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Save your money........1999-06-18
If you are attracted by the name "How the foreign exchange market works" and want to know how, this is not the book to read. The text hard to understand and it does not give a clear explanation of the foreign exchange market. Take my word because you don't want to waste your time and your money. DO YOU?
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Finally an option book to be proud of.......2003-03-07
Mr. Walker is clear and concise in his depiction of how the options markets work. He details various strategies and makes options investing understandable to those new to it.
In my 11 years as a futures investor, broker, and author, I have never seen someone with as much grasp of options investing as Mr.Walker and have the capability to explain it.
An excellent Book.......2002-09-20
Comprehensive, simple, full of examples - worth the money.
Anyone Can Understand !.......2002-08-02
Yes, As a beginner I can confidently say I know what option is, it's uses and the risk involve. The Author did not only explain the principle but gave practicable example everyone can relate to. All in simple and plain English, you don't need to have been to a school of economy to know what an option is. With the help of this book, I can't look stupid when others uses terminologies relating to option. Keep up the good work Joseph.
understandable explanation of why you care about options........1999-11-18
If i had to pick a book that explained the most about options to the layman in the clearest language in the fewest pages, this would be it.
a must read for anybody who wants to understand how to use options
Good introductory book with plenty of examples........1999-10-25
Good introductory book with plenty of examples. Good layout too. Many different options trading techniques are discussed, each with an indication of how risky it is. It even suggests leaving some of the more advanced techniques to the professionals, or more experienced traders - good advice.
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From an international authority on futures trading, the definitive primer on the futures market-- thoroughly expanded and updated to reflect the hottest new trends in futures trading.
In jargon-free language, backed by explicit and lucid examples, this authoritative primer demystifies every aspect of futures trading. Step by step, investors will come to master the basics of a futures contract, the purpose of the exchange, and the tools of fundamental and technical analysis. They'll also learn solid strategies for choosing a broker, placing orders, finding effective timing indicators and developing their own trading systems.
Features include: A close-up of key players in action--the buyers, the sellers, the speculators, and the brokers; an overview of the multiplicity of markets; a detailed comparison of domestic and international commodity exchanges; the lowdown on the rational, impact, and drawbacks of 24-hour and electronic trading; an incisive look at key factors affecting futures markets, including politics and the weather; the pros, cons, and vital differences between "day" and "position" trading; the secrets to futures markets success, with the do's and don'ts of commodity trading.
Comprehensive and empowering, How The Futures Markets Work opens up a world of prosperous possibilities for today's investors.
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Too shallow to be of any real use.......2001-10-10
The problem with this book is that it adresses too many points, providing little or no detail on each of them. All the book does is merely tell you there is something like Fundamental Analysis, Technical Analysis, etc., but it is too shallow to really learn something useful about all these fields.
Personally, I ordered this book because I wanted to learn more about the inner workings and the behind-the-scenes aspect of the futures markets. However, despite the title, the book offers very little information about how the Futures markets actually work.
A Textbook for the Futures Markets.......2001-07-03
"How The Futures Markets Work" is precise, honest, and informative. Consistent with other works by Jake Bernstein, this book is objective: written solely to educate and inform the reader.
This book does not attempt to convince an unsuspecting or uninformed reader to trade futures. Nor does it form an opinion about whether investment in the futures markets is "good" or "bad". Instead, it arms the reader with enough information to make an informed, intelligent decision about whether or not to trade futures.
This is a textbook. It provides an objective, base-level understanding of the futures markets, including: the history of the futures contract, the purpose of the Futures Exchange, how to chose a broker, market forces affecting futures prices, and trading strategies. You will not necessarily be able to jump right into futures trading after reading this book, but you will have acquired a firm foundation on which to become more informed should you wish to do so.
This book works towards leveling the playing field in the investment community, something much needed. Void of marketing and sales hype, this book provides a refreshing, candid, and honest description of what should be expected from trading futures, both from the market and from you as a futures trader.
The most important chapter in this book is chapter 9: "The Psychology of Investing". Mr. Bernstein makes it very clear, there is no quick way to achieving success as a futures trader and that success will most like be achieved based not on our trading system but rather by our ability - as people - to properly implement our trading system. This chapter alone makes the book a worthwhile purchase.
