All too often, when investors go in search of investment advice, they are met with television personalities and so-called investment “gurus” who do little more than push the latest and greatest scheme to retire rich. Your retirement funds-in the form of IRAs, 401(k)s, SEP or Simple IRAs, and...

The inventive process is the most important driver of economic growth. Venture capital (VC) funds have contributed a small, but critical, part to the inventive process. VC funds boost the inventive process by selecting a small number of radical ideas out a large flow of ideas and invest in their...

This Palgrave Pivot examines the essence of competence value in corporate and small business finance, offering empirical evidence to better understand financial practices within entrepreneurial settings. Mantovani suggests an innovative methodology to detect the financial value of...

Preface -- 1 Real Estate Investing After the Fall -- 2 Real Estate Finance: Notes, Mortgages, and Payment Structures -- 3 Finance and Real Estate Valuation -- 4 Real Estate Valuation -- 5 The Anatomy of a Lease -- 6 Risk Analysis -- 7 Taxation in Investment Real Estate -- 8 Investing in...

Real Estate and Real Estate Finance as a Research Field -- The NetAssetValue and Stock Prices of European Real Estate Companies -- The Liquidity Crisis of German Open-end Real Estate Funds and their Impact on Optimal Asset Allocation in Retirement -- Detecting and Explaining Systemic Risks of...

The Encyclopedia of Finance, Second Edition, comprised of over 1000 individual definitions and chapters, is the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource in the field, integrating the most current terminology, research, theory, and practical applications. Showcasing contributions from an...

Terms, definitions and short essays -- Deposit insurance schemes -- Gramm-Leach-Bailey Act: creating a new bank for a new millennium -- Comparative analysis of zero-coupon and coupon-pre-funded bonds -- Intertemporal risk and currency risk -- Credit derivatives -- international parity conditions...

Financial Lexicon is intended as a comprehensive financial reference book that explains the formal and informal terminology of finance. Structured as a dictionary, the book will contain clear and detailed explanations of common banking, finance and investment terms. Unlike other textbooks, which...

From performers who bask in the spotlight to those who find inspiration in the midnight glow of a computer monitor, the world has no shortage of creative people. While the day-to-day realities of a ballerina may be quite different from that of a novelist, actor, graphic artist, musician, or...

Thinking about divorce? Already in the process of divorce? You need this book. Divorce is complex, and complications are not what you need when you are facing its emotional and financial pressures. In It's Splitsville: Surviving Your Divorce, veteran divorce attorney James J. Gross breaks down...