Investing

Lowell, Lee Get Rich with Options: Four Winning Strategies Straight from the Exchange Floor eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

A detailed guide to successfully trading stock and commodity options

After numerous years as an options market-maker in the trenches of the New York Mercantile Exchange, few analysts know how to make money trading options like author Lee Lowell. Now, in the Second Edition of Get Rich with Options, Lowell returns to show you exactly what works and what doesn't.

Filled with in-depth insight and expert advice, this reliable resource provides you with the knowledge and strategies needed to achieve optimal results within the options market. It quickly covers the basics before moving on to the four options trading strategies that have helped Lowell profit in this arena time and again: buying deep-in-the-money call options, selling naked put options, selling option credit spreads, and selling covered calls.

Breaks down four of the best options trading strategies currently available
Explains how to set up a home-based business with the best options trading software, tools, and Web sites
Contains detailed discussions of how options can be used as a hedging or speculating instrument

With this book as your guide, you'll quickly see options in a whole new light and learn how to become part of a small group of investors who consistently win.

Investment Leadership and Portfolio Management: The Path to Successful Stewardship for Investment Firms eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

An industry leader candidly examines the role of investment leadership in portfolio management

Investment Leadership & Portfolio Management provides a top down analysis of successful strategies, structures, and actions that create an environment that leads to strong macro investment performance and rewarding investor outcomes. By examining how to manage and lead an investment firm through successful investment decision-making processes and actions, this book reveals what it will take to succeed in a radically changed investment landscape. From firm governance and firm structure-for single capability, multi-capability, and investment and product firms-to culture, strategy, vision, and execution, authors Brian Singer, Barry Mandinach, and Greg Fedorinchik touch upon key topics including the differences between leading and managing; investment philosophy, process, and portfolio construction; communication and transparency; and ethics and integrity.

Leadership issues in investment firms are a serious concern, and this book addresses those concerns
Details the strong correlation between excellence in investment leadership and excellence in portfolio management
Written by a group of experienced professionals in the field, including the Chairman of the CFA Institute Board of Governors

Understanding how to operate in today's dynamic investment environment is critical. Investment Leadership & Portfolio Management contains the insights and information needed to make significant strides in this dynamic arena.

Merk, Axel Sustainable Wealth: Achieve Financial Security in a Volatile World of Debt and Consumption eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

A personal finance guide for today's turbulent world

Sustainable Wealth empowers you to achieve your financial goals by unleashing the shackles of debt, no matter how uncertain the future may be. Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, this reliable resource illustrates how you can predict economic booms and busts before they happen, adapt to changing markets and plan for lasting financial stability.

Over the course of his career, Axel Merk has been at the forefront of identifying major trends, a leader in the public policy debate on how to fix the economy, and guide for investors looking to navigate the global credit crisis. With this new book, Merk puts your financial decisions in a global context and shows how factors ranging from the Federal Reserve and Congress to trends in Asia and Europe influence your financial well-being.

Coaches you how to recognize major economic trends before they happen
Puts forth a plan to help you cope with expenses and save for retirement, while building a legacy of wealth, not a mountain of debt
Reveals why "staying the course" when governments or markets change the rules may be hazardous to your wealth

As investors struggle to adapt to the new financial landscape, Sustainable Wealth provides straightforward answers to the tough financial questions we face-and the tools to achieve a financially sustainable lifestyle.

