Big Money Thinks Small : Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing Investors are tempted daily by misleading or incomplete information. They may make a lucky bet, realize a sizable profit, and find themselves full of confidence. Their next high-stakes gamble might backfire, not only hitting them in the balance sheet but also taking a mental and emotional toll. Even veteran investors can be caught off guard: a news item may suddenly cause havoc for an industry they've invested in; crowd mentality among fellow investors may skew the market; a CEO may turn out to be unprepared to effectively guide a company. How can one stay focused in such a volatile profession? If you can't trust your past successes to plan and predict, how can you avoid risky situations in the future? In Big Money Thinks Small, veteran fund manager Joel Tillinghast shows investors how to avoid making these mistakes. He offers a set of simple but crucial steps to successful investing, including: · Know yourself, how you arrive at decisions, and how you might be susceptible to self-deception. · Make decisions based on your own expertise, and do not invest in what you don't understand. · Select only trustworthy and capable colleagues and collaborators. · Learn how to identify and avoid investments with inherent flaws. · Always search for bargains, and never forget that the first responsibility of an investor is to identify mispriced stocks. Patience and methodical planning will pay far greater dividends than flashy investments. Tillinghast teaches readers how to learn from their mistakes--and his own, giving investors the tools to ask the right questions in any situation and to think objectively and generatively about portfolio management.
Financial Management : Principles and Applications The sixth edition of FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT provides students with an overview of financial management suited to the first course in finance. The focus of the text is on the big picture, providing an introduction to financial decision making grounded in current financial theory and the current state of world economic conditions. Attention is paid to both valuation and capital markets, as well as their influence on corporate financial decisions.
Laying down the Law Clear explanations of essential topics include legal history, Australia's legal system and sources of law, indigenous legal issues, the doctrine of precedent, statutory interpretation and legal research and writing. Practical examples and exercises support learning and development of key skills.
Money, Banking and the financial System This edition retains the modern approach of the first edition, while incorporating several changes to address feedback from instructors and students and also to reflect the authors’ own classroom experiences.
Tradition and Change in Australian Law Imparts a thorough understanding of the institutions and systems of Australian law by revisiting their origins. It features a detailed explanation of the Australian legal system, past and present, covering the origins of the Western legal tradition.
An Introduction to Criminal Law in Queensland and Western Australia Contents: The Trial Courts; Appeals; Classification of Offences; The Trial Process; The Onus of Proof; Special Pleas; Criminal Responsibility; Parties of Offences; Homicide; Offences against the Person; Sexual Offences; Offences relating to Property; Drug Offences.
Cornerstones of Australian Law Cornerstones of Australian Law, 3/e has been extensively revised, expanding and updating the content of previous editions, and includes many more case examples. This text consists of 25 chapters and is divided into 6 parts: * Part A looks at the Australian legal system. * Part B addresses torts, plus coverage of defamation, nuisance and trespass. * Part C covers contract law that is divided into three chapters. * Part D details consumer law, specifically the sale of goods and consumer protection. * Part E details consumer law including the sale of goods, restrictive trade practices, marketing and advertising law and intellectual property law. * Part F covers business ownership and bankruptcy law.
Introducing the Law A textbook for tertiary students aimed at providing its readers with a clear and concise introduction to the Australian legal system.
Law Essentials : Foundations in Australian Law This is a textbook written especially for first year LLB students. It is intended to be a complete resource for students commencing a law degree in Australia and to be used in foundational law units offered in Australian universities for first year LLB students. See pages on Precedent in the index (p.432).
Nemes and Coss' effective legal research. The authors canvass a wide variety of electronic and print-based resources relevant to Australian law and provide worked examples based on contextual problems and pointers to potential dangers. Helpful illustrations, flowcharts and diagrams familiarise readers with the environment in which they will be undertaking research.