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 | Fundamentals of the Securities Industry Product# 459049887 Selling for $29.95 "Today's investment markets can be daunting for anyone, but especially for those in the early stages of financial careers. 'The Fundamentals of the Securities Industry removes the guesswork, providing a broad-ranging introduction to how the securities industry works and how its components interact. Concepts presented in the book build upon each other, helping readers gain a fuller understanding of each element and financial instrument that is vital to the securities industry." |
 | Understanding Direct Access Trading: Making the Move from Your Online Broker to Direct Access Trading Product# 460383531 Selling for $24.95 "A detailed picture of what electronic direct access trading (E-DAT) means and how individual traders can capitalize on it, Understanding Direct Access Trading explains the fundamental differences between online trading and E-DAT. The book tells traders how and where to get started, and discusses how to adapt current styles of trading to the fast-action E-DAT marketplace. From opening an E-DAT account to obtaining the best possible price on every trade, investors looking to go the next level will want to read this information-packed book." |
 | The McGraw-Hill Investor's Desk Reference Product# 460548086 Selling for $29.95 The McGraw-Hill Investor?ÇÖs Desk Reference is a book whose time has come. Compiling the up-to-date answers to virtually every important investment question?Çöfrom ?Ç£How do I invest online??Ç¥ to ?Ç£What is the difference between value and growth investing??Ç¥?Çöthis comprehensive guidebook puts today?ÇÖs most important and frequently sought information at the fingertips of investors. |
 | Tradings Systems That Work: Building and Evaluating Effective Trading Systems Product# 460548090 Selling for $55 "Today?ÇÖs computer trading programs can be a godsend to traders looking for an extra edge. They can also be filled with dangerous?Çöand expensive?Çöpitfalls for the uninitiated. Trading Systems That Work reviews and analyzes today?ÇÖs major software programs, and helps traders determine which will work best for their personal trading style and habits?Çöand which could actually work against them." |
 | Financial Freedom Through Electronic Day Trading Product# 460548107 Selling for $34.95 An increasing number of investors are entering the high-risk world of electronic day trading?Çöoften before they?ÇÖve learned the basic principles and safeguards. Financial Freedom Through Electronic Day Trading combines Van Tharp?ÇÖs mastery of trading psychology with Brian June?ÇÖs nuts-and-bolts expertise to give day traders the proven strategies and information they need to survive and succeed. |
 | All About Retirement Funds Product# 460548190 Selling for $20 "'All About Retirement Funds is a commonsense, practical guide that covers every financial aspect of planning for retirement. Up-todate, in-depth coverage is provided for maximizing the long-term benefits of a 401(k), IRA, pension plan, annuity, Social Security, or other retirement financial vehicle. From determining how much money will be needed, to when and how to begin drawing on retirement reserves, this comprehensive, easy-to-read addition to McGraw-Hill's bestselling All About series tells workers everything they need to know to save, invest, and plan for a long and financially comfortable retirement." |
 | Cashing in on Wall Street's 10 Greatest Myths Product# 460678983 Selling for $24.95 "A detailed assessment of the commonly held myths that drive investor behavior uncovers core concepts that always provide the safest path to building wealth, with practical advice on mutual funds, what to look for to find profitable investment choices, how to protect one's portfolio, and more. 15,000 first printing." |
 | Essentials of Investments with Standard & Poor's Educational Version of Market Insight + PowerWeb + Stock Trak Coupon Product# 460679127 Selling for $166.5 "The market leading Essentials of Investments, 5/e by Bodie, Kane and Marcus is an undergraduate textbook on investment analysis, presenting the practical applications of investment theory to convey insights of practical value. The authors have eliminated unnecessary mathematical detail and concentrate on the intuition and insights that will be useful to practitioners throughout their careers as new ideas and challenges emerge from the financial marketplace. ESSENTIALS maintains the theme of asset allocation (authors discuss asset pricing and trading then apply these theories to portfolio planning in real-world securities markets that are governed by risk/return relationships). ESSENTIALS continues to develop modern topics. The major objective in this revision is to maintain the current level in content and coverage, with greater emphasis on the Internet and global issues, and to improve the text's accessibility by enhancing presentation, pedagogy, and design." |
 | Fire Your Stock Analyst: Analyzing Stocks on Your Own Product# 460679311 Selling for $27.95 "-- Recent events prove that you can't always trust the so-called experts. This book gives you the smarts to pick market-beating stocks on your own. Goes beyond the basics, includes never before published advanced analysis strategies. This is simply the wo" |
