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The con men : a history of financial fraud and the lessons you can learn / / Leo Gough
| The con men : a history of financial fraud and the lessons you can learn / / Leo Gough |
| Autore | Gough Leo |
| Edizione | [1st edition] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 209 pages) |
| Disciplina | 364.1630973 |
| Collana | Financial Times series |
| Soggetto topico |
Financial institutions - Corrupt practices - United States - History
Fraud - United States - History Financial institutions - Corrupt practices - History Commercial crimes - United States - History Fraud - History Commercial crimes - History |
| ISBN |
0-273-75178-6
0-273-75177-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The horror stories -- Our touching need for confidence -- Shiny new inventions and old tricks -- Sharks or maniacs? -- Yielding to temptation : the Allen Stanford story -- Shamanagement : financial wizardry to create paper profits -- Some deadly sins of investment : trusting false prophets, investing for the apocalypse and the money illusion -- Moral hazard in the system -- Due negligence: failing to do the analysis -- Funds are not all the same! -- All the books are cooked : the trouble with company accounts -- Safer strategies. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910150211903321 |
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| Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2013] | ||
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The Financial Times guide to business numeracy : how to check the figures for yourself / / Leo Gough
| The Financial Times guide to business numeracy : how to check the figures for yourself / / Leo Gough |
| Autore | Gough Leo |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Financial Times Prentice Hall, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 222 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 650.01/513 |
| Collana | Financial Times guides |
| Soggetto topico | Business mathematics |
| ISBN |
1-283-73351-X
0-273-75017-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Dealing with large amounts of information : how to summarise and describe it -- Analysing large amounts of information : market surveys, polls and social behaviour -- Charts : presenting the data -- Forecasting : time series analysis and regression analysis -- Key decision-making tools -- Finance and investment -- The stock markets : some theories and techniques -- Probability -- Conclusion. |
| Altri titoli varianti |
Guide to business numeracy
Business numeracy |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910151650003321 |
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| Harlow, England : , : Financial Times Prentice Hall, , [2011] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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How the stock market really works / / Leo Gough
| How the stock market really works / / Leo Gough |
| Autore | Gough Leo |
| Edizione | [Fifth edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Financial Times Prentice Hall, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 320 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 332.63/2 |
| Collana | Financial times guides |
| Soggetto topico |
Stock exchanges
Stocks Investments |
| ISBN | 0-273-74356-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- How the stock market really works -- Contents -- Introduction -- The 'guerrilla investor' -- The 'guerrilla investor' concept -- Asset allocation - a powerful strategy -- Choosing a financial adviser -- What is a risky investment? -- Summary -- Shares -- What are shares for? -- Why shares exist - the capital markets -- Stock exchanges -- Buying and selling shares -- Collective investments -- The world's stock markets -- American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) -- Stock indices -- Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) -- Summary -- Bonds -- Bonds for guerrillas - using bonds for specific goals -- The market for bonds -- Rating bonds -- Gilts -- The other risks of bonds -- The varieties of bonds -- Auctioning new issues -- The price of bonds -- Understanding yields -- Summary -- Assessing companies - issues and opportunities -- Why do companies issue shares? -- Financial statements -- Corporate governance -- Investment opportunities - new issues -- Investment opportunities - mergers and acquisitions -- When companies get into trouble -- Summary -- Investment theories and strategies -- Fundamental analysis -- Discounted cash flow (DCF) -- The efficient market -- Index investing -- Understanding volatility -- Risk and risk-adjusted performance -- Value investing -- Growth investing -- Small companies or large companies? -- Market timing -- Technical analysis - pure voodoo? -- Summary -- Foreign exchange -- Avoiding the great travel money rip-off -- The Bretton Woods system -- The floating rate system -- The balance of payments -- Market sentiment -- The foreign exchange market -- Forward exchange -- Predicting exchange rates -- Currencies for guerrillas -- Summary -- Derivatives -- Commodities -- Futures -- Financial futures -- Options -- Spread betting - tax-free investing? -- Derivatives - the casualties -- Hedge funds -- Structured products.
Summary -- Fraud and sharp practice -- Grand fraud versus petty fraud -- What the regulators can and can't do -- 25 years of misdeeds - from Milken to Madoff -- Sharp practice - pensions misselling -- False accounting on a grand scale - Enron and WorldCom -- The Sarbanes-Oxley Act -- The naughty noughties -- Summary -- Overseas investment -- Achieving global diversification -- No-tax and low-tax territories -- Working abroad -- Banking offshore -- Offshore trusts and companies - expensive to feed? -- Dual nationality for guerrillas -- Summary -- Investing in other asset classes -- Property -- Gold -- Collectibles -- Wine -- Your own business -- Pensions -- Insurance -- Summary -- Thinking about retirement -- Where to retire? -- Changing your asset allocation in retirement -- Asset rich, cash poor? -- Making a will -- Inheritance and offshore investment -- Summary -- UK taxation -- An overview -- Tax on investment income -- Income tax -- Tax avoidance or tax evasion? -- Capital gains tax -- Inheritance tax -- Trusts -- Summary -- An overview of the financial crisis -- How the crisis began -- The banking crisis -- The crisis spreads to Europe -- Economic growth and the financial crisis -- Investment survival in the long term -- Summary -- Making investing part of your life -- Making and reviewing your financial plan -- Taking into account the stages of life -- Summary -- Appendix 1 A little financial maths -- Appendix 2 Compound interest table -- Further reading -- Useful websites -- Glossary -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910151653503321 |
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Gough Leo
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| Harlow, England : , : Financial Times Prentice Hall, , [2011] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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