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Corporate financial management [[electronic resource] /] / Glen Arnold
| Corporate financial management [[electronic resource] /] / Glen Arnold |
| Autore | Arnold Glen |
| Edizione | [5th ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, : Pearson, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xlii, 992 p.) : col. ill |
| Disciplina | 658.15 |
| Soggetto topico |
Corporations - Finance
Corporations - Finance - Management Business enterprises - Finance |
| ISBN |
9780273758952 (e-book)
9780273758839 (pbk.) |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Contents -- Topics covered in the book -- Introduction to the book -- Guided tour -- Guided tour of MyFinanceLab -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1 Introduction -- 1 The financial world -- Learning outcomes -- Introduction -- The objective of the firm -- Case study 1.1 Xstrata plc -- Some possible objectives -- Corporate governance -- Primitive and modern economies -- The role of the financial manager -- The flow of funds and financial intermediation -- Growth in the financial services sector -- The financial system -- Concluding comments -- Key points and concepts -- References and further reading -- Case study recommendations -- Websites -- Self-review questions -- Questions and problems -- Assignments -- Part 2 The investment decision -- 2 Project appraisal: net present value and internal rate of return -- Learning outcomes -- Introduction -- Value creation and corporate investment -- Net present value and internal rate of return -- Modified internal rate of return -- Concluding comments -- Key points and concepts -- Appendix 2.1 Mathematical tools for finance -- Mathematical tools exercises -- References and further reading -- Case study recommendations -- Websites -- Self-review questions -- Questions and problems -- Assignments -- 3 Project appraisal: cash flow and applications -- Learning outcomes -- Introduction -- Case study 3.1 Airbus's superjumbo -- Quality of information -- Are profit calculations useful for estimating project viability? -- The replacement decision -- Replacement cycles -- When to introduce a new machine -- Drawbacks of the annual equivalent annuity method -- Timing of projects -- The make or buy decision -- Fluctuating output -- Concluding comments -- Key points and concepts -- References and further reading -- Case study recommendations -- Self-review questions -- Questions and problems -- Assignments.
4 The decision-making process for investment appraisal -- Learning outcomes -- Introduction -- Evidence on the employment of appraisal techniques -- Payback -- Accounting rate of return -- Internal rate of return: reasons for continued popularity -- The managerial 'art' of investment appraisal -- The investment process -- Concluding comments -- Key points and concepts -- References and further reading -- Case study recommendations -- Self-review questions -- Questions and problems -- Assignments -- 5 Project appraisal: capital rationing, taxation and inflation -- Learning outcomes -- Introduction -- Capital rationing -- Taxation and investment appraisal -- Inflation -- Case study 5.1 Eurotunnel's inflation allowance -- Concluding comments -- Key points and concepts -- References and further reading -- Case study recommendations -- Self-review questions -- Questions and problems -- Assignments -- Part 3 Risk and return -- 6 Risk and project appraisal -- Learning outcomes -- Case study 6.1 Two risky ventures . . . -- Introduction -- What is risk? -- Adjusting for risk through the discount rate -- Sensitivity analysis -- Scenario analysis -- Probability analysis -- The risk of insolvency -- Problems of using probability analysis -- Evidence of risk analysis in practice -- Real options (managerial options) -- Concluding comments -- Key points and concepts -- References and further reading -- Case study recommendations -- Self-review questions -- Questions and problems -- Assignments -- 7 Portfolio theory -- Learning outcomes -- Introduction -- Holding period returns -- Expected return and standard deviation for shares -- Combinations of investments -- Portfolio expected return and standard deviation -- Dominance and the efficient frontier -- Indifference curves -- Choosing the optimal portfolio -- The boundaries of diversification. Extension to a large number of securities -- Evidence on the benefits of diversification -- The capital market line -- Problems with portfolio theory -- Concluding comments -- Key points and