The Gorilla Game: An Investor's Guide to Picking Winners
The Gorilla Game: An Investor's Guide to Picking Winners In High Technology (331 pages, $26 hardcover, 1998, ISBN 0887308872) by Geoffrey A. Moore, with Paul Johnson and Tom Kippola, published by HarperBusiness. How does one get in on the really good deals, like Cisco or Microsoft, if you are not a Silicon Valley insider? How do you buy the high-tech winners and avoid the losers? The Gorilla Game discusses the dynamics driving the market for high-tech stocks and outlines the forces that catapult select companies to "gorilla" status.
HarperBusiness, a division of HarperCollins Publishers, 10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022. Phone 800 331-3761. Internet: https://www.harpercollins.com
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Options, Futures and Exotic Derivatives: Theory, Application and Practice (449 pages, $64.95 paper, 1998, ISBN 0471969087) by Eric Briys, Mondher Bellalah and Huu Minh Mai, Francois De Varenne, published by John Wiley & Sons. Building steadily from the basic mathematical tools to the very latest techniques in exotic options, this book covers the innovative and developing area of international financial markets -- the world of over-the-counter and tailor-made derivative asset pricing. This work offers comprehensive coverage of exotic derivative assets. It deals with numerous new forms of exotic options and option pricing and provides detailed explanations of different models and numerical methods. This book introduces an expanding area in the world of finance for both finance students and practitioners.
Wiley Book Order Department, 1 Wiley Drive, Somerset, NJ 08875, Phone 800 225-5945, 732 469-4400 x2497, Internet https://www.wiley.com
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Tax Havens of the World: "New" 6th Edition (1996/1997) (318 pages, $75 paper, 1996) by Thomas P. Azzara, published by New Providence Press. This book covers more than 25 tax havens and details the ways to protect assets from creditors, lawyers and the IRS. It covers how to use foreign trusts and holding companies as well as trade stocks, bonds, options and commodities free of capital-gains taxes. It contains the dos and don'ts for numbered and ciphered bank accounts, and explains how to sell US real estate and closely held stock tax-free. Resources for information in the book include the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Prentice-Hall and Commerce Clearing House Federal Treasury Regulations, and other books and treatises supplied by international tax attorneys, college professors and authors familiar with the subject.
New Providence Press, PO Box CB 11552, Nassau, Bahamas, phone 809 327-7359.
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Global Equity Investing: Using World Markets to Reduce Risk and Improve Performance (299 pages, $39.95 hardcover, 1997, ISBN 0070675198) by Alberto Vivanti and Perry Kaufman, published by McGraw-Hill. As we approach the 21st century, technological advances, shifts in the world economy, and the dismantling of trade barriers have eased access to foreign markets. For alert investors, the opportunity for gains is greater than ever -- but so is the risk. Global Equity Investing, written by Perry Kaufman, a familiar name to STOCKS & COMMODITIES readers, and a European financial analyst, is a practical resource that offers a workable, easy-to-follow blueprint for global investing -- one that shows how to use the world stock and index markets to reduce risk and maximize returns.
McGraw-Hill, 11 West 19th St., New York, NY 10011. To order, 614 755-4151, fax 212 337-4092, Internet https://www.mcgraw-hill.com
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Getting Started In Security Analysis (292 pages, $18.95 paper, 1998, ISBN 0471254878) by Peter J. Klein, published by John Wiley & Sons. This new guide covers everything you need to grasp the fundamentals of security analysis. Getting Started In Security Analysis focuses on the mechanics of such topics as fundamental and technical analysis, valuation, portfolio theory, and fixed-income analysis. Along with dozens of examples and case studies are special workbook sections. From an economics viewpoint, the business cycle and investment timing as well as international trade valuations are covered. Portfolio management, quantitative analysis and credit analysis are also detailed by an industry veteran who conducts regular seminars on these topics.
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Pension Fund Excellence: Creating Value for Stakeholders (238 pages, $64.95 hardcover, 1998, ISBN 0471246557) by Keith P. Ambachtsheer and D. Don Ezra, published by John Wiley & Sons. Pension funds have stepped out of the shadows and into the global spotlight. More and more, they are being seen as special financial institutions that need to create value, yet they continue to be misunderstood. The authors are internationally known experts and advisors to many of the world's premier pension funds. This book presents a guiding paradigm for articulating and accomplishing a fund's mission.