Little, Jeffrey B. Understanding Wall Street, Fifth Edition eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

A fully revised edition of theINVESTING CLASSICFor over 30 years this comprehensive, easy-to-read guide has served well as thedefinitive reference for successful investing. Now in its fifth edition and completelyupdated, Understanding Wall Street helps investors prosper in today’s challengingeconomy—whether you’re just beginning or among the millions soon to retire.Understanding Wall Street, Fifth Edition, has new sections and information on theissues most important to today’s investors, including:How to use the Internet as an investing toolThe shift to exchange traded funds (ETFs)The link between Wall Street and Main StreetThe Risks and rewards of the global economyPraise for previous editions of Understanding Wall Street:“Recommended. An excellent introduction to stock market intricacies.” —Booklist“A lucid guide to those downtown mysteries.” —Newsday“Remarkable . . . it remains as useful as ever . . . Experience may be the bestteacher, but this manual runs a close second.” American Library Book Review

Wiggin, Addison DEMISE OF THE DOLLAR eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

As the dollar continues to weaken throughout the world, it has become clear that the impact is going to be significant as well as far reaching. This book explores the number of reasons for the dollar's current state, including the prior structural flaws of the dollar, the growing trade deficit, the Euro and other international factors. It also discusses the results of the dollar's fall and how it will impact economies worldwide. Continuing where The Demise of the Dollar left off, it explores the dollar's increasingly sharp decline over the past few years and provides readers with updated suggestions for protecting their portfolios.

Elder, Dr. Alexander SELL & SELL SHORT eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

The latest book from best-selling author Alexander Elder, Sell and Sell Short, provides important insights into the often-neglected topic of exiting a long position and shorting a weak market. Most traders spend the bulk of their time figuring out what to buy and spend hardly any time at all on when to sell. The truth is mismanaging the back end of trades can be the difference between winning and losing. Based on his long experience as a trader and trading educator, Dr. Elder provides a variety of selling techniques to preserve capital and take reasonable profits in both trending and non-trending markets and for both short-term and long-term positions. Moreover, Dr. Elder explains why traders and investors who limit themselves to long positions are conceding a big advantage to market professionals who are just as likely to go short as go long. Stocks tend to fall much faster than they rise, which means that big profits can be made quickly – if the right strategies are employed. Dr. Elder shows traders how to identify a market top, how to jump on a downtrend, and how to monitor short selling activity in order to better manage a short position. Ultimately, Dr. Elder says active traders should run their trading account much like a hedge fund, holding a changing mix of long and short positions as their view of the market changes. By embracing the advice in this important book, traders will be empowered to capitalize on the markets ups and downs and to move decisively in and out of positions so as to preserve capital and generate superior returns.

As with his other bestselling books, Dr. Elder has also created a valuable companion study guide, the Study Guide for Sell Short Study Guide, to help readers master and apply the material.

FRANK J FABOZZI SUBPRIME MORTG eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

Authors Goodman, Zimmerman, Lucas, and Fabozzi offer managers in this market the best in up-to-date information and cutting-edge strategies for minimizing risk in their mortgage credit derivative portfolios. Broken up into four parts, this book covers topics including, Mortgage Credit (non-agency, first and second lien), Mortgage Securitizations (alternate structures and subprime triggers), Credit Default Swaps on Mortgage Securities (ABX, cash synthetic relationships, CDO credit default swaps), and Loss Projection and Security Valuation (ABX valuation, ABS CDO valuation, subprime and Alt-A loss projection).

LIFE SETTLEMENTS & LONGEVITY S eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

The first guide to investing in and structuring life settlement policies

This is the first book to cover life insurance products for the investment management industry. It provides in-depth coverage of the way the life insurance industry works, calculations of survival probabilities, and how to structure life settlement policies as standalone investments or as part of a structured portfolio. This is a growing industry due to the rising cost of living and increased healthcare costs.

Geoff Chaplin (Tokyo, Japan) is Partner at Reoch Credit Partners, an ABS, life contingency, and credit consultancy. Jim Aspinwall (Residence, FL) is Adjunct Professor of Mathematics at Florida Southern University. He has formerly worked in investment banking and in risk management.