 | Financial Management and Mastering Finance: Universal CD ROM Ver. 1.1 Product# 460679582 Selling for $135.33 "Text provides comprehensive coverage of the latest concepts in financial theory. This edition includes interactive web-linked modules, which have been integrated into the text. Includes expanded coverage and discussion on forms of business, Real Options, and Internet companies. Includes updated references and examples. Previous edition: c2000. DLC: Corporations--Finance." |
 | The Encyclopedia of Trading Strategies Product# 460683134 Selling for $60 "The Encyclopedia of Trading Strategies is for traders who want to take the next step to consistently profitable trading. The authors--themselves seasoned veterans of the futures trading arena--pinpoint the trading methods and strategies that have been shown to produce market-beating returns. Their rigorous and systematic backtesting of each method, using the same sets of markets and analytic techniques, provides a scientific, system-based approach to system development...to help you assemble the trading system that will put you on the road to becoming a more consistently profitable trader." |
 | Schaum's Outline of Investments Product# 460683198 Selling for $17.95 "Investment courses are in demand by 800,000 business majors and lifelong learners in non-degree programs every year. Schaum's Outline of Investments, Second Edition, presents this authoritative learning guide to the decade's hottest topicmaking money grow. Contains clear and concise explanations of investment principles, contemporary investment strategies, and international markets." |
 | The Bond Book: Everything Investors Need to Know About Treasuries, Municipals, GNMAs, Corporates, Zeros, Bond Funds, Money Market Funds, and More Product# 460683221 Selling for $29.95 "In today?ÇÖs volatile financial environment, growing numbers of investors are looking to flee the stock market in search of safer ground. While the bond market has often been a ?Ç£safe haven,?Ç¥ confusing new bonds and bond funds make it increasingly difficult for unfamiliar investors to choose the correct fixed income investments. The Bond Book provides investors with the information and tools they need to make bonds a comforting, important, and profitable component of their portfolios." |
 | On Money and Markets: A Wall Street Memoir Product# 460683227 Selling for $24.95 "Explores a broad range of important topics in modern business and finance, and shares his views and predictions on what to expect in the world's changing economic environment. DLC: Kaufman, Henry." |
 | Technical Analysis from A to Z, 2nd Edition Product# 460683241 Selling for $39.95 "A reference for investors, completely cataloging today's major technical analysis indicators for trading stocks, bonds, futures, and options. Features quick-read 2-4 page sections for over 135 indicators, detailed charts and tables with calculations on over 80 indicators, and tools for improved trading profits in every market. DLC: Investment analysis--Terminology." |
 | New Life Insurance Investment Advisor: Achieving Financial Security for You and your Family Through Today's Insurance Products Product# 460683242 Selling for $29.95 "Consumer guide to investing in life insurance, offering a complete resource on term life, whole life, universal life, variable life, and which type of insurance is best of which consumer. Avoids jargon and double-speak, explaining concepts in a straightforward manner. Previous edition: c1994. DLC: Insurance, Life--United States." |
 | All About Stock Market Strategies Product# 460683263 Selling for $18.95 "Provides an in-depth examination of today's most popular and successful investing strategies. From the basics of each strategy to choosing the correct strategy for a particular market, it is an authoritative look into this essential topic, written for investors of every size and objective. Softcover." |
 | Candlesticks Explained Product# 460683293 Selling for $55 An A-Z guide to the basic principles of Japanese candlesticks and other Eastern charting techniques and the ideal introduction to these increasingly popular techniques. Softcover. CD-ROM included. |
 | The Investor's Guide to Technical Analysis Product# 460683328 Selling for $18.95 "Everything investors need to know to understand, utilize, and profit from the basic tools of technical analysis Technical analysis (TA) doesn't have to be difficult or intimidating. In fact, many TA tools are remarkably simple to use and have helped millions of individual investors dramatically improve their results. 'The Investor's Guide to Technical Analysis provides investors with practical strategies, cut-to-the-chase explanations, and detailed introductions to the basic tools and concepts of technical analysis. More than just an overview of technical analysis, this results-based book shows investors how to apply the most efficient and reliable TA tools to their investment programs and greatly increase both their confidence and their results. Straightforward examples and descriptions show investors of every type how to: Understand market cycles and their value in choosing optimal buy and sell points Identify and make use of basic indicators as well as sentiment indicators Use trend lines to accurately track market movement" |
