Invested Indifference


Book Description

In 2004, Amnesty International characterized Canadian society as “indifferent” to high rates of violence against Indigenous women and girls. When the Canadian government took another twelve years to launch a national inquiry, that indictment seemed true. Invested Indifference offers a divergent perspective by examining practices during three different periods in the place we now call Edmonton, juxtaposing early settler texts, documents concerning the former Charles Camsell Indian Hospital, and contemporary online police materials. Kara Granzow reaches a startling conclusion: that what we see as societal indifference doesn’t come from an absence of feeling but from a deep-rooted and affective investment in framing specific lives as disposable. Granzow demonstrates that through mechanisms such as the law, medicine, and control of land and space, violence against Indigenous peoples has become symbolically and politically ensconced in the social construction of Canadian nationhood.




Neutral and Indifference Portfolio Pricing, Hedging and Investing


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This book is written for quantitative finance professionals, students, educators, and mathematically inclined individual investors. It is about some of the latest developments in pricing, hedging, and investing in incomplete markets. With regard to pricing, two frameworks are fully elaborated: neutral and indifference pricing. With regard to hedging, the most conservative and relaxed hedging formulas are derived. With regard to investing, the neutral pricing methodology is also considered as a tool for connecting market asset prices with optimal positions in such assets. Srdjan D. Stojanovic is Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at University of Cincinnati (USA) and Professor in the Center for Financial Engineering at Suzhou University (China).




Understanding Investments


Book Description

This revised and fully expanded edition of Understanding Investments continues to incorporate the elements of traditional textbooks on investments, but goes further in that the material is presented from an intuitive, practical point of view, and the supplementary material included in each chapter lends itself to both class discussion and further reading by students. It provides the essential tools to navigate complex, global financial markets and instruments including relevant (and classic) academic research and market perspectives. The author has developed a number of key innovative features. One unique feature is its economic angle, whereby each chapter includes a section dedicated to the economic analysis of that chapter’s material. Additionally, all chapters contain sections on strategies that investors can apply in specific situations and the pros and cons of each are also discussed. The book provides further clarification of some of the concepts discussed in the previous edition, thereby offering a more detailed analysis and discussion, with more real-world examples. The author has added new, shorter text boxes, labeled "Market Flash" to highlight the use of, or changes in current practices in the field; updates on strategies as applied by professionals; provision of useful information for an investor; updates on regulations; and anything else that might be relevant in discussing and applying a concept. This second edition also includes new sections on core issues in the field of investments, such as alternative investments, disruptive technologies, and future trends in investment management. This textbook is intended for undergraduate students majoring or minoring in finance and also for students in economics and related disciplines who wish to take an elective course in finance or investments.




Investments


Book Description

In today’s economy, it’s critical for investors to have a strong understanding of the strategies needed to make the best decisions. Jones arms them with the most up-to-date information in the field while offering a proper balance between investment opportunities, techniques and analytics. He includes new discussions on the rapid rise and interest in exchange-traded funds, the new NYSE-Euronext market, the merger of the NYSE and Amex, and more. Expanded coverage is also presented in behavioral finance and the bond markets. In addition, investors will benefit from the updated problems and questions that really make them think of the most effective moves before acting.




Investments


Book Description

A comprehensive guide to investment analysis and portfolio management by an expert team from the CFA Institute In a world of specialization, no other profession likely requires such broad, yet in-depth knowledge than that of financial analyst. Financial analysts must not only possess a broad understanding of the financial markets-including structure, organization, efficiency, portfolio management, risk and return, and planning and construction-but they must also have a strong sense of how to evaluate industries and companies prior to engaging in an analysis of a specific stock. Investments: Principles of Portfolio and Equity Analysis provides the broad-based knowledge professionals and students of the markets need to manage money and maximize return. The book Details market structure and functions, market anomalies, secondary market basics, and regulation Describes investment assets and asset classes, types of positions and orders, as well as forecasting methodologies Discusses return and risk characteristics, portfolio diversification and management, the basics of both technical analysis and major technical indicators, and much more A companion Workbook, which includes learning outcomes, summary overviews, and problems and solutions sections is available and sold separately Investments provides readers unparalleled access to the best in professional quality information on investment analysis and portfolio management.




Investment Management (Security Analysis and Portfolio Management), 19th Ed.


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SECURITY ANALYSIS AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT. This 5th Edition , is thoroughly revised and updated. It describes techniques, vehicles, and strategies of the funds of an individual investor(s).For the students of Management, Commerce, Professional Course of CA, CS, ICWA, Professional of Financial Institutions and Policy Makers.




Venture Capital Investment


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Gavin Reid presents a systematic analysis of what drives investor-investee relations in venture capital markets. In the first analytical work to use a unified framework, he draws upon a modern and general approach to contracting relations, namely principal-agent analysis. This book establishes a clear theoretical framework involving risk management, information handling and the 'trading' of risk and information. Using powerful modern theory as a general and coherent frame of reference to analyse an extensive body of new evidence, the author shows how top investors manage risk and monitor investees, and examines the best relationship between investor and investee. Exploring the principles governing high-risk/high-return investment, this is a unique insight into the turbulent world of the venture capitalist.