Lichello, Robert How to Make $1,000,000 in the Stock Market Automatically eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

You don't need to be a stock market expert. You don't need to be a math whiz. You don't even need a big bankroll. All you need is AIM. Automatic Investment Management. The money machine that takes the uncertainty out of investing-and teaches you how to make money in the market. Trusted by thousands of investors worldwide since 1977, this bestselling classic reveals Robert Lichello's revolutionary formula for earning profits in stocks and mutual funds-automatically. Unlike other investment strategies that focus on stock selection, AIM relies on timing-and is designed to work in any kind of market with any size investment. Lichello originally developed AIM in response to the heartbreaking collapse of the great bull market of the 1960s-and today his ideas are more relevant than ever. AIM is easy, dependable, and it works. Simply put, it's a money machine-just waiting to be turned on. Now Lichello has updated AIM for today's market. Reformulated as AIM-HI (AIM High Intensity), AIM-HI will do for you what it has already done for millions...

FRANK J FABOZZI HANDBK OF COMM eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

The Handbook of commodity investing

This invaluable resource provides an overview of the basics and foundations of commodity investing, as well as recent theory and empirical evidence on the commodity markets.

Written by leading practitioners and academics, The Handbook of Commodity Investing explains the complexities of commodity investments, their associated risks, and how investors can optimize their portfolios by including different types of commodity investments. Each chapter contains valuable information for both investors who are currently using or contemplating using commodities as part of their asset allocation and academics who are analyzing the commodity markets theoretically or empirically.

Starting with the basics of commodity investments and moving on to more complex topics, such as performance measurement, asset pricing, and risk management, The Handbook of Commodity Investing is a reliable resource for anyone who needs to understand this dynamic market. Whatever the motivation for your interest in commodities, this book will increase your understanding—hence helping you to reduce risk and enhance returns.

Elder, Dr. Alexander SG FOR SELL & SELL SHORT eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

Written by bestselling author, Alexander Elder, the Study Guide for Sell and Sell Short provides traders with 115 questions and answers, including chart studies, to help traders master the material in Dr. Elder’s important new book, Sell and Sell Short. Each question challenges readers to focus on essential aspects of successful trading and the detailed explanations will help readers to understand the right and wrong way to trade.

The study guide focuses on three major areas:

How to Buy, Manager Money, and Keep Records
How to Sell
How to Sell Short

Each part includes a rating scale, which will enable readers to measure their level of competence and identify any gaps in their knowledge before risking money in the market. Together with Sell and Sell Short, the Study Guide for Sell and Sell Short will give traders the tools they need to capitalize on the markets ups and downs, preserve capital, and generate superior returns.

PROFIT FROM THE PEAK eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

Praise for Profit from the Peak

""This book is a clearly written, succinct, and well-referenced summary of information about, and related to, what I believe will be the most important issue to strike Western civilization ever: the end of cheap oil. It is clear to me that how we make investments over the next few decades will determine whether we can survive the end of cheap oil and in what fashion. While I am not nearly as optimistic as the authors that there is a supply-side solution to the issues we will face 'post-peak oil,' they certainly have lots of good ideas as to where we might invest in alternatives. This book is a must-have on the shelf of any savvy investor as we face the second half of the age of oil.""
-Charles Hall, ESF Foundation Distinguished Professor, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York

""Profit from the Peak will help you develop and maintain financial security as the price of oil soars and our globalized economy gets into trouble. Hicks and Nelder show how you and your community can tackle the long transition of relocalization. Learn about the power of locally generated energy-and benefit from their practical guide to investing in the most efficientand attractive of today's post-petroleum alternatives.""
-Julian Darley, founder of the Post Carbon Institute and author of High Noon for Natural Gas

""Brian and Chris deliver the painful yet potentially profitable truth about peak oil. Not theory anymore, but reality. This book is a must if you want a clear path to profits in the age of peak oil.""
-Kevin Kerr, Editor of Dow Jones Global Resources Trader and President of Kerr Trading International

