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A comprehensive review of recent developments in index numbers
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This updated edition includes a new section examining the background to the current market and the life-cycle of individual gilts. Additional new features are coverage of other index-linked stock (corporate stock), a consideration of gilts/equities relationships and international index stock. ... Read more

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This text combines a theoreitcal and empirical analysis of the advantages of issuing index-linked bonds, potential problems that may arise and how sovereign issuers should deal with them. ... Read more

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Useless reading!
This book is a collection of articles in different subjects related to indexlinked bonds (according to the authors opinon). However, the title is very missleading, since basically nothing of the content is very useful for a marketpractioner. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Irish Taxation Irish Tax Reports is the only comprehensive set of reports of Irish tax cases ever published. Edited by barrister Kelley Smith, this unique set brings together all tax cases in Ireland since the foundation of the state. Many previously unreported judgments are included, as are many of the cases stated. Each spring, all new cases from the previous year are published in a bound paperback volume along with new Cumulative Tables and an index. These annual volumes are merged and republished in hardback form, every four to five years, allowing users to maintain and expand their hardback sets. Volumes may also be purchased separately. ... Read more

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Many new investors are shocked to discover there are over 8,000 different mutual funds to choose from! How do you know which fund to pick? Once you pick a fund, how do you know how well it is performing? Do you have to spend a lot of time learning about investing?

This book answers all of these questions and more. It shows how regular people can simplify their investment life and beat the pro's results.

Jill is a new investor who knows she must start investing for her daughter's education and her retirement.Jill turns to her nephew, a Business Major, and to William the friendly Finance Professor for advice.

With the help of her friends, Jill learns how to invest to meet her long term goals using index funds.

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Simple
I've read indexing books by John Bogle, Charles Ellis and Larry Swedroe but this is the book I bought for my niece and nephew.It's concise yet informative and appropriate for anyone with at least a high schooleducation looking for a good explanation of the benefits of indexing.

Good book for beginners
I was a total dummy when it came to investing. I wanted a book to teach me the basics of investing. This book more than met my needs.It only took a couple of hours to read, but it covered the basics of mutual funds, indexfunds, and asset allocation.The book was very easy to read and was notfilled with terminology I did not understand.After reading the book, I amready to start investing in index funds, and I have already started tolearn more about asset allocation.A must read book for people new tomutual fund investing!

Very basic information
This book is written for the total newbie to mutual fund investing. It does not offer specific advice on indicies or asset allocation, but it does make a clear argument for why to use a broad market index as the foundationfor one's investment strategy. This is a one hour read.

Wish this book was available 3 years ago!
3 years ago I invested a bunch of money in load funds selected by a financial planner.I also put some of the money into stocks I picked.After reading this book, if I had only put my money in index funds! If Ihad invested in index mutual funds I would have made tens of thousands moremoney over the last 3 years.Book was great because it explained investingin language I could understand!

Great book for experienced mutual fund investors
I have been investing in mutual funds for over 10 years.I was selecting my funds based on how well they did compared to other funds. Through this book, I learned to compare the performance of my funds to the S&P 500Index. I'm now a believer in using Index Funds for most of my investments!! ... Read more

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Updated and revised to include a decade of growth in the scope and complexity of options, Options Strategies: Profit-Making Techniques for Stock, Stock Index, and Commodity Options, 3rd Edition is a comprehensive guide to options trading strategies written in clear, non-technical language. In addition to insight into options issues like carrying changes, strike prices, commissions, interest rates, and break-even points, new chapters show how to predict the direction of implied volatility. Accessible examples, charts, and graphs will help you obtain the information you need to succeed in the high-risk, high-profit world of options. ... Read more

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Independent Trader
As a person who has always found option strategies to be quite confusing, this book is a god-send! Mr. Smith's book is the only options strategy book that I've ever read that gives a concise and clear decision tree on what strategy to use in what market conditions.Anyone who is a serious options trader and wants to be profitable needs this book in their library!

Poorly edited mess
This book contains absolutely no information on how to judge whether a particular option is over- or under-priced, or how to arrive at either a bullish or bearish outlook.The idea is that you have already come to some conclusion and then you consult the book to determine how you should play the option.That would be fine if the book did not contain numerous errors, all due to the fact that this book apparently was not proof-read.For example, if your outlook is bullish, you find the strategy for putting on a call spread, and select the type of spread you want to do.The author then copied the same instructions into the section on bear spreads, and then tried to change all the "calls" to "puts" or the "buys" to "sells."Of course, he missed many such changes, and there are multiple instances where the word "call" appears where it should read "put," and where "buy" appears when it should be "sell."If you buy this book, you will have to make your own corrections in it, or you may follow the instructions right into the poorhouse.I consider the money I spent on this book to be wasted.

Hard to read textbook
The bad news: This is a classic textbook that requires all your attention and more.Even an experienced option trader can get lost easily. The good news: It is a comprehensive guide and reference book which I use oncea week to help me choose the right move.

The fundamentals of Option Strategy
Option Strategies is an excellent intermediate treatise on option trading. While it doesn't go deeply into option pricing and implied volatility, its focus on strategy and decision structure serves the readerwell. Almostevery major position type, from the basic buys and writes to the morecomplex, such as ratio spreads and butterflies are covered. Each positionis dissected in detail, with emphasis on how to deal with adverse andpositive price impacts.

In the pantheon of trading tomes, CourtneySmith's work should appeal to those looking for a sound foundation inoption strategy. It is one place where a trader can look at any idea andfigure out which type of play offers the best risk/reward alternatives. Asolid non-technical book. ... Read more

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Designed to answer questions about the makeup, purpose, use, and availability of economic indicators in a broad sense of the term, this book includes entries on 284 indicators, 137 of which are new to this edition. In addition to identifying and describing indicators, the entries show how they are calculated, where they are published, how they are used, where their values are published, and where one can find further information about them. Covering those indicators that are readily available through publication in newspapers and journals, on the World Wide Web, in library collections, or in government publications, the book will guide the researcher and librarian to current and historical values of these indicators and answer questions about their structure, function, and calculation. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Real Estate Weekly, published by Thomson Gale on February 14, 2007. The length of the article is 438 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Wells new mutual fund to track Dow Jones securities index.(FINANCE)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Real Estate Weekly (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 14, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 53Issue: 27Page: 33(1)

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