Business & economics / Finance

Derivatives: A Guide to Alternative Investments

by David M. Weiss

A guide to understanding the complex derivatives market, by the acclaimed author of After the Trade is Made

In today's highly charged and rapidly changing financial climate, derivatives are dominating global...

Conversations and Empirical Evidence in Microfinance

by Phillip Phan

Microfinance is regarded as a lynchpin in private sector solutions to a host of complex social challenges, from child labor, education, and women's rights, through to sustainable local economic development....

Generation Alt: The New Movement in Alternative Investing

by Clifford Jack

Focusing on a new movement in alternative investing, this book provides insight into this exciting portfolio strategy.  The author demystifies and uncovers the alternative asset class; educates and entertains...

High-Frequency Financial Econometrics

by Yacine Ait-Sahalia & Jean Jacod

High-frequency trading is an algorithm-based computerized trading practice that allows firms to trade stocks in milliseconds. Over the last fifteen years, the use of statistical and econometric methods for analyzing...

Financial Innovation, Regulation and Crises in History

by Piet Clement, Harold James & Herman Van der Wee

With present concerns over the regulation of the banking industry continuing to make headlines, an examination of the historiography of financial crises is timely. With contributions from world-renowned figures...

The Murder of the Middle Class: How to Save Yourself and Your Family from the Criminal Conspiracy of the Century

by Wayne Allyn Root

The great American middle class is dying—and not from natural causes. The Murder of the Middle Class exposes the crime and indicts the conspirators, from the Obama administration to their willing accomplices...

Handbook in Monte Carlo Simulation: Applications in Financial Engineering, Risk Management, and Economics

by Paolo Brandimarte

An accessible treatment of Monte Carlo methods, techniques, and applications in the field of finance and economics

Providing readers with an in-depth and comprehensive guide, the Handbook in Monte Carlo Simulation:...

International Finance Regulation: The Quest for Financial Stability

by Georges Ugeux

As the global market expands, the need for international regulation becomes urgent

Since World War II, financial crises have been the result of macroeconomic instability until the fatidic week end of September...

Rock Breaks Scissors: A Practical Guide to Outguessing and Outwitting Almost Everybody

by William Poundstone

A practical guide to outguessing everything from multiple-choice tests to the office football pool to the stock market.

People are predictable even when they try not to be. William Poundstone demonstrates how...

Succession Planning for Financial Advisors: Building an Enduring Business

by David Grau

This book is going to challenge you and everything you think you know about succession planning.

For independent advisors, succession planning is quickly becoming the cornerstone to a strategic growth strategy...

A Pragmatic Look at Valuation (Collection)

by Barbara S. Petitt, Kenneth R. Ferris & George Chacko

A new collection of corporate finance best practices for establishing accurate valuations… 2 authoritative books, now in a convenient e-format, at a great price!

2 authoritative eBooks help you accurately...

The Economics of Competition: The Race to Monopoly

by George G Djolov

A comprehensive examination of the ways competition and innovations level the playing field in the free market

The Economics of Competition uses the South African pharmaceutical industry as a case study to cogently...

Monetary Reform in Theory and Practice (Routledge Revivals)

by Paul Einzig

First published in 1936, this book gives the reader an insight into the tendencies and spirit of the monetary reform movement as a whole, as accomplished or proposed since the First World War. The author marks...

Colombia: Selected Issues Paper

by International Monetary Fund. West Dept.

Colombia has a strong fiscal framework that prescribes a prudent, albeit challenging, fiscal consolidation over the medium term. A number of changes have taken place over the past decade and a half to strengthen...

Measure, Probability, and Mathematical Finance: A Problem-Oriented Approach

by Guojun Gan, Chaoqun Ma & Hong Xie

An introduction to the mathematical theory and financial models developed and used on Wall Street

Providing both a theoretical and practical approach to the underlying mathematical theory behind financial models,...

Real Estate Concepts: A Handbook

by Ernie Jowsey

The essential reference tool for all real estate, property, planning and construction students.

Real Estate Concepts provides built environment students with an easy to use guide to the essential concepts they...

Ireland: First Post-Program Monitoring Discussions

by International Monetary Fund. Euro Dept.

KEY ISSUES The Irish economy is in the early stages of recovering from an exceptionally severe banking crisis. Following a smooth exit from the EU-IMF supported program, strong job creation and other indicators...

Making Remittances Work: Balancing Financial Integrity and Inclusion

by Emiko Todoroki & Wameek Noor

H.M. Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, United Nations Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development stated that 'the impact of helping migrants and their families will be lasting...

The Advisor's Guide to Commercial Real Estate Investment

by Ph. D., MBA David J. Lynn

The Advisor’s Guide to Commercial Real Estate Investment is the only single volume A-Z guide to commercial real estate investment available today.  It is an invaluable resource for anyone advising investors...

Conceptions of Professionalism: Meaningful Standards in Financial Planning

by Ken Bruce & Abdullahi D. Ahmed

In Conceptions of Professionalism, the authors present the results of research into understanding what professionalism means to those individuals who are CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals and how...