Authors:U Aswathanarayana, Rao S. Divi,
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: portfolios, energy
Number of Pages: 362
Published: 2009-04-23
List price: $124.95
ISBN-10: 0415469856
ISBN-13: 9780415469852

Report on energy as of one of the most important issues of the twenty-first century. It discuses how countries deal with the composition of their energy portfolio, consistent with the endowment of energy resources, technologies and social, economical and environmental impacts, like CO2 emissions. In detail, the diversification of energy sources is treated. The role of non-carbon emitting sources (e.g. nuclear power) and renewable energy sources (e.g. hydroelectricity, geothermal, wind, biomass, solar electricity), and the R&D needed to realize their full potential are all considered an

Author: Mark Kritzma
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Keywords: portfolios, institutional, allocation, asset
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 1990-09-01
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 1556231636
ISBN-13: 9781556231636

Kritzman outlines the underlying theories of asset allocation. He details how to use innovations in asset allocation technology to control risk mechanically. Presenting the benefits and disadvantages of alternative investment vehicles within the context of both assets and liabilities he dispels some of the common misperceptions about asset allocation and helps in placing clients assets where they will achieve the desired outcome. This book offers: A unique combination of comprehensive theory and accessible math that helps the reader understand and put into practice the information presented; A

Author: Eva Lütkebohmert
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: eaa, series, portfolios, credit, risk, concentration
Number of Pages: 226
Published: 2008-11-21
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 3540708693
ISBN-13: 9783540708698

Modeling and management of credit risk are the main topics within banks and other lending institutions. Historical experience shows that, in particular, concentration of risk in credit portfolios has been one of the major causes of bank distress. Therefore, concentration risk is highly relevant to anyone who wants to go beyond the very basic portfolio credit risk models. The book gives an introduction to credit risk modeling with the aim to measure concentration risks in credit portfolios. Taking the basic principles of credit risk in general as a starting point, several industry models are s

Author: KEITH C. BROWN
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Keywords: portfolios, management, investments, analysis
Number of Pages: 1072
Published: 2009
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0324658427
ISBN-13: 9780324658422

Author:
Publisher: AIMR
Keywords: continuing, education, icfa, portfolios, asset, liability, managing
Number of Pages: 69
Published: 1992-11-13
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1879087162
ISBN-13: 9781879087163

Managing asset/liability portfolios (ICFA continuing education) Publisher: AIMRBuy Used: $8.95as of 11/13/2009 10:51 CST details Used (4) from $8.95Seller: phileas_fogg_booksellerSales Rank: 6942270Media: PaperbackPages: 69ISBN: 1879087162EAN: 9781879087163ASIN: 1879087162Publication Date: 1992Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Author: Billy Pegram
Publisher: Amherst Media, Inc.
Keywords: portfolios, model, photographing, techniques, posing
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2008-01-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 1584282207
ISBN-13: 9781584282204

With detailed discussions and eye-catching, dynamic images, this guidebook shows professional photographers how to masterfully create beautiful images of a model to achieve any creative objective. Instructions illustrate basic poses as well as a host of subtle variations to provide photographers with an endless array of looks for editorial fashion shots, athletics, glamour or nude photography, and shots designed to show curves, reveal personality, or showcase the hands, hair, or legs. This comprehensive resource also provides expert advice on conducting a successful session, how to work with t

Author: Lyn C. Thomas
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: profit, portfolios, pricing, models, credit, consumer
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2009-04-01
List price: $74.00
ISBN-10: 019923213X
ISBN-13: 9780199232130

The use of credit scoring--the quantitative and statistical techniques to assess the credit risks involved in lending to consumers--has been one of the most successful if unsung applications of mathematics in business for the last fifty years. Now with lenders changing their objectives from minimising defaults to maximising profits, the saturation of the consumer credit market allowing borrowers to be more discriminating in their choice of which loans, mortgages and credit cards to use, and the Basel Accord banking regulations raising the profile of credit scoring within banks there are a numb