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Foreign Investment in Chile:The Legal Framework for Business, the Foreign Investment Regime in Chile, Environmental System in... Foreign Investment in Chile:The Legal Framework for Business, the Foreign Investment Regime in Chile, Environmental System in Chile, Documents (Hardcover, 1995 Ed.)
Roberto Mayorga
R7,185 Discovery Miles 71 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Foreign Direct Investment in Chile addresses all aspects of foreign direct investment in Chile and is very timely since the economy of Chile is growing at a rapid pace. It is considered to be a model in Latin America. In the past few years, foreign investment in Chile has been transformed into a highly significant macroeconomic variable. Indeed, the phenomenon of foreign investment has enticed companies from over sixty countries, representing all the continents. Without a doubt, the impact foreign investment has had on the country's economic development is significant. In December 1994, Chile was formally invited by the United States, Canada and Mexico to join the NAFTA. Negotiations leading to Chile's participation in the NAFTA are expected to begin in the near future. This development will clearly yield many benefits for Chile. First and foremost, this development, acting in concert with the political and economic stability of Chile, will serve as an impetus for more companies, particularly those of American origin, to invest in Chile. This book analyzes the national legal norms of Chile, offering a very useful perspective on the legal regulations of each sector of the economy in general, and on foreign investment in particular.

Employers' Economics versus Employees' Economy - How Adam Smith's Legacy Obscures Public Investment in the... Employers' Economics versus Employees' Economy - How Adam Smith's Legacy Obscures Public Investment in the Private Sector (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
John F. M. McDermott
R3,757 Discovery Miles 37 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book argues that economic activity in the public sphere now underwrites private corporations, and rejects rigid adherence to traditional economic theories that no longer apply. Adam Smith's widely used "merchant's model" assumes that most investment is private, when in fact research demonstrates that public investment in the workforce through education and training far outweighs the private sector, and does not account for the growing presence of consensual pricing, the diversification of modern businesses, or the increasing internal authoritarianism of globalizing companies. With de facto public support for these adaptations undermining the universally presumed economic model, private corporations are able to increase their profits while misrepresenting the investment of their own global labor forces. This book suggests an "economy of laws" solution that balances the needed degree of central investment planning with the continuation of our pluralist economy of largely autonomous firms, principally by extending the full rights of citizens into the workplace itself.

Why the Bubble Burst - US Stock Market Performance since 1982 (Hardcover, illustrated edition): Lawrance L. Evans Jr. Why the Bubble Burst - US Stock Market Performance since 1982 (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Lawrance L. Evans Jr.
R3,337 Discovery Miles 33 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Why the Bubble Burst provides a comprehensive look at the most dramatic run-up in equity values in US history. Lawrance Evans takes the reader from theory to empirics, illustrating why we need to go beyond the efficient markets hypothesis and the theory of domestic irrational exuberance to fully unpack the unprecedented phenomenon, why the market was destined for a major decline and why the fallout will be severe and protracted. Quantitative evidence suggests that mutual funds, international portfolio flows, and the decline in the amount of corporate equity outstanding all played an integral role in the stock market boom. These ingredients in the context of a supply and demand based theory of equity price determination indicate that supply and demand forces unrelated to corporate profitability elevated US equity valuations to unsustainable levels. The author's conclusions carry implications for economic theory and policy, retirement security and stock market investments in general. Economists, finance professionals and policymakers will find this volume a unique investigation into the stock market boom and bust.

Profiting from Monetary Policy - Investing Through the Business Cycle (Hardcover): T Aubrey Profiting from Monetary Policy - Investing Through the Business Cycle (Hardcover)
T Aubrey
R1,987 Discovery Miles 19 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

'The Financial Crisis' has led to a decade of poor returns for pension schemes and lower retirement incomes. Credit-based investment strategies that track the business cycle, are allowing preservation of investors' capital. This book provides analysis and investment strategy plans to generate equity-like-returns with bond like volatility.

University of Berkshire Hathaway - 30 Years of Lessons Learned from Warren Buffett & Charlie Munger at the Annual Shareholders... University of Berkshire Hathaway - 30 Years of Lessons Learned from Warren Buffett & Charlie Munger at the Annual Shareholders Meeting (Hardcover)
Daniel Pecaut, Corey Wrenn
R708 Discovery Miles 7 080 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Financial Valuation of Employee Stock Ownership Plan Shares (Hardcover): LR Cook Financial Valuation of Employee Stock Ownership Plan Shares (Hardcover)
LR Cook
R3,688 Discovery Miles 36 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A must-read for accountants and professionals with a business valuation accreditation or certification, pension actuaries, ERISA lawyers, "Financial Valuation of Employee Stock Ownership Plan Shares" identifies, explains, and explores the ins and outs of ESOPs, with a focus on what benefits a company/shareholder/plan participant would receive by transacting shares of stock with an ESOP, the formula for an Employee Stock Ownership Plan, stock incentives and their attractiveness to employees, the nature and function of ERISA, Department of Labor, and IRS. It includes training material, the full text of Department of Labor-proposed regulations, details of important court cases, various examples and illustrations to be used as reference and research tools for the experienced and trained valuation professional, and more.

Building Automated Trading Systems - With an Introduction to Visual C++.NET 2005 (Hardcover): Benjamin Van Vliet Building Automated Trading Systems - With an Introduction to Visual C++.NET 2005 (Hardcover)
Benjamin Van Vliet
R1,983 Discovery Miles 19 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Over the next few years, the proprietary trading and hedge fund industries will migrate largely to automated trade selection and execution systems. Indeed, this is already happening. While several finance books provide C++ code for pricing derivatives and performing numerical calculations, none approaches the topic from a system design perspective. This book will be divided into two sections-programming techniques and automated trading system ( ATS ) technology-and teach financial system design and development from the absolute ground up using Microsoft Visual C++.NET 2005. MS Visual C++.NET 2005 has been chosen as the implementation language primarily because most trading firms and large banks have developed and continue to develop their proprietary algorithms in ISO C++ and Visual C++.NET provides the greatest flexibility for incorporating these legacy algorithms into working systems. Furthermore, the .NET Framework and development environment provide the best libraries and tools for rapid development of trading systems.
The first section of the book explains Visual C++.NET 2005 in detail and focuses on the required programming knowledge for automated trading system development, including object oriented design, delegates and events, enumerations, random number generation, timing and timer objects, and data management with STL.NET and .NET collections. Furthermore, since most legacy code and modeling code in the financial markets is done in ISO C++, this book looks in depth at several advanced topics relating to managed/unmanaged/COM memory management and interoperability. Further, this book provides dozens of examples illustrating the use of database connectivity with ADO.NET andan extensive treatment of SQL and FIX and XML/FIXML. Advanced programming topics such as threading, sockets, as well as using C++.NET to connect to Excel are also discussed at length and supported by examples.
The second section of the book explains technological concerns and design concepts for automated trading systems. Specifically, chapters are devoted to handling real-time data feeds, managing orders in the exchange order book, position selection, and risk management. A .dll is included in the book that will emulate connection to a widely used industry API ( Trading Technologies, Inc.'s XTAPI ) and provide ways to test position and order management algorithms. Design patterns are presented for market taking systems based upon technical analysis as well as for market making systems using intermarket spreads.
As all of the chapters revolve around computer programming for financial engineering and trading system development, this book will educate traders, financial engineers, quantitative analysts, students of quantitative finance and even experienced programmers on technological issues that revolve around development of financial applications in a Microsoft environment and the construction and implementation of real-time trading systems and tools.
* Teaches financial system design and development from the ground up using Microsoft Visual C++.NET 2005.
* Provides dozens of examples illustrating the programming approaches in the book
* Chapters are supported by screenshots, equations, sample Excel spreadsheets, programming code and interactive CDROM

Valuation and Selection of Convertible Bonds - Based on Modern Option Theory (Hardcover): Stefaan Gepts Valuation and Selection of Convertible Bonds - Based on Modern Option Theory (Hardcover)
Stefaan Gepts
R2,307 Discovery Miles 23 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Valuation and Selection of Convertible BondS" offers practical guidelines for selecting convertible bonds and making efficient investment decisions. Based on modern option theory and the most recent developments in investment analysis (including a chapter on Euro-bonds), this sourcebook will prove invaluable to both professional investors and individuals involved with similar financial transactions.

The Financialization of Commodity Markets - Investing During Times of Transition (Hardcover): A. Zaremba, Iver B. Neumann The Financialization of Commodity Markets - Investing During Times of Transition (Hardcover)
A. Zaremba, Iver B. Neumann
R2,033 Discovery Miles 20 330 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The landscape of commodity markets has drastically changed in recent years. Once a market of refineries and mines, it has become the market of investment funds and commodity trading advisors. Given this transformation, are commodity investments still as beneficial as 20 or 30 years ago? This book is an attempt to answer these questions.

