Economy & Finance

Posner explores the causes of Europe's emergence as a global financial power, addressing classic and new questions about the origins of markets and their relationship to politics and bureaucracy.

Early in this career, Benjamin Graham's wrote a number of articles appearing in the Magazine of Wall Street. This is the first time they have been published in book form.

Quantitative finance is the most fascinating and rewarding real-world application of mathematics. It is fascinating because of the speed at which the subject develops the new products and the new models which we have to understand. And it is rewarding because anyone can make a fundamental breakthrough.

This is the story of John Sussex, a highly successful derivatives trader whose career has spanned the radical technological, social and political changes that took place in the City of London during the Eighties and Nineties.

An realistic look at the challenges involved in becoming a successful day trader. Based on the author's ten years experience, the book dissects the psychological and strategic pitfalls that cause most aspiring day traders to fail.

Trading the financial markets is extremely difficult, but with the right approach, traders can achieve success. Nobody knows this better than authors Larry Pesavento and Leslie Jouflas, both traders and educators of traders, who have consistently used pattern recognition to capture profits from the markets.

Modelling Single-name and Multi-name Credit Derivatives presents an up-to-date, comprehensive, accessible and practical guide to the pricing and risk-management of credit derivatives. It is both a detailed introduction to credit derivative modelling and a reference for those who are already practitioners.

Hedge fund managers who survived and profited through the 2008 financial crisis share their secrets In light of the colossal losses and amidst the resulting confusion that still lingers, it is time to rethink money management in the broadest of terms.

English for the Financial Sector helps learners to prepare for a career in finance and enables those already working in the industry to improve their financial English.

Games are played everywhere: from economics and online auctions to social interactions, and game theory is about how to play such games in a rational way, and how to maximize their outcomes. This VSI reveals, without mathematical equations, the insights the theory can bring to everything from how to play poker optimally to the sex ratio among bees.

Offers you one simple tool that can enhance your investment decision-making process - the chart. This book gives you the basics needed to look at a chart and get a feel for what the market or individual stock is doing. It covers only the nuts and bolts of chart analysis, barely touching upon the next level concepts.

"Entertainingly indiscreet... Knee's talent for wicked pen portraits is put to good use. "--Financial Times Investment bankers used to be known as respectful of their clients, loyal to their firms, and chary of the financial system that allowed them to prosper.

In The Little Book That Builds Wealth, author Pat Dorsey-the Director of Equity Research for leading independent investment research provider Morningstar, Inc.

Praise for Jim Rogers and Adventure Capitalist "[Jim Rogers is] the Indiana Jones of finance. " Time "Rogers has a knack for storytelling and drawing the reader in. You'll finish this book feeling as though you, too, have spun around the globe. " USA Today "A terrific read.

In recent years, metals have been among the safest and most lucrative investments around, but they are not entirely risk free. Before you begin investing or trading in metals, you need authoritative information and proven investment strategies. You need Precious Metal Investing For Dummies.

Drawing on Russia's Department files, personal papers of key Wall Street figures, biographies and conventional histories, this book reveals: the role of Morgan banking executives in funneling illegal Bolshevik gold into the US; the co-option of the American Red Cross by powerful Wall Street forces; and, more.

There are many ways to make money in today's market, but the one strategy that has truly proven itself over the years is value investing. Now, with The Little Book of Value Investing, Christopher Browne shows you how to use this wealth-building strategy to successfully buy bargain stocks around the world.

Traders can mentor themselves and further their development by drawing upon research and practice from psychology and various performance disciplines. Leading associate professor of psychiatry Brett Steenbarger provides a practical collection of validated strategies for enhancing trader performance and changing their psychological patterns.

Accident law, if properly designed, is capable of reducing the incidence of mishaps by making people act more cautiously. Since the 1960s, a group of legal scholars and economists have focused on identifying the effects of accident law on people's behavior. Steven Shavell's book is the definitive synthesis of research to date in this new field.

The Life of John Maynard Keynes traces the life and career of the famous English economist and evaluates his contribution to modern economic policy making.

Professional English in Use Finance is the latest exciting addition to the bestselling English Vocabulary in Use titles.

Tells investors how they can make money and, avoid losses in up markets, down markets, and everything in between. Showing how mistakes made in the market collapse were similar to those made in previous down cycles, this title reveals simple steps investors can follow to avoid costly mistakes.

This book documents a real-life challenge made to author Dolf deRoos to buy one house a week for a year. He accepted to prove that a good real estate investment is possible more frequently than most people think, and reached his goal of 52 houses in less than 10 months.

The Repo markets have grown dramatically in the past few years because of the need to hedge short positions in the capital and derivatives markets. Virtually all major currency markets in the world now have an established repo market, the facility is also increasingly being used in developing currency markets as well.

This book examines the life and works of John Kenneth Galbraith and demonstrates how his non-conventional approach to economics is critical to understanding the trouble that currently exists within economics and economic policies.

Offers an understanding of the financial heritage, along with value investing insights for various types of markets and financial environments.

This edition of this highly successful 'Principles of Business Economics' gives undergraduates, MBA students or aspiring managers a clear and concise text that covers all aspects of an introductory course in microeconomics. Core concepts are covered whilst keeping technical jargon and mathematics to a minimum.

Within 6 months of beginning their careers full of promise and hope, most traders are literally out of money and out of trading. This work reduces the likelihood that you may have to pay this "traders' tuition," by detailing a market-proven program for weathering those first few months and becoming a profitable trader from the beginning.