Author: Greg Stohr
Publisher: Bloomberg Pre
Keywords: greatest, legal, challenge, survived, action, case, affirmative, black
Number of Pages: 333
Published: 2006-04-15
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1576602273
ISBN-13: 9781576602270

Now in paperback, the acclaimed history of the most important legal fight affirmative action has ever faced?the two historic University of Michigan cases that led to the Supreme Court’s 2003 Grutter v. Bollinger ruling. "Seldom does a book of its genre match the quality of Gideon’s Trumpet... Stohr comes very close in his fascinating, insightful A Black and White Case." - Choice The stories behind these pivotal lawsuits are told from multiple perspectives: the rejected white applicants who sued, the conservative legal group that saw the cases as the ticket to a color-blind Constitu

Author: Jeffrey H Rattiner CPA CFP
Publisher: Bloomberg Pre
Keywords: revised, updated, planner, financial, started, getting
Number of Pages: 345
Published: 2005-06-29
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 1576601854
ISBN-13: 9781576601853

Recent years have witnessed the rapid expansion of the personal financial-planning market, with tens of thousands of new planners entering the field. In addition, numerous advisers in the banking, accounting, and insurance fields are beginning to offer planning services. And according to a report from the U.S. Department of Labor, employment of personal financial advisers is "expected to grow faster than the average for all occupations through the year 2012.... As the number and complexity of investments rises, more individuals will look to financial advisers to help manage their money." Updat

Authors:John Tennent, Graham Friend,
Publisher: Bloomberg Pre
Keywords: economist, series, second, modelling, business, guide
Number of Pages: 281
Published: 2005-07-27
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 1861979150
ISBN-13: 9781861979155

The new edition of this widely acclaimed guide is full of practical help on how to build the best, most flexible, and easy-to-use business models for analyzing the upside--or potential downside--of anything from the small development of an existing business to large-scale mergers and acquisitions. For anyone who wants to get ahead in business and especially for those with bottom-line responsibilities, this is an invaluable guide on how to build spreadsheet models for assessing business risks and opportunities.

Author: Kirk Loury
Publisher: Bloomberg Pre
Keywords: private, protection, placement, life, insurance, asset, efficiency, delivering, solution, wealth, accumulation, tax, ppli
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2005-02-01
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 1576601730
ISBN-13: 9781576601730

Wealth accumulation, tax efficiency, and asset protection are among the most critical concerns of high-net-worth clients. That’s why their advisers need to know about private placement life insurance. PPLI is a flexible and cost-effective answer to these fundamental wealth-management challenges. Through a life insurance policy designed for the affluent investor, highly desirable investment options such as hedge funds and private equity can serve as the foundation for a comprehensive long-term investment solution. PPLI’s substantial wealth-management benefits make it a vital tool fo

Authors:Harold Evensky, Deena B Katz,
Publisher: Bloomberg Pre
Keywords: guide, funding, boomers, years, adviser, distribution, income, redesigned, master, plans, retirement
Number of Pages: 370
Published: 2006-04-01
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 1576601897
ISBN-13: 9781576601891

For years, financial planners have focused on helping their clients accumulate wealth for retirement. Now, as millions of those boomer clients head into retirement, there is little quality information on how to manage that wealth in retirement. Evensky and Katz, two of the nation’s best-known financial planners, asked leading experts to give advisers a toolkit and roadmap to the new landscape. Included are valuable insights and practical approaches for increasing retirement cash flow, withdrawal strategies, longevity insurance, creating portfolios with low volatility, and decision making

Author: Tim Hindle
Publisher: Bloomberg Pre
Keywords: economist, series, second, ideas, management, guide
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2003-04-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 186197423X
ISBN-13: 9781861974235

The definitive guide to the most influential 100 management ideas of the past 100 years. A lot has changed in the way businesses have been managed in the last hundred years. This lively and authoritative guide explores the hundred ideas that have most influenced approaches to business management during the past 100 years—and which are likely to continue to do so long into this century. From the balanced scorecard and benchmarking through matrix management and mentoring all the way to vision and zero-base budgeting, each idea is covered in a standard comprehensive way, with an explanation,

Author: Anthony J Saliba
Publisher: Bloomberg Pre
Keywords: butterflies, condors, trading, markets, strategies, directionless, option
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2008-03-27
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 1576602494
ISBN-13: 9781576602492

If you know the right strategies, you can profit by trading options in a sideways, or directionless, market. (This is fortunate because directionless markets occur more frequently than bull or bear markets.) This hands-on workbook teaches you the most important trading strategies and how to apply them. You’ll find out how to identify, enter, manage, and exit a trade. The special format makes it easy to learn; illustrations, exercises, what-if scenarios, and quizzes have you mastering the material in no time. The butterfly family of option strategies is covered, including: butterflies, ir