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Bitcoin's introduction as the first cryptoasset in 2009 ushered in
a new era, generating much interest, excitement, and growth. A
cryptoasset is a digital asset using blockchain technology to
regulate the generation of new units and verify and secure
transactions. Besides cryptocurrencies, other major cryptoassets
are security tokens and utility tokens. Cryptoassets are attractive
to investors because of potentially high returns and
diversification benefits. However, investors entering this market
face substantial challenges like the low quality of information,
high price volatility, a lack of academically defensible valuation
models, and regulatory uncertainty. This book spans the gamut from
theoretical to practical while offering the right balance of
detailed and user-friendly coverage. It consists of five parts: (1)
the cryptoasset landscape, (2) types of cryptoassets, (3)
cryptoassets as investment opportunities, (4) trading, reporting,
and technical aspects, and (5) other cryptoasset issues. The book
skillfully blends scholars' and practitioners' contributions into a
single review of critical topics and issues about cryptoassets. The
contributors' varied backgrounds ensure different perspectives and
a rich interplay of ideas. The book reflects the latest research
and offers a guide to understanding cryptoassets and their role in
investment portfolios.
Do you want to see your wealth grow? If so, then this easy-to-read
guide that focuses on alternative investments - hedge funds,
private equity, real estate, commodities, and infrastructure - is
just for you. The fourth book in The H. Kent Baker Investments
Series attempts to remove some of the mystery surrounding these
investments so that you can determine whether any of these are
right for you. If you're willing to gain the necessary knowledge,
you may be able to build long-term wealth by taking advantage of
the benefits that each investment has to offer. The Savvy
Investor's Guide to Building Wealth Through Alternative Investments
is written for investors familiar with traditional investments but
with limited knowledge of alternative assets and strategies.
An accessible introduction to sustainable investing for investors
Can investors do well financially and do good for the world? Should
they try? A common assumption about investors is that they don't
care who wins as long as they're making money. For some investors,
this mindset still rings true. Yet, many investors today want to
make money and do good. Sustainable investing has gained
considerable momentum in the last few decades. It delivers value by
balancing traditional investing with environmental, social, and
governance-related (ESG) insights to improve long-term outcomes.
Sustainable Investing: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) demystifies
sustainable investing for investors. Using a user-friendly
question-and-answer format and insights from noted investment
professionals, this book explores some of sustainable investing's
most critical questions in a clear and concise manner. The book
explains how this approach involves investing in sustainable
companies or funds and can include any investment approach that
considers ESG criteria when selecting and managing investments. It
demystifies sustainable investing specifically for average
investors and examines whether such investments have a place in
their portfolios. By covering everything from the changing
investment landscape and the roles of social and religious values
in finance to how to build a portfolio with purpose, H. Kent Baker,
Hunter M. Holzhauer, and John R. Nofsinger provide an essential
introduction to sustainable investing.
Although an emerging technology, blockchain is here to stay. Since
its inception, imaginative thinkers have identified new ways for
this powerful technology to bring innovative solutions to problems
in the business world. Considered by many as an extreme and
disruptive change, how can business leaders overcome resistance to
the implementation of blockchain solutions and maximize its
potential? The Emerald Handbook of Blockchain for Business equips
academics, practitioners, and students with a broad understanding
of the cutting-edge developments and applications of emerging
blockchain technology. Covering the basic concepts while also
showcasing practical applications in intricate real-world
situations, this handbook bridges the gap between theory and
practice, providing a useful balance of detailed and user-friendly
coverage. Facilitating readers with a working knowledge of how
blockchain functions and integrates within the business world, this
handbook is essential reading for academics looking for a
springboard for further research and practitioners needing a go-to
resource for navigating the implementation of this fast-moving new
technology.
