A "hands-on" guide to applied equity analysis and portfolio management
From asset allocation to modeling the intrinsic value of a stock, Applied Equity Analysis and Portfolio Management + Online Video Course offers readers a solid foundation in the practice of fundamental analysis using the same tools and...
In today’s competitive market, project management has become one of the most valued skills in business. To thrive, it is essential that companies deliver their projects on time and to do this, they rely heavily on the expertise of skilled project managers. This is especially the case when a company undertakes a major project that requires...
All software developers use languages, which are the fundamental tool of the trade. Despite curiosity about how languages work, few developers actually understand how. Unfortunately, most texts on language and compiler development are hard to digest, written from academic platforms for use in college-level computer science programs. On the...
This is the first broad cross-country assessment of the ties between financial structure -- the mix of financial instruments, institutions, and markets in a given economy -- and economic growth since Raymond Goldsmith's 1969 landmark study. Most studies focus on developed countries and compare bank-based and market-based systems. Debates over the...
Magill’s Encyclopedia of Science: Plant Life is designed to meet the needs of college and high school students as well as nonspecialists seeking general information about botany and related sciences. The definition of “plant life” is quite broad, covering the range from molecular to macro topics: the basics of cell structure...
Few areas of photography require the level of unwavering technical expertise required for successful macrophotography. When you’re shooting very big images of very small subjects, even tiny flaws—be it in the lighting, composition, focusing, or any other aspect of the process—can result in unusable images. In this...
Have you ever felt like there’s just not enough time in the day...?For those of us with dreams and goals that we long to see accomplished in our lives, this frustration can be all-too-common. We find ourselves extremely busy, yet still, we struggle to find time for even the tasks we deem most important or the activities that bring us the...
"I would sleep better if I knew that Bernanke, Geithner, Bachus, Sen. Tim Johnson, Obama and Romney all kept dog-eared copies of Kevin Mellyn's Broken Markets on their nightstands. . . . Mellyn's work is a fascinating, important, and eminently good read and should inform the debate on overhauling the U.S. and...
make is one of UNIX's greatest contributions to software development, and this book is the clearest description of make ever written. Even the smallest software project typically involves a number of files that depend upon each other in various ways. If you modify one or more source files, you must relink the...
Microsoft Excel is a powerful spreadsheet program; in fact, it’s the most widely used spreadsheet program worldwide, but Excel is a lot more than just a spreadsheet program. Unknown to many users, Excel is also a sophisticated platform for development of custom applications. Lurking behind its mild-mannered spreadsheet disguise...
Art Carpenter demystifies the powerful REPORT procedure and shows you how to incorporate this highly flexible and customizable procedure into your SAS reporting programs. Combining his years of SAS experience with a talent for instruction, Art offers clear and comprehensive coverage that demonstrates how valuable this procedure is for both...