April Finance books eNewsletter - new & forthcoming Wiley, Capstone & For Dummies books

 

Welcome to Wiley’s April finance newsletter, which contains details of new and forthcoming titles.

Highlights include…
- The Best Book on the Market - Eamonn Butler on how to stop worrying and love the free economy
- Investment and capitalism in Russia, with Out of the Red
- Chris Skinner outlines The Future of Finance after SEPA
- The Goldwatcher: John Katz & Frank Holmes demystify gold investing
- Addison Wiggin returns with The Demise of the Dollar...And Why It's Even Better for Your Investments

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MAY HIGHLIGHTS

The Best Book on the Market: How to stop worrying and love the free economy by Eamonn Butler
The Best Book on the Market uses real-world examples to explain supply and demand and the way prices are determined in basic markets. It explains how the market economic system relies on healthy competition and how the meddling in the markets of businesspeople and politicians damages the natural balance and fairness of markets. Ideal for general readers who want a deeper and better understanding of market economics, this straightforward guide addresses a wealth of important questions: why some people make more than others; whether black markets are immoral; questions of inequalities; and social issues like sweatshops and fair trade.
Hardback £14.99 / €21 ISBN: 9781906465056

The Future of Finance after SEPA by Chris Skinner
The implementation of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) taking place this year within the banking industry, leading to full operation in 2010, will be a massive change to not just banking, but all aspects of finance and financial services across Europe and the globe. The Future of Finance after SEPA reviews the key implications and challenges of SEPA and the Payment Services Directive (PSD) across the European landscape, and the likely outcomes of SEPA for 2010 and beyond.
Hardback £34.99 / €47.30  ISBN: 9780470987827

The Demise of the Dollar...And Why It's Even Better for Your Investments by Addison Wiggin
Just when you thought the dollar couldn't sink any further, it continues on a downward spiral. And now, with the 2nd edition of The Demise of the Dollar, Addison Wiggin returns to reveal the many ways readers can capitalise on this opportunity. Picking up where the bestselling 1st edition left off, the book examines the many reasons behind the dollar's ongoing decline and discusses the proper approaches to profiting from such a dynamic event. Along the way, readers will also discover how the dollar's slide will inevitably affect both world economies and their personal portfolios.
Paperback £10.99 / €13.30 ISBN: 9780470287248

Credit Crises: From Tainted Loans to a Global Economic Meltdown by Jochen Felsenheimer and Philip Gisdakis
Based on the recent subprime crisis, the authors analyse the mechanisms of a financial market crisis. In order to do this they discuss the relevant players and strategies, explain the principles of the financial instruments that were involved in the crisis, and analyse how bubbles emerge, how they burst and what the economic impact might be.
Hardback £45 / €60.80 ISBN: 978-3-527-50375-9

Out of the Red: Investment and Capitalism in Russia by John Connor
While the transformation of the Soviet Union into modern Russia has attracted widespread attention from a political perspective, it has also garnered significant interest from a financial standpoint. That's because the new Russia possesses the potential for the most promising investment opportunities of the twenty-first century. That potential, of course, has not yet been fully realised. Author John Connor knows what it takes to profit from the possibilities that this country has to offer. Through numerous forays into Russian finance and business, Connor has cultivated unparalleled experience in this field. Now, in Out of the Red, he takes the time to share his hard-won knowledge.
Hardback £15.99 / €20 ISBN: 9780470269787

The Investor's Dilemma: How Mutual Funds Are Betraying Your Trust And What To Do About It by Louis Lowenstein
Based on fresh, cutting-edge research by a leading corporate critic, this book reveals how highly overpaid fund sponsors really operate, using, for example, narrow benchmarks that will make even a mediocre fund look good. Step by step, Lowenstein walks the reader through the conflicts of interest, and even outright theft, giving the reader an inside look at some of the best-known fund groups.
Hardback £15.99 / €20 ISBN: 9780470117651

Market Risk Analysis
Written by leading market risk academic Professor Carol Alexander, Market Risk Analysis is a four volume set (Volume IV: Value at Risk Models to follow). Although the four volumes are very much interlinked, each containing numerous cross-references to other volumes, they are written as self-contained texts…
Market Risk Analysis: Quantitative Methods in Finance, Volume I
Hardback £40 / €54 ISBN: 9780470998007
Volume I covers the essential mathematical and financial background for subsequent volumes. There are six comprehensive chapters covering all the calculus, linear algebra, probability and statistics, numerical methods and portfolio mathematics that are necessary for market risk analysis. It is a complete & pedagogical introduction to quantitative methods applied to finance.
Market Risk Analysis: Practical Financial Econometrics, Volume II
Hardback £50 / €67.50 ISBN: 9780470998014
Volume II provides a detailed understanding of financial econometrics, with a unique focus on applications to asset pricing, fund management and market risk analysis. It covers equity factor models, including a detailed analysis of the Barra model and tracking error, principal component analysis, volatility and correlation, GARCH, cointegration, copulas, Markov switching, quantile regression, discrete choice models, non-linear regression, forecasting and model evaluation.
Market Risk Analysis: Pricing, Hedging and Trading Financial Instruments, Volume III
Hardback £60 / €81 ISBN: 9780470997895
Volume III has five extensive chapters on the pricing, hedging and trading of bonds and swaps, futures and forwards, options and volatility, and detailed descriptions of mapping portfolios of these financial instruments to their risk factors. There are numerous examples, all coded in interactive Excel spreadsheets, including many pricing formulae for exotic options but excluding the calibration of stochastic volatility models, for which Matlab code is provided.
Volume IV will build on the three previous volumes to provide a comprehensive and detailed treatment of market VaR models.