After each major corporate scandal, new suggestions for combatting
fraud emerge from regulators and industry professionals. Despite
changes to guidelines for firms' corporate governance, augmented
protection for whistle blowers, and enhanced cybersecurity
measures, evidence documents an alarming increase in the prevalence
and severity of corporate fraud. The rapidly changing laws aimed at
curbing corporate fraud sometimes lag behind the changing
sophistication of fraud schemes. Corporate Fraud Exposed discusses
the motivations and drivers of fraud including agency theory,
executive compensation, and organizational culture. It examines
fraud's consequences for various firm stakeholders and its
spillover effects to other corporations, the political environment,
and financial market participants, including those who participate
via crowdfunding platforms. This book provides a fresh look at this
intriguing but often complex subject. It skillfully blends the
contributions of a global array of scholars and practitioners into
a single review of some of the most important topics in this area.
Given its broad scope, this practical and comprehensive title
should be of interest to anyone curious about corporate fraud.
Do you only have a relatively small amount of money to invest? Do
you think this limitation give you only a few investment choices?
Well, it doesn't. Investing experts H. Kent Baker, Greg Filbeck,
and Halil Kiymaz offer an essential guide to one of the most common
ways to invest: a pooled investment vehicle (PIV). A PIV is an
investment fund that commingles the monies of many different
investors to buy a portfolio that reflects a particular investment
objective. - By using PIVs, you gain a diversified portfolio, which
once was only available to large investors. The Savvy Investor's
Guide to Pooled Investments clearly explains the risks and
advantages of investing in a PIV. This book introduces you to five
PIVs - mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), closed-end funds
(CEFs), unit investment trusts (UITs), and real estate investment
trusts (REITs) - with a unique Q&A format employed to delve
into issues that investors want and need to know before choosing a
PIV. If you have ever felt limited by your investment choices,
Baker, Filbeck, and Kiymaz explain your options to creating an
investment portfolio, which is an initial step to becoming a savvy
investor.
Are you an investor facing an obstacle you don't know how to
overcome? Are you ready to invest, but not sure how to reduce your
risks? There are two important things you must do to be a savvy
investor: make good investment decisions and avoid costly mistakes.
As important as good investments are, one bad mistake can ruin the
result of all your good decisions. In the second book in The H.
Kent Baker Investments Series, investing experts H. Kent Baker,
John R. Nofsinger, and Vesa Puttonen offer an insightful guide on
avoiding those detrimental missteps. The Savvy Investor's Guide to
Avoiding Pitfalls, Frauds and Scams explores the common pitfalls
that investors face. Highlighting important issues when investing
especially in common stocks and mutual funds, they explore the
psychological biases of investors that can cause you to be your own
worst enemy. Finally, they look at frauds and scams, and how to
protect yourself from dishonest people wanting to profit at your
expense. If you feel unprepared to face the risks of investing,
Baker, Nofsinger, and Puttonen provide this essential guide to
arming yourself against devastation on your path to becoming a
savvy investor.
After each major corporate scandal, new suggestions for combatting
fraud emerge from regulators and industry professionals. Despite
changes to guidelines for firms' corporate governance, augmented
protection for whistle blowers, and enhanced cybersecurity
measures, evidence documents an alarming increase in the prevalence
and severity of corporate fraud. The rapidly changing laws aimed at
curbing corporate fraud sometimes lag behind the changing
sophistication of fraud schemes. Corporate Fraud Exposed discusses
the motivations and drivers of fraud including agency theory,
executive compensation, and organizational culture. It examines
fraud's consequences for various firm stakeholders and its
spillover effects to other corporations, the political environment,
and financial market participants, including those who participate
via crowdfunding platforms. This book provides a fresh look at this
intriguing but often complex subject. It skillfully blends the
contributions of a global array of scholars and practitioners into
a single review of some of the most important topics in this area.
Given its broad scope, this practical and comprehensive title
should be of interest to anyone curious about corporate fraud.
Winner of the Book Excellence Awards 2017, Personal Finance
category Given the complex and challenging world of investing, what
chance do individuals have navigating the financial minefield and
emerging unscathed? Not much, unless they become knowledgeable
about investment fundamentals, recognize and correct their mistakes
and behavioral biases, and avoid traps strewn along their path.