concepts -- References and further reading -- Case study recommendations -- Self-review questions -- Questions and problems -- Assignments -- 8 The Capital Asset Pricing Model and multi-factor models -- Learning outcomes -- Introduction -- Some fundamental ideas and problems -- A short history of shares, bonds and bills -- The Capital Asset Pricing Model -- Factor models -- The arbitrage pricing theory -- The three-factor model -- Fundamental beta -- Project appraisal and systematic risk -- Sceptics' views - alternative perspectives on risk -- Concluding comments -- Key points and concepts -- Appendix 8.1 Note on arithmetic and geometric means -- Appendix 8.2 Why professors do or do not use CAPM-beta -- References and further reading -- Case study recommendations -- Self-review questions -- Questions and problems -- Assignments -- Part 4 Sources of finance -- 9 Stock markets -- Learning outcomes -- Case study 9.1 Using the stock market both to create wealth and to treat disease -- Introduction -- Stock exchanges around the world -- Globalisation of financial flows -- Why do companies list their shares on more than one exchange? -- The importance of a well-run stock exchange -- The London Stock Exchange -- The UK equity markets available to companies -- Tasks for stock exchanges -- How stock exchanges work -- The ownership of UK shares -- Regulation -- Understanding the figures in the financial pages -- Taxation and corporate finance -- Concluding comments -- Key points and concepts -- References and further reading -- Case study recommendations -- Websites -- Video presentations -- Self-review questions -- Questions and problems -- Assignments. 10 Raising equity capital -- Learning outcomes -- Case study 10.1 To float or not to float? -- Introduction -- What is equity capital? -- Preference shares -- Some unusual types of shares -- Floating on the Main Market (Official List) -- Methods of issue -- Timetable for a new issue (initial public offering) -- How does an AIM flotation differ from one on the Official List? -- The costs of new issues -- Rights issues -- Other equity issues -- Scrip issues -- Warrants -- Equity finance for unquoted firms -- How independent private fund is established and managed -- Disillusionment and dissatisfaction with quotation -- Concluding comments -- Key points and concepts -- Appendix 10.1 Reasons for and against floating -- References and further reading -- Case study recommendations -- Websites -- Video presentations -- Self-review questions -- Questions and problems -- Assignment -- 11 Long-term debt finance -- Learning outcomes -- Introduction -- Some fundamental features of debt finance -- Bonds -- Bank borrowing -- Syndicated loans -- Credit rating -- Mezzanine finance and high-yield (junk) bonds -- Case study 11.1 The junk bond wizard: Michael Milken -- Convertible bonds -- Valuing bonds -- International sources of debt finance -- Project finance -- Sale and leaseback -- Securitisation -- Islamic banking -- The term structure of interest rates -- Concluding comments -- Key points and concepts -- References and further reading -- Case study recommendations -- Websites -- Video presentations -- Self-review questions -- Questions and problems -- Assignments -- 12 Short-term and medium-term finance -- Learning outcomes -- Introduction -- Short- and medium-term bank finance -- Trade credit -- Factoring -- Case study 11.1 Prestige pet products -- Hire purchase -- Leasing -- Bills of exchange -- Acceptance credits (bank bills or banker's acceptance). Treasury management -- Financing -- Risk management -- Working capital management -- Investment of temporary surplus funds -- Concluding comments -- Key points and concepts -- References and further reading -- Case study recommendations -- Websites -- Video presentations -- Self-review questions -- Questions and problems -- Assignments -- 13 Stock market efficiency -- Learning outcomes -- Introduction -- What is meant by efficiency? -- Random walks -- The three levels of efficiency -- Weak-form tests -- Semi-strong form tests -- Strong-form tests -- Behavioural finance -- Misconceptions about the efficient market hypothesis -- Implications of the EMH for investors -- Implications of the EMH for companies -- Concluding comments -- Key points and concepts -- References and further reading -- Case study recommendations -- Self-review questions -- Questions and problems -- Assignment -- Part 5 Corporate value -- 14 Value-based management -- Learning outcomes -- Introduction -- Case study 14.1 Compass group -- The