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Investing for Dummies: UK Edition

October 10, 2009 By investing Leave a Comment

This friendly guide shows you step-by-step how to assess your financial situation, gauge risks and returns and make sound, sensible investment choices If you think investment is only for the likes of Richard Branson, think again! The UK is already home to 12 million people who directly own shares and bonds. With updated coverage of everything from Internet brokerages to information sources, this friendly guide shows you step-by-step how to assess your financial situation, gauge r…
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Splendid Legacy: The Guide to Creating Your Family Foundation

October 10, 2009 By investing 1 Comment

The first and only comprehensive guide designed especially for donors and families who are starting family foundations is now available from the National Center for Family Philanthropy. Splendid Legacy: The Guide to Creating Your Family Foundation helps donors, families, and their advisors create a detailed blueprint for their family foundations to fulfill their hopes and goals. If you have recently started a family foundation, are seriously considering starting one, or are seek…
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The Soul of Money: Reclaiming the Wealth of Our Inner Resources

October 9, 2009 By investing 3 Comments

Review
This is the best book I have ever read about values, money and abundance. It makes you look at . . . these things from a new perspective. (Lynne Franks – The Sunday Express )

“An inspired, utterly fascinating book….A book for everyone who would like to make the world a better place.”—Jane Goodall This unique and fundamentally liberating book shows us that examining our attitudes toward money—earning it, spending it, and giving it away—can offer surprising insight …
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Introduction to Online Investment Research

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Introduction to Online Investment Research outlines a proven methodology for efficiently researching personal investment choices using the vast array of resources available online. Focusing on the most common investment questions, this book provides you with the research tools and techniques necessary to help you make effective portfolio management decisions on a wide variety of income and equity products. Like all the titles in the Business Research Series, this book is convenie…
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Keys to Investing in Mutual Funds

October 9, 2009 By investing Leave a Comment

Review
Few investments are as widely appealing as mutual funds. They permit individuals–including those with limited knowledge of financial markets, those planning relatively small commitments, and those seeking long-term fiscal stability–to join larger groups purchasing a variety of securities managed by experienced professionals. These investments, however, should never be made blindly, and this new edition of Warren Boroson’s Keys To Investing in Mutual Funds explains e…
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The Young Investor : The North American Guide to Investing Online

October 8, 2009 By investing Leave a Comment

Finally, a book about investing written in plain English for both Canadians and Americans. The Young Investor is the most complete guide to investing in today’s global marketplace using the very best online tools and resources. At any age, it is never too late to learn how to invest your money and secure a bright financial future for yourself. The Young Investor will HELP YOU: Learn about investing in very simple ter…
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The Mystery of 2012: Predictions, Prophecies, and Possibilities

October 8, 2009 By investing 3 Comments

It began with the Mayan calendar–a startling astrological artifact that reaches its end point in the year 2012. As major spiritual traditions, independent researchers, and archaeological findings all point toward this date as a critical moment in human history, readers everywhere are starting to ask the same question: What will happen in 2012? For the first time, the leading authorities on the 2012 phenomenon are all given voice in a single book, now available in paperback: The My…
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The Bear-Proof Investor: Prospering Safely in Any Market

October 7, 2009 By investing Leave a Comment

From Publishers Weekly
Financial journalist John F. Wasik (The Late-Start Investor; Retire Early and Live the Life You Want Now) offers down-to-earth advice for those “seeking the middle road between the stratospheric highs and catastrophic lows” in The Bear-Proof Investor: Prospering Safely in Any Market. Wasik admits that he has no wizardry for profiting in a bad market, just tips for balancing one’s portfolio and choosing the kinds of stocks that weather downturns. He finds “teac…
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Quantitative Equity Portfolio Management: An Active Approach to Portfolio Construction and Management

October 7, 2009 By investing 3 Comments

Praise for Quantitative Equity Portfolio Management “A must-have reference for any equity portfolio manager or MBA student, this book is a comprehensive guide to all aspects of equity portfolio management, from factor models to tax management.” ERIC ROSENFELD, Principal & Co-founder of JWM Partners “This is an ambitious book that both develops the broad range of artillery employed in quantitative equity investment management and provides the reader with a ho…
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Due Diligence Handbook: Corporate Governance, Risk Management and Business Planning

October 6, 2009 By investing Leave a Comment

Book Description
A practical handbook for businesses wishing to minimise financial, legal and reputational risks.

This book brings together practical information on legislation, primary sources, codes and best practice guidance in one volume. A practical handbook for business directors who wish to minimise financial, legal and reputational risks. It combines all matters concerning corporate governance with due diligence issues and in doing so provides you with the information …
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