How The Futures Markets Work.......2000-04-12
I had a friend tell me that he was going to start trading futures. After he told me how exciting it was, I needed to learn more. I knew nothing about futures trading. That same friend recommended three books by Jake Bernstein, How The Futures Markets Work, Strategies For The Electronic Futures Trader, and The Complete Day Trader II. I started my education with How The Futures Markets Work. This book gives an outstanding overall picture of the futures markets. Everything from the trading floor to the basics of technical analysis to the psychology of investing is covered in this one book. This is the introductory textbook for the amateur futures trader. If you're wondering where to begin, I highly recommend this book to be you're starting point.
A Book for Gorks.......1999-12-22
I have read some nonsense in my time... Wha? But this book is just dreadful. Only a complete jackass would put this book on their X-mas list... Wha? My friend Celine who is a complete nerd... Wha? would love this book, but that is it... Wha?
A Book for Gorks.......1999-12-22
I have read some nonsense in my time... Wha? But this book is just dreadful. Only a complete jackass would put this book on their X-mas list... Wha? My friend Celine who is a complete nerd... Wha? would love this book, but that is it... Wha?
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Title: The mind-programmable era: technology writer Michael Chorost received a cochlear implant to improve his hearing. Here, he explains how future implants may open up exciting new possibilities while also making our thoughts more transparent.(FUTURE VIEW)
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Purchasing Performance Measurements (Purchasing Excellence Series)
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Purchasing Performance Measurements is the first in a series of comprehensive guides to critical areas in Purchasing. Read this book to learn how to maintain your competitive edge and to use measurements to continuously improve. Just the facts.
Purchasing Performance Measurements covers the following: How to implement and why.
Traditional accounting practices fail to pinpoint troubles which are eating away at profit margins and providing an opportunity for the competition to capture market share.
Traditional accounting practices fail to identify recovery opportunities in a company. They also overlook the real (root) causes of waste as well as cost reduction through the elimination of non-value-added activities or the improvement of value-added activities.
Traditional accounting practices favor quick fixes to reduce costs either by reducing labor or by forcing suppliers to cut costs. These actions not only avoid internal issues of waste, continuous improvement, and the identification of true cost drivers and misallocated costs, but can create even more intractable problems via the neglect.
Avoidance is a big issue here and it reminds us of weeds in our lawns. Cutting them off at the surface only temporarily hides the problem. To eliminate weeds, you need to get at the roots and pull them out of the ground. Only then can you produce a healthier lawn. The same thing applies to our businesses. We need the tools to get at the roots and we need a cost management system that lets us use these tools to their full advantage.
Just-In-Time, Total Quality Management, Statistical Process Control, Set-Up Reduction, Bar Coding, Team Building and Supplier Certification are a few of these new tools. In our consulting work, we have seen them help put companies back on their feet and on their way to prosperity. But, we have also noticed that the greatest success comes when these tools are used in the context of a total cost system which looks to continuously improve performance by eliminating waste and reducing costs. The principal method whereby this happens is to assign each product its true share of activity costs and not to lump all costs which are not directly traceable into overhead which is then inaccurately allocated to products based on direct labor costs. This is the way we used to do product costing, but it is no longer a viable method. Let's take a look at some manufacturing history to see why.
The History of Costs in Manufacturing: Business Performance Grid.
How to understand the relationship between measurements and Just-In- Time/Total Quality Control
A Total Cost Approach.
How to gain management's commitment and support.
Use this book to gain the competitive edge you need to stay ahead of the competition.
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Handbook of Material and Capacity Requirements Planning
Howard W. Oden ,
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This step-by-step handbook gives production and inventory managers the tools they need to choose and implement an optimal materials and capacity requirements planning (MCRP) system that helps reduce costs, increase sales, and improve their firm's competitive position. At the same time, it fully prepares readers to pass the materials and capacity requirements certification exam given by the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS). After discussing the basics of inventory and capacity control, MCRP, and bills of material, it focuses on advanced techniques and practices, including the information systems aspects of MCRP, and how MCRP interfaces with organizational functions, including customer service, communications, inventory levels, and vendor negotiations.