shareholder wealth-maximising goal -- Three steps of value -- Earnings-based management -- Return on capital employed (ROCE) has failings -- How a business creates value -- An overview of the application of value principles -- Strategic business unit management -- Corporate strategy -- Targets and motivation -- Case study 14.4 Strategy, planning and budgeting at Lloyds TSB -- Concluding comments -- Key points and concepts -- References and further reading -- Video presentations -- Case study recommendation -- Self-review questions -- Questions and problems -- Assignment -- 15 Value-creation metrics -- Learning outcomes -- Introduction -- Using cash flow to measure value -- Shareholder value analysis -- Economic profit -- Economic value added (EVA®) -- Total shareholder return (TSR) -- Wealth Added Index (WAI) -- Market Value added (MVA). Excess return (ER). |
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Essentials of corporate financial management / / Glen Arnold
| Essentials of corporate financial management / / Glen Arnold |
| Autore | Arnold Glen |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England ; ; New York, United States : , : Pearson, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (569 pages) : illustrations (some color), charts, graphs |
| Disciplina | 658.15 |
| Collana | Always Learning |
| Soggetto topico |
Corporations - Finance
Corporations - Finance - Management |
| ISBN | 0-273-75894-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Contents -- Guided tour -- Guided tour of MyFinanceLab -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 The financial world -- Learning outcomes -- Introduction -- What is corporate finance? -- A simple model of the interactions between the financial manager and the capital markets -- The flow of funds and financial intermediation -- The financial system -- The objective of the firm -- Ownership and control -- Concluding comments -- Key points and concepts -- Further reading -- Websites -- Case study recommendations -- Self-review questions -- Questions and problems -- Assignments -- 2 Project appraisal: Net present value and internal rate of return -- Learning outcomes -- Introduction -- Value creation and corporate investment -- Net present value and internal rate of return -- Concluding comments -- Key points and concepts -- Appendix 2.1 Mathematical tools for finance -- Mathematical tools exercises -- Websites -- Case study recommendations -- Self-review questions -- Questions and problems -- Assignments -- 3 Practical project appraisal -- Learning outcomes -- Introduction -- Quality of information -- Are profit calculations useful for estimating project viability? -- Evidence on the employment of appraisal techniques -- Payback -- Accounting rate of return -- Internal rate of return: reasons for continued popularity -- The managerial art of investment appraisal -- The investment process -- Capital rationing -- Taxation and investment appraisal -- Inflation -- Concluding comments -- Key points and concepts -- Further reading -- Case study recommendations -- Self-review questions -- Quick numerical questions -- Questions and problems -- Assignments -- 4 Risk and project appraisal -- Learning outcomes -- Introduction -- What is risk? -- Adjusting for risk through the discount rate -- Sensitivity analysis -- Scenario analysis -- Probability analysis.
The risk of insolvency -- Problems in using probability analysis -- Evidence of risk analysis in practice -- Real options (managerial options) -- Concluding comments -- Key points and concepts -- Further reading -- Case study recommendations -- Self-review questions -- Quick numerical questions -- Questions and problems -- Assignments -- 5 Portfolio theory and the capital asset pricing model -- Learning outcomes -- Introduction -- Holding period returns -- Expected return and standard deviation for shares -- Combinations of investments -- Portfolio expected return and standard deviation -- Diversification -- Some fundamental ideas and problems -- Systematic risk -- The Security Market Line (SML) -- Risk premiums across the world -- Estimating some expected returns -- Calculating beta -- Applications of the CAPM -- Accepted theory and controversial theory -- Technical problems with the CAPM -- Does the CAPM work in practice? -- Factor models -- Fundamental beta -- Concluding comments -- Key points and concepts -- Further reading -- Case study recommendations -- Self-review questions -- Quick numerical questions -- Questions and problems -- Assignments -- 6 Equity