Synthetic and structured assets

a practical guide to investment and risk

Organized along product lines, the book will analyze many of the original classes of structured assets, including mortgage- and asset- backed securities and strips, as well as the newest structured and synthetic instruments, including exchange-traded funds, credit derivative-based collateralized debt obligations, total return swaps, contingent ...

Evaluating hedge fund performance

A comprehensive look at hedge fund performance issues In Evaluating Hedge Fund Performance, Dr. Vinh Tran gives readers the information they need to construct an efficient hedge fund portfolio based on their own level of knowledge. From evaluating hedge funds to picking the winners, Dr ...

Shake that brain!

how to create winning solutions: (and have fun while you're at it)

Joel Saltzman teaches readers how to create "surprising, yet inevitable" solutions, no matter the challenge or task at hand. Easily. Consistently. And economically. "Shake That Brain!" is a collection of creative and inspiring tips and tools for finding solutions in a variety of areas from ...

Fifty years in Wall Street

Author Henry Clews was a giant figure in finance during the late nineteenth century, and his firsthand account brings this colorful era to life like never before. This abridged version of an investment classic touches on a wide range of important financial issues, including: The ...

Silos, politics and turf wars

a leadership fable about destroying the barriers that turn colleagues into competitors

The bestselling management expert tells how to overcome the "silos" that divide work units and paralyze performance. Lencioni's fifth book offers solutions to a key leadership issue - the impact of turf wars and political infighting on organizational effectiveness written in the form of a ...

The liquidity theory of asset prices

In this new book, the authors bridge the gap between academic and practical experience by advancing the liquidity theory of asset prices. For many investment managers, liquidity is a crucial subject to which academics have paid too little attention. The book demonstrates that knowledge of ...

Fearless consulting

temptations, risks and limits of the profession

The history of consulting dates back to the original #intervention# of the serpent in the Garden of Eden, and today's consultants have just as dubious a reputation. They are tempted by flattery and over-assessment of their abilities, and run the risks of uncertainty, responsibility ...

Finite difference methods in financial engineering

a partial differential equation approach

Today's most complete and practical guide to finite difference methods and its applications to derivatives The application of finite difference methods (FDM), long popular in areas such as fluid mechanics and heat transfer, has become increasingly vital for pricing derivative products in today's ...

Built to change

how to achieve sustained organizational effectiveness

Don't manage change, create a change. Ready company Renowned management expert Ed Lawler and coauthor Chris Worley: show how to create an organization that encourages experimentation, learning about new practices and technologies, monitoring the environment, assessing performance, and a commitment to continuously improving performance ...

An introduction to fund management

"An Introduction to Fund Management" introduces readers to the economic rationale for the existence of funds, the different types available, investment strategies and many other related issues from the perspective of the investment manager. It gives an overview of the whole business and explores the ...

The futures bond basis

Table of Contents: 1 Bond futures contracts 2 The government bond basis 3 Basis trading and the implied repo rate 4 The fundamentals of basis trading App. A Repo financing and the concept of the 'special' App. B Relative value analysis : bond spreads App. C ...

An introduction to corporate finance

transactions and techniques

"An Introduction to Corporate Finance" provides the reader with a complete primer on the role of the investment banker in the corporate finance arena. The author, who is a corporate trainer and was formerly an investment banker, clarifies the role of the investment banker in ...

Mathematics of banking and finance

Throughout banking, mathematical techniques are used. Some of these are within software products or models; mathematicians use others to analyse data. The current literature on the subject is either very basic or very advanced. "The Mathematics of Banking" offers an intermediate guide to the various ...

A history of the theory of investments

my annotated bibliography

This is an invaluable resource on the history of investment research theory and asset pricing In this guide, a leading financial economist discusses the most important research in investment theory. Not only is this research referenced in the most comprehensive annotated bibliography in the field ...

Warrior trading

inside the mind of an elite currency trader

One of today's leading currency forecasters shows readers how to develop the focus, attitude, and mental discipline of top traders. "Warrior Trading" provides traders with a path to trading success by developing a mentality and emotional framework common to successful traders. "Warrior Trading" includes ...

Economics and finance of risk and of the future

Table of Contents: 1 Risks in a public project : the Millau Viaduct 2 Individual valuations and economic rationality 3 Aggregation of individual choices 4 Individual and collective risk management instruments 5 Insurable and uninsurable risks 6 Risk economics 7 Marketed risks 8 Management instruments for ...

The one-page project manager

communicate and manage any project with a single sheet of paper

A guide to communicating the details of any project, no matter how big, on a single piece of paper No matter how big the project, no matter how many steps or people are involved, The One Page Project Manager shows project managers how to boil ...

How to deal with difficult customers

10 simple strategies for selling to the stubborn, obnoxious, and belligerent

Tips every salesperson should know on dealing with their toughest customers For decades, sales trainers haven# t bothered showing salespeople how to deal with the most difficult 10 to 15 percent of customers. Most of them focus on selling to the easy, likeable, and reasonable ...

Electricity markets

pricing, structures and economics

The relationship between policy objectives, free markets, and the technicalities of electricity production, network flow, supply and consumption, is not a simple one. In this context the book relates electricity market structures, economics for electricity, and derivative pricing of electricity. It is intended as a ...

Liquidity risk measurement and management

a practitioner's guide to global best practices

Complete coverage of the measurement, monitoring, and regulation of liquidity risk Liquidity Risk Measurement and Management gives readers the guidance and the tools to take control of a bank# s liquidity risk. No other resource takes readers from the general principles of liquidity management to ...