Fundamentals of Buy/Sell Investment Trading Programs


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At long last, it is here. This book will attempt to provide a concise understanding of the Financial Market, Stock Investment Algorithm, and other basic economics of the Financial Market. I dіѕсuѕѕ thе vаrіоuѕ рrоs аnd cons оf Buy/Sell Investment Trading and ѕhоw you how уоu саn put this knоwlеdgе in a self-help guide to trading. Thе ѕtосk mаrkеt іѕ a bаttlеfіеld among traders wіth dіffеrеnt bеlіеfѕ, and іt is thе wіnnеr’ѕ bеlіеf that determines thе destiny оf the market. Thеrеfоrе, my bаѕіс trading philosophy is tо fоllоw the wіnnеrѕ. In thіѕ bооk, I соnсеntrаtе оn the type of trаdеrѕ whо I bеlіеvе аrе very lіkеlу tо bе wіnnеrѕ: the big buуеrѕ аnd the big ѕеllеrѕ, thе іnѕtіtutіоnаl іnvеѕtоrѕ (pension fundѕ, mutual fundѕ, hеdgе funds, mоnеу mаnаgеrѕ, іnvеѕtmеnt bаnkѕ, etc.) who mаnаgе lаrgе sums оf mоnеу and оftеn buy оr sell ѕtосk in lаrgе ԛuаntіtу — I dеѕсrіbе еxtеnѕіvеlу the discoveries about the Capital Markets and their hidden gems uncovering the know-how so that you can make vast fortunes, millions just like traders and investment bankers do. I reveal the secret strategy and formula that has taken me over 30 years to understand and discover. I am about to give away my secrets in just one book to make you a fortune and become a billionaire. Read this book; I promise you, it will be worth it, and you will not be disappointed! -Sir Patrick Bijou As уоu rеаd thіѕ book, you’ll discover: 1. Instruments Trаdеd in the Mоnеу Market 2. Value Investing аnd Growth Invеѕtіng 3. Trаdіng the Fоrеx Market 4. Forex Plауеrѕ – Banks, Governments, Cоmраnіеѕ, аnd Trаdеrѕ. 5. ENTERING AND EXITING A MARKET 6. Adорtіоn Аnd Еvоlutіоn Оf FX Еxесutіоn Аlgоrіthmѕ 7. Thе Behavior Of Indіvіduаl Invеѕtоrѕ 8. Hоw tо Read thе Annuаl Report оf a Cоmраnу 9. Guide Tо Mutual Fund Іnvеѕtіng 10. Fundаmеntаl And Tесhnісаl Anаlуѕіѕ. Note: Onсе you hаvе a clear undеrѕtаndіng of Investment Algorithm, Trading The Financial Market, Stock and Other Basic Economics of the Markets, then your step into this world has only just begun. Get your copy Now and Discover all about BUY/SELL INVESTMENT TRADING!




The Mathematics of Financial Modeling and Investment Management


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the mathematics of financial modeling & investment management The Mathematics of Financial Modeling & Investment Management covers a wide range of technical topics in mathematics and finance-enabling the investment management practitioner, researcher, or student to fully understand the process of financial decision-making and its economic foundations. This comprehensive resource will introduce you to key mathematical techniques-matrix algebra, calculus, ordinary differential equations, probability theory, stochastic calculus, time series analysis, optimization-as well as show you how these techniques are successfully implemented in the world of modern finance. Special emphasis is placed on the new mathematical tools that allow a deeper understanding of financial econometrics and financial economics. Recent advances in financial econometrics, such as tools for estimating and representing the tails of the distributions, the analysis of correlation phenomena, and dimensionality reduction through factor analysis and cointegration are discussed in depth. Using a wealth of real-world examples, Focardi and Fabozzi simultaneously show both the mathematical techniques and the areas in finance where these techniques are applied. They also cover a variety of useful financial applications, such as: * Arbitrage pricing * Interest rate modeling * Derivative pricing * Credit risk modeling * Equity and bond portfolio management * Risk management * And much more Filled with in-depth insight and expert advice, The Mathematics of Financial Modeling & Investment Management clearly ties together financial theory and mathematical techniques.




Commodities, Energy and Environmental Finance


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This volume is a collection of chapters covering the latest developments in applications of financial mathematics and statistics to topics in energy, commodity financial markets and environmental economics. The research presented is based on the presentations and discussions that took place during the Fields Institute Focus Program on Commodities, Energy and Environmental Finance in August 2013. The authors include applied mathematicians, economists and industry practitioners, providing for a multi-disciplinary spectrum of perspectives on the subject. The volume consists of four sections: Electricity Markets; Real Options; Trading in Commodity Markets; and Oligopolistic Models for Energy Production. Taken together, the chapters give a comprehensive summary of the current state of the art in quantitative analysis of commodities and energy finance. The topics covered include structural models of electricity markets, financialization of commodities, valuation of commodity real options, game-theory analysis of exhaustible resource management and analysis of commodity ETFs. The volume also includes two survey articles that provide a source for new researchers interested in getting into these topics.