BOOKS FOR TRADERS

June 1999

Master Of The Futures

Getting Started In Bonds

Nonlinear Pricing Theory & Applications

Investing For Dummies

Banking Online For Dummies

Growing Rich With Growth Stocks

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Masters Of The Futures: Top Players Reveal The Inside Story Of The World's Futures Markets (223 pages, $27.95, hardcover, ISBN 0071341110), by Scott Slutsky, published by McGraw-Hill. Futures trading is undergoing dramatic changes, with technological innovations and the convenience of electronic trading threatening to replace the exchange-based trading system. What do industry leaders think is ahead? How can traders thrive in this turbulent industry?

This series of wide-ranging, thought-provoking discussions is presented in a question-and-answer format of interviews with some of the most powerful figures of the industry. Many of the chairmen, presidents, or CEOs of futures companies and exchanges around the world give answers to the author's questions. This book offers rare access to their experience, insights and predictions for anyone interested in the futures industry.

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Getting Started In Bonds (260 pages, $18.95 paper, 1999, ISBN 0471323772), by Sharon Saltzgiver Wright, published by John Wiley & Sons. Bonds are a key component in every portfolio, making it essential that investors understand what exactly they are and how they function. This accessible guide explains the fundamentals in clear, easy-to-understand language. It includes in-depth coverage of a variety of products, from 30-year Treasury notes to high-yield junk bonds.

Part 1 covers bond types. Part 2 explains how to identify a good bond and covers some simple bond math. Part 3 reveals factors that can affect a bond's value and will help you forecast future interest rates. Part 4 shares a number of valuable bond investing and portfolio strategies. Prepare to be surprised and to have a ball demystifying the bond market.

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Nonlinear Pricing Theory & Applications (361 pages, $69.95 hardcover, 1999, ISBN 0471245518), by Christopher T. May, published by John Wiley & Sons. In a fresh new way of looking at financial economics, this book abandons the traditional assumptions of equilibrium in economics and randomness in a time series. These shortcomings are becoming increasingly awkward, given the superior technological infrastructure and advances in mathematics and the sciences. Despite these advances and their empirical proof, much remains confused or muddled.

This work explores the nature and role of nonlinearity, an inherent part of everyday reality, and illustrates a profit-making strategy. Nonlinear Pricing uses cutting-edge technology to identify and exploit patterns hidden within the seemingly helter-skelter rise and fall of daily stock prices. It sheds much-needed light on the principles behind this innovative view of reality and provides explanations of how nonlinear pricing is employed for forecasting.

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Investing For Dummies (419 pages, $19.99 paper, 1997, ISBN 1568843933), by Eric Tyson, published by IDG Books Worldwide. This book is filled with tips for smart investing. It doesn't matter if you have $100, $10,000 or $1,000,000 to invest -- this book shows you how to maximize your investment, the fun and easy way. This hands-on, down-to-Earth reference cuts through the jargon and provides you with the techniques and strategies you need to make sound investment decisions based on your overall financial picture. This book is packed with expert tips, suggestions, and anecdotes, and it takes you through the often confusing and intimidating world of investing, step by step. With easy-to-understand explanations, helpful advice and humor, this book can quickly become your trusted investment counselor.

IDG Books Worldwide

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Banking Online For Dummies (306 pages, $24.99, hardcover, 1999, ISBN 0764504584), by Paul A. Murphy, published by IDG Books Worldwide. Why waste any more time waiting in line? Find out quickly and easily how you can save time -- and money -- by banking online. Even if you've never been on the Internet before, Banking Online For Dummies brings you all the information and software you need to get started right away -- and take control of your money! The book includes a large Internet directory to help you locate your bank on the Web. A CD-ROM, containing both Netscape and Microsoft browsers, a link to an Internet service provider, three different versions of financial software, a demo of online banking, and direct links to the resources mentioned in the text also come with the book.

IDG Books Worldwide

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Growing Rich With Growth Stocks: Wall Street's Top Money Managers Reveal The 12 Rules For Investment Success (242 pages, $25, hardcover, 1999, ISBN 0735200610), by Kirk Kazanjian, published by Prentice Hall Press/New York Institute of Finance. This book takes readers behind the scenes with several Wall Street luminaries and reveals their most successful investment secrets. Will the major multinational growth stocks that have been leading this bull market continue to dominate into the new millennium? The answer is a resounding "yes," according to this book. The author interviewed five of the top growth stock managers: Shelby Davis, Elizabeth Bramwell, L. Roy Papp, Robert Stovall, and Donald Yacktman, and reveals what some of the best minds in the country do "to stay ahead of the crowd." Readers will learn this plus how to master the 12 rules of successful growth stock investing. In addition, each manager gives his or her 10 favorite growth stocks for the 21st century.

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