Private Equity - The German Experience (Hardcover, New): P Jowett Private Equity - The German Experience (Hardcover, New)
P Jowett
R4,471 Discovery Miles 44 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This tells the story of the development of the private equity industry in Germany. It is the first comprehensive history of the private equity industry for any country, revealing the vicissitudes of private equity investing, warts and all. It is an engaging chronicle for anyone interested in the industry or the modern German economy.

Decision Making for Personal Investment - Real Estate Financing, Foreclosures and Other Issues (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017):... Decision Making for Personal Investment - Real Estate Financing, Foreclosures and Other Issues (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Waymond Rodgers, Timothy G. McFarlin
R1,644 Discovery Miles 16 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book presents a personal financial decision making model based on six dominant decision making pathways. It outlines each pathway in detail before focusing on real estate investments in the second part of the book. Based on the authors extensive research into investment decision making, decision modeling and experimental psychology, strategies presented in this book will facilitate more successful investment decision making.

Financial Intelligence - An Entrepreneurs Guide on Mastering the Game of Money and Building Real Financial Freedom in Business... Financial Intelligence - An Entrepreneurs Guide on Mastering the Game of Money and Building Real Financial Freedom in Business Complete Volume (Hardcover)
Income Mastery
R666 R593 Discovery Miles 5 930 Save R73 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Multicriteria Portfolio Management (Hardcover, 2012 ed.): Panos Xidonas, George Mavrotas, Theodore Krintas, John Psarras,... Multicriteria Portfolio Management (Hardcover, 2012 ed.)
Panos Xidonas, George Mavrotas, Theodore Krintas, John Psarras, Constantin Zopounidis
R2,859 Discovery Miles 28 590 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The primary purpose in this book is to present an integrated and innovative methodological approach for the construction and selection of equity portfolios. The approach takes into account the inherent multidimensional nature of the problem, while allowing the decision makers to incorporate specified preferences in the decision processes. A fundamental principle of modern portfolio theory is that comparisons between portfolios are generally made using two criteria; the expected return and portfolio variance. According to most of the portfolio models derived from the stochastic dominance approach, the group of portfolios open to comparisons is divided into two parts: the efficient portfolios, and the dominated. This work integrates the two approaches providing a unified model for decision making in portfolio management with multiple criteria.

Anatomy of the Bear (Hardcover, 4th ed.): Russell Napier Anatomy of the Bear (Hardcover, 4th ed.)
Russell Napier
R914 R772 Discovery Miles 7 720 Save R142 (16%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

How does one spot the bottom of a bear market? What brings a bear to its end? There are few more important questions to be answered in modern finance. Financial market history is a guide to understanding the future. Looking at the four occasions when US equities were particularly cheap - 1921, 1932, 1949 and 1982 - Russell Napier sets out to answer these questions by analysing every article in the Wall Street Journal from either side of the market bottom. In the 70,000 articles he examines, one begins to understand the features which indicate that a great buying opportunity is emerging. By looking at how markets really did work in these bear-market bottoms, rather than theorising how they should work, Napier offers investors a financial field guide to making the best provisions for the future. This new edition includes a brand new preface from the author and a foreword by Merryn Somerset Webb.

The High Frequency Game Changer - How Automated Trading Strategies Have Revolutionized the Markets (Hardcover): P Zubulake The High Frequency Game Changer - How Automated Trading Strategies Have Revolutionized the Markets (Hardcover)
P Zubulake
R1,399 R1,151 Discovery Miles 11 510 Save R248 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The financial industry's leading independent research firm's forward-looking assessment into high frequency trading

Once regarded as a United States-focused trend, today, high frequency trading is gaining momentum around the world. Yet, while high frequency trading continues to be one of the hottest trends in the markets, due to the highly proprietary nature of the computer transactions, financial firms and institutions have made very little available in terms of information or "how-to" techniques. That's all changed with "The High Frequency Game Changer: How Automated Trading Strategies Have Revolutionized the Markets." In the book, Zubulake and Lee present an overview of how high frequency trading is changing the face of the market. The book
Explains how we got here and what it means to traders and investorsDetails how to build a high frequency trading firm, including the relevant tools, strategies, and trading talentDefines key components common to HFT such as algorithms, low latency trading infrastructure, collocation etc.

"The High Frequency Game Changer" takes a highly controversial and extremely complicated subject and makes it accessible to anyone with an interest or stake in financial markets.

