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Goals-Based Portfolio Theory
by Franklin J. ParkerAn in-depth overview of investing in the real world In Goals-Based Portfolio Theory, award-winning Chartered Financial Analyst® Franklin J. Parker delivers an insightful and eye-opening discussion of how real people can navigate the financial jungle and achieve their financial goals. The book accepts the reality that the typical investor has specific funding requirements within specified periods of time and a limited amount of wealth to dedicate to those objectives. It then works within those limits to show you how to build an investment portfolio that maximizes the possibility you’ll achieve your goals, as well as how to manage the tradeoffs between your goals. In the book, you’ll find: Strategies for incorporating taxation and rebalancing into a goals-based portfolio A discussion of the major non-financial risks faced by people engaged in private wealth management An incisive prediction of what the future of wealth management and investment management may look likeAn indispensable exploration of investing as it actually works in the real world for real people, Goals-Based Portfolio Theory belongs in the library of all investors and their advisors who want to maximize the chances of meeting financial goals.
Goals-Based Wealth Management + Website
by Jean L. Brunel CFATake a more active role in strategic asset allocation A Practical Guide to Goals-Based Wealth Management is a manual for protecting and growing client wealth in a way that changes both the services and profitability of the firm. Written by a 35-year veteran of international wealth education and analysis, this informative guide explains a new approach to wealth management that allows individuals to take on a more active role in the allocation of their assets. Coverage includes a detailed examination of the goals-based approach, including what works and what needs to be revisited, and a clear, understandable model that allows advisors to help individuals to navigate complex processes. The companion website offers ancillary readings, practice management checklists, and assessments that help readers secure a deep understanding of the key ideas that make goals-based wealth management work. The goals-based wealth management approach was pioneered in 2002, but has seen a slow evolution and only modest refinements largely due to a lack of wide-scale adoption. This book takes the first steps toward finalizing the approach, by delineating the effective and ineffective aspects of traditional approaches, and proposing changes that could bring better value to practitioners and their clients. Understand the challenges faced by the affluent and wealthy Examine strategic asset allocation and investment policy formulation Learn a model for dealing with the asset allocation process Learn why the structure of the typical advisory firm needs to change High-net-worth individuals face very specific challenges. A Practical Goals-Based Wealth Management focuses on how those challenges can be overcome while adhering to their goals, incorporating constraints, and working within the individual's frame of reference to drive strategic allocation of their financial assets.
The Goals of Macroeconomic Policy
by Martin PrachownyPoliticians win elections by promising 'Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!' but in practice these promises quickly fall by the wayside. The Goals of Macroeconomic Policy asks why. It begins with the observation that there is no convincing economic argument that full employment should be the primary objective of economic policy in all circumstances. In the light of this it examines whcy policy has failed so consistantly. It explains this by a theory of the labour market which shows why most workers are happy to operate in a way which militates against full employment. It then proceeds to analyse the rather dire consequences of this for the budget deficit.
Goals! Third Edition: How to Get Everything You WantFaster Than You Ever Thought Possible
by Brian TracyAlmost a million copies sold since first published in 2003, this updated edition of Brian Tracy's self-help classic offers a step-by-step guide to setting and achieving your goals.Featuring 20% more content, including a new chapter, unlock your true potential with this tried-and-true productivity bestseller.Legendary time management and personal development expert Brian Tracy presents his simple, powerful, and effective system for setting and achieving goals. Each chapter introduces a principle key in reaching your goals, along with a toolkit full of both comprehensive insights and actionable steps.Using the twenty-two strategies Tracy outlines, you'll be able to accomplish any goal you set for yourself-no matter how big. You'll discover goal-setting strategies in various aspects of your life including:How to identify, clarify, and apply personal values in everyday actionsHow to take charge of your money to achieve financial freedomWhat it takes to overcome obstacles in your personal relationshipsHow to make better choices in your health and wellbeingResponding to challenges in your careerHow to stop holding yourself back with self-doubt and procrastinationYour time is important, so why not make the most of it? By following this time-tested and proven process you will not only reach your current goals, but also develop a life-long growth mindset that will guide you towards a more successful future.
