Download or read book Excel for Investment Professionals written by Michael McDonald and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Excel Modeling and Estimation in Investments written by Craig W. Holden and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2009 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Excel Applications for Corporate Finance written by Troy Alton Adair and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CONTENIDO: Making and using spreadsheets - Bringing data into Excel - Ratio analysis - Calculating present and future values - Compounding and interest rate conversion - Loan amortization and payment composition - Valuing bonds - Valuing stocks - Net present value - Other capital budgeting decision rules - Measuring risk and return - Calculating beta - Analyzing the security market line - Weighted average cost of capital - Estimating future cash flows: pro forma analysis - Scenario analysis and sensitivity analysis - Option valuation in corporate finance - International corporate finance.

Download or read book Excel Applications for Investments written by Troy A. Adair and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Excel for Investment Professionals written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leverage Excel to make sound investments. Learn how to perform key investment-related activities in Excel, including investment evaluation and analysis on a stock or portfolio.

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Download or read book Microsoft Excel for Stock and Option Traders written by Jeff Augen and published by Cisco Press. This book was released on 2011-04-18 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trade more profitably by exploiting Microsoft Excel’s powerful statistical and data mining tools: · Uncover subtle anomalies and distortions that signal profit opportunities · Create powerful new custom indicators, alerts, and trading models · Visualize and analyze huge amounts of trading data with just a few clicks · Powerful techniques for every active investor who can use Excel Now that high-speed traders dominate the market, yesterday’s slower-paced analysis strategies are virtually worthless. To outperform, individual traders must discover fleeting market trends and inefficiencies and act on them before they disappear. Five years ago, this required multimillion-dollar data mining and analytical infrastructures. Today, traders can use Excel with the help of world-class trader Jeff Augen’s Microsoft Excel for Stock and Option Traders: Build your Own Analytical Tools for Higher Returns. Augen shows how to use Excel 2007 or 2010 to uncover hidden correlations and reliable trade triggers based on subtle anomalies and price distortions, create and test new hypotheses others haven’t considered, and visualize data to reveal insights others can’t see! "Jeff Augen turns things inside out in his remarkable and challenging book Microsoft Excel for Stock and Option Traders." - John A. Sarkett, SFO Magazine, October 2011

Download or read book Day Trading Options written by Jeffrey Augen and published by FT Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A top options trader shows investors how they can use certain strategies, teaches why day trading options are more practical than ever, and helps them understand trends in the options market that have leveled the playing field between large institutions and private traders.

Download or read book The Theory and Practice of Investment Management written by Frank J. Fabozzi and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-04-18 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated guide to the theory and practice of investment management Many books focus on the theory of investment management and leave the details of the implementation of the theory up to you. This book illustrates how theory is applied in practice while stressing the importance of the portfolio construction process. The Second Edition of The Theory and Practice of Investment Management is the ultimate guide to understanding the various aspects of investment management and investment vehicles. Tying together theoretical advances in investment management with actual practical applications, this book gives you a unique opportunity to use proven investment management techniques to protect and grow a portfolio under many different circumstances. Contains new material on the latest tools and strategies for both equity and fixed income portfolio management Includes key take-aways as well as study questions at the conclusion of each chapter A timely updated guide to an important topic in today's investment world This comprehensive investment management resource combines real-world financial knowledge with investment management theory to provide you with the practical guidance needed to succeed within the investment management arena.

Download or read book Linear and Mixed Integer Programming for Portfolio Optimization written by Renata Mansini and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-06-10 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents solutions to the general problem of single period portfolio optimization. It introduces different linear models, arising from different performance measures, and the mixed integer linear models resulting from the introduction of real features. Other linear models, such as models for portfolio rebalancing and index tracking, are also covered. The book discusses computational issues and provides a theoretical framework, including the concepts of risk-averse preferences, stochastic dominance and coherent risk measures. The material is presented in a style that requires no background in finance or in portfolio optimization; some experience in linear and mixed integer models, however, is required. The book is thoroughly didactic, supplementing the concepts with comments and illustrative examples.

Download or read book Value Investing written by Bruce C. Greenwald and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-01-26 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the "guru to Wall Street's gurus" comes the fundamental techniques of value investing and their applications Bruce Greenwald is one of the leading authorities on value investing. Some of the savviest people on Wall Street have taken his Columbia Business School executive education course on the subject. Now this dynamic and popular teacher, with some colleagues, reveals the fundamental principles of value investing, the one investment technique that has proven itself consistently over time. After covering general techniques of value investing, the book proceeds to illustrate their applications through profiles of Warren Buffett, Michael Price, Mario Gabellio, and other successful value investors. A number of case studies highlight the techniques in practice. Bruce C. N. Greenwald (New York, NY) is the Robert Heilbrunn Professor of Finance and Asset Management at Columbia University. Judd Kahn, PhD (New York, NY), is a member of Morningside Value Investors. Paul D. Sonkin (New York, NY) is the investment manager of the Hummingbird Value Fund. Michael van Biema (New York, NY) is an Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University.