""Profit from the Peak shows not only why investment in alternative energy sources is about to skyrocket, but more importantly, where investment is going to pay off the most, by concisely describing the huge variety of upcoming energy sources and their relevant companies.""
-Rembrandt Koppelaar, oil analyst, President of ASPO Netherlands

FRANK J FABOZZI STRUCTURED PRO eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

New structured asset products are continuously being introduced into the market. That's why it's necessary for experienced and aspiring investment professionals to educate themselves on these products. Structured Products and Related Credit Derivatives can help readers achieve this goal. The contributors provide an in-depth account of the different types of ABS, such as residential, credit card, auto, and ABS credit derivatives. They also address the CDO market by offering readers all the best information for understanding CDOs, CDO equity, middle market CDOs, and commercial real estate. Structured Products and Related Credit Derivatives concludes with a detailed discussion of commercial ABS, including aircraft securitization and triple X securitization.

Schannep, Jack DOW THEORY FOR THE 21ST CENTUR eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

Dow Theorist Jack Schannep introduces a new generation of investors to Charles Dow's theory for stock market success

Dow Theory for the 21st Century includes everything that the serious investor needs to know about the stock market and how to become financially successful. Expanding upon Charles Dow's twentieth-century stock market theory, author Jack Schannep provides readers with a better understanding of the ingredients that make up the world of finance, specifically the American stock market, in order to help them achieve investment success. Topics covered within these pages range from the historical background of Charles Dow to the technical application of the Dow Theory to a discussion of other important market trend indicators. The book also introduces the author's own ""Schannep Timing Indicator.""

Jack Schannep (Tucson, AZ) is the author and editor of the Schannep Timing Indicator and TheDowTheory.com Newsletter and a recognized Dow theorist. Prior to writing his market letter, Schannep was a stockbroker with Dean Witter in Phoenix. He opened and managed the Dean Witter Tucson offices from 1968 until retiring as senior vice president in charge of southern Arizona offices in 1984.

Leeb, Stephen Game Over: How You Can Prosper in a Shattered Economy (Adobe EPUB) eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

Keegan, Karl BIOTECHNOLOGY VALUATION (Adobe Reader) eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

* The first book to provide a simple and practical means of valuing biotech companies
* The book begins with a short history of the biotechnology industry; this is important as although it is about 30 years old, the first company went public only in 1996, so it is possible to plot the course of investment waves and dips
* It examines the European industry and its evolvement, and draws parallels between the similarities and differences between that and the US
* Looks at the various companies which make up the biotech industry (therapeutic; life sciences; and the medical technology company) and gives tools for the investor to properly evaluate them

Rothwell, Kevin HANDBK OF INVESTMENT ADMINISTR (Adobe Reader) eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

Investment Administration has a key role to play in the many and varied investment products and services that are available in the retail investment marketplace. Kevin Rothwell's Handbook of Investment Administration provides a comprehensive and readable source of both background and practical information for the practitioner. The Handbook takes the main aspects of investment administration and drills down into the detail of these from a retail perspective. It covers areas that are unique to the private client business such as trusts. It explains the background on why processes are undertaken providing as essential reference aid for the practitioner.

Key features include:

A full range of Investment Administration functions from New Business to Settlement through to Corporate Actions.
Specialist areas such as Trusts and Charities are covered in depth.
Concise introduction to each subject providing interesting background information, followed by a detailed review.
Essential reading for candidates undertaking Securities & Investment Institute IAQ exams examinations.

Connor, John T. OUT OF THE RED (Adobe Reader) eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

Over the last fifteen years, Russia has become a larger part of the global economy-and in the years ahead, it will continue to grow in prominence. If you want to improve your investment endeavors in this market, you must first understand how it operates. With Out of the Red as your guide, you'll become familiar with all the opportunities this country has to offer and learn how to make the most informed investing decision within this emerging arena.

