Schrand and Unal – Hedging & Coordinated Risk Management We provide an explanation for hedging as a means of allocating rather than reducing risk. We argue that when increases in total risk are costly, firms optimally allocate risk by reducing (increasing) exposure to risks that provide zero (positive) economic rents. Our evidence shows that mutual…
Sepharial – The Silver Key Sepharial was. “.the prince of English astrologers.” – The Referee “.the foremost living astrologer.” – Evening News In The Silver Key:, which is subtitled “A Guide to Speculators,” Sepharial tests the accuracy of astrological prediction on horseracing. The winning result is achieved through a mix of numerology, astrology, and other…
Sepharial – The Science of Foreknowledge Sepharial. “.the prince of English astrologers.” – The Referee “.the foremost living astrologer.” – Evening News In The Science of Foreknowledge, Sepharial offers a variety of topics related to astrological research, philosophy, and practice. These include the role of Neptune in people’s lives, the influence of Lilith (Earth’s second…
Saul Landau – The Business of America Review Saul Landau – The Business of Amer “The credit card has gradually replaced the voter registration card as a key symbol of civic involvement. Saul Landau takes a fresh and valuable look at how and why — and what we can do about it. Against the mass-media…
Sara Bongiorni – A Year Without Made In China A Year Without “Made in China” provides you with a thought-provoking and thoroughly entertaining account of how the most populous nation on Earth influences almost every aspect of our daily lives. Drawing on her years as an award-winning journalist, author Sara Bongiorni fills this book with engaging…
Satyajit Das – Traders, Guns & Money Traders Guns and Money is a wickedly comic exposé of the culture, games and pure deceptions played out every day in trading rooms around the world. And played out with other people’s money. A sensational insider’s view of the business of trading and marketing derivatives, this revised edition explains…
SAS Institute – Stock Market Analysis Using the SAS System Whether you want to analyze risk and return of stocks individually or in portfolios, this book gives you lots of examples to copy and use “as is” or you can easily adapt them to your specific needs. The SAS example code is thoroughly explained–for each…
Sarah Glendon Lyons – Reverse Mortages for Dummies This book is intended for seniors who live on a fixed income, owning a home and keeping it can be financially challenging. Rather than face the choice of selling your home and moving or becoming a home – owning pauper, reverse mortgage products let seniors convert part…
Sandra Burud, Marie Tumolo – Leveraging the New Human Capital Leveraging the New Human Capital forever changes the way managers see today’s highly complex employees. Through interviews with corporate executives, overviews of available research and four stories of major corporations, the book sets out five specific strategies organizations can use to adapt to this new…
Samuel Bowles – Microeconomics In this novel introduction to modern microeconomic theory, Samuel Bowles returns to the classical economists’ interest in the wealth and poverty of nations and people, the workings of the institutions of capitalist economies, and the coevolution of individual preferences and the structures of markets, firms, and other institutions. Using recent advances…