The Complex Lives of Star Clusters / / by David Stevenson |
Autore | Stevenson David |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (351 p.) |
Disciplina | 523.8022 |
Collana | Astronomers' Universe |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Astrophysics Popular Science in Astronomy Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology |
ISBN | 3-319-14234-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Initial Observations -- Formation of Stars and Clusters -- Globular Clusters as a Unique Case? -- The Death of Open Clusters -- The Evolution of Globular Clusters -- Complex Lives -- Planets in Clusters -- Milkomeda as a Last Hurrah for Star Formation in our Galaxy? -- Glossary -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300412503321 |
Stevenson David | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Financial times guide to exchange traded funds and index funds : how to use tracker funds in your investment portfolio / / David Stevenson |
Autore | Stevenson David |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2012] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 478 p.) : ill |
Disciplina | 332.6327 |
Collana | Financial times guides |
Soggetto topico | Exchange traded funds |
ISBN |
0-273-76942-1
1-283-68392-X 0-273-76941-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- The Financial Times Guide to Exchange Traded Funds and Index Funds -- About the author -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Publisher's acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Welcome to the revolution - Investing 2.0 -- Why asset class investing will change the way we invest -- The believers -- The fall and decline of the active fund manager -- Don't trust the manager -- Active fund management costs more -- CMH - the Costs Matter Hypothesis -- The remorseless rise of the indexers -- Why you need to use index tracking funds in your portfolio and how this book can help you -- Building your portfolio -- Full circle -- A quick primer on the theory - or how we got here -- Taking a random walk on the wild side -- Efficient markets, rational actors? -- The critics -- More risk, greater returns -- The rise of fundamentals-based index investing -- The efficient markets purists' counter attack -- A middle way - the reality of relatively efficient markets -- Building the perfect index -- Structuring the revolution -- Building the perfect index - the FTSE 100? -- Putting it all together in an index fund -- Capturing the index -- The rise of ETFs -- Defining ETFs -- The European alternative: synthetic replication -- An ETF in action -- Stock lending: smoothing out returns? -- Phenomenal growth worldwide -- The future -- Understand what you invest in! -- Investing in commodities using index funds -- How to invest using index tracking funds -- Spot prices v the futures index -- The main commodity index providers -- Composite or not? -- The different types of returns on offer from ETCs -- The risks of investing in commodities -- The fiddly detail - risks, caveats and the indices -- A growing market -- Choosing an ETF -- Why might passive be suitable? -- Why use ETFs instead of index funds? -- Funds, notes, commodities or products?.
How does the fund track? -- How safe is my tracker? -- Investment cost is a key factor -- In summary -- The new fundamental indexing revolution -- The rise of the fundamentalists -- What are the choices? -- Understand what you are buying into with fundamental trackers -- Fundamental indexing: an insider's perspective -- What is wrong with conventional indexing? -- Is there a better way to index? -- Book value -- Profit and loss -- Dividends -- Single-measure or blended, historic or forecast data -- The runners and riders -- Dimensional Fund Advisors -- Wisdom Tree -- Research Affiliates -- Fundamental Tracker Investment Management -- Why fundamental funds? -- On portfolios -- Introduction -- What's the meaning of life? -- Why invest? -- A passive portfolio - why it matters? -- Risk -- Asset allocation -- More on fixed interest -- What about equity diversification? -- Timing your investment in the markets -- Rebalancing -- Conclusion -- Big theme investing and index funds -- The business cycle -- As themes go by ... -- Waves not bubbles -- 'It's better to travel than arrive': momentum investing works -- Diversify -- Globalisation -- International diversification works, too -- The big themes of the next decades? -- Create your own themes -- Active portfolios using ETFs -- Technical analysis and ETFs -- Using technical analysis to determine price entry -- Using technical analysis to determine stops -- Using technical analysis to determine price targets -- Using technical analysis for currency, bond and commodity ETFs -- Six golden rules -- Putting it all