One-Way Pockets - The Book of Books on Wall Street Speculation (Hardcover): Don Guyon One-Way Pockets - The Book of Books on Wall Street Speculation (Hardcover)
Don Guyon
R557 Discovery Miles 5 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Lit and Dark Liquidity with Lost Time Data: Interlinked Trading Venues around the Global Financial Crisis (Hardcover, New): T.... Lit and Dark Liquidity with Lost Time Data: Interlinked Trading Venues around the Global Financial Crisis (Hardcover, New)
T. Vuorenmaa
R1,485 Discovery Miles 14 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Since the 2008 financial crisis, researchers and policy makers have been looking to empirical data to distil both what happened and how a similar event can be avoided in the future. In Lit and Dark Liquidity with Lost Time Data, Vuorenmaa analyses liquidity to better understand the crux of the financial crisis. By relating liquidity to jump activity, market microstructure noise variance, and average pairwise correlation, Vuorenmaa uncovers the dynamics and ramifications behind anonymous trades made outside of public exchanges, and measures its impact on the crisis. This volume is ideal for academics, students, and practitioners alike, who are interested in investigating the role of lost time in and after the recession.

The Regulation of Securities Markets in China (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Wei Ping He The Regulation of Securities Markets in China (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Wei Ping He
R3,354 Discovery Miles 33 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book offers an in-depth analysis of China's contemporary securities markets regulatory system, with a focus on regulation in practice. Examining the roles of both the China Securities Regulatory Commission and local governments, He argues that the government has built and developed markets from scratch to address the needs of the state and the economy at large. This book describes the workings of national and sub-national securities markets, and such a comprehensive approach gives insight into the ability of state regulation to guide a financial system. This book also provides a unique practical perspective, explaining of the dynamics of regulation in relation to the operation of the Chinese political system. Finally, it incorporates original empirical studies, including semi-structured interviews of professionals and a survey of retail investors. This book is an unparalleled resource for anyone interested in the regulation of securities markets, as well as finance in China in general.

Equity Markets in Transition - The Value Chain, Price Discovery, Regulation, and Beyond (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Reto... Equity Markets in Transition - The Value Chain, Price Discovery, Regulation, and Beyond (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Reto Francioni, Robert A. Schwartz
R7,051 Discovery Miles 70 510 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book underscores the complexity of the equity markets, the challenges they face, and the fact that they are still a work in process. Three interacting forces drive market change: competition, technology change, and regulatory change. The markets have one major objective in particular to achieve: the delivery of accurate price discovery for both traders and the broader market. Are we getting it? Are competition, technology, and regulation acting together to improve market quality, or are they adding to the complexity of the markets and making accurate price discovery harder to achieve? The difficulty of addressing these issues and reaching a consensus regarding public policy is reflected in the diverse opinions expressed in this book. From an institutional perspective, the volume's contributors highlight the interconnectedness of all aspects of the internal and external environment within which exchange organizations act. Equity Markets in Transition underscores how technological evolution and recent regulatory changes have influenced the business, and how these developments have opened new possibilities for exchange organizations and for equity markets as a whole, including such issues as the impact of equity markets on job creation. The book combines both a theoretical and a practical approach. Part I presents a theoretical overview of the international equity market business, including an overall description of the value chain of stock trading that includes deep dives on every decisive step. Part II contains contributions from various business specialists who have specific practical and academic knowledge of the different steps. Equity Markets in Transition represents a unique combination of theoretical and practical analysis that offers first-hand insights on all relevant interactions and interrelations among the various parts of the exchange business, with an emphasis on facilitating analysis of the status quo and of emerging trends regarding business models, regulation, and the development of the competitor, customer and investor sides.

Investing in Asian Offshore Currency Markets - The Shift from Dollars to Renminbi (Hardcover): M. Wong, W. Chan Investing in Asian Offshore Currency Markets - The Shift from Dollars to Renminbi (Hardcover)
M. Wong, W. Chan
R2,024 Discovery Miles 20 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The terms "Eurodollar" and "Eurocurrency" were widely used in the 1970s, a time when the US dollar was prevalently traded in Europe. Later, the Eurodollar market was extended to Asia, especially Singapore and Hong Kong, and to cover a wider range of non-local currencies. But international markets have changed, with Renminbi set to become the world's dominant offshore currency. Leading bankers, analysts, bank supervisors, economists, journalists, professors, and lawyers contributed to Investing in Asian Offshore Currency Markets, exploring various issues regarding offshore currency markets in Asia, and especially the challenges and issues in building the offshore market for Renminbi.