Edwards, Davis Energy Trading and Investing (Adobe EPUB) eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

“The essential training manual for anyone who expects to profi tably engagethe energy market while avoiding the devils lurking in the details.”Kurt Yeager, former President and CEO of the Electric Power Research Instituteand coauthor of Perfect PowerShrinking fossil fuel supplies, volatileprices, deregulation, and environmentalconservation have transformed the energymarket into a major arena for makingmoney. In response, an unprecedented amountof capital and investment manpower hasfl ooded into the energy market. Older utilitiesare finding that their quiet, safe businesshas changed dramatically in a short periodof time.Now, Energy Trading and Investing provides abig-picture introduction to the industry alongwith the trading know-how and fi nancialdetails that every market participant needsfor success.This hands-on guidebook covers all types ofenergy markets—from the big-three marketsof electricity, natural gas, and oil to thegrowing markets for liquefied natural gas,emissions, and alternative energy. It providesuseful information on the interdependenceof the different energy markets, who themajor players are, and how Wall Street tradesenergy products.Energy Trading and Investing features:An overview of the entire energy marketIn-depth descriptions of all of the majorenergy commoditiesFinancially oriented discussions of howchemistry, physics, accounting, andoption pricing affect tradingPrimers on load forecasting, tolling agreements,natural gas storage, and moreA practical introduction to risk managementWritten by a pioneering quant in the energymarket, Energy Trading and Investing providesa highly disciplined and organized approachto profi ting from energy investments. Thispotent combination of detailed, up-to-dateinformation alongside expert know-howthoroughly prepares you to invest and tradewith confi dence in the energy market.If you’re a serious trader, you need to understandthe energy markets, and Energy Tradingand Investing is the only book you need totrade successfully in this growing sector.

Faith, Curtis Trading from Your Gut: How to Use Right Brain Instinct and Left Brain Smarts to Become a Master Trader (Adobe Reader) eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

This is the eBook version of the printed book. If the print book includes a CD-ROM, this content is not included within the eBook version.

In Trading from Your Gut, original Turtle Trader and bestselling author Curtis Faith shows active traders how to profit from combining right brain skills (i.e., instinct) with left brain analysis. Drawing from his expertise in trading psychology and the Turtle trading method, Faith gives readers the tools to become a master trader. Master traders are able to harness their intuition in order to react quickly to market changes, are aware of behavioral biases, and are skilled analysts. Simply put, they combine the best of their right and left brain attributes and experience greater, more sustainable profitability.

Many investors either rely solely on “system trading” based on rigid, predefined criteria, or use “discretionary” techniques based primarily on gut instincts. In this book, Faith shows how to combine the best of both approaches. You’ll discover why your human instincts are a more powerful trading tool than you ever realized, capable of processing thousands of inputs almost instantaneously... how to harness, control, and sharpen your instincts, and overcome the emotional and psychological factors that cloud them... when not to trust your gut, and to rely on a dedicated trading system instead... how to hone your edge by recognizing the market behaviors that signal major profit opportunities... how to manage risks by sizing your trades appropriately... handle changing markets... and make the most of today’s automated, Internet-based tools.

El-Erian, Mohamed When Markets Collide : Investment Strategies for the Age of Global Economic Change: Investment Strategies for the Age of Global Economic Change (Adobe eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

"El-Erian is a doer and a thinker and someone who understands the risks of rare events. I never saw such combination in 20 years in the market; never before. Read this book." --Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author The Black Swan

When Markets Collide is a timely alert to the fundamental changes taking place in today's global economic and financial systems--and a call to action for investors who may fall victim to misinterpreting important signals. While some have tended to view asset class mispricings as mere “noise,” this compelling book shows why they are important signals of opportunities and risks that will shape the market for years to come. One of today's most respected names in finance, Mohamed El-Erian puts recent events in their proper context, giving you the tools that can help you interpret the markets, benefit from global economic change, and navigate the risks.

