1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910295822903321

Titolo

JoVE science education Environmental sciences Earth science

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : MyJoVE Corporation

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (streaming video files)

Disciplina

550

Soggetti

Earth sciences

Earth sciences - Methodology

Science - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Videoregistrazione

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910145045503321

Autore

Henderson Callum

Titolo

Currency strategy [[electronic resource] ] : the practitioner's guide to currency investing, hedging and forecasting / / Callum Henderson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, c2006

ISBN

1-119-20918-8

1-280-44885-7

9786610448852

0-470-02973-0

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Wiley finance series

Disciplina

332.4/5

332.45

Soggetti

Foreign exchange

Hedging (Finance)

Speculation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Currency Strategy; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgements; About the Author; Introduction; Part One Theory and Practice; 1 Fundamental Analysis: The Strengths and Weaknesses of Traditional Exchange Rate Models; 1.1 Purchasing Power Parity; 1.1.1 Reasons for "Misalignments"; 1.1.2 Tradable and Non-Tradable Goods; 1.1.3 PPP and Corporate Pricing Strategy; Example 1; Example 2; 1.1.4 PPP and the Real Exchange Rate; 1.2 The Monetary Approach; 1.2.1 Mundell-Fleming; 1.2.2 Theory vs. Practice; 1.2.3 A Multi-Polar rather than a Bi-Polar Investment World

1.2.4 Two Legs but not Three1.2.5 Implications for New EU Member States; 1.3 The Interest Rate Approach; 1.3.1 Real Interest Rate Differentials and Exchange Rates; 1.4 The Balance of Payments Approach; 1.4.1 A Fixed Exchange Rate Regime; 1.4.2 A Floating Exchange Rate Regime; 1.4.3 The External Balance and the Real Exchange Rate; 1.4.4 REER and FEER; 1.4.5 Terms of Trade; 1.4.6 Productivity; 1.5 The Portfolio Balance Approach Example; Example; 1.6 Summary; 2 Currency Economics: A More Focused Framework; 2.1 Currencies are Different; 2.1.1 (In)Efficient Markets

2.1.2 Speculation and Exchange Rates: Cause, Effect and the Cycle  Example2.1.3 Risk Appetite Indicators and Exchange Rates; 2.2 Currency Economics; 2.2.1 The Standard Accounting Identity for Economic Adjustment; Example 1; Example 2; 2.2.2 The J-Curve; Example; 2.2.3 The Real Effective Exchange Rate; 2.3 Summary; 3 Flow: Tracking the Animal Spirits; 3.1 Some Examples of Flow Models; 3.1.1 Short-Term Flow Models; 3.1.2 Medium-Term Flow Models; 3.1.3 Option Flow/Sentiment Models; 3.2 Speculative and Non-Speculative Flows; 3.3 Summary; 4 Technical Analysis: The Art of Charting

4.1 Origins and Basic Concepts4.2 The Challenge of Technical Analysis; 4.3 The Art of Charting; 4.3.1 Currency Order Dynamics and Technical Levels; 4.3.2 The Study of Trends; 4.3.3 Psychological Levels; 4.4 Schools of (Technical) Thought; 4.5 Technical Analysis and Currency Market Practitioners; Part Two Regimes and Crises; 5 Exchange Rate Regimes: Fixed or Floating?; 5.1 An Emerging World; 5.2 A Brief History of Emerging Market Exchange Rates; 5.2.1 The Rise of Capital Flows; 5.2.2 Openness to Trade; 5.3 Fixed and Pegged Exchange Rate Regimes; 5.3.1 The Currency Board

5.3.2 Fear and Floating5.3.3 The Monetary Anchor of Credibility; 5.4 Exchange Rate Regime Sustainability - A Bi-Polar World?; 5.5 The Realworld Relevance of the Exchange Rate Regime; 5.6 Summary; 6 Model Analysis: Can Currency Crises be Predicted?; 6.1 A Model for Pegged Exchange Rates; 6.1.1 Phase I: Capital Inflows and Real Exchange Rate Appreciation; 6.1.2 Phase II: The Irresistible Force and the Moveable Object; 6.1.3 Phase III: The Liquidity Rally; 6.1.4 Phase IV: The Economy Hits Bottom; 6.1.5 Phase V: The Fundamental Rally; 6.2 A Model for Freely Floating Exchange Rates

6.2.1 Phase I: Capital Inflows and Real Exchange Rate Appreciation

Sommario/riassunto

Currency Strategy, Second Edition develops new techniques and explains classic tools available for predicting, managing, and optimizing fluctuations in the currency markets. Author Callum Henderson shows readers ho to use mathematical models to assist in the prediction of crises and gives practical advice on how to use these and other tools successfully. Given there such huge focus on China at the moment, the timing of this new edition is particularly important. The new edition will feature a thorough update on the key developments in the past 3 years, new chapters on emerging markets



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910826036403321

Autore

Bamford Paul W (Paul Walden), <1921->

Titolo

Forests and French sea power, 1660-1789 / / Paul Walden Bamford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Toronto, Ontario] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1956

©1956

ISBN

1-4426-5655-7

1-4426-3324-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

359.8320944

Soggetti

Timber

Forests and forestry - France

Naval history

Electronic books.

France History, Naval

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- I: Dynastic Policy and French Maritime Power -- II: Masts, Ship Timber, and French Forest Law -- III: Timber Cuts and Contracts -- IV: Transport of Naval Timber and Masts -- V: Forest Depletion -- VI: Domestic Timber Shortage and the Navy -- VII: The Quest for Domestic and Colonial Masts and Spars -- VIII: The Northern Market in Naval Stores -- IX: Merchant Shipping and the Timber Problem -- X: Black Sea and North American Markets after 1776 -- XI: Conclusions -- Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

Sommario/riassunto

Mr. Bamford has provided the first monograph in the English language on€discovering what forest resources were available to the French navy during the€ ancien regime €and what use it was able to make of them€in the English language.