Books by Parker

An in-depth overview of investing in the real worldIn Goals-Based Portfolio Theory, award-winning Chartered Financial Analyst(r) Franklin J. Parker delivers an insightful and eye-opening discussion of how real people can navigate the financial jungle and achieve their financial goals. The book accepts the reality that the typical investor has specific funding requirements within specified periods of time and a limited amount of wealth to dedicate to those objectives. It then works within those limits to show you how to build an investment portfolio that maximizes the possibility you'll achieve your goals, as well as how to manage the tradeoffs between your goals.In the book, you'll find:* Strategies for incorporating taxation and rebalancing into a goals-based portfolio* A discussion of the major non-financial risks faced by people engaged in private wealth management* An incisive prediction of what the future of wealth management and investment management may look likeAn indispensable exploration of investing as it actually works in the real world for real people, Goals-Based Portfolio Theory belongs in the library of all investors and their advisors who want to maximize the chances of meeting financial goals.

This book is a true story of life, death and life after death. At the end you will find truth and comfort. Enjoy!

Barot is one of the most beautiful villages in India. Braily is a famous, rich person who decides to start an orphanage in his village. At last he starts an orphanage. For the opening ceremony, he has prepared some speech, and he is delivering his speech, when someone shoots him. His friend Nathan, who is a detective, has taken this case personally. Meanwhile, there is rumor in the village that Braily has become the devil in the village and murdered few people in the village. SI Hans finds that there is a second murder that took place in the village and it was found in the park. SI Hans works out with Nathan, as there is some relation between the first and second murders. Meanwhile, one annoying incident takes place in that the second dead body, which has been delivered to its address, is not delivered to the address. By this they come to know that murders in the village have been taking place before the death of Braily. So Nathan needs to have a look at the conditions in the village. So he takes in the help of one of his teachers in the village, Tony, who resides beside the village head Lloyd's house. Tony's son is Chris, and his daughter. Chris falls in love with Veronika. In this investigation, Chris comes to know that all the murders have been taking place because of Ryan, the village head's son. But Ryan's flashback makes Chris help him. The story is all about what the flashback is. Who is the real culprit? Has Braily really become the devil? What challenges did Nathan and SI Hans face while solving the case?

In her fiction, Jessie Brown Pounds preserved the flavor of Ohio s rural village culture as the nineteenth century drew to a close. This anthology rediscovers Pounds s varied works and reminds modern students that Middle-Western culture included women writers as social critics and mythmakers. Included are short stories, sketches, one undated short story published posthumously in 1921, and Rachael Sylvestre, a first-person historical novel written in 1904."

The change in title of this the first book in the Series emphasises that this is the foundation forming the link with all the texts in the Series - including the new book Mental Handicap.

Readers of Greek literary, historical, oratorical, ritual and even medical texts, are all liable to encounter ideas of pollution. This text seeks to describe and analyze this wide-ranging and complex concept.

Tantalizingly little documented, ancient Greek religion is all too often reduced to the dry analysis of archaeological remains. This major new work, by the most prestigious expert on the subject in the UK, is a revolutionary attempt to bring ancient religion to life, and promises to be the definitive work on the subject for many years to come.