Reading and understanding the Financial times

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Reading and understanding the Financial times

Kevin Boakes

Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2008

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Includes index

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内容説明

This engaging and practical guide selects topical Financial Times articles with recurrent themes and provides engaging analysis, unravelling the key points and explaining the financial and economic data. This book will enable you to engage with corporate finance in any context; be it at work, on the television, in radio reports or on the internet. Structured around 11 key topics in finance, ranging from classical exposition of financial markets and institutions through to current issues surrounding private equity, risk management and hedge funds, each chapter sets the scene and analyses the chosen articles. Particular attention is paid to detailed explanation of key terminology (crucial for when you need to file that urgent report at work or look into reviewing your mortgage). Reading and Understanding the Financial Timesleaves you to ponder your findings and research further with self review questions andsuggested data and web-based activities on the book's website so that next time you read the Financial Times you will be able to do your own analysis.

目次

  • TOPIC 1 INTRODUCTION TO CORPORATE FINANCE: THE GOALS OF COMPANIES. Poor communications puts Sport's Direct off track Article 1 Sports Direct warning stumps investors Lucy Killgren and David Blackwell Financial Times, 27 April 2007 Activist shareholders demand change at Logica Article 2 Logica's chief quits in wake of warning Roger Blitz Financial Times, 28 May 2007 Article 3 Investors expecting change at LogicaCMG Maija Palmer Financial Times, 30 May 2007 TOPIC 2 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FEATURING INVESTMENT BANKS Financial markets watch the new Fed Chairman Article 4 Bernanke to give a taste of more transparent Fed Andrew Balls Financial Times, 14 February 2006 It's all champagne, Ferraris and penthouses let the good times roll for the investment bankers Article 5 How long can the good times last? Bankers cautious despite bids and bumper bonuses Peter Thal Larsen Financial Times, 27 November 2006 More transparency needed at the Bank of England Article 6 Bank to give better guidance over rates Chris Giles and Scheherazade Daneshkhu Financial Times, 3 May 2007 TOPIC 3 FINANCIAL MARKETS At 1.30 p.m.in London all eyes are on the screens Article 7 Surprising US job creation data rally stock markets and dollar FT Reporters Financial Times, 2 June 2007 Financial markets standing at a crossroads Article 8 Bond yields spark credit concerns Michael Mackenzie, Richard Beales and Joanna Chung Financial Times, 8 June 2007 Article 9 Bond market sell-off Lex Column Financial Times, 8 June 2007 TOPIC 4 DEBT FINANCE Greek government launches new bond issue Article 10 Athensprepares 50-year bond issue worth 500 1bn Kerin Hope Financial Times, 18 January 2007 Japanese convertibles back in fashion Article 11 Convertibles stage a return to fashion David Turner Financial Times, 8 February 2007. Bulldog, yankee and samurai bonds ... Article 12 Record samurai deal by Citigroup Mariko Sanchanta Financial Times, 6 September 2005 TOPIC 5 CAPITAL STRUCTURE MyTravel on the brink Article 13 MyTravel Shareholders offered 4% in GBP800m debt-to-equity restructuring Matthew Garrahan Financial Times, 14 October 2004. Blacks Leisure hit by global warming Article 14 Blacks Leisure falls into the red Tom Braithwaite and Maggie Urry Financial Times, 4 May 2007 TOPIC 6 EQUITY FINANCE Hargreaves' founders float 15 Sarah Spikes and Lina Saigol Financial Times, 12 May 2007 Article 16 Hargreaves Lansdown soars on debut Sarah Spikes Financial Times, 16 May 2007 Good value at Sainsbury's? Article 17 Valuing Sainsbury's Lex column Financial Times, 17 May 2007 TOPIC 7 STOCK MARKET EFFICIENCY Company share split down the middle Article 18 Stock splits: time to query decades of dogma John Authers Financial Times, 8 April 2007 TOPIC 8 PRIVATE EQUITY FINANCE Private equity firm fills its Boots Article 19 Boots provides takeover acid test Chris Hughes, Tom Braithwaite and Andrew Taylor Financial Times, 21 April 2007. TOPIC 9 DIVIDEND POLICY Have share buybacks gone too far? Article 20 Shareholders taking a stand on handouts Chris Hughes Financial Times, 19 May 2007 Printing money pays big dividends for De La Rue Article 21 De La Rue pays a special dividend Tom Griggs Financial Times, 23 May 2007 TOPIC 10 MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS Sophisticated European company into hot metal, seeks more sympathetic partner ... Article 22 Discussions unlikely to yield white knight Mariko Sanchanta Financial Times, 2 February 06 Article 23 Mittal goes on Arcelor charm offensive Peggy Hollinger Financial Times, 31 January 2006 Can Japanese sauce spice up US Hedge fund? Article 24 Poison Pill's strength under analysis Michiyo Nakamoto Financial Times, 15 June 2007 TOPIC 11 RISK MANAGEMENT AND HEDGE FUNDS The $2 pound puts pressure on UKcompanies Article 25 Exporters curse dollar's drag on profits Chris Hughes Financial Times, 14 May 2007 So tell me what do these hedge funds actually do? Article 26 Facing down the threat of tighter rules James Mackintosh Financial Times, 20 June 2007 TOPIC 12 NORTHERN ROCK Confidence in Northern Rock shatters! Article 27 Fresh turmoil in equity markets Krishna Guha, Michael Mackenzie and Gillian Tett Financial Times, 11 August 2007 How did this crisis impact on Northern Rock? Article 28 Repo Market little known but crucial to the system Michael Mackenzie Financial Times, 11 August 2007 Article 29 Growing sense of crisis over interbank deals Gillian Tett Financial Times, 5 September 20sp
  • Bankk funding lifeline Peter Thal Larsen and Neil Hume Financial Times, 14 September 2007 Glossary Index

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA88381820
  • ISBN
    • 9780273715597
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Harlow, England
  • ページ数/冊数
    xx, 171 p.
  • 大きさ
    24 cm
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