capital -- Learning outcomes -- Introduction -- What is equity capital? -- Preference shares -- The London Stock Exchange -- Floating on the Main Market (Official List) -- Methods of issue -- The Alternative Investment Market (AIM) -- TechMARK -- PLUS-quoted shares -- The ownership of UK quoted shares -- Rights issues -- Other equity issues -- Equity finance for unquoted firms -- Disillusionment and dissatisfaction with quotation -- The efficient market hypothesis -- Understanding the figures in the financial pages -- Concluding comments -- Key points and concepts -- Further reading -- Websites -- Case study recommendations -- Self-review questions -- Questions and problems -- Assignments. 7 Debt finance -- Learning outcomes -- Introduction -- Some fundamental features of debt finance -- Bonds -- Bank borrowing -- Syndicated loans -- Credit rating -- Mezzanine debt and high-yield (junk) bonds -- Convertible bonds -- Valuing bonds -- Trade credit -- Factoring -- Hire purchase -- Leasing -- International sources of debt finance -- Medium-term notes -- Commercial paper -- The term structure of interest rates -- Is it better to borrow long or short? -- Concluding comments -- Key points and concepts -- Further reading -- Websites -- Case study recommendations -- Self-review questions -- Quick numerical questions -- Questions and problems -- Assignments -- 8 The cost of capital -- Learning outcomes -- Introduction -- A word of warning -- The required rate of return -- The weighted average cost of capital (WACC) -- The cost of equity capital -- The cost of retained earnings -- The cost of debt capital -- The cost of preference share capital -- Hybrid securities -- Calculating the weights -- Applying the WACC to projects and SBUs -- Empirical evidence of corporate practice -- How large is the equity risk premium? -- Some thoughts on the cost of capital -- Concluding comments -- Key points and concepts -- Further reading -- Websites -- Case study recommendations -- Self-review questions -- Quick numerical questions -- Questions and problems -- Assignments -- 9 Value-based management -- Learning outcomes -- Introduction -- The pervasiveness of the value approach -- Confusing objectives -- Three steps of value -- Earning-based management -- How a business creates value -- Using value principles in strategic business unit management -- The impact of value principles on corporate strategy -- Value-creation metrics -- Using cash flow to measure value -- Shareholder value analysis -- Economic profit -- Economic value added (EVA®). Total shareholder return (TSR) -- Market value added (MVA) -- Concluding comments -- Key points and concepts -- Further reading -- Website -- Case study recommendations -- Self-review questions -- Quick numerical questions -- Questions and problems -- Assignments -- 10 Valuing shares and companies -- Learning outcomes -- Introduction -- The two skills -- Valuation using net asset value (NAV) -- Valuation using income-flow models -- Dividend valuation models -- The price-earnings ratio (PER) model -- Valuation using cash flow -- Valuation using owner earnings -- EBITDA -- Valuing unquoted shares -- Managerial control and valuation -- Concluding comments -- Key points and concepts -- Further reading -- Websites -- Case study recommendations -- Self-review questions -- Quick numerical questions -- Questions and problems -- Assignments -- 11 Capital structure -- Learning outcomes -- Introduction -- Debt finance is cheaper and riskier (for the company) -- What do we mean by 'gearing'? -- The effect of gearing -- The value of the firm and the cost of capital -- Does the cost of capital (WACC) decrease with higher debt levels? -- Modigliani and Miller's argument in a world with no taxes -- The assumptions -- The capital structure decision in a world with tax -- Additional considerations -- Some further thoughts on debt finance -- Concluding comments -- Key points and concepts -- Further reading -- Video presentations -- Case study recommendations -- Self-review questions -- Quick numerical questions -- Questions and problems -- Assignments -- 12 Dividend policy -- Learning outcomes -- Introduction -- Defining the problem -- Miller and Modigliani's dividend irrelevancy proposition -- Dividends as a residual -- Clientele effects -- Taxation -- Dividends as conveyors of information -- Resolution of uncertainty -- Owner control (agency theory). Scrip dividends -- Share buy-backs and special dividends -- A round-up of the arguments -- Concluding comments -- Key points and concepts -- Further reading -- Video presentations -- Case study recommendations -- Self-review questions -- Questions and problems -- Assignment -- Appendices -- I: Future value of £1 at compound interest -- II: Present value of £1 at compound interest -- III: Present value of an annuity of £1 at compound interest -- IV: Future value of an annuity of £1 at compound interest -- V: Areas under the standardised normal distribution -- VI: Answers to the mathematical tools exercises in Chapter 2, Appendix 2.1 -- VII: Solutions to selected questions and problems -- Glossary. |
