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    File Size | 1.91 MB
    Pages | 257
    Language | English
    Category | Investing
    Description:  Uncover and invest in the best funds for today and tomorrow.
    The number of mutual funds investors must choose from is now greater than the number of stocks listed on the NYSE. Selecting the right fund-and, just as important, the best manager-in a turbulent investment arena is more difficult than ever before.

    Revealing money-management secrets typically reserved for elite investors, top fund managers share their investment approaches, and provide in-depth explanations of their philosophies, disciplines, and backgrounds that can be applied by both individual and professional investors.

    R. J. Shook (Boca Raton, FL) is the popular and influential author of the Winner's Circle book series. He has authored six Wall Street-related titles, and writes a monthly column as well as a popular annual cover story-"The Winner's Circle Top Advisors"-for Research Magazine.
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    File Size | 2.11 MB
    Pages | 223
    Language | English
    Category | Stock market
    Description:  Risk has two sides: underestimating it harms the investor, while overestimating it prevents the implementation of bold business projects. This book explains, from the point of view of the practitioner, the analysis of investment risk - a proper account of adequate risk management strategies - and offers an objective and readable account of the most common investment risk management procedures. It will not be highly mathematical, although mathematical formulae and technical graphs will be used where necessary, and will not rely on excessive technical jargon.
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    File Size | 22.7 MB
    Pages | 129
    Language | English
    Category | Stock market
    Description:  This book will help you to understand the stock market the easy way. The information will be a startling revelation to most readers. Newspapers, magazines, and television newscasters always appear to give authoritative statements on the latest stockmarket move, however you can never be told the real truth.

    Most traders give little or no attention to how the stock market actually works because they believe that they already know how it works. The stock market is simple: it works on supply and demand like any other free market place; if there is more buying than selling then the market must go up, and conversely, if there is more selling than buying it must go down. In principle this is correct, but in practice it does not always work exactly the way it sounds.

    This book not only explains why moves occur, but also how to recognise the underlying forces at work in the stock market. It shows you how to select individual stocks with limited information. Fundamental analysis, P/E ratios, advice from your broker, buy or sell recommendations from newspapers and magazines - these are the traditional ways of picking stocks, but there is a far better way to pick the right stocks while leaving the poor ones alone.

    This book is the result of Tom Williams' 12 years trading in California combined with what Wyckoff had to say about volume. Readers should benefit immensely from the new and creative computer and non-computerised market timing indicators and thinking that Tom opens up.
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    File Size | 5.07 MB
    Pages | 435
    Language | English
    Category | Stock market
    Description:  The latest theoretical and empirical evidence on short selling in the United States and throughout the world.
    To get the most success out of what the finance community regards as a risky business, short sellers need high-level information. The Theory and Practice of Short Selling offers managers and investors the information they need to maximize and enhance their short selling capabilities for bigger profits.

    Frank Fabozzi collects a group of market experts who share their knowledge on everything from the basics to the complex in the world of short sales, including mechanics of short selling, the empirical evidence on short-selling, the implications or restrictions on short selling for investment strategies, short-selling strategies pursued by institutional investors, and identifying short-selling candidates.

    Frank J. Fabozzi, PhD, CFA (New Hope, PA), is the Frederick Frank Adjunct Professor of Finance at Yale University's School of Management and Editor of the Journal of Portfolio Management. He is the author or editor of over 100 books on finance and investing.
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    File Size | 2.57 MB
    Pages | 241
    Language | English
    Category | Stock market
    Description:  nvestors are tired of losing money to the bad calls and noncalls of Wall Street analysts, especially on the heels of Enron and other "surprise" stock meltdowns. Instead of giving up, When Buy Means Sell presents an innovative, market-tested system for knowing which recommendations to trust, sniffing out conflicts of interest, and making buy and sell decisions based on valuable, impartial information.