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Keys to understanding ERP.......2002-07-14
Although this book is focused on material and capacity requirements planning from an MRP perspective, the information directly translates into ERP, making this book essential reading for anyone, business- or technically-oriented, in ERP. The reason is the techniques, issues and factors that this book covers are the same for either environment.
First, this book thoroughly describes materials management, workflow and production capacity, and does so in a clear manner. I especially appreciate the fact that the authors take pains to define and explain every term and concept that they introduce. This is a refreshing change from many book in which assumptions about the reader's knowledge is made, which often leads to frustration or misunderstanding. It also removes any ambiguity and ensures that terms that can have multiple meaning are placed into their proper context.
Second, some of the material is out of date. For example the cited limitations of MRP software applications that existed when this book was written in 1993 have long since been rectified in the newer ERP packages from SAP, Baan and J.D. Edwards. However, even in the obviously out-of-date sections of this book are hidden gems, such as the Class ABCD System that was first developed by Oliver Wright as a means of classifying the maturity of MRP implementations based on answers to a 35 question checklist. This checklist can be applied with virtually no modification to ERP systems. Other gems include the way the authors distill major concepts into their salient points, such as TQM, and show how they relate to MRP, again, the same comparisons can be applied to ERP.
The best thing about this book, however, is the detailed treatment of inventory control, materials requirements management, capacity planning and workflow - all of which are as integral to ERP as they are to the older MRP systems that this book describes. As you read this book you will gain an intimate knowledge of how everything works and fits together instead of a high-level conceptual understanding. That, in my opinion, is the best reason to get this book and thoroughly read it. In addition to this book I also recommend "Manufacturing Data Structures: Building Foundations for Excellence With Bills of Materials and Process Information" by Jerry Clement, John Sari and Andy Coldrick. That book adds the information systems perspective that is based on modern ERP systems and seamlessly augments the material in this book.
Usefull and meaningfull book for MRPII practitioners.......2001-01-15
It provides elementary and important knowledge to those who are interested in implementation of MRPII/ ERP on factories
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An authoritative guide to performance norms, outside cost information, and new ideas that will make you more effective at work
With this comprehensive book, you'll find the practical information you need to exercise financial leadership in today's corporation. Featuring the best articles from the Controller's Report, this valuable management resource details cost information and performance norms as well as innovative ideas that will help you perform better at your job. You'll find hundreds of benchmarks that you'll be able to use for budgeting, balance sheet management and the monitoring of spending. This includes frames of references for your company's spending on property and casualty insurance, computers and MIS, professional fees, travel and entertainment, and much more. You'll learn how to use this information to evaluate your company's cost structure and discover new ways to add value and maximize profits. And you'll also uncover the steps you can take to broaden your influence within the corporation.
Offering helpful advice and proven techniques, this book includes:
- The latest information on controlling costs from hundreds of current studies by leading consulting firms
- Numerous benchmarks that you can use to evaluate your company's cost structure
- An in-depth look at specific corporate costs so you can find exactly what you need
- The methods to follow so you can quickly respond to the challenges of fast growth
- An annual review of controllers' salaries and bonuses
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Purchasing performance: Measurement and control (MSU business studies)
Robert M Monczka
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This digital document is a journal article from Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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The Balanced Scorecard (BSC), as a strategic management and control tool with an integrated set of leading and lagging performance measures, can secure successful implementation of purchasing strategies. However, the quality of the BSC itself as well as the effectiveness of the process to set up, implement, and use the BSC are crucial. Recognizing the growing importance of the purchasing-BSC (P-BSC) combined with the problems companies are facing, the authors emphasize the necessity for a better management process for purchasing strategies, introduce the P-BSC concept as a means to improve implementation success, and study the main barriers companies are facing when they initiate and use P-BSCs. This study and the recommendations how to overcome these barriers are based on seven in-depth case studies which derived from an action research project with European multinational firms.
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Purchasing control: Performance measurement and evaluation of the industrial purchasing function
A. J. van Weele
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