterson (Cane Island Digital Research), Gregory Mall and Rohan Misra (AMINA), and thought leaders from Token Terminal. Mastering Crypto Assets is an invaluable resource not just for institutional and individual investors, but for anyone keen on adopting a sound, evidence-based approach to digital asset investment.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Preface xi Chapter 1: Introduction. 1 Chapter 2: Bitcoin— A Brief History 3 2.1 From the Fuel Card to the Trustless Payment System 4 2.2 Enter Satoshi Nakamoto 7 2.3 Bitcoin and Blockchain: A Closer Look 9 2.4 The Fundamentals of Bitcoin 11 2.5 The Driving Forces behind the Rise of Bitcoin 15 2.6 Interview with Fred Thiel 17 2.7 References 25 Chapter 3: The Taxonomy of Crypto Assets 27 3.1 Navigating the Crypto Categorization 27 3.2 The Difference between Token and Coin 29 3.3 Payments 30 3.4 Stablecoins 35 3.5 Smart Contract Platforms 41 3.6 Infrastructure Applications 51 3.7 Centralized Exchanges 57 3.8 Decentralized Finance 61 3.9 Non- fungible Tokens 66 3.10 Media and Entertainment 68 3.11 Conclusion 74 3.12 References 74 Chapter 4: Valuation of Crypto Assets 77 4.1 Tokens Explained: What They Are and Why They Matter 77 4.2 Value Capturing in Crypto: Market Dynamics 82 4.3 Due Diligence: The Importance of Digital Asset Vetting 88 4.4 The Network Effect and Metcalfe’s Law 97 4.5 Statistical Valuation Approach 111 4.6 References 115 Chapter 5: Cryptos as an Asset Class. 117 5.1 Characteristics of an Asset Class 117 5.2 Conventional Asset Classes 118 5.3 Crypto Assets 140 5.4 Crypto Assets in the Portfolio Context 154 5.5 Crypto Stocks: Alternative, Addition, or Neither? 164 5.6 Interview with Jan van Eck 175 5.7 Conclusion 189 5.8 References 190 Chapter 6: Asset Allocation. 193 6.1 Foundations of Asset Allocation 194 6.2 Approaches to Asset Allocation 202 6.3 Navigating Crypto Cycles—More Than a Story 209 6.4 Influence of Different Crypto Asset Allocations 219 6.5 Dynamic Risk Management 229 6.6 Interview with Peter L. Brandt 234 6.7 Conclusion 248 6.8 References 249 Chapter 7: From Staking to Earning. 251 7.1 Background of Crypto Staking 251 7.2 The Case for Staking 252 7.3 The Origin and Mechanism of Staking Rewards 255 7.4 Case Study: Understanding Ethereum Staking Rewards Post- Merge 256 7.5 How to Participate in Protocol Staking 261 7.6 Understanding Staking Risks 263 7.7 Liquid Staking Protocols 265 7.8 Conclusion 266 7.9 References 267 Chapter 8: Index Investments 269 8.1 Theory Underlying the Case for Index- Based Investments 269 8.2 Digital Asset Indexing 280 8.3 The Importance of Exchange Vetting and Clean Prices for Institutional Investors 282 8.4 Pricing: The Foundation of Capital Markets 286 8.5 Moving Out the Risk Curve— The Benefits of Investing in a Multi- Token Index 291 8.6 Crypto Indexing: Can Traditional Strategies Translate to the Fast- Paced Digital Asset Market? 299 8.7 Refining Crypto Asset Portfolios: Risk Parity and Beyond— Exploring Advanced Indexing Strategies in Crypto 303 8.8 Benchmark Rates: Safe against Manipulation? 309 8.9 Conclusion on Index Investments 315 8.10 References 316 Chapter 9: Outlook: Navigating the Future— The Expansive Potential of Digital Assets 319 9.1 Reference 323 About the Authors. 325 Index 327

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Book SynopsisAs more of our lives are spent interacting digitally sending and receiving payments, interacting on social media, using certified delivery, playing games online, and generally participating in the digital world the fair exchange of our digital belongings becomes increasingly essential.This book delves into the theory of fair exchange, from the historic to the cutting-edge, and presents a unified framework for understanding fair exchange protocols. Every exchange starts with a handshake, which is followed by four additional operations: deposit; verification; synchronization; and release or restoration. The environments in which these operations take place determine the properties of the resulting protocol, and the characteristics of the items that can be exchanged.Existing protocols are examined through this framework, including escrow-based protocols, optimistic protocols, and gradual release protocols. A new family of fair exchange protocols is developed which make use of attestables, a novel interface for exfiltration-resistant computing. An attestable-based protocol called FEWD is also introduced and several variations are described which are suitable for the exchange of different classes of items.Finally, a number of special topics for fair exchange are introduced, including legal issues that can emerge in practical applications of fair exchange, a legal analysis of the basic operations of fair exchange, commercial applications of FEWD, and an analysis of additional risks including participant expectations and implementations of attestable-based protocols. We conclude with a collection of topics for future research in making fair exchange more ubiquitous in our lives for a fairer digital world.

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Book SynopsisThere is no doubt that the proliferation of entrepreneurial activity is a current trend. Start-ups enable an effective transformation of knowledge, generating high added value to society. The objective of this book is to address the financing of the entrepreneurial process as a necessary element to articulate a solid business fabric, based on taking advantage of new opportunities. The book is structured in two parts. The first part takes as a reference the lack of financing in the entrepreneurship process and analyses different sources of financing available to entrepreneurs depending on the phase in which the project is located. The second part of the book analyses innovation and its links to the financing of start-ups, addressing the impact of emerging technologies and fintech services and the support of artificial intelligence. Finally, the book concludes with an examination of decentralized finance (DeFi), as an idea that is changing the financial world, giving rise to new financial paradigms.Table of ContentsPart I. Investment Cycles.- Chapter 1. Financing Rounds with Private Capital.- Chapter 2. Angel Investing Startups.- Chapter 3. Crowdfunding: Another Way of Financing My Business.- Chapter 4. A Prospective Analysis of the Advantages of Crowdlending to Startups.- Chapter 5. The Financing of Minority Entrepreneurial Efforts in the U.S..- Chapter 6. Bank Credit in Europe Between Two Crises: From the Great Recession to the COVID 19 Pandemic.- Part II. Startup Innovation.- Chapter 7. Emerging Technologies in Financing Startups.- Chapter 8. ICOs, IEOs and STOs: Token Sales as Innovative Formulas for Financing Start-ups.- Chapter 9. Financing Start-ups Through Artificial Intelligence.- Chapter 10. DeFi & Startups: Revolution in Finance.

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