    The first fresh approach to this age-old problem, When Buy Means Sell shows investors how to make sense of­­and profit from­­what Wall Street analysts are really saying, by revealing:

    Who the real prophets are­­from individual stars to leading firms
    How to read analyst calls like an insider
    Where to find the truly valuable information
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    File Size | 17.2 MB
    Pages | 534
    Language | English
    Category | Stock market
    Description:  An independent consultant with a Ph.D. in mathematics details his strategy for incorporating options into investment portfolios at the inevitable time when one runs out of money to invest. With examples, data tables, and analytic formulas, Eisen explains his gambit with LEAPS (long-term options on highly rated companies) at its core, and its tax implications. Includes favorite Web sites, and extensive tables on option premiums and assignment probabilities.
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    File Size | 1.08 MB
    Pages | 166
    Language | English
    Category | Stock market
    Description:  In this study we attempt to predict the daily excess returns of FTSE 500 and S&P 500 indices over the respective Treasury Bill rate returns. Initially, we prove that the excessreturns time series do not fluctuate randomly. Furthermore we apply two different types of prediction models: Autoregressive (AR) and feed forward Neural Networks (NN) to predict the excess returns time series using lagged values. For the NN models a Genetic Algorithm is constructed in order to choose the optimum topology. Finally we evaluate the prediction models on four different metrics and conclude that they do not manage tooutperform significantly the prediction abilities of naï ve predictors.

    It is nowadays a common notion that vast amounts of capital are traded through the Stock Markets all around the world. National economies are strongly linked and heavily influenced of the performance of their Stock Markets. Moreover, recently the Markets have become a more accessible investment tool, not only for strategic investors but for common people as well. Consequently they are not only related to macroeconomic parameters, but they influence everyday life in a more direct way. Therefore they constitute a mechanism which has important and direct social impacts.

    The characteristic that all Stock Markets have in common is the uncertainty, which is related with their short and long-term future state. This feature is undesirable for the investor but it is also unavoidable whenever the Stock Market is selected as the investment tool. The best that one can do is to try to reduce this uncertainty. Stock Market Prediction (or Forecasting) is one of the instruments in this process.
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    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 8.57 MB
    Pages | 255
    Language | English
    Category | Stock market
    Description:  This is a book about traders in financial markets: what they do, the kind of people they are, how they perceive the world they inhabit, how they make decisions and take risks. This is also a book about how traders are managed-the best and the worst examples-and about the institutions they inhabit: firms, markets, cultures, and theories of how the world works. How these institutions function, how traders are managed, and how traders view the world, all have profound effects on the wider financial environment.

    This book explores these relationships and their implications theoretically and empirically. The data discussed in this book draw on a three-year project researching the psychological and social influences on the behavior and performance of traders in investment banks. 118 traders and managers in four leading organizations participated. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews supplemented by questionnaires, measures of personality, risk propensity and a novel computer based measure designed to assess illusion of control and other cognitive biases.
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    File Size | 2.68 MB
    Pages | 146
    Language | English
    Category | Stock market
    Description:  Put your money where your mouth is," came the challenge. So he did. Best selling author, Tony Oz, was challenged by Tim Bourquin and Jim Sugarman, founders of the International Online Trading Expo, to prove that his stock trading strategies work, that he could consistently take higher-than-average returns out of the market. To meet the challenge, Tony kept a trading diary for four weeks, documenting each and every trade he made.

    The simple story that unfolded turned out to be of much greater consequence than anyone could have foreseen, as Tony chronicled a first-hand description of one of the worst stock market crashes in recent memory. Tony was already into his four-week trading challenge at the peak of the Nasdaq market, just before the Crash of April 2000. Having no idea at the time that he was in the middle of a “correction” that would wipe out over two trillion dollars of stockholder’s equity, Tony managed to earn respectable profits each week, and had only a few losing days.
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    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 5.14 MB
    Pages | 294
    Language | English
    Category | Stock market
    Description:  This text delves into the world of options on futures and shows how to gain the extra edge needed to improve the odds of gaining a winning position. It uses non-technical language, avoiding Greek symbols and approaches options pricing from a hands-on point of view.
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    File Size | 1.15 MB
    Pages | 355
    Language | English
    Category | Stock market
    Description:  Strategies, tools, and proven solutions for minimizing risk and volatility in option trading
    The Option Trader Handbook helps readers better understand trade management by providing a thorough compilation of the numerous trade adjustments, hedges, and enhancements that can be made to stock or option positions using derivatives.

