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Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This seventh edition of an investment classic has been thoroughly revised and expanded following the latest crises to hit international markets. Renowned economist Robert Z. Aliber introduces the concept that global financial crises in recent years are not independent events, but symptomatic of an inherent instability in the international system.--
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A weaker dollar buys less in foreign goods. This increases the price of imports, contributing to inflation. As the dollar weakens, investors in the benchmark 10-year Treasury and other bonds sell their dollar-denominated holdings. Contracts for oil and other commodities are usually denominated in dollars. As a result, historically, there has been an inverse relationship between the value of the dollar and commodities prices. Essentially, as the value...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Written by a veteran Wall Street Journal reporter, this is a fascinating deep dive into the world of billion-dollar traders and high-stakes crisis predictors who strive to turn extreme events into financial windfalls. There's no doubt that our world has gotten more extreme. Pandemics, climate change, superpower rivalries, cyberattacks, political radicalization--virtually, everywhere we look there is mayhem bearing down on us, putting trillions of...
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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The new, fully-updated edition of the respected guide to understanding financial extremes, evaluating investment opportunities, and identifying future bubbles Now in its second edition, Boombustology is an authoritative, up-to-date guide on the history of booms, busts, and financial cycles. Engaging and accessible, this popular book helps investors, policymakers, and analysts navigate the radical uncertainty that plagues today's uncertain investing...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The signs say the global economy is headed for a recession, but downturns are not destiny. Companies that bolster their resilience, local agility, and portfolio agility now can improve their competitive position and enhance their future performance during the next recession. This article describes practical, evidence-based steps that leaders can take to help their companies capture the upside of the next downturn.
Author
Pub. Date
©2013
Language
English
Description
Leading consultant and Minyanville contributor Peter Atwater has helped institutional investors, corporations and policymakers map changing social moods to emerging market shifts, and use that knowledge to identify huge new market opportunities. Now, Atwater shows you how to use the same powerful Horizon PreferenceTM approach to select your own high-performance investments. Utilizing what is often in plain sight, but overlooked and underestimated,...
12) Chaotics
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
We have entered into an entirely new era, an age of increasingly frequent and intense periods of turbulence in the global economy. Unlike past recessions, today's crises have precipitated a need for businesses to develop a new mindset, one that takes into account intermittent periods of disturbance, allowing them to thrive while under the constant threat of chaos. Complete with metrics and measurements, "Chaotics" outlines a powerful new system for...
Author
Pub. Date
©2007
Language
English
Description
"This book discusses the role that trading theses (or prevailing beliefs about market relationships), market conditions, and sentiment play in determining how prices react and sometimes overreact to various trading catalysts over time. Trading Catalysts will help readers anticipate potential events that could spark rallies or breaks; predict situations with feedback loops that drive markets up or down; and identify situations where substantial overreactions...
Author
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
"How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes uses illustration, humor, and accessible storytelling to explain complex topics of economic growth and monetary systems. In it, economic expert and bestselling author of Crash Proof, Peter Schiff teams up with his brother Andrew to apply their signature "take no prisoners" logic to expose the glaring fallacies that have become so ingrained in our country's economic conversation. Inspired by How an Economy Grows...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Macroeconomics: Theory and Policy provides students with comprehensive coverage of all the essential concepts of macroeconomics. A balanced approach between theoretical and mathematical aspects of the subject has been adopted to ensure ease and clarity in learning. The book brings classroom teaching directly to the student with the friendly language that it uses. The purpose behind this book is not only to make the study of macroeconomics simple for...
Author
Pub. Date
©2012
Language
English
Description
Technology and economics are transforming business in a completely unexpected way: suddenly, even the largest companies must compete as if they were small, local businesses. Suddenly, your customers can talk to everyone else across the nation, and people listen to them, not your carefully crafted advertising or branding. It's just like doing business in a small town, where "reputation is forever." Suddenly, communities and personal connections are...
18) Asia's turning point: an introduction to Asia's dynamic economies at the dawn of the new century
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Asia was probably the biggest economic sensation of the post-war decades. The breathtaking success of Japan was followed by a remarkable rise of ""four tigers"", then ASEAN founder states and then China. The Asian miracle became a commonly accepted definition of this success. In the late 1970s and especially 80s it became clear that the balance of power in the world had changed. Politicians, businessmen, scholars began to talk about ""the new Asia...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A practical guide to understanding economic forecasts In Inside the Crystal Ball: How to Make and Use Forecasts, UBS Chief U.S. Economist Maury Harris helps readers improve their own forecasting abilities by examining the elements and processes that characterize successful and failed forecasts. The book:Provides insights from Maury Harris, named among Bloomberg's 50 Most Influential People in Global Finance. Demonstrates ""best practices"" in the...
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