GOAT Group: Jordans, Yeezys, and the Global Secondary Sneaker Market
by George Gonzalez Jeffrey Rayport Spencer RascoffCase
GOATONOMICS - HOW OUR FAITH DETERMINES OUR SHARE OF THE ROAST
by Axel Reimann Jenny WadeHow about a totally new perspective on the economy? In a market economy, we all get what we deserve. At least, that’s what we believe. But more confusion reigns now than ever: who actually decides how big our share of the roast goat will be? Market laws or a curious arrangement construed by the powers that be? Axel Reimann explains why more and more people are questioning their faith in the economy and what impact that may ultimately have. In a humorous, vivid, and unconventional style, he reveals how the economy in Western cultures is on the verge of secularisation, what our overnight bank accounts have to do with world peace, and why it would be hell on earth if we no longer had anything to worry about. He also tackles why property needs priests, and how Franz Beckenbauer came to autograph pictures of Ayatollah Khomeini. A new perspective on the economy - humorous and descriptive. An unusual evaluation of how we deal with money.
Gobernando como una Reina: Inspiración de la Reina Ester
by Dy Wakefield Rebeca Pérez DuránGobernando como una Reina, inspiración de la Reina Ester. Basado en el Libro de Ester, una mujer que tuvo que encontrar el valor para salvar a su pueblo.
Gobernanza inteligente para el siglo XXI: Una vía intermedia entre Occidente y Oriente
by Nicolas Berggruen Nathan Gardels¿Cuál es la mejor forma de gobernar un mundo en profunda transformación? Un libro que analiza la unión de las mejores prácticas de gobierno en Oriente y Occidente como fórmula para afrontar los desafíos de la globalización Durante décadas la democracia liberal ha sido aplaudida como el mejor de los posibles sistemas de gobernanza. Sin embargo, esa categórica afirmación está hoy lejos de ser incuestionable. La democracia, en crisis en Occidente, debe probar su vigencia. En Occidente, argumentan Berggruen y Gardels, ya no vivimos en «democracias industriales», sino en «democracias consumistas» en las que se impone el cortoplacismo. En contraste, la visión a largo plazo de los líderes chinos empuja a su nación hacia el futuro. Pero China también se enfrenta a desafíos derivados de su meteórico ascenso. Su floreciente clase media cada vez exigirá más participación, mejores mecanismos de control de la responsabilidad política, elfreno a la corrupción y la ampliación del imperio de la ley. A medida que el siglo XXI avance, estos dos sistemas deberán competir con un mundo auténticamente multipolar en el que ninguna potencia domina en solitario. Para hacer frente a estos retos es necesario un nuevo sistema de «gobernanza inteligente» que delegue el poder e implique verdaderamente a los ciudadanos en las cuestiones que los afectan. Este oportuno libro es una guía tanto conceptual como práctica de los desafíos a los que se enfrenta la buena gobernanza en un mundo que se verá sometido a una profunda transformación en las próximas décadas. Comentarios:«Se sabe poco sobre los más recientes acontecimientos en China, en particular sobre el modo de pensar de los nuevos dirigentes chinos. En este libro, Nicolas Berggruen y Nathan Gardels resumen el pensamiento de algunas de las nuevas corrientes político-intelectuales que influencian a la generación que se aproxima al poder. Después de una exitosa transformación económica y de la creciente presencia de China en el mundo, será necesario adaptar el #socialismo armonioso#, propuesto por los nuevos dirigentes, a formas de cooperación internacional que permitan mayores convergencias entre Oriente y Occidente.»Fernando Henrique Cardoso, expresidente de Brasil «Un libro brillantemente agudo y provocador sobre el tema central de nuestro tiempo: la gobernanza efectiva. Las democracias y los sistemas autocráticos se encuentran en peligro de fracasar a gran escala. Berggruen y Gardels nos invitan valientemente, a nosotros y a la siguiente generación, a abordar este problema de frente, con humildad y con la mente abierta.»Michael Spence, premio Nobel de Economía, expresidente de la Comisión de Crecimiento y Desarrollo y autor de La convergencia inevitable «Berggruen y Gardels aportan una valiosísima visión de por qué nuestras democracias occidentales se han vuelto tan disfuncionales. Afirman que a menos que desarrollemos una perspectiva de gobernanza a largo plazo, la #democracia de consumo# actual socavará su propio futuro. Un brillante punto de partida para un debate que se necesita con urgencia: el de cómo nos gobernamos en esta nueva era.»Arianna Huffington, directora, Huffington Post/AOL «Berggruen y Gardels ofrecen una perspectiva poco convencional acerca de lo que debería significar la buena gobernanza en el siglo XXI, yendo más allá de las manidas explicaciones del tipo #Oriente contra Occidente# y ofreciendo algo mucho más convincente y pragmático».Eric Schmidt, presidente ejecutivo de Google
