Author: Richard Stutely
Publisher: Bloomberg Pre
Keywords: fifth, economist, series, numeracy, business, guide, essentials, numbers
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2003-04-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1576601447
ISBN-13: 9781576601440

The essentials of business numeracy The Numbers Guide, now in its fifth edition, is aimed at managers who have budgetary, planning or forecasting responsibilities and is invaluable for everyone who wants to be competent, and able to communicate effectively, with numbers. There are chapters on Key Concepts, Finance and investment, Measures for interpretation and analysis, Forecasting techniques, Sampling and hypothesis testing Incorporating judgments into decisions, Decision-making, Linear programming and networking. The guide also points out common pitfalls, such as: • On rounding: Two t

Author: Paul Robert
Publisher: Bloomberg Pre
Keywords: effective, change, economist, books, benefit, lasting, project, management, achieving, guide
Number of Pages: 311
Published: 2007-09-01
List price: $32.95
ISBN-10: 1861978227
ISBN-13: 9781861978226

Offering an in-depth approach to successful project management, this guide focuses on the essential steps necessary to see a project through--initiation, planning, delegation, and closing.

Authors:Nenad Pacek, Daniel Thorniley,
Publisher: Bloomberg Pre
Keywords: markets, different, economist, books, outlook, success, lessons, business, emerging
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2007-09-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 186197843X
ISBN-13: 9781861978431

Emerging markets can offer businesses much higher rates of growth than their developed world operations. This book looks a the reasons some firms fail and some firms succeed and it provides an extensive review of the outlook for different emerging markets. Using the real experiences of companies to illustrate the points it makes, this extensively updated and revised second edition of this book is aimed at both managers who are involved in emerging markets for the first time and managers who are already operating in them. It will serve as a guide to on how to avoid mistakes other companies have

Authors:Andrew W. Lo, Jasmina Hasanhodzic,
Publisher: Bloomberg Pre
Keywords: analysis, bloomberg, press, technical, practitioners, finance, conversations, leading, heretics
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2009-01-07
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1576603164
ISBN-13: 9781576603161

This book provides extraordinary insight into both the art of technical analysis and the character of the successful trader. Distinguished MIT professor Andrew W. Lo and researcher Jasmina Hasanhodzic interviewed thirteen highly successful, award-winning market professionals who credit their substantial achievements to technical analysis. Together, these lively and candid interviews tell the story of technical analysis in the words of the people who know it best. The first half of the book focuses on the technicians’ careers: how and why they learned technical analysis, what market condi

Author: Richard Horwitz
Publisher: Bloomberg Pre
Keywords: risk, transparency, challenge, management, fundamentals, fund, hedge, solving
Number of Pages: 308
Published: 2004-08-11
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 1576601633
ISBN-13: 9781576601631

In the constantly evolving hedge fund marketplace, nothing is more central—but in many ways, more amorphous and elusive—than risk. Yet there remains no standard for analyzing and measuring risk within this highly secretive, largely unregulated field, leaving the thousands of hedge funds—and the tens of thousands of hedge fund investors—in dangerously dim light. The industry has not solved the "transparency" challenge—communicating risk to investors without disclosing proprietary information. Hedge Fund Risk Fundamentals is the first book to bring these issues to the fo

Author: Mark Tinghino
Publisher: Bloomberg Pre
Keywords: trading, system, profitable, creating, analysis, tools, technical
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2008-02-19
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 1576602486
ISBN-13: 9781576602485

Technical Analysis Tools offers a concise and objective assessment of the most widely used technical analysis tools. Emphasizing the practical and supporting each technique with a plethora of real market examples, the book details each technique’s strengths and weaknesses, as well as which tool works best in which type of market. The author clearly explains how to integrate each technical analysis tool into an overall effective trading system. Readers get a critical look at a wide variety of technical analysis tools and how to best use them for greater trading success.

Authors:Roger D. Silk, James W. Lintott,  Andrew R. St
Publisher: Bloomberg Pre
Keywords: donors, advisers, guide, essential, private, foundation, creating
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2003-07-01
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 1576601366
ISBN-13: 9781576601365

Establishing a private foundation, is not only of benefit to tax and estate planning, but is a powerful way to help your community and build a permanent legacy. This book is an essential guide to setting up a private foundation, whether you are looking to establish one or provide financial advice to those who are. Already nearly five percent of high-net-worth individuals have private foundations, and interest in setting up charitable organizations is on the rise. This straightforward and authoritative guide explains the reasons for establishing a foundation, the steps for setting one up, and t