Investment Traps Exposed guides investors past such potential
pitfalls as pyramid and Ponzi schemes to help them become more
financially successful. Investment Traps Exposed helps investors
and advisors increase their awareness about the external and
internal traps that they or their clients can encounter. Baker and
Puttonen not only examine common mistakes, assumptions and
deceptions that can ensnare investors, affect sound judgment, and
reduce wealth but also delve into how to recognize and avoid these
errors. The authors present practical advice and real-world
examples in a user-friendly manner, and also nudge investors to
stay on the right course to mitigate misbehaving.
People tend to be penny wise and pound foolish and cry over spilt
milk, even though we are taught to do neither. Focusing on the
present at the expense of the future and basing decisions on lost
value are two mistakes common to decision-making that are
particularly costly in the world of finance. Behavioral Finance:
What Everyone Needs to KnowR provides an overview of common
shortcuts and mistakes people make in managing their finances. It
covers the common cognitive biases or errors that occur when people
are collecting, processing, and interpreting information. These
include emotional biases and the influence of social factors, from
culture to the behavior of one's peers. These effects vary during
one's life, reflecting differences in due to age, experience, and
gender. Among the questions to be addressed are: How did the
financial crisis of 2007-2008 spur understanding human behavior?
What are market anomalies and how do they relate to behavioral
biases? What role does overconfidence play in financial decision-
making? And how does getting older affect risk tolerance?
Would you like to be a millionaire? If you're like most people,
your answer is "yes". But unlike popular opinion, this goal is not
beyond your reach. Building wealth is more common sense than secret
formula. You need to invest wisely. This easy-to-read guide focuses
on traditional investments - stocks, bonds, and cash or cash
equivalents. Stocks and bonds are the heartbeat of Wall Street.
Finance experts H. Kent Baker, John R. Nofsinger, and Andrew C.
Spieler take you through how to invest in a single security, as
well as mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which offer
many potential benefits to individual investors. This practical and
straightforward book is written for novice investors. It takes an
innovative question-and-answer format to help you learn about
traditional investments and to become a better investor. If you
want to become a millionaire, and don't have the luck of buying a
winning lottery ticket, this guide is for you.
When you think about investing, what words come to mind?
Overwhelming? Intimidating? Scary? Investors face a vast array of
investment options vying for their business. They are aware that
some of those providing these "opportunities" seek to take
advantage of them. And although most investors realize they are
fallible, they often have no clear idea why or what they can do
about it. So what chance do less savvy investors have navigating
the investment minefield and emerging unscathed? The answer is not
much-unless they recognize the pitfalls along the way. In this
book, H. Kent Baker and Vesa Puttonen show new investors how to
avoid rash financial decisions and basic investing sins. They help
them to recognize and avoid common investing mistakes, behavioral
biases, and traps that can affect sound judgment and reduce wealth.
Ultimately, they explain how to separate investment fads from
time-tested investment principles-a task that is easier said than
done, but that is well worth the effort. Navigating the Investment
Minefield is essential reading for novice investors, and it is of
keen interest to more seasoned investors seeking a refresher course
on the most basic, time-honored truths of wealth management.
Working capital refers to the money that a company uses to finance
its daily operations. Proper management of working capital is
critical to financial health and operational success. Working
capital management (WCM) aims to maximize operational efficiency by
maintaining a delicate balance among growth, profitability, and
liquidity. WCM is a continuous responsibility focusing on a firm's
day-to-day operations involving short-term assets and liabilities.
By efficiently managing a firm's cash, accounts receivable,
inventories, and accounts payable, managers can help maintain
smooth operations and improve a company's earnings and
profitability. By contrast, poor WCM could lead to a lower credit
score, financial insolvency, legal troubles, liquidation of assets,
and potential bankruptcy.This book provides an objective look into
the dynamic world of WCM. Its coverage extends from discussing
basic concepts and their applications to increasingly complex and
real-world situations. The book stresses that WCM is a combination
of both art and science. This volume spans the gamut from
theoretical to practical while offering the right balance of
detailed and user-friendly coverage. Readers can gain an in-depth
understanding of this subject from experts in this field. Those who
want a broad survey will benefit, as will readers looking for more
in-depth presentations of specific areas within this field of
study. In summary, Working Capital Management: Concepts and
Strategies provides a fresh look at this intriguing but often
complex subject of WCM.
