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Investment Decision-making Using Optional Models
by David HellerIn order to create value, companies must allocate their resources effectively and evaluate investment alternatives. This book examines, from a theoretical and empirical point of view, how managerial flexibility can be integrated into investment decisions through the optional approach. Unlike the traditional net present value method, the actual options take into account indeterminate elements. These lead to unpredictable cash flows at the time of the investment decision, especially in the context of complex and risky projects. The book puts into perspective the use of optional models and their interactions. The different categories of options are the subject of practical applications, through analysis of investment decisions where uncertainty is growing. Therefore, studies make it possible to consider the flexible nature of investment choices by integrating new information and risk over time.
Investment Decisions and the Logic of Valuation: Linking Finance, Accounting, and Engineering
by Carlo Alberto MagniThis book presents a new approach to the valuation of capital asset investments and investment decision-making. Starting from simple premises and working logically through three basic elements (capital, income, and cash flow), it guides readers on an interdisciplinary journey through the subtleties of accounting and finance, explaining how to correctly measure a project’s economic profitability and efficiency, how to assess the impact of investment policy and financing policy on shareholder value creation, and how to design reliable, transparent, and logically consistent financial models.The book adopts an innovative pedagogical approach, based on a newly developed accounting-and-finance-engineering system, to help readers gain a deeper understanding of the accounting and financial magnitudes, learn about new analytical tools, and develop the necessary skills to practically implement them. This diverse approach to capital budgeting allows a sophisticated economic analysis in both absolute terms (values) and relative terms (rates of return), and is applicable to a wide range of economic entities, including real assets and financial assets, engineering designs and manufacturing schemes, corporate-financed and project-financed transactions, privately-owned projects and public investments, individual projects and firms. As such, this book is a valuable resource for a broad audience, including scholars and researchers, industry practitioners, executives, and managers, as well as students of corporate finance, managerial finance, engineering economics, financial management, management accounting, operations research, and financial mathematics. It features more than 180 guided examples, 50 charts and figures and over 160 explanatory tables that help readers grasp the new concepts and tools. Each chapter starts with an abstract and a list of the skills readers can expect to gain, and concludes with a list of key points summarizing the content.
Investment Euphoria and Money Madness: The Inner Workings of the Psychology of Investing
by Harry GunnFirst Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Investment Finance in Economic Development
by Rogerio StudartAs a result of the liberalization of the 1980s, the financial system has acquired a prominent role in developing economies. It is now conventional wisdom that `financial liberalization' is the means to stimulate economic development. Investment Finance in Economic Development challenges this assumption and offers an alternative view. The book prese
Investment, Growth and Employment: Perspectives for Policy
by Ciaran Driver Paul TempleInvestment - in both facilities and know-how - is essential for growth. Economists try to understand the forces that determine investment, but investment behaviour is unruly; often the term animal spirits is used to explain the resulting volatility. This volume presents studies to explain international investment behaviour and assess its impact on growth and jobs. The authors also examine policy measures to reverse the climate of low investment that has characterised recent decades. The contributors examine how well standard models of investment work, the role of finance constraints, the effect of risk and uncertainty, the impact of alternative forms of corporate governance, the forces shaping the adoption of new technology, the impact of foreign direct investment, the effect of investment on the NAIRU and the causal structure of investment and growth. Editors introductions to the different sections of the book provide comprehensive overviews of the main theories of investment, the impact of investment on growth and employment and examine the main questions raised for policy makers.
Investment Gurus
by Peter J. TanousInvestment advisor Peter Tanous takes you behind the scenes with Wall Street's movers and shakers, going head-to-head with 14 of the country's top money managers and four leading financial economists to uncover their proven techniques for beating the market consistently, year after year. An experienced market professional, Tanous asks the right questions, assesses the answers, and puts it all in perspective, helping individual investors apply the wisdom of the gurus to their own investment decisions. Now in a new paperback edition, Investment Gurus takes readers inside the minds of such legendary money managers as the Fidelity Magellan Fund's Peter Lynch; Chase Banks largest shareholder, Michael Price; and Eric Ryback, manager of the Lindner Funds; plus Nobel Prize-winning economists Merton Miller and William F. Sharpe.
Investment Implications of Selected WTO Agreements and the Proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment
by Matthias VockeA report from the International Monetary Fund.