Gobi Partners: Raising Fund II
by Ann Leamon G. Felda HardymonThe three founding partners of Gobi Partners, a venture capital fund investing in early start IT and digital media companies in China, are planning to raise a second fund. The first $51.75 million fund is close to being entirely invested and the portfolio companies are doing well, with two having raised subsequent financings at significantly increased valuations. The firm itself has increased its headcount and opened a second office, but it has not, however, exited any of its companies. How much money should the partners hope to raise, and from whom? The stakes are high, as none of them has taken a paycheck in three years.
God and Gold
by Walter Russell MeadAn illuminating account of the birth and rise of the global political and economic system that, sustained first by Britain and now by America, created the modern world. Walter Russell Mead, one of our most distinguished foreign policy experts, makes clear that the key to the predominance of the two countries has been the individualistic ideology of the prevailing Anglo-American religion. Mead explains how this helped create a culture uniquely adapted to capitalism, a system under which both countries thrived. We see how, as a result, the two nations were able to create the liberal, democratic system whose economic and social influence continues to grow around the world. With wit, verve, and stunning insight, Mead recounts what is, in effect, the story of a centuries-long war between the English-speaking peoples and their enemies. Sustained by control of the oceans that surround them, the British and their American heirs built a global system of politics, power, investment, and trade over the past three hundred years. Along the way, the two nations developed a sophisticated grand strategy that brought the English-speaking powers to a pinnacle of global power and prestige unmatched in the history of the world. Since Oliver Cromwell's day, the English-speakers have seen their enemies as haters of liberty and God who care nothing for morality, who will do anything to win, and who rely on a treacherous fifth column to assure victory. Those enemies, from Catholic Spain and Louis XIV to the Nazis, communists, and Al-Qaeda, held similar beliefs about their British and American rivals, but we see that though the Anglo-Americans have lost small wars here and there, they have won the major conflicts. So far. The stakes today are higher than ever; technological progress makes new and terrible weapons easier for rogue states and terror groups to develop and deploy. Where some see an end to history and others a clash of civilizations, Mead sees the current conflicts in the Middle East as the latest challenge to the liberal, capitalist, and democratic world system that the Anglo-Americans are trying to build. What we need now, he says, is a diplomacy of civlizations based on a deeper understanding of the recurring conflicts between the liberal world system and its foes. In practice, this means that Americans generally, and especially the increasingly influential evangelical community, must develop a better sense of America's place in the world. Mead's emphasis on the English-speaking world as the chief hero (and sometimes villain) in modern history changes the way we see the world. Authoritative and lucid,God and Goldweaves history, literature, philosophy, and religion together into an eminently important work—a dazzling book that helps us understand the world we live in and our tumultuous times.
God and Mammon: The Relations of Religion and Economics (Routledge Revivals)
by J. A. HobsonFirst published in 1931, this is an attempt by the great economist J. A. Hobson to analyse the relations between economics and religion. After considering the origins of the conflicts and compromises between God and Mammon in the life of primitive man, the author concerns himself primarily with medieval and modern Christianity and the business climate and ethos corresponding with these periods. In particular he focuses upon Catholicism and Protestantism, before considering the attitude of the church towards modern economic movements.
