The Investor's Guide to Economic Fundamentals
Published on 24. December 2002
262 pages
978-0-470-85632-1 (ISBN)
Description
A complete guide to key market features and their impact on each ofthe main areas of investment
This comprehensive guide offers practical advice on how to predictand manage market risk and how to allocate assets for the bestperformance under different market conditions. The Investor's Guideto Market Fundamentals covers both the theory and practice of thisoften-complicated subject, and gives readers a reliable source ofmarket information.
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"...a useful primer in economics for the beginner in financial markets..." (The Business Economist, Vol.34, No.2, 2003)More details
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John Calverley
Investor's Guide to Economic Fundamentals
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10/2002
Wiley
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John Calverley is Chief Economist and Strategist at American Express Bank, responsible for providing fundamental economic input to the Banks Treasury, Asset Management and Credit functions world-wide as well as to senior management. He edits the Banks suite of publications on economic and market trends, Economics for Investment. He also writes for various journals and magazines and appears frequently on CNN, CNBC, BBC and other TV stations. He is currently Chairman of the Society of Business Economists. He was educated at the universities of Cambridge and Washington and is the author of Economics for Investors (Probus, 1995) and Country Risk Analysis (Butterworths, 1990).
Content
List of Figures.
List of Tables.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
PART I: ECONOMICS FOR INVESTORS.
Why Economic Growth Matters.
Business Cycle Fundamentals.
Is Inflation Dead?
The New Economy: Myth or Reality.
Understanding Central Banks.
Fiscal Policy.
Asset Prices and the Economy.
Globalisation and Capital Flows.
International Linkages.
Emerging Economies.
PART II: THE FUNDAMENTALS OF MAJOR ASSET CLASSES.
Money Markets.
Bond Markets.
Stock Markets.
Currency Markets.
Property Markets.
Emerging Markets Investments.
Commodity Markets.
PART III: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS.
Summary: Economic Fundamentals and Market Performance.
Economic Fundamentals and the Investment Process.
Ten Years of Changing Fundamentals.
Useful Websites.
Glossary.
Index.