    Dr. George Jabbour is the Director of the Master of Science in Finance (MSF) Program at The George Washington University as well as a professor of derivatives, financial engineering and investments. Dr. Jabbour has published various articles in professional financial journals and regularly speaks at conferences in the United States and abroad regarding option pricing models, financial management, and risk management. He also is a managing director of Global Asset Investments, LLC, an asset management and derivative consulting firm, and CEO of Global Finance Associates, Inc., a financial training, consulting and research company. Dr. Jabbour regularly conducts seminars in option trading and valuation, and is a very active equity and derivative trader.

    Philip Budwick has a law degree and a Master of Science in Finance and frequently writes articles on option trading strategies and investments. Mr. Budwick is a managing director of Global Asset Investments, LLC and a managing member of Budwick InvestmentGroup, LLC, an option trading and investment software firm. He also conducts discussion groups and offers option investment training through Option Trading Coach, LLC and is an active option and stock trader.
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    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 1.58 MB
    Pages | 237
    Language | English
    Category | Stock market
    Description:  A comprehensive study companion to The Options Course, Second Edition.
    In The Options Course Workbook, Second Edition, George Fontanills offers a wealth of practical exercises that will help further the readers' understanding of options, as well as test and apply what they've learned before they take their first step into the real markets-where time and money are luxuries they cannot afford to lose. This hands-on companion to The Options Course, Second Edition includes a complete answer key and covers a wide range of options issues.
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    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 11.4 MB
    Pages | 801
    Language | English
    Category | Stock market
    Description:  The Mathematics of Financial Modeling & Investment Management covers a wide range of technical topics in mathematics and finance-enabling the investment management practitioner, researcher, or student to fully understand the process of financial decision-making and its economic foundations.

    This comprehensive resource will introduce you to key mathematical techniques-matrix algebra, calculus, ordinary differential equations, probability theory, stochastic calculus, time series analysis, optimization-as well as show you how these techniques are successfully implemented in the world of modern finance. Special emphasis is placed on the new mathematical tools that allow a deeper understanding of financial econometrics and financial economics. Recent advances in financial econometrics, such as tools for estimating and representing the tails of the distributions, the analysis of correlation phenomena, and dimensionality reduction through factor analysis and cointegration are discussed in depth.

    Using a wealth of real-world examples, Focardi and Fabozzi simultaneously show both the mathematical techniques and the areas in finance where these techniques are applied. They also cover a variety of useful financial applications, such as:
    * Arbitrage pricing
    * Interest rate modeling
    * Derivative pricing
    * Credit risk modeling
    * Equity and bond portfolio management
    * Risk management
    * And much more
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    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 1.52 MB
    Pages | 178
    Language | English
    Category | Stock market
    Description:  Two years in MBA school won't teach you how to double the market's return. Two hours with The Little Book That Beats the Market will.
    In The Little Book, Joel Greenblatt, Founder and Managing Partner at Gotham Capital (with average annualized returns of 40% for over 20 years), does more than simply set out the basic principles for successful stock market investing. He provides a "magic formula" that is easy to use and makes buying good companies at bargain prices automatic.

    Though the formula has been extensively tested and is a breakthrough in the academic and professional world, Greenblatt explains it using 6th grade math, plain language and humor. You'll learn how to use this low risk method to beat the market and professional managers by a wide margin. You'll also learn how to view the stock market, why success eludes almost all individual and professional investors, and why the formula will continue to work even after everyone "knows" it.
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    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 5.07 MB
    Pages | 641
    Language | English
    Category | Stock market
    Description:  The Classic Text Annotated to Update Graham's Timeless Wisdom for Today's Market Conditions.

    The greatest investment advisor of the twentieth century, Benjamin Graham taught and inspired people worldwide. Graham's philosophy of "value investing" -- which shields investors from substantial error and teaches them to develop long-term strategies -- has made The Intelligent Investor the stock market bible ever since its original publication in 1949.

    Over the years, market developments have proven the wisdom of Graham's strategies. While preserving the integrity of Graham's original text, this revised edition includes updated commentary by noted financial journalist Jason Zweig, whose perspective incorporates the realities of today's market, draws parallels between Graham's examples and today's financial headlines, and gives readers a more thorough understanding of how to apply Graham's principles.
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