God at Work: Live Each Day with Purpose
by Ken CostaGod calls us to the work we are doing. He&’s interested not only in what we do, but how we do it. Yet, finding purpose at work is one of the greatest challenges of our world today.Does my work matter to God? Is ambition good? How do I deal with failure? How do I make difficult decisions?Ken Costa shares his practical insights and experience gained from more than forty years working in finance. This timeless message, that there is space for faith at work, will truly inspire you to live each day with purpose.
God-Conscious Organization and the Islamic Social Economy (Islamic Business and Finance Series)
by Masudul Alam ChoudhuryCan there be God-conscious organizational behaviour in the real world of today’s capitalist corporations and the alternatives? In this overview of God-consciousness as a moral-awareness model of preference formation, functions, structures, and programs of organization within the purview of institutions and society, the authors explain and compare the major ethical issues of organizational behaviour and structure in Islamic economic theory and application. By analysing the nature of inclusive organizations and institutions, and the ethical preferences in Islamic choice framework, the authors from Saudi Arabia, Australia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Canada, Indonesia and the UK, can highlight individual aspects to show whether capitalist organizational behaviour is sustainable. They describe how The Tawhidi epistemological framework governing conscious moral decision-making by institutions and organization, are used to establish the meaning and potential application of the concept of sustainability, and whether organizational moral objectives achieve their goals of life-fulfilment development, Poverty alleviation and the equitable distribution of wealth and resources.
God Goes to Work
by Tom ZenderYour most important business asset is already within you - realize it and capitalize on itSpirituality is the basis for all successful organizations and the most important asset you have in elevating you and your business to a new level of performance. The most successful individuals and firms in the world are changing the way they do business, in order to access a vast resevoir of untapped energy. You too can join the revolution, because the tools these people are utilizing are found inside each and every one of us. Tom Zender, President Emeritus of Unity - a spiritual organization serving over three million individuals - and veteran corporate executive, reveals simple ways that you can use to find yourself suddenly on the inside edge.God Goes to Work lays out how the world rediscovered the essence of the most effective transactions and how you can implement these methods into the way you do business. This groundbreaking text gives you practical steps on how, no matter what you believe, you can learn to use your spiritual assets in business to achieve better things with greater ease. You'll discoverHow to make better, more profitable deals in business.The secret behind the world's most effective managers, executives and leaders, so that you can become one yourself.Simple steps to prepare your organization - no matter the size - to take advantage of the wondrous prospects that await it in this new economy.The world is finally ready to discover that spirituality is the very basis of all our most profitable business transactions. God Goes to Work gives you the practical roadmap to utilize this amazing, untapped resource for breakthrough business results.
God Is My CEO: Following God's Principles in a Bottom-Line World
by Larry JulianBusiness leaders face the difficult task of reconciling their personal beliefs with the bottom-line demands of their business obligations. Often, it seems like the conflict between short-term business strategies and their desire to "do the right thing" pull them in opposite directions.In God Is My CEO, readers will learn how to:Develop their God-given talents and skills, while developing a spiritual centerGain ideas and encouragement through real-life stories of successful business leaders who have faced the same challengesLearn to apply a practical daily plan to overcome the toughest business issuesFocus their energies and thoughts on moving forward with a sense of purpose Many business leaders struggle with the dilemma of being successful and living a life with purpose. God Is My CEO offers a practical and inspirational source of guidance for achieving a balanced and accomplished life.
God is My CEO: Following God's Principles in a Bottom-Line World
by Larry Julianhis new edition explores the ten most common issues facing business people today and applies God's principles to these dilemmas. You will learn that leading by faith isn't just about feeling good--it's about building employee morale, increasing productivity, and fostering customer loyalty. In addition, the brand-new section Timeless Wisdom from Twenty Leaders provides insight and encouragement from top members of the business world, including Marc Belton of General Mills, Richard Stearns of World Vision U.S., and Ken Blanchard, author of The One Minute Manager.God Is My CEO, 2nd Edition will inspire you to become a game-changer in the business world as you continue on your path as a leader.