together -- Q1: To rebalance or not to rebalance? Should I constantly rebalance my portfolio? -- Q2: The consensus seems to be to buy and hold over the long term. Does that mean I should never attempt to time the market?. Q3: I'm worried by the volatility of equities. Are shares really worth the extra risk? -- Q4: Should I only use index tracking funds to build my portfolio? -- Q5: How do I actually build a portfolio? Should I keep it simple? -- Keeping it really, really simple and lazy -- How's your lifecycle? -- The all-in-one fund -- Using trackers as part of a wider investment process for advisers -- Summary -- The master portfolios -- 1 The Global Growth Portfolio -- 2 The Low Risk Portfolio -- 3 The Income Portfolio -- The other master portfolios -- 4 The Mid Risk Portfolio -- 5 The Adventurous Portfolio -- What do I do next? Where do the Essential 25 fit in? -- Simple, lazy portfolios from PortfolioReview -- Appendix: The Essential 25 -- FTSE 100 - UK Equities -- Featured ETFs -- Featured unit trusts -- FTSE All Share -- FTSE 250 - UK Mid Caps -- FTSE All Stocks Gilt -- FTSE Small Cap -- FTSE World exc UK -- DJ EuroStoxx 50 - European Shares -- Money Market Funds -- MSCI Emerging Markets -- Japan - TOPIX, MSCI Japan and Nikkei 225 -- DJ-UBS Agriculture -- FTSE UK Dividend Plus -- Comments -- S&P Global Water -- Global Property - FTSE NAREIT Developed Markets (Global) Property Index Series -- China - HSCEI and MSCI -- Infrastructure - S&P Global Infrastructure Index -- MSCI Latin America -- MSCI World Islamic Index -- S&P Global Forestry and Timber -- S&P Global Clean Energy -- S&P 500 -- S&P Select Frontier Markets -- Brent Oil -- Gold -- iBoxx Sterling Corporate Bonds -- References -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910150515003321 |
Stevenson David | ||
Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2012] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Financial times guide to investing for income : grow your income through smarter investing / / David Stevenson |
Autore | Stevenson David |
Edizione | [1st edition] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Financial Times/Prentice Hall, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 pages) : illustrations, tables |
Disciplina | 332.6 |
Collana | Financial times guides |
Soggetto topico | Investments |
ISBN |
0-273-77638-X
1-283-33396-1 9786613333964 0-273-73566-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Contents -- Publisher Acknowledgements -- 1 The Basics - Risk, Yield and Structure -- 2 Savings Accounts and Annuities -- 3 Bonds - Government and Corporate -- 4 Investing In Shares For A Dividend -- 5 Using Funds and Hybrids To Build An Income From Equities -- 6 Using Retail Structured Products -- By Christopher Taylor 7 Putting It All Together In Portfolio Terms -- By James Norton 8 Building Some Model Income Portfolios -- 9 Investing In Shares Through A Dividend Index -- Index. |
Altri titoli varianti |
Investing for income
Guide to investing for income Grow your income through smarter investing |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910150234403321 |
Stevenson David | ||
Harlow, England : , : Financial Times/Prentice Hall, , [2011] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Smarter stock picking : using strategies from the professionals to improve your returns / / David Stevenson |
Autore | Stevenson David |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Financial Times Prentice Hall, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 484 p. ) : ill |
Disciplina | 332.63222 |
Collana | Financial Times series |
Soggetto topico | Investment analysis |
ISBN |
1-282-98345-8
9786612983450 0-273-72782-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | About the author Publisher's acknowledgements PART ONE Stock picking strategies: the context 1 Introduction 2 The measures 3 The theory: efficient and not so efficent markets 4 Dividends: back to the source 5 Deep value investing: the world according to Tweedy, Browne and Graham 6 Quality and growth. of wide moats and GARP 7 All out for growth: small caps and the momentum effect PART TWO Putting it into practice 8 How to investigate a company By Paul Darrall Dolman 9 Shooting stars By John Mulligan 10 The ShareMaestro system By Glenn Martin 11 Using ShareScope and Investor Ease 12 The new fundamental indexing revolution By Rob Davies PART THREE Putting it all together 13 An action plan APPENDICES Appendix 1: Valuing markets - Market timing systems Appendix 2: The tools of the trade Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910150239803321 |
Stevenson David | ||
Harlow, England : , : Financial Times Prentice Hall, , [2011] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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