 | Building Financial Models Product# 460683361 Selling for $65 "Financial modeling is essential for determining a company's current value and projecting its future performance, yet few books explain how to build models for accurately interpreting financial statements. 'Building Financial Models is the first book to correct this oversight, unveiling a step-by-step process for creating a core model and then customizing it for companies in virtually any industry. Covering every aspect of building a financial model, it provides a broad understanding of the actual mechanics of models, as well as their foundational accounting and finance concepts." |
 | Understanding Stocks Product# 460683389 Selling for $15.95 "Pocket-size guide to everything you need to know about stocks; including more than 50 quick, easy, and entertaining lessons on stocks and investing. Discusses how to open an account, evaluate a stock, and place a trade; strategies for making money slow or fast, with the advantages and dangers of each; and ten costly mistakes that are easy to make. Softcover. DLC: Stocks." |
 | Quantitative Trading Strategies Product# 460683408 Selling for $65 "Text provides an in-depth look at today's top technical trading strategies, and how they can be incorporated into a personal trading program. DLC: Stocks--Mathematical models." |
 | All About Market Timing Product# 460683414 Selling for $18.95 "Shell-shocked investors have lost patience with the traditional buy-and-hold approach to investing. 'All About Market Timing arms investors with simple, easy-to-use timing techniques that they can use to enter rising markets, exit (or go short) falling markets, and make consistent profits in both market environments while protecting against catastrophic losses. Compelling arguments demonstrate the superiority of basic timing over buy-and-hold, while step-by-step instructions show how uncomplicated timing can be. Specific investment vehicles are recommended that fit well into most timing strategies. Investors who want to time the market using their own strategies are provided with information on available software and Web sites. And those investors who are looking for advisors to help them are provided with unbiased rating services to help them select the advisor that is best for them." |
 | The Complete Guide to Spread Trading Product# 460683503 Selling for $55 "Spread trading, a low-risk, high-profit technique, involves buying a contract in one market while selling a different contract in another market to profit from the imbalance between those markets. 'The Complete Guide to Spread Trading covers the step-by-step mechanics for successfully executing more than 25 calendar, intermarket, interest rate, volatility, and stock index spreads. It explains both basic and advanced spread techniques and strategies, revealing market situations where spreads are most appropriate as well as clarifying what it means to buy or sell a spread, and more." |
 | Ready Notes to accompany Essentials of Investments Product# 460683804 Selling for $29.37 "This note-taking supplement contains a reduced copy of every image from the Transparency Masters/PowerPoint Presentation Software package. There is room to take notes next to each image, allowing students a more complete and organized method for recording lecture notes." |
| Essentials of Investments with Standard & Poor's Educational Version of Market Insight + PowerWeb + Stock Trak Coupon Product# 460683827 Selling for $166.5 "The market leading Essentials of Investments, 5/e by Bodie, Kane and Marcus is an undergraduate textbook on investment analysis, presenting the practical applications of investment theory to convey insights of practical value. The authors have eliminated unnecessary mathematical detail and concentrate on the intuition and insights that will be useful to practitioners throughout their careers as new ideas and challenges emerge from the financial marketplace. ESSENTIALS maintains the theme of asset allocation (authors discuss asset pricing and trading then apply these theories to portfolio planning in real-world securities markets that are governed by risk/return relationships). ESSENTIALS continues to develop modern topics. The major objective in this revision is to maintain the current level in content and coverage, with greater emphasis on the Internet and global issues, and to improve the text's accessibility by enhancing presentation, pedagogy, and design." |
| Fire Your Stock Analyst: Analyzing Stocks on Your Own Product# 460684659 Selling for $27.95 "-- Recent events prove that you can't always trust the so-called experts. This book gives you the smarts to pick market-beating stocks on your own. Goes beyond the basics, includes never before published advanced analysis strategies. This is simply the wo" |
| Financial Management and Mastering Finance: Universal CD ROM Ver. 1.1 Product# 460685923 Selling for $135.33 "Text provides comprehensive coverage of the latest concepts in financial theory. This edition includes interactive web-linked modules, which have been integrated into the text. Includes expanded coverage and discussion on forms of business, Real Options, and Internet companies. Includes updated references and examples. Previous edition: c2000. DLC: Corporations--Finance." |
