Paolo Beni : a biographical and critical study / P. B. Diffley

• Record Nr.: UNINA990004093540403321
• Autore: Diffley, P. B.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford : Clarendon press, 1988
• ISBN: 0-19-815855-6
• Descrizione fisica: VII, 282 p. ; 22 cm
• Collana: Oxford modern languages and literature monographs
• Disciplina: 858.508
• Locazione: FLFBC
• Collocazione: 858.508 DIF 1
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Applied equity analysis and portfolio management : tools to analyze and manage your stock portfolio / / Robert A. Weigand

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910791498903321
• Autore: Weigand Robert A
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-118-81920-9; 1-118-81918-7
• Edizione: [1st edition]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Collana: Wiley finance series
• Disciplina: 332.6
• Soggetti: Portfolio management; Technical analysis (Investment analysis); Stocks
• 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: Applied Equity Analysis and Portfolio Management; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Perspectives on Active and Passive Money Management; Terminology: Investors, Investment Vehicles, Risk and Return; Relative versus Absolute Return Investing; Alpha and Beta: Excess Returns and Market Risk; The Top-Down Fundamental Analysis Process; Why Stocks with Solid Fundamentals Outperform over Long Horizons; The Record of Professional Money Managers; Why Do Active Managers Underperform?; Market Efficiency, Behavioral Finance, and Adaptive Expectations; Market Efficiency; Behavioral Finance; The Adaptive Markets Hypothesis Additional Perspectives on Investing; John Bogle: An Index Fund Fundamentalist (2002); Charles Ellis: "Levels of the Game" (2000); Charles Ellis: "The Winner's Game" (2003); Dorn, Dorn, and Sengmueller: "Why Do People Trade?" (2008); John Maynard Keynes: Chapter 12 of the General Theory; Professional Investment Policy Statements; Morgan Stanley Focus Growth Strategy Profile (2013, Edited); A Sample Investment Policy; Summary; Questions; Answers to Selected Questions; References; Notes; Chapter 2 Analyzing the Macro-Finance Environment; Economic Analysis: The First Step of a Top-Down Fundamental Process Sector Rotation; Writing Guidelines; Data Considerations: Nominal and Real Time Series; National Income, Corporate Profits, and Job Creation; Leading Economic Indicators; LE-1. The Average Length of the Manufacturing Workweek (weight = 27.8%); LE-2. Institute for Supply Management New Manufacturing Orders Index (weight = 16.5%); LE-3. University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (weight = 15.5%); LE-4. Interest Rate Spread, 10-Year Treasury Yield Minus Fed Funds Rate (weight = 10.7%); LE-5. Manufacturers' New Orders for Consumer Goods and Materials (weight = 8.1%)LE-6. Chicago Federal Reserve's National Credit Conditions Index (weight = 7.9%); LE-7. Stock Prices, S&P 500 Index (weight = 3.8%); LE-8. Manufacturers' New Orders, Non-defense Capital Goods (weight = 3.6%); LE-9. Average Weekly Claims for Unemployment Insurance (weight = 3.3%); LE-10. Building Permits, New Private Housing Units (weight = 2.7%); Coincident Economic Indicators; CO-1. Nominal and Real Total Retail Sales (weight = 53.2%); CO-2. Employees on Non-agricultural Payrolls (weight = 26.0%); CO-3. Personal Income Less Transfer Payments (weight = 13.6%)CO-4. Index of Industrial Production (weight = 7.3%); Lagging Economic Indicators; LA-1. Average Prime Rate (weight = 28.2%); LA-2. Ratio of Consumer Installment Credit/Personal Income (weight = 21.0%); LA-3. Consumer Price Index for Services (weight = 19.6%); LA-4. Inventory to Sales Ratio, Manufacturing and Trade (weight = 12.6%); LA-5. Commercial and Industrial Loans (weight = 9.7%); LA-6. Unit Labor Cost, Manufacturing (weight = 6.2%); LA-7. Average Duration of Unemployment (weight = 3.7%); Supplemental Economic Indicators; S-1. Unemployment Rate and U6 Unemployment Plus Underemployment Rate
• Sommario/riassunto: A ""hands-on"" guide to applied equity analysis and portfolio management From asset allocation to modeling the intrinsic value of a stock, Applied Equity Analysis and Portfolio Management + Online Video Course offers readers a solid foundation in the practice of fundamental analysis using the same tools and techniques as professional investors. Filled with real-world illustrations and hands-on applications, Professor Weigand's learning system takes a rigorous, empirical approach to topics such as analyzing the macro-finance environment, sector rotation, financial analysis

African cities : alternative visions of urban theory and practice / / Garth Myers

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910816013303321
• Autore: Myers Garth Andrew
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Zed Books Ltd, 2011
• ISBN: 1-350-21812-X; 1-78032-133-3; 1-283-07096-0; 9786613070968; 1-84813-510-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (258 p.)
• Classificazione: MS 1840; RS 10627; C912.81
• Disciplina: 307.76096
• Soggetti: Cities and towns - Africa; City and town life - Africa; City planning - Africa; Urbanization - Africa; Africa Social conditions 1960-; Africa Geography
• 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: About the author; Figures and tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Map; Introduction; 1 What if the postmetropolis is Lusaka?; 2 Postcolonial cities; 3 (I)n(f)ormal cities; 4 Governing Africa's cities; 5 Wounded city; 6 Cosmopolitan cities; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this groundbreaking book, Garth Myers argues for a re-visioning of how cities in Africa are discussed and written about. Touching on a diverse range of examples, from Zanzibar to Nairobi, Cape Town to Mogadishu, Kinshasa to Dakar, Myers uses original research and a close reading of works by other scholars, writers, and artists to encourage us to engage with the vibrancy and complexity of African cities.