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The 5 Fundamentals of Building a Retirement Portfolio

admin — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:57:23 +0000

Whether you are an everyday investor interested in the financial markets or an experienced financial professional looking for new insights into portfolio construction and various assets, this book has something for you.

The 5 Fundamentals of Building a Retirement Portfolio focuses on the essential elements of building a well-rounded retirement portfolio: predictable income, inflation protection, deflation protection, liquidity, and principal preservation.

In the context of the five fundamentals, this book discusses a variety of popular investing topics including dividend growth investing, high-yield bonds, call and put options, and commodities. It also provides unique insight into buy-and-hold investing, taxable-equivalent bond yields, the debt ceiling, and more!

The 5 Fundamentals of Building a Retirement Portfolio aims to help each reader become a better-informed investor with a good grasp of the decision-making process necessary to select the various assets best suited for his or her retirement portfolio.

Standard & Poor’s Fundamentals of Corporate Credit Analysis

admin — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:40:53 +0000

An authoritative, in-depth guide to all aspects of credit analysis from the experts at Standard & Poor's Credit analysis--gauging an issuer's ability to repay interest and principal on a bond issue--plays an essential role in determining how bond issues are rated and priced. Fundamentals of Corporate Credit Analysis provides both analysts and investors with the practical, up-to-date information they need, backed by Standard & Poor's research, data, and experience, to properly assess the credit risk of virtually any entity. Whether used as a handy all-in-one guide or as a comprehensive training tool, it will give anyone the knowledge and tools needed to dig beneath standard ratings and determine an organization's true creditworthiness.

Modern Security Analysis: Understanding Wall Street Fundamentals (Wiley Finance)

admin — Tue, 21 May 2013 06:57:44 +0000

A legendary value investor on security analysis for a modern era

This book outlines Whitman's approach to business and security analysis that departs from most conventional security analysts. This approach has more in common with corporate finance than it does with the conventional approach. The key factors in appraising a company and its securities: 1) Credit worthiness, 2) Flows—both cash and earnings, 3) Long-term outlook, 4) Salable assets which can be disposed of without compromising the going concern, dynamics, 5) Resource conversions such as changes in control, mergers and acquisitions, going private, and major changes in assets or in liabilities, and 6) Access to capital.

Offers the security analysis value approach Martin Whitman has used successfully since 1986
Details Whitman's unconventional approach to security analysis and offers information on the six key factors for appraising a company
Contains the three most overemphasized factors used in conventional securities investing

Written by Martin J. Whitman, Modern Security Analysis meets the challenge of today's marketplace by taking into account changes to regulation, market structures, instruments, and the speed and volume of trading.

Fundamentals of Offshore Banking: How to Open Accounts Almost Anywhere

admin — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 05:51:55 +0000