Investment in China's Health and Care Sector: Opportunities and Possibilities for Foreign Investors
by Björn EtgenThis reference book provides promising strategies for investing in the promising healthcare and nursing sector of the People's Republic of China. The Chinese healthcare sector is growing steadily, and the Chinese government has recognized that the participation of foreign investors is essential to improve and develop the Chinese healthcare system, especially in metropolitan areas. This opens up opportunities and possibilities for foreign healthcare providers, whose investments are increasingly welcomed and supported by the Chinese government. The book presents ways to make safe and profitable investments in the Chinese healthcare market: from the construction of new hospitals and nursing homes to the introduction of the necessary medical equipment and the acquisition and recruitment of qualified staff. In particular, the legal framework conditions are highlighted.This book is a translation of the original German 1st edition Investitionen im chinesischen Gesundheits- und Pflegesektor by Björn Etgen, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2019. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.
Investment in Energy Assets Under Uncertainty
by L. M. Abadie J. M. ChamorroThis book aims to provide a rigorous yet pragmatic approach to the valuation and management of investments in the energy sector. Time and uncertainty pervade most if not all issues relevant to energy assets. They run from the early stage of prototype and demonstration to the ultimate abandonment and decommissioning. Risk in particular appears in several areas; thus, one can distinguish technical risk from financial risk. Furthermore, the extent to which one can react to them is different (just think of price risk and regulation risk). Markets in general, and financial markets in particular, regularly put a price on a number of assets which differ in their return/risk characteristics. And academia has developed sound financial principles for valuation purposes in a number of contexts. Nonetheless, the physical characteristics of the assets involved also play a key role in their valuation if only because of the restrictions that they entail. There are some instances in which the practitioner/researcher is able to come up with an analytical solution to the valuation problem. Typically, however, these instances are limited because of their relying on stylized facts or idealized frameworks. Unfortunately, many relevant instances lack analytical solutions, so one must resort to numerical methods. The book clearly explains how to implement them in a meaningful way. Their usefulness is further enhanced when numerical estimates of relevant parameters are derived from actual market prices (as long as these are available and reliable). The book starts from the basics of valuation in a dynamic, certain context. The second part then considers uncertainty and introduces a number of useful results and tools to grapple effectively with it. The last part applies these tools to the valuation of energy assets in a sequential manner, i. e. by considering one, two and three sources of risk. The last chapter provides examples of joint optimal management and value maximization in conventional power plants.
Investment in Luxemburg
by Johannes HöringDieses Buch vermittelt dem Leser einen Überblick über den Investmentstandort Luxemburg, seine Stärken und seine aktuellen Herausforderungen. Es gibt dem deutschen Anleger konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen mit auf den Weg. Dabei geht der Autor komprimiert auf die verschiedenen Themengebiete (Recht, Steuern etc.) ein.
Investment in Thailand: Das Rechts- und Steuerhandbuch für den Praktiker
by Michael LorenzDieses Buch bietet Praktikern einen essenziellen Überblick über das aktuelle thailändische Wirtschaftsrecht. Thailand gehört heute zu den wirtschaftlich attraktivsten Hubs in Südostasien und wirbt als etablierter Wirtschaftsstandort erfolgreich um Auslandsinvestitionen – mit guten Voraussetzungen für europäische Investoren.Rechtsanwalt Michael Lorenz erläutert anschaulich alle wesentlichen thailändischen Regularien, um Unternehmen, Organisationen, Investoren, Juristen und interessierten Laien rasche Orientierung bei der Klärung grundlegender rechtlicher, steuerlicher und wirtschaftlicher Fragen zu bieten. Die 11. Auflage wurde vollständig überarbeitet und auf den aktuellen Rechtsstand Januar 2019 gebracht.Darüber hinaus gibt das Werk dem Leser weiterführende Informationen an die Hand, die für westliche Investoren relevant sind, und beleuchtet interkulturelle Gegebenheiten des Wirtschaftslebens. Zahlreiche Beispiele illustrieren die Bedeutung für die Praxis.
Investment Incentives and Effective Tax Rates in the Philippines: A Comparison With Neighboring Countries
by Dennis Botman Alexander Klemm Reza BaqirA report from the International Monetary Fund.
