The Valuation Handbook differs significantly from other related books on this topic because the contributors are practitioners, academics, and investment firms that explain how they value companies and other assets....

Written for students and business neophytes alike, it provides a thorough grounding in the art of investing....

The Bank Director\'s Handbook provides directors with the information they need to perform their legal and operational duties, as well as deal with the banking issues they face. These issues include strategic planning, lending decisions, interest rate risk, the use of derivatives, and more....

Becoming operational in 2007, the Basel Capital Accord initiative is an effort to bring order to international capital markets and level the playing field for banks. Bottom line, officials hope to align capital with the risks faced by banks. However, despite the worldwide endorsements by regulators, the Accord may not be the ?sure thing?...

Dr. Gup and his panel of regulatory professionals and academics explore some of the hottest topics in what has been called the New Financial Architecture-a quest for new methods of bank regulation that can cope with dramatic changes occurring in the world\'s financial markets and institutions....

Bank failures have been common in the major foreign trading countries of the world during the volatile years since 1980. Here now is the first major study to deal with recent bank failures, near failures, and significant \"incidents\" in the foreign G-10 economies, and how governments resolved them....

Usually associated with large bank failures, the phrase \"too big to fail,\" which is a particular form of government bailout, actually applies to a wide range of industries, as this volume makes clear. Examples range from Chrysler to Lockheed Aircraft andfrom New York City to Penn Central Railroad....

Capital Markets, Globalization, and Economic Development consists of fourteen articles contributed by authors from Australia, Asia, Europe, South America, and the United States who provide a wide range of insights. The contributors include academics, government officials, and regulators....

The financial crises that began unexpectedly in Southeast Asia in 1997 spread rapidly around the globe, causing banks to fail, stock markets to plummet, and other newsmaking disruptions....

Book DescriptionIn a clear and concise form, this text explains the basics of investing online, highlighting what investors should know before, during, and after they invest. Written in an engaging style, this text gives the reader instant access to information previously available only to investment professionals....