The Handbook for Investment Committee Members: How to Make Prudent Investments for Your Organization (Wiley Finance): Russell L. Olson

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Comprehensive coverage of what it takes to be a responsible member of an investment committee
In a clear, organized, and easy-to-understand manner, this handbook explains the responsibilities and expectations of investment committee fiduciaries for pension funds, endowment funds, and foundations. Emphasizing all the do’s and don’ts to follow [...]

Asset Dedication: How to Grow Wealthy with the Next Generation of Asset Allocation: Stephen J. Huxley, J Brent Burns, Stephen Huxley, J Burns

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The first book to close the perilous gaps in—and enhance the performance of—asset allocation
Asset allocation is one of today’s bestknown investment approaches. Problem is, its major precept—that a magic-number, fixed-percentage asset mix will provide superior results for investors who have dramatically different goals and needs—is [...]

The Informed Investor: A Hype-Free Guide to Constructing a Sound Financial Portfolio: Frank Armstrong

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From Publishers Weekly
Geared to the skittish novice investor who may have been spooked by the September 11 fallout, The Informed Investor: A Hype-Free Guide to Constructing a Sound Financial Portfolio guides readers through the basics of investing with a reassuring tone and a relatively conservative [...]

Commitments of Traders : Strategies for Tracking the Market and Trading Profitably: Floyd Upperman

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“Floyd has answered for many in this book a way to both understand and use the Commitment of Traders reports. In my thirty-five years as a registered broker and author of my own book, I find that at times someone takes a complex subject and makes it easier to understand. Floyd [...]

The Motley Fool Million Dollar Portfolio: How to Build and Grow a Panic-Proof Investment Portfolio: David Gardner, Tom Gardner

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“The best place online for talking with investors… amusing as well as educational.” — Barron’s
“Their panache is a cover for a belief in the old-fashioned virtues of patience, simplicity, and prudence.” — U.S. News & World Report
“They’ve built up a large and much-deserved following.” — [...]

Pioneering Portfolio Management: An Unconventional Approach to Institutional Investment, Fully Revised and Updated: David F. Swensen

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Richard C. Levin
F.W. Beinecke Professor of Economics and President, Yale University
David Swensen’s creative and disciplined approach to investment has given Yale the resources it needs to augment its capacity for excellence in scholarship and teaching. Those who absorb the wisdom in this book will likewise strengthen [...]

The Smart Organization: Creating Value Through Strategic R&D: David Matheson, James E. Matheson

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“If more companies were to act like this, there might be less demand for off-the-peg strategies from consultants.” — The Economist, July 11, 1998

Here is an experience-rich book on how companies can create value by becoming smart organizations. Based on [...]

The Smart Organization: Creating Value Through Strategic R&D: David Matheson, James E. Matheson

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“If more companies were to act like this, there might be less demand for off-the-peg strategies from consultants.” — The Economist, July 11, 1998

Here is an experience-rich book on how companies can create value by becoming smart organizations. Based on [...]

The Smart Organization: Creating Value Through Strategic R&D: David Matheson, James E. Matheson

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“If more companies were to act like this, there might be less demand for off-the-peg strategies from consultants.” — The Economist, July 11, 1998

Here is an experience-rich book on how companies can create value by becoming smart organizations. Based on [...]

Global Perspectives on Investment Management: Learning from the Leaders: Multiple Authors, Rodney N. Sullivan

Collected to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Financial Analysts Seminar, the presentations in this book contain refreshing newideas from those who have consistently pushed the boundaries of the profession to benefit the global capital market system. This practical collection brings today’s top thinking directly to all serious investment professionals.
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