God Is My CEO
by Larry S. JulianBusiness leaders face the difficult task of reconciling their personal beliefs with the bottom-line demands of their business obligations. Often, it seems like the conflict between short-term business strategies and their desire to "do the right thing" pull them in opposite directions.In God Is My CEO, readers will learn how to:Develop their God-given talents and skills, while developing a spiritual centerGain ideas and encouragement through real-life stories of successful business leaders who have faced the same challengesLearn to apply a practical daily plan to overcome the toughest business issuesFocus their energies and thoughts on moving forward with a sense of purpose Many business leaders struggle with the dilemma of being successful and living a life with purpose. God Is My CEO offers a practical and inspirational source of guidance for achieving a balanced and accomplished life.
God Is My CEO: Following God's Principles in a Bottom-Line World
by Larry S. JulianMany business leaders struggle with the dilemma of being successful and living a life with purpose. God Is My CEO offers a practical and inspirational source of guidance for achieving a balanced and accomplished life.
God Is My Coach: A Business Leader's Guide to Finding Clarity in an Uncertain World
by Larry JulianBusiness leadership coach Larry Julian helps readers navigate "the gray zone"-those make or break moments of decision making that are filled with uncertainty. There are times when intellectual and business logic are tested beyond one's perceived limits, when important decisions have no correct answers and can only be made by a leap of faith. Our true greatness lies within the gray. Julian shows readers that, with God's guidance, uncertainty is the very catalyst for making wise, impactful decisions that shape destinies. We learn to live and lead in the context of uncertainty rather than becoming paralyzed by it. GOD IS MY COACH is the means to living a significant life and to leading others in an uncertain world.
The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?
by Leon Lederman with Dick TeresiDid you know that the most creative companies have centralized bathrooms? That brainstorming meetings are a terrible idea? That the color blue can help you double your creative output? From the New York Times best-selling author of How We Decide comes a sparkling and revelatory look at the new science of creativity. Shattering the myth of muses, higher powers, even creative "types," Jonah Lehrer demonstrates that creativity is not a single gift possessed by the lucky few. It's a variety of distinct thought processes that we can all learn to use more effectively. Lehrer reveals the importance of embracing the rut, thinking like a child, daydreaming productively, and adopting an outsider's perspective (travel helps). He unveils the optimal mix of old and new partners in any creative collaboration, and explains why criticism is essential to the process. Then he zooms out to show how we can make our neighborhoods more vibrant, our companies more productive, and our schools more effective.You'll learn about Bob Dylan's writing habits and the drug addictions of poets. You'll meet a Manhattan bartender who thinks like a chemist, and an autistic surfer who invented an entirely new surfing move. You'll see why Elizabethan England experienced a creative explosion, and how Pixar's office space is designed to spark the next big leap in animation. Collapsing the layers separating the neuron from the finished symphony, Imagine reveals the deep inventiveness of the human mind, and its essential role in our increasingly complex world.
God Rock, Inc.: The Business of Niche Music
by Andrew MallPopular music in the twenty-first century is increasingly divided into niche markets. How do fans, musicians, and music industry executives define their markets’ boundaries? What happens when musicians cross those boundaries? What can Christian music teach us about commercial popular music? In God Rock, Inc., Andrew Mall considers the aesthetic, commercial, ethical, and social boundaries of Christian popular music, from the late 1960s, when it emerged, through the 2010s. Drawing on ethnographic research, historical archives, interviews with music industry executives, and critical analyses of recordings, concerts, and music festival performances, Mall explores the tensions that have shaped this evolving market and frames broader questions about commerce, ethics, resistance, and crossover in music that defines itself as outside the mainstream.
