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Brings together the study of literature with the psychology and history of religions.
Profiles of 150 successful fund managers, traders, analysts, economists, and investment experts offer advice, techniques, and ideas to increase returns and control risks in investing. Some of the areas of specialty discussed include international markets and capital flows, company valuation, liquidi
Weird and wired, the poems in Philip Jenks' third collection scintillate with lyric absurdity and strange grace.
Robbins identifies the major roadblocks that stand in the way of making high-quality decisions--and shows readers exactly how to overcome them.
The follow-up to Marshall Goldsmith's 500,000-copy bestseller The Leader of the Future, Global Leadership: The Next Generation systematically identifies what tomorrow's leaders will need to know, do and believe in order to successfully lead the global enterprise of the future. Drawing on the results of an extraordinary 2-year Accenture study of emerging business leaders, this book shows why the skills of today's global leaders won't be enough--and why tomorrow's leaders won't resemble today's. Goldsmith and his co-authors first identify five new "factors of leadership" and their implications: global thinking, appreciation of diversity, technological savvy, a willingness to partner and an ope...
The authors show how to "manage" ingenuity--and "manufacture" the next great idea, in other words they tell what managers need to know about how artists and highly creative people work.
"Going the Distance" identifies eight key obstacles to the long-term success of great businesses--and shows exactly how to overcome them. Former Cisco SVP Kevin Kennedy and leading consultant Mary Moore show how to assess corporate health and correct weaknesses in leadership, strategy, product, marketplace alignment, governance, and more--before it's too late. "Going the Distance" provides a total framework for maintaining market leadership into the next generation!
The traditional company warrants market is set to be eclipsed by a new market which should offer huge opportunities for active investors. Revised regulations have paved the way for a new 'covered warrants' market in London.- The number of warrants available for trading by private investors on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) will multiply many times over.- Warrants will become available on a broad range of blue-chip companies, sector baskets, and on both UK and overseas indices.- Investors will be able to buy both calls and puts.- The vast majority of the new warrants will be exercisable for cash which will mean they can be traded free of stamp duty.This book is intended as a primer for investors new to covered warrants, although more experienced investors may also find some value in the timely information about the formation of the new market in London. Readers used to dealing in traditional listed warrants in the UK will find the new covered warrants quite different. Jargon is unavoidable, but it is explained in the text and in the glossary at the back.
The ultimate quirky reference work for voters, studentsand those in the Westminster village. It is ideal foranyone looking to discover where their vote (and money!)actually go, or for those looking for quotes andfascinating titbits. The book aims to capture theentertaining essence of politics without taking up toomuch of the reader's ......
This book is a simple, practical guide to how you can use some of the newer investment products like spread betting, binary betting, contracts for difference, covered warrants and exchange-traded funds, as well as older ones like futures and options, to help your investing. In different ways, each of these products allows you either to: - boost the returns you get in exchange for taking on greater risk; - hedge your bets in exchange for slightly lower returns; - use much less capital to achieve the same market exposure; or - move money into and out of a range of markets and sectors efficiently. The author believes they are tools that all investors need to know about and be able to use when t...