An anthology of linked short stories set in the Second World War.
As seen through the eyes of Joey Muldoon a young boy from a lower
workingA country at war as told through the 'Dairies' of a nine
year old kid. Joey Muldoon's entries only occasionally touch on the
Nazi Master Plan for World Domination. A much more fertile source
for him was the no-man's-land of the red hot verbal exchanges
between a failed comedian father and a feisty, still beautiful ex
showgirl mother... With few examples of masculinity, (due to the
'call-up') kids like him learned to cope without male role models.
We did have however, the magnificent bonus of our Mums and older
women in our corner. And what women they were Prepared to take on
the heaviest manual labour, protect us, and even lay down their
lives for us. They taught us how to stand up for ourselves, how to
get over the death of a loved one, how to deal with the shock of
our sexual awakening. Best of all they taught us that fun and
laughter, unlike almost everything else was not rationed. Joey's
stories often verging on the bawdy, tell us little about the major
incidents of the Second World War. What they may do is remind us of
time when kids took on responsibilities at an earlier age, and
relinquished their innocence much later. K.B.
A surprising delight for sophisticated newcomer Elenora Clapworthy
finding herself far from the comfort of her cosy Home Counties
origins. Soon to loose her heart to the touching and often
hilarious lives of a tough Yorkshire working class community. This
is Bronte country during the second world war. "Two Rings Around
the Moon" is an anthology of short stories of ordinary folk united
against the evil dictators both national like Hitler and local like
corrupt mill owners, self important senior coppers and petty
officials. The loyal, tender (and tough) love they have for each
other is evident in each of their individual stories and positively
monumental in the final dramatic denouement when they join forces
to right a terrible injustice.
Debt Markets and Investments provides an overview of the dynamic
world of markets, products, valuation, and analysis of fixed income
and related securities. Experts in the field, practitioners and
academics, offer both diverse and in-depth insights into basic
concepts and their application to increasingly intricate and
real-world situations. This volume spans the entire spectrum from
theoretical to practical, while attempting to offer a useful
balance of detailed and user-friendly coverage. The volume begins
with the basics of debt markets and investments, including basic
bond terminology and market sectors. Among the topics covered are
the relationship between fixed income and other asset classes as
well as the differences in fundamental risk. Particular emphasis is
given to interest rate risk as well as credit risks as well as
those associated with inflation, liquidity, reinvestment, and ESG.
Authors then turn to market sectors, including government debt,
municipal bonds, the markets for corporate bonds, and developments
in securitized debt markets along with derivatives and private debt
markets. The third section focuses on models of yield curves,
interest rates, and swaps, including opportunities for arbitrage.
The next two sections focus on bond and securitized products, from
sovereign debt and mutual funds focused on bonds to how
securitization has increased liquidity through such innovations as
mortgaged-and asset- backed securities, as well as collateralized
debt-, bond-, and loan obligations. Authors next discuss various
methods of valuation of bonds and securities, including the use of
options and derivatives. The volume concludes with discussions of
how debt can play a role in financial strategies and portfolio
creation. Readers interested in a broad survey will benefit as will
those looking for more in-depth presentations of specific areas
within this field of study. In summary, the book provides a fresh
look at this intriguing and dynamic but often complex subject.
Financial Behavior: Players, Services, Products, and Markets
provides a synthesis of the theoretical and empirical literature on
the financial behavior of major stakeholders, financial services,
investment products, and financial markets. The book offers a
different way of looking at financial and emotional well-being and
processing beliefs, emotions, and behaviors related to money. The
book provides important insights about cognitive and emotional
biases that influence various financial decision-makers, services,
products, and markets. With diverse concepts and topics, the book
brings together noted scholars and practitioners so readers can
gain an in-depth understanding about this topic from experts from
around the world. In today's financial setting, the discipline of
behavioral finance is an ever-changing area that continues to
evolve at a rapid pace. This book takes readers through the core
topics and issues as well as the latest trends, cutting-edge
research developments, and real-world situations. Additionally,
discussion of research on various cognitive and emotional issues is
covered throughout the book. Thus, this volume covers a breadth of
content from theoretical to practical, while attempting to offer a
useful balance of detailed and user-friendly coverage. Those
interested in a broad survey will benefit as will those searching
for more in-depth presentations of specific areas within this field
of study. As the seventh book in the Financial Markets and
Investment Series, Financial Behavior: Players, Services, Products,
and Markets offers a fresh looks at the fascinating area of
financial behavior.
Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds: Building Blocks to Wealth
offers a synthesis of the theoretical and empirical literature
primarily on mutual funds but also discusses related investment
vehicles, especially ETFs. In this edited volume, noted scholars
and practitioners write chapters in their areas of expertise. It
interweaves the contributions of multiple authors into an
authoritative overview of important but selective topics. Readers
will gain an in-depth understanding of mutual funds and ETFs from
experts from around the world. Based on research-based evidence,
this is not intended to be a "how to " book; instead, it is a
scholarly and in-depth approach to important investment subjects.
Although the book places greater attention on these different types
of investments in the United States, it also examines them in a
global context. In today's financial environment, mutual funds and
ETFs are dynamic areas that continue to evolve at a rapid pace.
Because the flow of materials on the subject is voluminous, this
book, by necessity, must be selective because it cannot cover every
aspect of this field. However, readers can gain important insights
about each investment vehicle including its structure and uses,
performance and measurement. Beyond these core topics and issues,
the book also examines the latest trends, cutting-edge
developments, and real-world situations. Given its broad scope,
this practical and comprehensive book should appeal to investors,
investment professionals, academics, and others interested in
mutual funds and ETFs. In particular, this book should help
investors make key asset allocation decisions while capturing the
benefits of a highly diversified, well-constructed, lower-cost
portfolio of complementary strategies that enhance financial
wealth.
This book provides an overview of private real estate markets and
investments. The 14 chapters are divided into three sections for
conventional and alternative real estate investments and regulatory
issues. Conventional investable real assets examined are retail
spaces, apartments, offices, and industrial facilities owned by
corporate entities. Alternative real estate assets are uniquely and
extensively addressed. These include healthcare, both for
facilities and the pricing to make it an investable asset;
infrastructure contains roads, bridges, and public utilities; and
resources are in land, agriculture, oil, and gas. The regulatory
section includes appraisal and valuation, brokerage and transaction
costs, sustainability, and green buildings. Readers should gain a
greater appreciation of what is needed to be successful when
investing in private real estate markets.
The share of real estate in institutional portfolios has risen
above a previous 5% target, as investors avoid the risks of low
interest rates. The world's wealth is shifting to emerging markets
where real estate is already a dominant asset class and public
securities markets are limited. Institutions with long horizons
avoid publicly traded markets because they want to capture any
premium from illiquidity. Real estate involves local and cultural
restrictions on land usage, sustainability and on the regulation of
the illiquidity.
For information about public real estate, read Public Real Estate
Markets and Investments.
Real estate is typically classified as an alternative to more
traditional investments such as stocks and bonds. Real estate
investing involves the purchase, ownership, management, rental, or
sale of real estate for profit. Real estate investments can be both
income producing and non-income producing. Although real estate can
produce income like a bond and appreciate like a stock, this
tangible asset has several unique characteristics as well as
advantages and disadvantages relative to other investment
alternatives. Benefits of including real estate in a portfolio
include diversification, yield enhancement, risk reduction, tax
management, and inflation hedging. Unlike traditional investments,
investors in real estate have the ability to influence performance.
Real estate has drawbacks in that it requires management, is costly
and difficult to buy, sell, and operate, and sometimes has lower
liquidity. Additionally, measuring the relative performance of real
estate can be challenging.
The purpose of this 14-chapter book is to provide an overview and
synthesis of public real estate markets and investments in a global
context. The book discusses the major types and the latest trends
within public real estate markets and presents the results of
research studies in a straightforward manner. It has three
sections: (1) foundations of public real estate, (2) public debt
markets and investments, and (3) public equity markets and
investments. The book should be interest to various groups
including academics, practitioners, investors, and students.
Readers should gain a greater appreciation of what is needed for
success when investing in public real estate markets. For more
information about private real estate, read Private Real Estate
Markets and Investments.
Portfolio management is an ongoing process of constructing
portfolios that balances an investor's objectives with the
portfolio manager's expectations about the future. This dynamic
process provides the payoff for investors. Portfolio management
evaluates individual assets or investments by their contribution to
the risk and return of an investor's portfolio rather than in
isolation. This is called the portfolio perspective. Thus, by
constructing a diversified portfolio, a portfolio manager can
reduce risk for a given level of expected return, compared to
investing in an individual asset or security. According to modern
portfolio theory (MPT), investors who do not follow a portfolio
perspective bear risk that is not rewarded with greater expected
return. Portfolio diversification works best when financial markets
are operating normally compared to periods of market turmoil such
as the 2007-2008 financial crisis. During periods of turmoil,
correlations tend to increase thus reducing the benefits of
diversification. Portfolio management today emerges as a dynamic
process, which continues to evolve at a rapid pace. The purpose of
Portfolio Theory and Management is to take readers from the
foundations of portfolio management with the contributions of
financial pioneers up to the latest trends emerging within the
context of special topics. The book includes discussions of
portfolio theory and management both before and after the 2007-2008
financial crisis. This volume provides a critical reflection of
what worked and what did not work viewed from the perspective of
the recent financial crisis. Further, the book is not restricted to
the U.S. market but takes a more global focus by highlighting
cross-country differences and practices. This 30-chapter book
consists of seven sections. These chapters are: (1) portfolio
theory and asset pricing, (2) the investment policy statement and
fiduciary duties, (3) asset allocation and portfolio construction,
(4) risk management, (V) portfolio execution, monitoring, and
rebalancing, (6) evaluating and reporting portfolio performance,
and (7) special topics.
Understanding the current state of affairs and tools available in
the study of international finance is increasingly important as few
areas in finance can be divorced completely from international
issues. International Finance reflects the new diversity of
interest in international finance by bringing together a set of
chapters that summarizes and synthesizes developments to date in
the many and varied areas that are now viewed as having
international content. The book attempts to differentiate between
what is known, what is believed, and what is still being debated
about international finance. The survey nature of this book
involves tradeoffs that inevitably had to be made in the process
given the vast footprint that constitutes international finance. No
single book can cover everything. This book, however, tries to
maintain a balance between the micro and macro aspects of
international finance. Although each chapter is self-contained, the
chapters form a logical whole that follows a logical sequence. The
book is organized into five broad categories of interest: (1)
exchange rates and risk management, (2) international financial
markets and institutions, (3) international investing, (4)
international financial management, and (5) special topics. The
chapters cover market integration, financial crisis, and the links
between financial markets and development in some detail as they
relate to these areas. In each instance, the contributors to this
book discuss developments in the field to date and explain the
importance of each area to finance as a field of study.
Consequently, the strategic focus of the book is both broad and
narrow, depending on the reader's needs. The entire book provides a
broad picture of the current state of international finance, but a
reader with more focused interests will find individual chapters
illuminating on specific topics.
All investments carry with them some degree of risk. In the
financial world, individuals, professional money managers,
financial institutions, and many others encounter and must deal
with risk. Risk management is a process of determining what risks
exist in an investment and then handling those risks in the
best-suited way. This is important because it can reduce or augment
risk depending on the goals of investors and portfolio managers.
The main purpose of Investment Risk Management is to provide an
overview of developments in risk management and a synthesis of
research involving these developments. The book examines ways to
alter exposures through measuring and managing those exposures and
provides an understanding of the latest strategies and trends
within risk management. The scope of the coverage is broad and
encompasses the most important aspects of investment risk
management. Its 30 chapters are organized into six sections: (1)
foundations of risk management, (2) types of risk, (3) quantitative
assessment of risk, (4) risk and risk classes, (5) hedging risk and
(6) going forward.
The book should be of particular interest to sophisticated
practitioners, investors, academics, and graduate finance students.
Investment Risk Management provides a fresh look at this intriguing
but complex subject.
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