How to Read the Financial Pages: A Simple Guide to the Way Money Works and the Jargon - Couverture souple

Brett, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0091742137 ISBN 13 : 9780091742133

Editeur : Random House Business Books, 1989

Synopsis

An updated edition of a comprehensive interpretation of City jargon. It explains the terminology used to comment on the worlds of finance and investment, and describes who does what and how the various financial markets work. There is an expanded section on the money markets, and it brings in all recent regulations and amendments to the FSA and SIB guidelines, with an analysis of the Crash of 1987.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Stripping away the mystique from the world of investment and finance, this book is a bestselling layman`s guide to reading and understanding the financial press and the markets and events it covers. Assuming no financial knowledge, Michael Brett provides a valuable explanation of the workings of the financial world - from money markets to commodiaty markets, privatisation to margers and acquisitions. The book has been completely updated from the last edition in 1995 to include the major changes in trading systems in the City, the effects of the euro, and the impact of the Internet and eletronic trading. With an extensive glossary of financial terms, Michael Brett helps the reader through the financial columns to a better comprehension of the language of markets and money.

Biographie de l'auteur

Michael Brett is a freelance financial journalist, former editor of the Investor's Chronicle and a frequent lecturer on financial topics.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Random House Business Books
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0091742137
• ISBN 13: 9780091742133
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible