Financial Times Guide to Understanding Finance, The: A No-Nonsense Companion To Financial Tools and Techniques, 2nd edition

Published by FT Publishing International (27 August 2013) © 2014

  • Javier Estrada IESE Business School, Madrid
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Whether you are an executive or a student, beginner or expert, this book is designed to explain and illustrate the working essentials of finance with clarity and speed. The Financial Times Guide to Understanding Finance deliberately combines essential theory with real-world application, using short, focused chapters to help you find what you need and implement right away.

This desktop companion deliberately combines essential theory with real-world application, using short, focused chapters to help you find what you need and implement it right away. 

Table of contents

Publisher's acknowledgments

Preface to the second edition 

Preface to the first edition                     

                                                                                                  

PART I: RISK AND RETURN                                                                                    

1          Returns (I): Basic concepts                                                                                   

2          Returns (II): Mean returns                                                                                  

3          Risk (I): Total risk                                                                                              

4          Risk and return (I): Portfolios                                                                              

5          Risk (II): Diversification                        &

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