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Beschreibung

This thorough reference guide to reading and really understanding the financial pages shows you where to look for information and how to make best use of it. Designed for a range of users, from corporate managers to individual investors, it shows you how to assess and evaluate information so as to benefit your investing and saving strategies and better understand economic indicators and financial jargon.

Financial Guide to Using the Financial Pages uses real examples from the financial newspapers, case studies of businesses, company reports and electronic information.

This new edition has been fully updated with new features, including:

- A wider range of examples of financial information.

- References at the end of each chapter, rather than at the end of the book.

- Online and 'new media' references incorporated throughout the book

- More discussion on financial regulation and govern­mental bodies.

- A glossary of financial terms.

This thorough reference guide to reading and really understanding the financial pages shows you where to look for information and how to make best use of it. Designed for a range of users, from corporate managers to individual investors, it shows you how to assess and evaluate information so as to benefit your investing and saving strategies and better understand economic indicators and financial jargon.

Financial Guide to Using the Financial Pages uses real examples from the financial newspapers, case studies of businesses, company reports and electronic information.

This new edition has been fully updated with new features, including:

- A wider range of examples of financial information.

- References at the end of each chapter, rather than at the end of the book.

- Online and 'new media' references incorporated throughout the book

- More discussion on financial regulation and govern­mental bodies.

- A glossary of financial terms.

Über den Autor

Romesh Vaitilingam is a media consultant and writer. He is the author of numerous articles and several successful titles in finance, including The Financial Times Guide to Using Economics and Economic Indicators. As a specialist in translating economic and financial concepts into everyday language, Romesh has advised a number of top management consultancies, as well as various UK government agencies. His work also involves media consultancy for the international economic research community.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

Introduction

The sixth edition

Acknowledgements

Part 1: Identifying the players

1 Investors
2 Companies
3 Financial institutions
4 Governments

Part 2: Interpreting the markets

5 Stocks and shares: the UK equity markets
6 Indices and aggregates: market indicators
7 NYSE and Nasdaq: the US equity markets
8 European equities: stock markets in the eurozone and beyond
9 Other international equities: emerging stock markets and world indices
10 Trusts and funds: the managed money markets
11 Bonds and gilts: the international capital markets
12 Cash and currency: the foreign exchange and money markets
13 Futures and options: the derivatives markets
14 Primary products: the commodities markets

Part 3: Understanding the economies

15 UK economic indicators
16 The European economy: market integration and monetary union
17 The world economy: trade, growth and international institutions

Part 4: Beyond the financial pages

18 Company and investor lives: the key performance indicators (by Ken Langdon)
19 Sources of information: a brief guide

Glossary
Appendix 1: The key ratios guide
Appendix 2: The key indices guide
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Fachbereich: Betriebswirtschaft
Genre: Importe, Wirtschaft
Rubrik: Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780273727873
ISBN-10: 0273727877
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Vaitilingam, Romesh
Auflage: 6. Auflage
Hersteller: Pearson Education Limited
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 235 x 195 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: Romesh Vaitilingam
Erscheinungsdatum: 18.11.2010
Gewicht: 0,716 kg
Artikel-ID: 128908959

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