Presents accounts of financial misadventure. This book tells about the trader who went on holiday with a stock trade open, and came back to discover he'd lost a fortune; the fat-cat director who ruined himself and his huge firm by cracking the wrong joke; and the ill-fated holder of the world's greatest casino loss playing baccarat.

* Inside the financial crisis as the bankers themseves rode the boom and fell with the crash, from the first UK journalist to predict it

Psychology, Decision-Making, and Markets. International edition.

A comprehensive and authoritative dictionary, now fully revised and updated. Covers every aspect of personal and international finance and discusses key topics in feature panels, such as the Financial Times Share Indexes. With clear definitions for over 5,100 entries, it is an indispensable guide for anyone involved in finance and banking.

A guide on how professionals and consumers can minimize damages in the divorce process. It contains the guidelines for reducing damage in the process of divorce; includes examples of how not to handle the divorce process and how these issues should be handled; and, covers many issues to help you understand how divorce can affect you financially.

A guide that helps readers build a useful repertoire of mathematical tools in decision making under uncertainty, especially in investment science. It uses real data and statistical procedures, such as hypothesis testing, to show how SD theory is applied in financial situations.

QFINANCE: The Ultimate Resource is the knowledge bank for best practice and thought leadership in the field of finance. Aimed primarily at the finance practitioner, QFINANCE covers all aspects of factors affecting the firm and includes over 250 contributions from leading experts in finance.

This practical response to the recession is a must-have for everyone in the voluntary sector. It contains 365 ideas for cutting costs without strangling your income or decimating your resources. Whether you want to make long-term large scale changes, or just trim your costs right here and now, this book has something for you.

Provides physicists and mathematicians researching in finance, and professionals working in the finance industry, with a new perspective on finance.

With contributions by experts from official agencies in Africa, international financial institutions, the private sector, and academia, this book focuses on financial sector development in Sub-Saharan Africa and how institutions can play a more active role in economic development.

Second edition of best-selling introduction to econometrics specifically written for finance students.

Offers a look at what not to do when setting up an estate plan, or administering an estate. Examining the mistakes made by some of the most well-known celebrities - from Bob Marley to John F Kennedy, Sr and Jr - this book guides readers toward making a successful estate plan and helps them avoid many common pitfalls.

This book is a detailed historical description of the evolution of corporate governance and stock markets in Brazil in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

New edition.

Offers comprehensive coverage of the time value of money (TVM). This book discusses various TVM concepts and theories. It covers issues ranging from an introduction of financial mathematics to calculating present/future values and understanding loan amortization. It helps you gain a firm grasp of TVM's many aspects and its real-world applications.

Suitable for those wanting his/her organisation to thrive and survive. This book contains practical guidance and advice, including the implications of CAD II.

Provides an account of the history and impact of post-World War II financial markets on the economy - what happened, how we got to where we are, and what needs to be done. This book explores the erosion of credit ratings on corporate debt in the late 1980s and the rapid increase in financial concentration of institutions.

A guide to why different financial markets exist and how they operate. Including chapters on the markets that deal with money, foreign exchange, equities, bonds, commodities, financial futures, options and other derivatives, it looks at why these markets exist, how they work, and who trades in them.

This book portrays the financial sector as the driving force behind early America's economic transition.