Wealth: How the World's High-Net-Worth Grow, Sustain, and Manage Their Fortunes by Merrill Lynch & CapGemini
A readable guide on what drives the success of HNWIs, as well as the trends, growth, increased complexity and competitiveness of the global wealth management market, all based on over a decade of research. Full of wealth-building strategies for HNWIs everywhere, as well as for those who aspire to join their ranks and those who advise them, Wealth is a complete guide to successful holistic wealth management.
Hardback £17.99 / €25.20 ISBN: 9780470153031

Tax For Dummies® by Sarah Laing
This friendly guide covers every aspect of tax, from child credits and investments to pensions and inheritance tax. This easy-to-understand guide enables readers to understand the UK tax system and potentially make significant savings on their tax bills.
Paperback Original £12.99 / €18.20  ISBN: 9780470998113

JUNE HIGHLIGHTS

The Goldwatcher: Demystifying Gold Investing by John Katz & Frank Holmes
The Goldwatcher explains the pros and cons of gold as a twenty first century investment – when investing makes sense, when prices make sense and when they don’t.  The book addresses everything the independent investor needs to know about investing in gold; its history as a repository of value, what drives supply and demand, why and how the US dollar and global macroeconomic factors affect gold price, how experts in the field of money management see its prospects and when prices are reasonable. As unbiased analysts, the authors are neither bulls or bears, rather they examine different scenarios that could play out in currency and financial markets, the effects they would have on investors, and what investors can do to protect themselves from adverse developments.
Hardback £16.99 / €23  ISBN 9780470724262

Fooling Some of the People All of the Time: A Long Short Story by David Einhorn
In 2002, David Einhorn, the President of Greenlight Capital, described during a speech his reasons why Greenlight had sold short the shares of Allied Capital, a leader in the private finance industry. Greenlight bet that the stock would decline because the company's business was in trouble and its accounting was corrupt. The next day, when the New York Stock Exchange opened for trading, Allied's shares remained closed. So many investors wanted to sell or short the stock that the NYSE could not balance all the sell orders to open Allied's trading in an orderly fashion. What followed was a firestorm of controversy. Fooling Some of the People All of the Time is the gripping chronicle of this ongoing saga.
Hardback £19.99 / €24 ISBN 9780470073940

China Fireworks: How to Make Dramatic Wealth from the Fastest-Growing Economy in the World by Robert Hsu
In the course of barely a decade, China has become the world's fastest-growing economy and it is now the world's most important marketplace. What is less known is that the Chinese consumer is the real growth driver and has become singularly important to the global economy. Because of the incredible growth in China, there are 1.3 billion people who suddenly have the ability to create personal wealth. This new reality has created an unprecedented opportunity for global investors to grow their portfolios and build their fortunes. As big investors scramble for their piece of the China pie, however, individual investors are being fed misinformation and conflicting reports that could lead to disastrous investments. Investing in China is easier to navigate and much more profitable when you know what to look for—and China Fireworks will show you the way.
Hardback £14.99 / €18.70 ISBN 9780470276778

The Intelligent Portfolio: Practical Wisdom on Personal Investing from Financial Engines by Christopher Jones
The key to good investment decisions is making informed choices. And while you cannot predict the future, it is possible to create investment strategies that can maximise your chances of success. In The Intelligent Portfolio, author Christopher Jones shows readers how this can be accomplished.
Hardback £14.99 / €18.70 ISBN: 9780470228043

Profit from the Peak: The End of Oil and the Greatest Investment Event of the Century by Brian Hicks & Chris Nelder
There is no doubt that oil production will peak, if it hasn't already, and that all other fossil fuels will peak soon after. The important questions for investors are: when will it happen, to what extent, and what can I do to capitalise on it? According to the authors, we're quickly facing the end of our oil-based economy. But every crisis contains the blueprint for its own solution. Profit from the Peak contains the information needed to successfully navigate this epic event. The authors take a hard look at the future of oil and gas, discuss how readers can effectively invest in these resources, and detail the potential profitability of energy alternatives that are poised to power the years ahead.
Hardback £19.99 / €24.30  ISBN: 9780470127360

Follow the Fed to Investment Success: The Effortless Strategy for Beating Wall Street by Doug Roberts
After many years as a successful Wall Street insider, Doug Roberts discovered something that would forever change the way he looked at investing. Through years of research and analysis, Roberts found that there's a direct correlation between stock market performance and the actions of the Fed. In Follow the Fed to Investment Success, Roberts skilfully outlines this proven approach, takes readers step by step through implementing his strategy, and reveals how easy it can be to create true wealth in today's market.
Hardback £13.99 / €16.70  ISBN: 9780470226490

FORTHCOMING: JULY HIGHLIGHTS

Living in a Material World: The Commodity Connection by Kevin Morrison

Property Derivatives: Pricing, Hedging and Applications by Juerg Syz