Investment Industry Claims Debunked: Smart Personal Finance Management For Ordinary Folks, Before and After Retirement
by Robert P. KurshanThis book is for people who want to know what to do with the money they save: so that it’s there when they need it — to buy a home, pay for college, etc. — but also grows enough so they don’t outlive it. The investment industry is fixated on the importance of maintaining a “balance” of stocks and bonds, shifting to more bonds as one ages. This book challenges this belief by arguing that what’s actually important is to have just enough bonds and cash to support spending needs from a stable source, and to replenish these through the sale of stocks at propitious times when the stock market is not depressed. It features simple mathematical calculations, an explanation of basic financial objects like stocks, bonds, ladders, CDs, ETFs, or annuities, a discussion of how to evaluate financial risk, examinations of insurance, fraud deterrence, dollar cost averaging, benefits of a mortgage, risks of a pension, and general advice about healthcare. Although the book is written to be accessible to those with little or no prior knowledge of finance, the studies and conclusions presented here benefit a multitude of financial investors.
The Investment Industry for IT Practitioners
by Andrew BradfordGiving IT professionals in financial services firms a rounded and comprehensive grounding in their knowledge of their industry, this book offers a primer on the major financial instruments, transactions, and processes, as well as a sound knowledge of the principles of good IT management in the industry.The book gives readers a clear understanding of equities, bonds, currencies, listed derivatives and OTC derivatives. It explains transactions in those instruments and the requirements of business systems that process these transactions. Transactions covered include (inter-alia) agency and principal purchases and sales, loans and deposits, repos and reverse repos, stock loans; and also the Sharia-compliant 'Islamic' transactions that may be used as alternatives to interest bearing transactions.Andrew Bradford gives an introduction to how investment firms are regulated; offers an understanding of the STP (Straight-through-Processing) concept following the trade cycle for the transactions from order through to execution through pre-settlement to final settlement; covers basic accounting procedures for the transactions; and conveys the basic principles of good IT management in the investment industry.
Investment Intelligence From Insider Trading
by H. Nejat SeyhunThe term insider trading refers to the stock transactions of the officers, directors, and large shareholders of a firm. Many investors believe that corporate insiders, informed about their firms' prospects, buy and sell their own firm's stock at favorable times, reaping significant profits. Given the extra costs and risks of an active trading strategy, the key question for stock market investors is whether the publicly available insider-trading information can help them to outperform a simple passive index fund. Basing his insights on an exhaustive data set that captures information on all reported insider trading in all publicly held firms over the past twenty-one years--over one million transactions!--H. Nejat Seyhun shows how investors can use insider information to their advantage. He documents the magnitude and duration of the stock price movements following insider trading, determinants of insiders' profits, and the risks associated with imitating insider trading. He looks at the likely performance of individual firms and of the overall stock market, and compares the value of what one can learn from insider trading with commonly used measures of value such as price-earnings ratio, book-to-market ratio, and dividend yield.
Investment Leadership and Portfolio Management: The Path To Successful Stewardship For Investment Firms (Wiley Finance Ser. #502)
by Greg Fedorinchik Brian D. SingerAn industry leader candidly examines the role of investment leadership in portfolio managementInvestment Leadership & Portfolio Management provides a top down analysis of successful strategies, structures, and actions that create an environment that leads to strong macro investment performance and rewarding investor outcomes. By examining how to manage and lead an investment firm through successful investment decision-making processes and actions, this book reveals what it will take to succeed in a radically changed investment landscape. From firm governance and firm structure-for single capability, multi-capability, and investment and product firms-to culture, strategy, vision, and execution, authors Brian Singer, Barry Mandinach, and Greg Fedorinchik touch upon key topics including the differences between leading and managing; investment philosophy, process, and portfolio construction; communication and transparency; and ethics and integrity.Leadership issues in investment firms are a serious concern, and this book addresses those concernsDetails the strong correlation between excellence in investment leadership and excellence in portfolio managementWritten by a group of experienced professionals in the field, including the Chairman of the CFA Institute Board of GovernorsUnderstanding how to operate in today's dynamic investment environment is critical. Investment Leadership & Portfolio Management contains the insights and information needed to make significant strides in this dynamic arena.