Singapore's Real Estate Secrets - How to Create Wealth & Achieve Financial Freedom with Proven Investing Strategies... Singapore's Real Estate Secrets - How to Create Wealth & Achieve Financial Freedom with Proven Investing Strategies (Hardcover)
Ceekay
R870 Discovery Miles 8 700 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Liquidity Risk - Managing Asset And Funding Risk (Hardcover, New): E Banks Liquidity Risk - Managing Asset And Funding Risk (Hardcover, New)
E Banks
R5,588 Discovery Miles 55 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Much critical attention has been given in recent years to market and credit risks, which have a significant effect on corporate and financial operations and must be understood and managed with care. While these areas have rightly received considerable scrutiny, another critical dimension of financial risk - based on corporate liquidity - has been largely overlooked. Liquidity risk is the risk of loss arising from an inability to quickly realise asset value or obtain funding and can be damaging if not properly considered or actively managed. Lack of liquidity can lead to large losses in asset/liability portfolios and off balance sheet activities and in extreme cases can trigger financial distress and insolvency. Liquidity Risk is a comprehensive treatment of the topic focusing on the nature of the risk, problems that arise in asset and funding liquidity and mechanisms that can be developed to monitor, measure and control such risks.

Swan Derivative Instruments (Hardcover, 1994 Ed.): Edward Swan Swan Derivative Instruments (Hardcover, 1994 Ed.)
Edward Swan
R7,244 Discovery Miles 72 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Derivative instruments are the contracts used in the global market for future commodities. The value of these contracts exceeds two trillion US dollars per day, making them the world's biggest market. Very little of substance has been published about this critically important business and its implications for the future direction of the world economy. This work is a collection of papers presented at the International Conference on Derivative Instruments at London University's Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in October 1993. It contains the current views of the world's leading regulators, most successful traders and top legal, economic and scientific experts in this rapidly growing market. The size and continued growth of this sector of the financial services business means that an increasing number of lawyers, government and market regulators, and people active in the financial services industry need to have a solid understanding of trading in derivative instruments. This volume contains the explanations of some knowledgeable experts and should be a useful primary source for newcomers to begin to learn about derivative instruments and for experienced practitioners to expand their understanding.

Business Valuations - Advanced Topics (Hardcover): Larry Kasper Business Valuations - Advanced Topics (Hardcover)
Larry Kasper
R2,804 Discovery Miles 28 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Kasper's book is the first to explain the why, not just the how, in the valuation of privately held businesses, and as such makes a unique contribution to its field. Among its many points, the book makes clear that there is no small stock premium, current valuation practice produces business valuations that are too subjective, and tax precedents and laws do not govern business valuations for other purposes. A truly multidisciplinary approach to the advanced study of valuation theory and practice, the book critically examines the many common practices and assumptions accepted by certain appraisers and finds them wanting. It is thus an in-depth exploration of the foundation of current valuation practice, and the evidence that supposedly supports or refutes traditional wisdom. With easily grasped numerical examples and case studies from Kasper's wide professional experience, this work is an important source of information, knowledge, and applications for professional and academics alike, not only in accounting and related fields, but also in management, investment, and law.

Kasper begins with a discussion of the most quoted authority in business valuation, Revenue Ruling 59-60. For attorneys, this is probably the single richest source of cross examination material available (and the ruling appears in its entirety in the Appendix). Although Kasper concentrates on developing the conceptual foundations of valuation, he also explores more practical matters and their meanings, such as fair market values, valuations for tax purposes, and trial strategy. Kasper points out that some of the conclusions he offers are controversial, but if the logic underlying them is understood, their truth will soon be apparent. He also argues convincingly that theory is not just for academics, but can be a useful tool to understand how the real world works--and why it often fails.

Trading Tactics in the Financial Market - Mathematical Methods to Improve Performance (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Don K. Mak Trading Tactics in the Financial Market - Mathematical Methods to Improve Performance (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Don K. Mak
R2,654 Discovery Miles 26 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Financial markets are not predictable, let alone controllable. The one thing traders and investors can control is their trading tactics, where some can have higher probability of profitability than others. This book explains, by using phase analysis, why some of the indicators, and trading tactics would work better than others, and why some indicators and trading tactics would perform poorly. Emphasis is placed on Awesome Oscillator and Accelerator Oscillator, which are based on Simple Moving Average, a popular tool employed by traders. They are then compared to Moving Average Convergence-Divergence (MACD) and MACD Histogram (MACDH), which are based on exponential moving averages. By varying the parameters of MACD and MACDH, one can change the phase or time delay, and possibly make a larger profit. This book is for practitioners, and includes all MATLAB programs used in the book.

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