Economy & Finance

Master the navigation of private equity deals from sourcing to exit with this comprehensive guideThe Private Equity Toolkit: A Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Deals Done from Sourcing to Exit offers readers the first complete guide to executing a private equity deal from start to finish. Written by an accomplished professional with twenty years of experience in the private equity space, this book is perfect for current private equity analysts and associates, as well as business students and professionals seeking to enter the private equity field.This book covers every stage of the private equity process, from sourcing the deal to company exit. It provides a systematic overview of how to:* Originate attractive investment opportunities;* Generate superior deal insights;* Form effective working relationships with management teams;* Add value on portfolio company boards; and* Achieve profitable investment exits.The Private Equity Toolkit equips its readers with actionable frameworks and proprietary tools that can be applied on a daily basis in the private equity industry. The content found within is designed to be current and helpful for years to come and appeals to a global audience.

Real statistical problems are complex and subtle. This text is about using regression to solve real problems of comparison, estimation, prediction, and causal inference, based on real stories from the authors' experience. It offers practical advice for understanding assumptions and implementing methods through graphics and computing in R and Stan.

Diversify your portfolio with gold and silverInvesting and trading in gold and silver is always a sound idea--and that goes double in a time of unusual market fluctuation. As people look for safe places to diversify their investment risk, you'll likely see the value of your investment go up where other stocks are vulnerable. Gold and silver saw increases in value of 16% and 15% respectively in 2019--putting them among the top ten most desirable commodities out there--and are projected to experience even more of a bear market as the dollar wobbles in an uncertain post-COVID world. This year, 2020, gold and silver are set up to have their best year of price appreciation over the past 40+ years.Written in an easy-to-follow, no-jargon style by CFP and bestselling author, Paul Mladjenovic, Investing in Gold & Silver For Dummies explains the different complex processes and vehicles for buying gold and silver. You'll find out the best ways to add these to your portfolio, how to balance risk and reward, and how to adapt time-tested investing plans and strategies to your goals.* Identify your goals and form a plan* Buy gold and silver safely to diversify your portfolio* Use ETFs and options to profit from market ups and downs* Understand when a gold and silver investment is legitimate* Use technical analysis to time your market entriesWhatever your current familiarity with gold and silver, this book gives you the extra expert knowledge you need navigate your gold and silver investment portfolio safely through a bear or bull market.

The ultimate guide to trading systems, fully revised andupdated For nearly thirty years, professional and individual tradershave turned to Trading Systems and Methods for detailedinformation on indicators, programs, algorithms, and systems, andnow this fully revised Fifth Edition updates coverage fortoday's markets.

Learn to invest in REITs with confidence and skill with this powerful resourceEducated REIT Investing is the ultimate resource for investors, financial advisors, and students interested in learning how to invest in real estate investment trusts (REITs)--one of the only asset classes to significantly outperform the S&P 500 Index over the last 25 years.Written by Stephanie Krewson-Kelly and Glenn R. Mueller, PhD., both accomplished REIT authors and investors with six decades of accumulated industry experience between them, Educated REIT Investing provides all the basics and history, then blends pragmatic strategies and advice with a thorough exploration of the fundamentals and nuances of the REIT industry.Topics include:* Basic information about REITs and the REITs industry* Terminology specific to the REIT industry, explained in plain-English* Historical REIT industry performance tables and trading perspectives* Analysis and equations needed to calculate key metrics used to identify the suitability of companies for investment purposes, illustrated with simple examplesThis book is perfect for anyone looking for a straightforward, easy-to-understand resource to establish or improve their understanding and analysis of real-estate investment trusts.

How the CFA Franc enabled France to continue their colonies in Africa

This book is about how a new form of social contract, which we call the spatial contract, can help revitalize the economies of the basic things that matter - the core systems which build and provision the settlements human beings call home. -- .

A book for anyone anxious, worried - or angry - about the mismatch between how they experience the world with its increasing day to day pressures, and the model used by economics to explain and justify it.

Just as Steve Coll told the story of globalisation through ExxonMobil and Andrew Ross Sorkin told the story of Wall Street excess through Too Big to Fail, Christopher Leonard's Kochland uses the extraordinary account of how the biggest private company in the world became that big to tell the story of modern corporate America.

International Financial Reporting delivers a focused, user-friendly introduction to international financial reporting and how to implement the IASB standards for undergraduate students.

'A cheerful and illuminating read, full of delicious anecdotes and valuable nuggets. It does what Krueger did best - brings economics to life, and life to economics.' The TimesHow the music industry explains the workings of our economy, changes in markets and prepares us the future - from one of the modern era's foremost economists

A comprehensive and up-to-date discussion of the economic rationale behind the production, delivery and exchange of electricity. A must read for those who want to learn and teach the specificities of electricity markets and understand how these markets can be optimally designed to produce and deliver electricity effectively and efficiently.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019 From one of the most important economic thinkers of our time, a brilliant and far-seeing analysis of the current populist backlash against globalization and how revitalising community can save liberal market democracy.

Fifty Inventions that Shaped the Modern Economy paints the epic picture of economic change in an intimate way, by telling the stories of tools and ideas that had far-reaching and unexpected consequences.