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The Financial Times guide to bond and money markets / / Glen Arnold
| The Financial Times guide to bond and money markets / / Glen Arnold |
| Autore | Arnold Glen |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (489 pages) |
| Disciplina | 332.6323 |
| Soggetto topico |
Bonds
Money market Investments |
| ISBN | 0-273-79180-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- CONTENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PART 1 AN OVERVIEW -- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO BOND AND MONEY MARKETS -- PART 2 BOND MARKETS -- CHAPTER 2 GOVERNMENT BONDS -- CHAPTER 3 GOVERNMENT BONDS AROUND THE WORLD -- CHAPTER 4 CORPORATE BONDS -- CHAPTER 5 CREDIT RATINGS FOR BONDS -- CHAPTER 6 HIGH-YIELD AND HYBRID BONDS -- CHAPTER 7 INTERNATIONAL BONDS -- PART 3 MONEY MARKETS -- CHAPTER 8 INTERBANK AND EUROCURRENCY -- CHAPTER 9 TREASURY BILLS AND COMMERCIAL PAPER -- CHAPTER 10 REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS AND CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT -- CHAPTER 11 BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND BANKER'S ACCEPTANCES -- PART 4 VALUING BONDS AND MONEY MARKET INSTRUMENTS -- CHAPTER 12 FINANCIAL CONCEPTS AND MATHEMATICS -- CHAPTER 13 BOND VALUATION -- CHAPTER 14 MONEY MARKET SECURITIES VALUATION -- PART 5 SOME VARIATIONS ON A BOND THEME -- CHAPTER 15 SECURITISATION -- CHAPTER 16 CENTRAL BANKING INFLUENCE ON INTEREST RATES -- INDEX. |
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The Financial times guide to investing : the definitive companion to investment and the financial markets / / Glen Arnold
| The Financial times guide to investing : the definitive companion to investment and the financial markets / / Glen Arnold |
| Autore | Arnold Glen |
| Edizione | [Third edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Pearson, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1 v.) : ill |
| Disciplina | 332.6 |
| Collana | Financial times guide |
| Soggetto topico | Investments |
| ISBN |
1-292-00516-5
1-292-00517-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Contents -- About the author -- Acknowledgements -- Publisher's acknowledgements -- What's new in the third edition -- Introduction -- Part 1: Investment basics -- Chapter 1: What is investment? -- Partnerships -- Limited liability -- Ordinary shares and extraordinary returns -- Shareholder rights -- A money-making machine -- Dividends and retained earnings -- What if I want to sell? -- Primary and secondary markets -- Bonds -- Capital structure -- Stocks and shares -- Rights issues -- Financial institutions -- Be proud to be a capitalist! -- A note of warning - investment and speculation -- Chapter 2: The rewards of investment -- Becoming a millionaire -- Simple and compound interest -- How well have investors fared in the past? -- The importance of income -- International comparison -- Equities versus gilts -- What about risk? -- Closing comment -- Further reading -- Chapter 3: Stock markets -- What is a stock market? -- Brokers and market makers -- Pricing - good old supply and demand -- A short history of the London Stock Exchange -- 'Big Bang' -- The international scene -- Variety of securities traded -- LSE's primary market -- The secondary market -- The Main Market (The Official List) -- The Alternative Investment Market -- techMARK and techMARK mediscience -- ICAP Securities & Derivatives Exchange (ISDX) -- Who owns UK shares? -- The role of stock exchanges -- Useful websites -- Chapter 4: Buying and selling shares -- Stockbroker services -- Choosing a stockbroker -- Finding prices and other information -- Getting the most out of financial websites -- What happens when I buy or sell shares? -- An alternative mechanism -- A third trading system - SETSqx -- What happens after dealing? -- Ways of paying for your shares -- Internet dealing -- Direct market access -- Transferring shares without brokers -- Useful websites.