Investment Legends
by Barrie DunstanPart-philosophy, part-business strategy and part-biography, Investment Legends provides fascinating insight into the key ingredients required for successful investing, as explored through the experiences and tips of fifteen of the world's leading investors.Drawing on his forty years in the business, leading Financial Review journalist, Barrie Dunstan has travelled the globe interviewing the cast of characters in this book. Throwing the net far and wide, Dunstan's subjects include those virtually born into the business, such as Barton Biggs and Peter Bernstein, as well as others who came to investment via the card tables at Las Vegas or the ski slopes of Switzerland. Each interview provides insights about the legends - who are they, how do they think about investment, what do they believe is most important, why these beliefs matter, and when they might change their mind.In this captivating book, you'll get to meet some of the world's leading lights in the investment world. Share in their secrets to success, and follow their dramatic journeys, led by the guiding hand of wise and insightful author, Barrie Dunstan.
Investment Management
by Chandrasekhar Krishnamurti Ramanna VishwanathSound investment decisions require an in-depth knowledge of the financial markets and available financial instruments. This book provides students and professionals with an understanding of the role and activities of an equity security analyst within the investment process. Emphasis is on understanding the process of analyzing companies; the valuation process; and the challenges of achieving success in a highly competitive capital market. The authors present a comprehensive compendium on the financial theory, the empirical evidence and the mathematical tools that form the underlying principles of investment decisions.
Investment Management
by Rieves Ralph A. Wagner Wayne H. Chernoff JoelPraise for Investment Management "A compelling analysis of the challenges of investment management, and why investment management firms require innovation to succeed. " -Blake Grossman, CEO, Barclays Global Investors "Great investment managers understand that positioning portfolios for clients should not be an act of conformity, but rather a constant journey of shifting fundamentals and opinion. Wayne and Ralph bring this fact to life by addressing some of the key challenges to serious investment thinking, using top-level researchers in their respective fields. For those investment managers and clients who want to go beyond the ordinary. " -Jeff Diermeier, former CEO of CFA Institute and retired CIO of UBS Global Asset Management "The essays in this book provide an invaluable reference point of serious readings for money managers. The works provide the analyst with the most recent scholarship in a single book, presenting ideas and philosophy that will lead me back to its various sections time and time again. " -Kenneth S. Hackel, CFA, President, CT Capital LLC "The crash of 2007-2009 brought a harsh conclusion to a quarter of a century of unprecedented growth and prosperity for the investment management industry, which faces no less a task than reinventing itself. Rieves' and Wagner's contribution to the way forward couldn't be timelier. " -Richard Ennis, Principal, Ennis Knupp + Associates "This book uniformly focuses on the best practices to which investment management professionals should commit. I highly recommend this book to investment managers, sales people, and trustees of pensions, endowments, trusts, and mutual funds. " -Jack Clark Francis, PhD, Professor of Economics and Finance, Bernard Baruch College
Investment Manager Analysis
by Frank J. TraversPraise for Investment Manager Analysis"This is a book that should have been written years ago. It provides a practical, thorough, and completely objective method to analyze and select an investment manager. It takes the mystery (and the consultants) out of the equation. Without question, this book belongs on every Plan Sponsor's desk."--Dave Davenport, Assistant Treasurer, Lord Corporation, author of The Equity Manager Search"An insightful compendium of the issues that challenge those responsible for hiring and firing investment managers. Frank Travers does a good job of taking complicated analytical tools and methodologies and explaining them in a simple, yet practical manner. Anyone responsible for conducting investment manager due diligence should have a copy on their bookshelf."--Leon G. Cooperman, Chairman and CEO, Omega Advisors, Inc."Investment Manager Analysis provides a good overview of the important areas that purchasers of institutional investment management services need to consider. It is a good instructional guide, from which search policies and procedures can be developed, as well as a handy reference guide."--David Spaulding, President, The Spaulding Group, Inc."This book is the definitive work on the investment manager selection process. It is comprehensive in scope and well organized for both the layman and the professional. It should be required reading for any organization or individual seeking talent to manage their assets."--Scott Johnston, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, Sterling Johnston Capital Management, LP"Investment Manager Analysis is a much-needed, comprehensive review of the manager selection process. While the industry is riddled with information about selecting individual stocks, comparatively little has been written on the important subject of manager selection for fund sponsors. This is a particularly useful guide for the less experienced practitioner and offers considerable value to the veteran decisionmaker as well."--Dennis J. Trittin, CFA, Portfolio Manager, Russell Investment Group
Investment Matters: The Role and Patterns of Investment in Southeast Europe
by Borko HandjiskiThe purpose of this book is to provide policy insights to decision-makers, academics and researchers on investment flows and patterns in Southeast Europe. The report explores some of the determinants of private investment, such as: the financing sources for investment, the contribution of FDI and the role of public investment. It finds that investment rates in Southeast Europe are substantially lower than among the EU-8 and the fast growing East Asian economies, which could explain partly the slower economic growth in Southeast Europe.
