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Bitcoin is a bubble -- Understanding the digital gold rush -- Bitcoin is more than digital gold -- Byzantine generals' problem -- A decentralized financial system -- What do you call a Bitcoin miner? a banker -- Nautiluscoin: 0 to $1 million in 60 days -- Building the Nautiluscoin economy -- Investing and trading in alternative currencies -- Regulation -- Smart money: set it and forget it -- Everything you know about business is wrong -- Appendix 1: Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network guidance -- Appendix 2: New York State Department of Financial Services proposed New York codes, rules and regulations.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

An essential reference dedicated to a wide array of financial models, issues in financial modeling, and mathematical and statistical tools for financial modeling The need for serious coverage of financial modeling has never been greater, especially with the size, diversity, and efficiency of modern capital markets. With this in mind, the Encyclopedia of Financial Models, 3 Volume Set has been created to help a broad spectrum of individuals ranging from finance professionals to academics and students understand financial modeling and make use of the various models currently available. Incorporating timely research and in-depth analysis, the Encyclopedia of Financial Models is an informative 3-Volume Set that covers both established and cutting-edge models and discusses their real-world applications. Edited by Frank Fabozzi, this set includes contributions from global financial experts as well as academics with extensive consulting experience in this field. Organized alphabetically by category, this reliable resource consists of three separate volumes and 127 entries'touching on everything from asset pricing and bond valuation models to trading cost models and volatility'and provides readers with a balanced understanding of today's dynamic world of financial modeling.-This 3-Volume Set contains coverage of the fundamentals and advances in financial modeling and provides the mathematical and statistical techniques needed to develop and test financial models -Emphasizes both technical and implementation issues, providing researchers, educators, students, and practitioners with the necessary background to deal with issues related to financial modeling -Each volume includes a complete table of contents and index for easy access to various parts of the encyclopedia Financial models have become increasingly commonplace, as well as complex. They are essential in a wide range of financial endeavors, and this 3-Volume Set will help put them in perspective.

Explains how to forecast and exploit changes in the global macroeconomic climate, analyzing fifty economic indicators that will give cautious investors the confidence to re-enter the markets and foresee the next downturn before it hits.

At some point, every business faces a downturn. The author offers ways to survive and succeed during these downtimes. He covers the 4 principles to successfully navigate a financial downturn, 15 rules of engagement to recast your business, the secrets and myths of workouts with the IRS, SBA, and other lenders, 6 biggest downsizing mistakes, top ways to lower your expenses, and more.

Thorough guidance and detailed analysis of the valuation business engagement Discussing the practical aspects of business valuation that arise in the context of a tax valuation, this book provides you with detailed analysis of the valuation business engagement process. Detailed discussion is included of various cases outlining errors that appraisers have made in appraisal reports, as well as in-depth discussion of the current appraisal industry issues that are impacting tax valuations.Examines concepts and topics including level of value, the role of estate planners in the business valuation.

Christian Stadler directed a team of 8 researchers in a six-year study of some of Europe's oldest and most stellar companies, targeting nine that have survived for more than 100 years and have outperformed the market over the past 50 years.

The authors make recommendations for meeting four major challenges currently facing the United States, including globalization, the information technology revolution, chronic deficits, and unbalanced energy consumption.

"The federal government is about to go bankrupt. This is THE hot button issue in America from now through the next presidential election in 2012"--Provided by publisher.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-395) and index.

Celebrated economic policy maker and political theorist Robert B. Reich argues that the nation's 2008 economic collapse is the result of an increasing concentration of income and wealth at the top--and a middle class that had to go deeply into debt to maintain a decent standard of living. To ensure that prosperity is widely shared, he continues, requires the implementation of a much broader safety net for the middle class financed by higher marginal tax rates on the very wealthy.

Notes: "This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-161) and index.

"The Detroit bureau chief for The New York Times takes readers inside the Big Three U.S. automakers for the rise and fall --and rise again? -- of this quintessentially American industry"--

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Experts from NYU Stern School of Business analyze new financial regulations and what they mean for the economy The NYU Stern School of Business is one of the top business schools in the world thanks to the leading academics, researchers, and provocative thinkers who call it home. In Regulating Wall Street: The New Architecture of Global Finance, an impressive group of the Stern school's top authorities on finance combine their expertise in capital markets, risk management, banking, and derivatives to assess the strengths and weaknesses of new regulations in response to the recent global financial crisis. Summarizes key issues that regulatory reform should address Evaluates the key components of regulatory reform Provides analysis of how the reforms will affect financial firms and markets, as well as the real economy The U.S. Congress is on track to complete the most significant changes in financial regulation since the 1930s. Regulating Wall Street: The New Architecture of Global Finance discusses the impact these news laws will have on the U.S. and global financial architecture"--

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Learn how to reconcile cultural differences in mergers, acquisitions, and strategic partnerships.

This surprising narrative goes back more than twenty years to reveal, in rich, anecdotal detail, how Wall Street, the mortgage industry, and the government conspired to change the way Americans bought their homes, creating a perfect storm. The authors take us inside elusive institutions such as Goldman Sachs, AIG, and Fannie Mae, to reveal who changed the game and why.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

The authors reveal how to execute an innovation initiative. Regardless of the type of initiative, the crux of the challenge is that business organizations are not designed for innovation; they are designed for ongoing operations. And there are deep and fundamental conflicts between the two.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.