Part 2: The investment spectrum -- Chapter 5: Pooled investments -- Unit trusts -- Open-ended investment companies (OEICs) -- Exchange traded funds (ETFs) -- Investment trusts (investment companies) -- Investment platforms/supermarkets -- With-profits policies -- Insurance company bonds -- Stock-market-linked bonds -- Money markets -- Hedge funds -- Bringing home the significance of high fees -- Chapter 6: Bonds -- Gilts -- Corporate bonds -- Credit rating -- High-yield (junk) bonds -- Convertible bonds -- Foreign bonds -- Eurobonds -- Chapter 7: Unusual share investments -- Business angels (informal venture capitalists) -- Venture capital and other private equity -- Private equity categories -- Overseas shares -- Preference shares -- Chapter 8: Options -- What is a derivative? -- What is an option? -- Share options -- Call option holders (call option buyers) -- Call option writers -- An example of an option writing strategy -- LIFFE share options -- Put options -- How to trade options -- Using share options to reduce risk: hedging -- Using options to reduce losses -- Index options -- Further reading -- Websites -- Chapter 9: Futures -- Marking to market and margins -- Settlement -- Equity index futures -- Buying and selling futures -- Chapter 10: Spread betting, contracts for difference and warrants -- Spread betting -- Contracts for difference -- Warrants -- Covered warrants -- Further reading -- Websites -- Part 3: Company analysis -- Chapter 11: Company accounts -- Oh no! Not numbers again! -- How to obtain reports -- The report and accounts -- Profit and loss account -- Balance sheet (statement of financial position) -- Cash flow statement -- Chairman's statement -- Chief executive's review -- Financial review -- Directors' report and business review -- Auditors' report -- Five-year summary -- Trading statements -- Further reading. Chapter 12: Key investment ratios and measures -- From the financial pages -- Performance ratios and measures -- Financial health ratios and measures -- Forward-looking measures -- Further reading -- Chapter 13: Tricks of the accounting trade -- Goodwill -- Fair value -- What was our revenue again? -- Exceptional items -- Stock (inventory) valuation -- Depreciation -- Capitalisation -- Off-balance-sheet items -- Share (stock) options -- Missing the profits and assets in investee companies -- Other tricks -- Concluding comments -- Further reading -- Chapter 14: Analysing industries -- The competitive floor -- The five competitive forces -- Threat of entry -- Intensity of rivalry of existing companies -- The threat from substitutes -- Buyer (customer) power -- Supplier power -- Industry evolution -- Concluding comments -- Further reading -- Chapter 15: The competitive position of the firm -- The TRRACK system -- What makes resources extraordinary? -- Investment in resources -- Leveraging resources and over-exploiting them -- Concluding comments -- Further reading -- Part 4: Managing your portfolio -- Chapter 16: Companies issuing shares -- New issues -- Rights issues -- Other equity issues -- Scrip issues -- Share buy-backs and special dividends -- Chapter 17: Taxation and investors -- Stamp duty -- Tax on dividends -- Capital gains tax -- Interest-bearing instruments -- Inheritance tax -- Individual savings accounts -- Personal pensions -- Enterprise Investment Scheme -- Venture capital trusts -- Tax-efficient charitable gifts -- Chapter 18: Mergers and takeovers -- Merger motives -- Financing mergers -- The rules of the takeover game -- Who wins from mergers? -- Final comment: why do mergers fail? -- Further reading -- Chapter 19: Investor protection -- Protecting investors from wayward financial services professionals -- Regulation of markets. Regulation of companies -- Self-protection -- Scams -- Chapter 20: Measuring performance: indices and risk -- Indices -- Risk -- Websites -- Further reading -- Chapter 21: Investment clubs -- How to set up a club -- The unit valuation system -- Bank account -- Brokers -- Tax -- Further reading -- Glossary -- Index. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Guide to investing |
