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Description of "Financial Times" Guide to Using the Financial Pages

This fully revised and updated guide is an essential reference for anyone who wants to read and really understand the financial pages. It explains where and when to find the critical information, and how to make the best use of the full range of financial and economic data available, within the pink pages or at the click of a button. Includes the latest information on globalization and the other ways the internet and IT have transformed finance and investing. "The definitions and insight this book provides will remain of lasting value to readers." - Financial Times "An invaluable and straightforward guide." - Business Age "A good buy for anyone interested in the subject." - The Independent

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Title Information

ISBN:

9780273705031

Pages:

336 pages

Format:

Paperback

Product Code:

23143

Publisher:

Pearson Education Limited

Published:

15/12/2005

Edition:

5th Revised edition

Press and Industry Reviews

"The definitions and insight this book provides will remain of lasting value to readers."
- Financial Times

"An invaluable and straightforward guide."
- Business Age

"A valuable reference tool for anyone, professional as well as private investor."
- Resident Abroad

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About Romesh Vaitilingam

Romesh Vaitilingam is a media consultant and writer. He is the author of numerous articles and several successful titles in finance, economics and public policy, including The Ultimate Investor: The People and Ideas that Make Modern Investment (with Dean LeBaron) and The Financial Times Guide to Using Economics and Economic Indicators. As a specialist in translating economic and financial concepts into everyday language, Romesh has advised a number of top management consultancies and investment managers, as well as various UK government agencies. His work also involves media consultancy for the international economic research community, notably advising the Royal Economic Society and the Centre for Economic Policy Research on the management and development of their public profile.

Contents of "Financial Times" Guide to Using the Financial Pages

Part 1: Identifying the players

1 Investors
2 Companies
3 Financial institutions
4 Governments

Part 2: Interpreting the markets

5 Stocks and shares: the UK equity markets
6 Indices and aggregates: market indicators
7 NYSE and Nasdaq: the US equity markets
8 European equities: stock markets in the euro-zone and beyond
9 Other international equities: emerging stock markets and world indices
10 Trusts and funds: the managed money markets
11 Bonds and gilts: the international capital markets
12 Cash and currency: the foreign exchange and money markets
13 Futures and options: the derivatives market
14 Primary products: the commodities market

Part 3: Understanding the economies

15 UK economic indicators
16 The European economy: market integration and monetary union
17 The world economy: trade, growth and international institutions

Part 4: Beyond the financial pages

18 Company and investor lives: the key performance indicators by Ken Langdon
19 Finance on the internet: using the electronic financial pages
20 Sources of information: a brief guide


Appendix 1: The key ratios guide
Appendix 2: The key indices guide
Index