 | Electronic Day Trading 101 Product# 460687891 Selling for $29.95 "By now, you've probably heard lots of stories about the thousands of individuals worldwide who, armed with little more than their PCs, are making a killing day trading stocks online. Could electronic day trading be your ticket to financial independence? Here's your chance to find out. Written by Sunny J. Harris, a successful electronic trader and one of today's most respected trading educators, Electronic Day Trading 101 is a complete step-by-step introduction to online day trading--what it is, how it works, and how to get started in business for yourself--and succeed. Requiring no prior stock market or electronic investing experience, it covers all the basics, from stock market fundamentals and essential trading terminology to sophisticated techniques for evaluating your trading performance. With dozens of illustrations and real-life examples, Harris fills you in on what you need to know about trading hardware and software, selecting an online broker or ECN, opening a trading account, developing a trading system that's right for you, trading from home or from a trading salon, performing fundamental and technical analysis, and researching stocks online. Drawing upon her two decades of experience as head of her own trading firm, Harris provides expert coaching on the all-important business aspects of running a thriving electronic trading practice. She provides invaluable tips on goal setting, maintaining discipline, managing your time, budgeting, good record keeping, and taxes. She also helps you to understand the psychological barriers that often keep people from succeeding as traders, and tells you how to overcome them. Electronic Day Trading 101 is an indispensable springboard for anyone considering taking the leap into online trading. A top trading guru tells you everything you need to know about getting started as an online day trader. 'Sunny Harris has created a most comprehensive road map for guiding one into the exciting world of 'Direct Access Electronic Trading.' Very informative, realistic, and helpful. A 'must read'.' - Harvey Houtkin, CEO, All-Tech Investment Group Author of Secrets of the SOES Bandit 'If you're going to start trading, start here. And, if you don't know a Level 2 screen from a Short List, then don't go further without reading this book. Sunny Harris has put together a great resource that will save you time and work, and added common sense that could only come from a successful, experienced trader.' - Perry Kaufman, author of Trading Systems" |
 | Invest in the Best: How to Profit from Well-Managed Companies Product# 460687958 Selling for $29.95 "WHY WELL-MANAGED COMPANIES ARE BETTER INVESTMENTS Here is never-before-published information about the characteristics of well-managed companies, why quality of management makes a difference in stock performance, and how to find and profit from well-managed companies. Invest in the Best includes complete explanations of topics such as: *How the Quality Index proves that the stock of well-managed companies outperforms that of their competitors *How you can find well-managed companies *How you can use the Management Screen to assess management quality *How you can reduce risk by investing in well-managed companies *Profiles and resources to help you add a management screen to your stock-buying strategies While every investor studies the same financial data, you can 'beat the Street' with information that puts you a step ahead of the crowd?Çôand gives you a leg up on a volatile market. Please visit our Web site at www.wileyfinance.com" |
 | Keeping Clients for Life Product# 460688048 Selling for $49.95 "A successful financial planner is someone who does more than just crunch numbers and present an annual investment plan to clients. There is a psychological component to effective client care as well as to issues involving clients?ÇÖ overall financial well-being. People skills, as well as financial planning skills, are necessary to build a successful financial planning business. This comprehensive guide teaches both new and veteran financial professionals how to relate to their clients in meaningful ways, thus growing their business by increasing the long-term retention of those clients. Offered here are insights into such issues as how to determine which clients to accept, how to propose a plan clients can use, how to tread carefully in family situations, how to develop sensitivity and communications skills, and how to work with the media and recognize the importance of building your business one lasting relationship at a time. Karen Caplan Altfest, PhD, CFP (New York, NY), is Vice President of L. J. Altfest & Co., a financial planning and investment management firm. She is also the Director of the Financial Planning and Investments Program at the New School." |
