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In the not too distant past, GAAP earnings per share was the financial metric of choice of equity investors. Because of increasing problems with accrual accounting, free cash flow has replaced GAAP earnings as the primary financial metric for many professional investors. Free cash flow is defined as operating cash flow minus capital expenditures.

* Valuation of Early Stage Companies is an updated analysis and application of valuation theory for early stage companies with complex capital structures. * The book shows the appropriate and defensible way to prepare and present business valuations with a strong emphasis on applications and models.

An investor's guide to understanding the most elusive (yet most important) aspect of successful investing - yourself. Why is it that the investing performance of so many smart people reliably and predictably falls short? The answer is not that they know too little about the markets.

Indispensable advice for building a lasting financial legacy Building wealth is hard to do, but maintaining that wealth across generations is even more challenging.

A detailed look at risk identification and quantification in equity investment Equity Value Enhancement ("EVE"): Governance, Risk, Relationships & Knowledge ("GRRK")provides the information and tools practitioners and business owners need to work with the multitude of intangibles ("GRRK") in equity investment decisions.

A fully revised second edition focused on the best practices of enterprise risk management Since the first edition of Enterprise Risk Management: From Incentives to Controls was published a decade ago, much has changed in the worlds of business and finance.

Tap into the power of the most popular stochastic volatility model for pricing equity derivatives Since its introduction in 1993, the Heston model has become a popular model for pricing equity derivatives, and the most popular stochastic volatility model in financial engineering.

Best-Practice EVA tells the new EVA story from the ground up. Stewart covers EVA essentials the classic economic profit version of EVA in the first three chapters of the book. He shows readers how simple and intuitive EVA really is, how it is defined, and why it is better than all other measures of corporate profit.

Build a fixed income portfolio that will weather volatility and instability Designing a fixed income portfolio is an essential skill of any investment manager or advisor.

Addresses the essential aspects of modern financial risk management. This book offers an insider's view of this discipline and covers the strategies, principles, and measurement techniques necessary to manage and measure financial risk.

Take Excel to the next level in accounting and financial modeling In this new Second Edition of Next Generation Excel, Isaac Gottlieb shows financial analysts how to harness the full power of Excel to move forward into the new world of accounting and finance.

A top-notch resource for anyone who wants to break into the demanding world of investment banking For undergraduates and MBA students, this book offers the perfect preparation for the demanding and rigorous investment banking recruitment process.

A concise study of the practices in Islamic commercial law Filling a gap in the current literature, Islamic Commercial Law is the only book available that combines the theory and practice of Islamic commercial law in an English-language text.

Introduces a powerful new approach to financial risk modeling with proven strategies for its real-world applications The 2008 credit crisis did much to debunk the much touted powers of Value at Risk (VaR) as a risk metric. Unlike most authors on VaR who focus on what it can do, in this book the author looks at what it cannot.

Retirement portfolio guidance for finance professionalsRetirement is one of the most important parts of the financial planning process. Yet only two percent of financial advisors describe themselves as competent in retirement planning.

A companion Workbook to the text Retirement Portfolios Retirement is one of the most important parts of the financial planning process. Yet only two percent of financial advisors describe themselves as competent in retirement planning.

A comprehensive set of retirement portfolio guidance for finance professionals Retirement is one of the most important parts of the financial planning process. Yet only two percent of financial advisors describe themselves as competent in retirement planning.

Insight into collateral management and its increasing relevance in modern banking In the wake of recent financial crises, firms of all sizes have adjusted their policies to incorporate more frequent instances of collateral management.

* Includes trading examples that illustrate points about risk management and leverage. * Presents all the practical knowledge necessary to run a leveraged investment company. * Non-technical explanations brings an element of transparency to a part of the investment world often thought of as difficult to understand. .

VaR, or value at risk, is a concept introduced by bank dealers to establish parameters for their market short-term risk exposure. This text introduces VaR, extreme VaR, and stress-testing risk measurement techniques to major institutional investors.

Written by the quantitative research team of Deutsche Bank, the world leader in innovative equity derivative transactions, this book acquaints readers with leading-edge thinking in modeling and hedging these transactions. Equity Derivatives offers a balanced, integrated presentation of theory and practice in equity derivative markets.

Provides an overview of the important areas that purchasers of institutional investment management services need to consider. This work offers a comprehensive review of the manager selection process.

In this guide, a leading financial economist discusses the most important research in investment theory. Not only is this research referenced in the most comprehensive annotated bibliography in the field of investment theory ever assembled, but the chronological organization of the book helps Rubinstein provide his own analysis.

"The Sabanes-Oxley Act has been one of the most significant developments in corporate and securities regulation since the New Deal.

Learn how quantitative models can help fight client problems head-on Before financial problems can be solved, they need to be fully understood.

Examining how M&A fits in corporate growth strategies, this book covers various strategic reasons for companies entering mergers and acquisitions (M&A), along with a look at those that are based on sound strategy, and those that are not. It explains which types of M&A work best and which to avoid.

Expert direction on interpretation and application of standards of value Written by Jay Fishman, Shannon Pratt, and William Morrison three renowned valuation practitioners Standards of Value, Second Edition discusses the interaction between valuation theory and its judicial and regulatory application.

A study of the investment portfolios of takaful companies, their general investment patterns, and their future investments. It looks at shareholders as well as general and family funds to determine where these companies are investing today, and where they are likely to invest in the future.

A timely update to one of the most well-received books on project financing As an effective alternative to conventional direct financing, project financing has become one of the hottest topics in corporate finance.

An in-depth look into the various aspects of behavioral finance Behavioral finance applies systematic analysis to ideas that have long floated around the world of trading and investing. Yet it is important to realize that we are still at a very early stage of research into this discipline and have much to learn.