Modern Multi-Factor Analysis of Bond Portfolios
Modern Multi-Factor Analysis of Bond Portfolios

Author: Giovanni Barone-Adesi

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-12-03

Total Pages: 137

ISBN-13: 1137564865

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Where institutions and individuals averagely invest the majority of their assets in money-market and fixed-income instruments, interest rate risk management could be seen as the single most important global financial issue. However, the majority of the key techniques used by most investors were developed several decades ago, and the advantages of multi-factor models are not fully recognised by many researchers and practitioners. This book provides clear and practical insight into bond portfolios and portfolio management through key empirical analysis. The authors use extensive sets of empirical data to describe the value potentially added by more recent techniques to manage interest rate risk relative to traditional techniques and to present empirical evidence of such an added value. Beginning with a description of the simplest models and moving on to the most complex, the authors offer key recommendations for the future of rate risk management.

Racism and Everyday Life
Racism and Everyday Life

Author: Andrew Smith

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-29

Total Pages: 79

ISBN-13: 1137493569

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What does it mean to talk about everyday racism, and why should we do so? Racism and Everyday Life brings together the sociologies of racism and everyday life in a new way in order to reflect on these questions. Smith argues that racism and everyday life are not just 'act' and 'context' respectively, but rather they are part of the making of each other. Using a variety of historical and contemporary examples, this book draws on the pioneering insights of W.E.B. Du Bois and other writers in order to explore the interwoven relationship between racism and the everyday.

Austerity and Political Choice in Britain
Austerity and Political Choice in Britain

Author: H. Clarke

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-29

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 1137524936

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This is a comprehensive study of the 2015 general election in Britain designed not only for students and scholars of British politics, but also for the interested reader. It looks at the record of the Coalition government both in terms of its plans and performance, particularly in relation to the economy, as the starting point for understanding what happened. The authors go on to examine the campaign during the run-up to polling day and to explain why people voted the way they did. They also take a close look at the various constituency battlegrounds across the country showing how and why voting patterns varied across Britain. Finally, they discuss the implications of the election outcome for the future of the party system and British politics more generally. This book provides important insights into an election which has permanently changed the political geography of Britain.

A Formula for Eradicating Racism
A Formula for Eradicating Racism

Author: Timothy McGettigan

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-05-04

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 1137599758

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In this book, Tim McGettigan and Earl Smith make the unprecedented argument that racism is a remediable form of suggestion-induced sadism. The authors explain in plain terms how societies like the USA construct racism, and put forward a practical plan to eradicate racism in the USA and all over the world.

Successful Social Media and Ecommerce Strategies in the Wine Industry
Successful Social Media and Ecommerce Strategies in the Wine Industry

Author: Gergely Sznolnoki

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-30

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 1137602988

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This book focuses on principles and practices in digital wine marketing. By providing a global overview of social media and e-commerce strategies and practices in the wine business, this book allows readers to understand how consumers and producers deal with these modern communication and selling platforms.

Australian Women in Advertising in the Twentieth Century
Australian Women in Advertising in the Twentieth Century

Author: J. Dickenson

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-29

Total Pages: 155

ISBN-13: 1137514345

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When did Australian women first enter the advertising industry? The stereotypical advertising executive might be a pony-tailed, Ferrari-driving, young-ish man, but women have worked in Australian advertising agencies from the first years of the modern industry, and today they comprise half of the industry's workforce. Australian Women in Advertising in the Twentieth Century rescues these women from their obscurity. By employing a broader definition of advertising than usual, this study reveals the important role women have played in the development of the Australian advertising industry, sheds light on women's struggle to reach the higher echelons of the industry, and considers why the popular image of the advertising executive is at such variance from the reality. The experiences of these remarkable women across a century of Australian advertising provide valuable information on the role of gender in the development of this ubiquitous industry, as well as the encroachment of consumer culture.

Football and the Women's World Cup
Football and the Women's World Cup

Author: Carrie Dunn

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-05-03

Total Pages: 99

ISBN-13: 1137567333

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Women's football is the fastest growing participation sport in both the UK and across the world, and the 2015 Women's World Cup was the biggest tournament the sport had ever seen. This book explores the experience of fans of women's football who followed their teams in Canada, examining their practices and fan behaviour. How did host cities manage the influx of visitors? And how did fans manage to support their teams, considering the vast amounts of travel expected across such a big country? Dunn also examines the way that the England team is structured and run, relating this to the country's domestic competition, as well as assessing the media coverage of women's football globally. This research is all framed within the author's own experiences of the Women's World Cup, as both an academic and as a sports journalist.

Modern Portfolio Theory and Investment Analysis
Modern Portfolio Theory and Investment Analysis

Author: Edwin J. Elton

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2009-11-16

Total Pages: 748

ISBN-13: 0470388323

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An update of a classic book in the field, Modern Portfolio Theory examines the characteristics and analysis of individual securities as well as the theory and practice of optimally combining securities into portfolios. It stresses the economic intuition behind the subject matter while presenting advanced concepts of investment analysis and portfolio management. Readers will also discover the strengths and weaknesses of modern portfolio theory as well as the latest breakthroughs.

The Four Faces of the Republican Party and the Fight for the 2016 Presidential Nomination
The Four Faces of the Republican Party and the Fight for the 2016 Presidential Nomination

Author: H. Olsen

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-03-04

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1137577533

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The Four Faces of the Republican Party clearly describes how Republican Presidential nominating contests unfold. Its focus on party factions allows readers to understand the process and to predict who the eventual nominee will be. In particular, the authors explore why a conservative party always nominates candidates favored by the party's establishment and why evangelical conservatives always emerge as one of the two final contenders for the nomination. This book is essential reading for anyone – professor, student, journalist, consultant, or candidate – who wishes to understand, report on, or influence a Republican Presidential nomination contest.