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| Harlow, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Pearson, , [2014] | ||
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The financial times guide to the financial markets / / Glen Arnold
| The financial times guide to the financial markets / / Glen Arnold |
| Autore | Arnold Glen |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2012] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 564 p.) : ill |
| Disciplina | 332.45 |
| Collana | Financial times guides |
| Soggetto topico |
Money market
Corporations - Finance |
| ISBN | 0-273-73001-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The purpose of financial markets -- An overview of the markets and institutions -- Banking : retail and corporate -- Investment banking -- Other types of banking -- Central banking -- Pooled investment funds -- Insurance -- Money markets -- Bond markets : governments and corporates -- Bond markets : the more exotic -- Equity markets -- Raising share capital -- Futures markets -- Options and swaps -- Foreign exchange markets -- Hedge funds and private equity -- Regulation of the financial sector -- The financial crisis. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910150221903321 |
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Arnold Glen
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| Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2012] | ||
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Get started in shares : trading for the first-time investor / / Glen C. Arnold
| Get started in shares : trading for the first-time investor / / Glen C. Arnold |
| Autore | Arnold Glen |
| Edizione | [1st edition] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xix, 268 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 332.63/22 |
| Collana | Financial Times |
| Soggetto topico |
Stocks
Investments Investment analysis Portfolio management |
| ISBN | 0-273-77834-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Publisher's acknowledgements -- About the author -- List of acronyms -- Preface -- Chapter 1: The thrill of owning shares -- Imagine being the owner of some great companies -- How to become a millionaire -- Returns over the decades -- International comparison -- Comparing the returns on other investments -- Chapter 2: Businesses and shares -- What is a share? -- Why do we need shares? -- Partnerships and liability -- Directors are not the same as owners -- Some more on ordinary shares -- It's easy to create shares -- Authorised, issued and par values -- Public, private and listed -- No right to vote -- Parents and groups -- Primary versus secondary markets -- Chapter 3: What you receive from the company -- A flow of cash income -- How much is paid? -- When do I get paid? -- Downloading data on dividends for a company -- Dividend yield -- Capital gains (and losses) -- Share buy-backs and special dividends -- Perks -- Chapter 4: What do stockbrokers do? -- They are not that posh anymore -- Types of broker -- Setting things up with a broker -- Execution-only (or dealing-only) service -- Advisory dealing service -- Discretionary service -- Choosing a stockbroker -- Instructions and instructions -- Ways of paying for your shares -- Internet dealing -- Transferring shares without brokers -- Chapter 5: What happens once you have decided to trade? -- Older ways of trading -- Quote-driven trading -- Order-driven trading -- So which system is best? -- Clearing -- Settlement -- Alternatives to SETS -- After the deal -- The advanced stuff - direct market access -- Chapter 6: What do stock markets do? -- A worldwide phenomenon -- Shifts in stock exchanges -- A fair market -- The main benefits of a well-run stock exchange -- The London Stock Exchange (LSE) -- The London Stock Exchange primary market.