 | The Warren Buffett CEO: Secrets from the Berkshire Hathaway Managers Product# 460688103 Selling for $19.95 "" Everyone knows Warren is the greatest investor of our time. . . .This book for the first time captures his genius as a manager." – Jack Welch " Everyone who reads it comes away singing its praises" – Warren Buffett Much has been written about Warren Buffett and the philosophy that made him the most successful investor in history, yet nothing– until now– has been written about his role as manager of the diverse companies under Berkshire Hathaway’ ownership. Berkshire Hathaway expert Robert Miles explores the hands-off management style that has proven so successful for both Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. Including rare interviews with executives who run the companies within Berkshire Hathaway holdings, The Warren Buffett CEO provides a unique insider’ s perspective from managers such as: Lou Simpson and Tony Nicely, Presidents and CEOs of Capital Operations and Operations, respectively, Geico Ajit Jain, President, Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group Richard Santulli, Founder and CEO, NetJets Besides revealing the successful management style of the powerhouse holding company known as Berkshire Hathaway, The Warren Buffett CEO sheds light on the company’ s future as well as on who will succeed the " Oracle of Omaha" when he steps down. You may never get to work with Warren Buffett, but in reading The Warren Buffett CEO you will understand what it is like to work for " the best boss in the world."" |
 | The Guide to Understanding Financial Statements Product# 460766615 Selling for $34.95 "There's no mystery to understanding company financial statements Even if you have no financial or accounting background, you can read those intimidating-looking financial statements as easily as A-B-C. The second edition of The Guide to Understanding Financial Statements, by S.B. Costales and Geza Szurovy, makes all the numbers and jargon absolutely clear. In seconds you'll spot a company's strengths and weaknesses, see how its performance measures up, and have a solid basis for judging future prospects. The material is so easy to grasp, you'll know it all on first reading, Discover: what a balance sheet really reveals; the true significance of a profit and loss statement; what the six most important financial ratios are, and what each can tell you; how to tell when the numbers are favorable or not; how to spot fraud; how to discover whether the stated value of certain asests is true; much more." |
 | The 100 Best Internet Stocks to Own Product# 460766699 Selling for $19.95 "A complete guide to the 100 best Internet stocks to own, explaining why these are the best. Offers thorough descriptions, financial data, and other information for each company, as well as key statistics including market cap and sales ratio for 1999. Also includes strategies for identifying winning stocks in the future. Softcover." |
 | All About Technical Analysis Product# 460766731 Selling for $18.95 "Explains what technical analysis is, why so many savvy investors rely on it to help forecast market movements, and how to successfully blend it into an overall investing program. Softcover." |
 | The 5 Keys to Value Investing Product# 460766747 Selling for $24.95 "How to determine what stocks are really worth-- and buy the best at a discount ''The Five Keys to Value Investing is practical, insightful, and a great roadmap to not only value investing but how to make money in the stock market.' -- Joel Greenblatt, Managing Partner, Gotham Capital 'Jean-Jacques has written a great how-to guide for both beginning and experienced value investors. He skillfully draws on the canon and legacy of the great value investors, such as Graham and Buffett...a terrific addition on this time-tested methodology.' -- Eric T. McKissack, Vice Chairman, Ariel Capital Management/Ariel Mutual Funds Investors left to pick up the pieces of the shattered stock market are rediscovering value investing-- the time-tested technique based on assessing and buying businesses as opposed to 'picking' hot stocks. 'The Five Keys to Value Investing provides a methodical framework for using value analysis to uncover investment opportunities based on their business strengths, and building a solid portfolio of stocks that is destined to provide superior lon" |
 | The U.S. Army Leadership Field Manual Product# 460766779 Selling for $14.95 "How the world's most dynamic organization prepares its leaders for battle, with valuable insights for today's business arena For mor than 50 years, 'The U.S. Army Leadership Field Manual has provided leadership training for every officer training program in the U.S. Army. This trade edition brings the manual's value-based leadership principles and practices to today's business world. The result is a compelling examination of how to be an effective leader when the survival of your team literally hangs on your decisions. More than 60 gripping vignettes and stories illustrate historical and contemporary examples of army leaders who made a difference. The 'U.S. Army Leadership Field Manual also provides: A leadership approach based on the army's core principles of 'Be, Know, Do' Hands-on lessons to enhance training, mentoring, and decision-making skills Chapters that focus on the different roles and requirements for leadership" |