Investment of Criminal Proceeds into the Legitimate Economy: An Analysis of Italian and Russian Organised Crime in the UK Real Estate Market (Routledge Studies in Organised Crime)
by Emanuele SclafaniThis book explores the infiltration of Italian and Russian organised crime in the UK real estate market, assessing how vulnerable the UK is to these sorts of activities. It identifies the drivers behind the criminal choices and modus operandi of Italian and Russian organised crime groups, and the factors causing their mobility abroad.Investment of Criminal Proceeds into the Legitimate Economy broadens our knowledge on the relationship between criminal agency and criminogenic opportunity in a socio-economic and legal context. This book offers a critical insight into the criminal actors and operations of Italian and Russian organised crime groups, such as money laundering schemes in the real estate sector, whilst also exploring the role of crime facilitators. Drawing on interviews with prosecutors, law enforcement agents and investigative journalists, Investment of Criminal Proceeds into the Legitimate Economy explores how criminal investments adversely affect both law enforcement operations and socio-economic development in this area.An accessible and compelling read, this book will appeal to students and scholars of criminology, law, organised crime, policymakers, and all those interested in how Italian and Russian organised crime operates in the UK real estate market.
Investment Opportunities as Real Options: Getting Started on the Numbers
by Timothy A. LuehrmanIn this article, Timothy A. Luehrman presents a framework that can bridge the gap between the practicalities of real-world capital projects and the higher mathematics associated with formal option-pricing theory. His step-by-step approach maps out the exact relationship between a project's characteristics and the five variables that determine the value of a simple call option on a share of stock. By going through these steps, executives not regularly steeped in finance can discover value hidden in their projects that their standard discounted cash flow analysis would overlook. The analogy between financial options and corporate investments that create future opportunities is both intuitively appealing and increasingly well accepted. Executives readily see that today's investment in R&D, or in a new marketing program, or even in a multiphased capital expenditure can generate the possibility of new products or markets tomorrow. But for many, the leap from the puts and calls of financial options to actual investment decisions has been difficult and deeply frustrating. The calculations required to value real options have been dauntingly complex, and practical how-to advice on the subject has been scarce and mostly aimed at specialists, preferably with Ph.D.s in finance. Luehrman's methodology is designed to be used by general managers, not technical specialists. It deliberately sacrifices absolute precision in order to generate a number "good enough" to provide executives with valuable insight into their most important and complex investment decisions.
Investment Pattern of LICI and Select Private LICs in the Post-reforms Era in India
by Shib Pada Patra Siddhartha Sankar Saha Mitrendu Narayan RoyThe book examines the trends of premium collection and investment portfolio of LICI and selected private life insurers in India in order to compare their performances. Life insurance organizations in India are significant financial institutions in the Indian financial system and play a major role in mobilizing insurance premium from the household sectors and investing it in the financial markets for productive purposes. The book aims to assist life insurance companies in evaluating their performance in terms of their premium mobilization and investment in Government and other approved securities, infrastructure securities, securities approved by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) and other than approved securities as per the provision of IRDA (Investment) (Fifth Amendment) Regulation, 2013. Against this backdrop, the theme of the book is particularly relevant because life insurance companies play a vital role in channelizing small savings into productive sector investment to promote economic development of the nation.
Investment Performance Measurement
by Todd Jankowski Cfa Philip Lawton CipmPraise for Investment Performance Measurement"This volume contains the insights of more than fifty prominent authorities on performance measurement. It is a must-have, must-read book for anyone involved in measuring, analyzing, or explaining investment results."-John Schlifske, CFA,President and Chief Executive Officer, Russell Investments"Investment Performance Measurement: Evaluating and Presenting Results should be required reading for investors as well as investment performance professionals. This collection conveniently brings together some of the definitive texts on performance and risk analysis that are core to the investment profession."-Frances Barney, CFA,Managing Director, BNY Mellon Asset Servicing Performance & Risk Analytics"It is vitally important that performance analysts remain well versed in the academic work that has been published in their field. This book is unique in that it assembles some of the most important papers in the field of performance measurement into one volume. This book should be read by all performance analysts who are serious about advancing in their field."-Neil Riddles, CFA, CIPM,Hansberger Global Investors, Inc.