The secondary markets -- The Alternative Investment Market (AIM) -- PLUS -- Chapter 7: Sifting out the important stuff on the internet -- What the company puts out -- Newspaper websites -- Financial websites -- Financial website navigation, step by step -- Director's dealings -- Trading online -- Chapter 8: Preference, foreign and golden shares -- Preference shares -- Overseas shares -- Golden shares -- Chapter 9: What drives share prices? -- Business is business, regardless of scale -- A multiplicity of factors -- Economic growth -- Inflation and interest rates -- Export potential and currency shifts -- Change in the industry -- Government actions -- Social trends -- The anticipation machine -- Don't do the following -- Chapter 10: Assessing a company -- Investors versus speculators -- Assessing an industry -- Competitive resource analysis -- The TRRACK system -- Quality of management -- Chapter 11: Profits and balance sheets -- The future is the focus, the past gives us clues -- Profit and loss account -- Balance sheet -- Chairman's statement -- Chief executive's review -- Directors' report and business review -- Auditors' report -- Five-year summary -- Trading statements -- Chapter 12: Cash flow and key ratios -- Cash flow statement -- Key ratios and measures -- Chapter 13: Measuring risk -- The greatest risk of all -- Diversification - the nearest thing to a free lunch in investing -- Volatility -- Correlation -- Beta and alpha -- Some more types of risk -- Great investors' views on risk -- Chapter 14: Companies selling shares to outsiders -- Can be good, but be cautious -- The sponsor -- The prospectus -- Finding out about new issues -- Underwriting -- The role of the corporate broker -- Methods of flotation -- How does an AIM flotation differ from one on the Official List? -- After flotation -- Chapter 15: Seasoned equity offerings. Rights issues -- Illustration of a rights issue -- Other equity issues -- Splits and consolidations -- Chapter 16: Stock market indices -- How are indices calculated? -- The major UK market indices -- Venturing abroad - international indices -- Other important indices -- Chapter 17: Taxation -- Stamp duty -- Tax on dividends -- Capital gains tax (CGT) -- Individual savings accounts (ISAs) -- Personal pensions -- Tax benefits of investing in AIM companies -- Be a cheerful giver: get the taxman to give away money too! -- Chapter 18: Regulation of the markets -- Scams -- UK regulation -- The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) -- Be reassured, but take precautions -- Index. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Trading for the first-time investor |
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The great investors : lessons on investing from master traders / / Glen Arnold
| The great investors : lessons on investing from master traders / / Glen Arnold |
| Autore | Arnold Glen |
| Edizione | [1st edition] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 406 p. ) : ill. ; |
| Disciplina | 332.6 |
| Soggetto topico |
Capitalists and financiers
Investments Investment analysis |
| ISBN |
1-283-05618-6
9786613056184 0-273-74339-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Benjamin Graham -- Philip Fisher -- Warren Buffett -- John Templeton -- George Soros -- Peter Lynch -- John Neff -- Anthony Bolton. |
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| Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2011] | ||
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Handbook of corporate finance : a business companion to financial markets, decisions & techniques / / Glen Arnold
| Handbook of corporate finance : a business companion to financial markets, decisions & techniques / / Glen Arnold |
| Autore | Arnold Glen |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Financial Times/Prentice Hall, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxv, 784 p. ) : ill |
| Disciplina | 658.15 |
| Soggetto topico |
Corporations - Finance
Industrial management |
| ISBN |
0-273-75996-5
1-282-98344-X 9786612983443 0-273-72657-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- What is the firm's objective ? -- State-of-the-art project appraisal techniques -- Traditional appraisal techniques -- Investment decision-making in companies -- Allowing for risk in project appraisal -- Value managed vs earnings managed companies -- Value through strategy -- Measures of value creation -- Entire firm value measurement -- What is the company s cost of capital? -- Mergers : impulse, regret and success -- The merger process -- Valuing companies -- What pay-outs should we make to shareholders? -- Debt finance available to firms of all sizes -- Debt finance from the financial markets. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910150238803321 |
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Arnold Glen
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| Harlow, England : , : Financial Times/Prentice Hall, , 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Modern financial markets and institutions : a practical perspective / / Glen Arnold
| Modern financial markets and institutions : a practical perspective / / Glen Arnold |
| Autore | Arnold Glen |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England ; ; New York, United States : , : Pearson, , [2012] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1 v. (various pagings) ) : col. ill |
| Disciplina | 332.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Financial institutions
Capital market |
| ISBN |
1-283-59149-9
0-273-77802-1 9786613903945 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Brief contents Introduction to the book Guided tour Acknowledgements page Introduction to the book 1 The value of the financial system 2 Banking: retail and corporate 3 Investment banking and other banking 4 Insurance, pensions and collective investments 5 Money markets 6 Bond markets 7 Central banking 8 Equity markets 9 Raising share capital 10 Futures markets 11 Options and swaps 12 Foreign exchange markets 13 Trade, shipping, commodities and gold 14 Hedge funds and private equity 15 Regulation of the financial sector 16 The financial crisis Glossary Appendices Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910150222103321 |
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Arnold Glen
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| Harlow, England ; ; New York, United States : , : Pearson, , [2012] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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