Financial Analyst'S Indispensible Pocket Guide

Description:
This is the ideal study guide for AIMR's Three-Level CFA Exam. It is today's only one-stop resource for important financial concepts, terms, and definitions. Each minute of every day, financial analysts and investment managers must know the unambiguous meanings for hundreds of terms from Absolute Advantage to Z-Score, plus understand the numerous models and formulas necessary to accurately and effectively apply those terms. 'Financial Analyst's Indispensable Pocket Guide' is the first fingertip reference - expressly written for finance professionals - that organizes, defines, and gives background and theory for more than 500 of these essential words and concepts.Practical and versatile, this pocket-sized book covers fundamental and advanced topics including: equity premium puzzle; asset segregation; cash and carry arbitrage; delta neutral hedging; option payoff diagrams; forecasting methods; impact of budget deficits; equity valuation; capital asset pricing model; AIMR performance presentation standards ratio analysis; company valuation; duration and convexity; yield curve strategies; regression analysis; time valuation; tactical asset allocation; option based portfolio insurance; real estate valuation; and, REITS and CREFS. More than just a dictionary, 'Financial Analyst's Indispensable Pocket Guide' is a one-volume encyclopedia of the information finance professionals use every day. Keep it on your bookshelf - or in your briefcase - for fast, reliable, and in-depth explanations of today's most common financial terms, concepts, and formulas.

Table of Contents:
Behavioral Finance. Derivatives. Economics. Equities. Ethics. Financial Statement Analysis. Fixed Income. Portfolio Management. Quantitative Techniques. Real Estate Investments.

Author Biography:
Ram Ramesh, MBA, CFA, is portfolio manager for Jamaica Money Market Brokers. Previously with Citicorp and PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Ramesh is a visiting faculty member at management institutes in both Jamaica and India and serves as a member of AIMR's candidate curriculum committee. He is a frequent contributor to The Financial Gleaner--Jamaica's largest and oldest daily newspaper--and appears regularly as a financial commentator on both television and radio.