The world economy is in the midst of a series of hand-offs. Global growth is now being heavily influenced by nations that previously had little or no systemic influence. Former debtor nations are building unforeseen wealth and, thus, enjoying unprecedented influence and facing unusual challenges. And new derivative products have changed the behavior of many market segments and players. Yet, despite all these changes, the system's infrastructure is yet to be upgraded to reflect the realities of today's and tomorrow's world. El-Erian investigates the underlying drivers of global change to shed light on how you should:

Think about the new opportunities and risks
Construct an appropriately diversified and internationalized portfolio
Protect your portfolio against new sources of systemic risk
Best think about the impact of central banks and financial policies around the world

Offering up predictions of future developments, El-Erian directs his focus to help you capitalize on the new financial landscape, while limiting exposure to new risk configurations.

When Markets Collide is a unique collection of books for investors and policy makers around the world. In addition to providing a thorough analysis and clear perspective of recent events, it lays down a detailed map for navigating your way through an otherwise perplexing new economic landscape.

McCall, Matthew The Next Great Bull Market: How To Pick Winning Stocks and Sectors in the New Global Economy (Adobe EPUB) eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

Active investing strategies to profit from world-changing trends

In The Next Great Bull Market, Matthew McCall advocates an approach he calls, "Conversification," meaning concentrating your investments in specific areas that are poised to benefit from global change. The areas of change addressed throughout this book include the green movement, infrastructure expansion, commodities, peak oil, the next great commodity-water-aging baby boomers, a growing global middle class, geopolitical upheavals, and the explosion of exchange-traded funds. With today's world characterized by rapid change on many different levels, McCall's approach holds even greater promise in the years ahead. Page by page, he provides strategies for both conservative investors interested in long-term growth and aggressive investors interested in generating fast profits.

Describes the dynamics driving each major change and provide specific strategies to take advantage of them
Shows how to profit from short-term swings in fast-moving sectors of the world economy
Highlights how to use various investment vehicles, including ETFs, stocks, and options

Investors who understand and anticipate the changes ahead stand to profit handsomely. With The Next Great Bull Market as your guide, you'll quickly discover how the trends that are changing the world can be used to enhance the performance of your portfolio.

Goyette, Charles The Dollar Meltdown eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

The definitive investment book for the coming age of high inflation

On the heels of the most recent economic crisis, America is headed toward another: high inflation and dollar devaluation. The signs are clear: Federal debt is compounding while growth has stalled, and America's foreign creditors are questioning the dollar's reserve currency status. Meanwhile, the hidden federal debt, much larger than the official debt, makes things even worse.

But the good news, according to Charles Goyette, is that those who are prepared can protect themselves and even profitin this new era. Drawing on historical examples and a clear, down-to-earth analysis, he explains the importance of gold, silver, and other alternative investments when inflation takes off. He also gives readers the investing tools to protect their savings and capitalize on the opportunities ahead.

Savvy readers don't have to be left holding the bag after decades of government irresponsibility.

Larson, Paul Morningstar's 10 Small Companies to Invest in Now (Adobe Reader) eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

A downloadable guide to investing in some of today's most-promising smaller companies

Investors are always on the look-out for new opportunities. This special digital report from Morningstar's Paul Larson, equities strategist and Morningstar StockInvestor editor, reveals 10 lesser-known companies worth investigating.

Everyone knows about Coca-Cola. But how many investors know how to seek out the next Coca Cola? With this timely report, Morningstar's Larson shares some of his favorite investing gems, and introduces you to some great companies you've probably never heard of.

Includes an introduction that discusses how Larson selected these companies
Contains individual company analysis written by the Morningstar analyst that covers that respective company
Provides relevant statistics to the investment decision-fair value price, P/E, and much more

Smaller companies can hold great promise. And Morningstar's guide provides the insight and research you need to invest wisely.

Sander, Peter, Slatter, John The 100 Best Stocks You Can Buy 2010 (Adobe EPUB) eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

The go-to guide for investors who want their money to work for them.