The God Who Provides: 100 Bible Verses for Financial Wisdom
by ZondervanWith so many financial pressures and responsibilities, it can be challenging to know how to follow God's principles for managing money. Yet stewarding our finances is a significant part of seeking God's peace in every area of our lives.The God Who Provides: 100 Bible Verses for Financial Wisdom gives priceless insight and inspiration on finance management—including saving, budgeting, giving, debt, investing, and planning for the future. Each verse is paired with a prayer and an encouraging devotion to lead you into deeper dependence on God and to help you apply biblical money practices to your life today.Whether you're looking to align your bank account with God's principles or facing financial anxiety, this book will assure you that you&’re never alone on this journey. Reflect on biblical principles, reset your finances, and discover God's peace and provision.Women and men alike will be drawn to the stunning four-color, minimalist design, which exquisitely reflects the timeless nature of God's Word. This reproducible, high-end design will make this a popular series, crafted directly for Christian consumers today. The relevant, uplifting nature of these devotionals make these easy to give to a friend with similar challenges.
The Goddess Guide to Branding: Your Blueprint for Building an Abundant & Authentic Feminine Brand
by Jane McCarthy Kate McAndrewBranding is not only more fun with a goddess to guide you—it&’s also more powerful. In The Goddess Guide to Branding, brand strategist Jane McCarthy and venture capitalist Kate McAndrew introduce you to eight goddess archetypes whose timeless energies are alive in successful brands today. From there, they lead you on a journey to build your own brand in a way that is authentic to your company and ultra-appealing to your community. Throughout the book, female founders and brand leaders share what they&’ve learned on their own brand-building journeys. It&’s truly a powerhouse collective of women invested in seeing you succeed: Laura Modi (CEO & Co-Founder Bobbie) Sallie Krawcheck (CEO & Founder Ellevest) Georgina Gooley (Co-Founder Billie) Sophie Bambuck (CMO The North Face) Sali Christeson (CEO & Founder Argent) Susan Griffin-Black (Co-CEO & Co-Founder EO Products) Alexandra Fine (CEO & Founder Dame) Sashee Chandran (CEO & Founder Tea Drops) and more… The branding method shared in the book is intuitive and inspired. You don&’t need an MBA or a background in marketing to "get" it. You&’ll be showered with ideas at every step. And you&’ll walk away with a complete blueprint for your brand, so your business can flourish and endure. If you&’re starting your brand from scratch, this book is for you. If you&’re looking to enrich your existing brand, this book is for you. If you need to make a pivot and evolve your brand, this book is for you too.
Godfather Marketing: Prophecies for the Markets of the Future (Palgrave Studies in Marketing, Organizations and Society)
by Gianluigi GuidoIn a landscape marked by uncertainties stemming from global instability, societal fragmentation, and rapid technological advancements, consumers will be seeking immediate satisfaction for their vital needs and desires. To address this issue, firms will be called upon to grant favors even before selling products, offering solutions to consumers in exchange for their unwavering loyalty. This compelling book presents a unique and provocative new vision of future markets, where firms evolve into organizations reminiscent of “mafia families” stripped of criminal connotations, establishing relationships with their customers based on satisfaction, reciprocation, recognition of merit, and punishment of wrongdoing. In a “Credibility Economy”, where the quality of information supersedes its quantity, especially with the development of AI, this approach gives firms a competitive edge through the creation of a trusted network grounded in a code of honor. Godfather Marketing offers an engaging, accessible, and fresh perspective on marketing, where readers will discover unique insights on consumer behavior and market dynamics, highlighting how they can benefit the broader community, provided appropriate measures are taken to safeguard personal freedom.
The Godfather of Silicon Valley: Ron Conway and the Fall of the Dot-coms
by Gary RivlinGary Rivlin tells the story of Ron Conway, the man who has placed more bets on Internet start-ups than anyone eise in Silicon Valley. Conway is a reader-friendly way into the realm of angel financing, where independently wealthy investors link up with companies just as they are being born. The Godfather of Silicon Valley takes you into this fascinating world on the edges of the financial universe, where the pace is frantic, the story lines are rich, and every moment is perilous.