Investing in people: financial impact of human resource initiatives

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Stock Investing For Canadians For Dummies

Stock Investing For Canadians For Dummies, 3rd Edition includes information on stock investing in both bear and bull markets; unique investment segments; stock investing for different types of situations; and examples straight from the real world of stock investing as they have occurred in the past three years. With up-to-date references and resources, this book is the most reliable resource for the new stock market investor.

* Investigating how governments affect markets: The authors present an unbiased look at how government intervention can and has shaped the markets, so that investors know what to watch for and can respond appropriately to protect their investments -- or even benefit.
* Explaining economics: As governments around the world intervene in the markets, media coverage of the economic theory behind these moves (and the economic theories that deplore them) has expanded greatly -- and most of it's muddled. New content in the book explains what investors need to know about economics.
* Exploring stock trading: For readers that want to move stocks quickly rather than invest for the long run, the authors offer a crash course in the fundamentals of trading, and some critical do's and don'ts.

This edition also offers a brand-new part of tens, focusing on how investors can protect their money and spot warning signs that a good stock is about to go bad.

Investing in the Stock Market

Tired of watching everybody else get rich in the stock market? Wish you understood all that money and numbers stuff"? This guide will take the anxiety out of investing and help you plan your investment strategy with your own goals in mind."

Dividends Still Don't Lie: The Truth About Investing in Blue Chip Stocks and Winning in the Stock Market

A timely follow-up to the bestselling classic Dividends Don't Lie
In 1988 Geraldine Weiss wrote the classic Dividends Don't Lie, which focused on the Dividend-Yield Theory as a method of producing consistent gains in the stock market. Today, the approach of using the dividend yield to identify values in blue chip stocks still outperforms most investment methods on a risk-adjusted basis.Written by Kelley Wright, Managing Editor of Investment Quality Trends, with a new Foreword by Geraldine Weiss, this book teaches a value-based strategy to investing, one that uses a stock's dividend yield as the primary measure of value. Rather than emphasize the price cycles of a stock, the company's products, market strategy or other factors, this guide stresses dividend-yield patterns.
* Details a straightforward system of investing in stick-to-quality blue-chip stocks with reliable dividend histories
* Discusses how to buy and sell when dividend yields instruct you to do so
* Investors looking for safety and transparency will quickly discover how dividends offer the yields they desire
With Dividends Still Don't Lie, you'll gain the confidence to make sophisticated stock market decisions and obtain solid value for your investment dollars.

Personal Investing: The Missing Manual

Personal Investing: The Missing Manual /by Bonnie Biafore (Author), Amy E. Buttell (Author), Carol Fabbri (Author).Did your investments take a hit in the recession? You're not alone. Between 2007 and mid-year 2009, the average 401K lost 31% of its value. Ouch. It's time to take control of your investments with Personal Investing: The Missing Manual. Financial experts agree that with the right guidance, consumers can make investments better than many professionals. This lively and easy-to-understand guide gives you the confidence, tools, and insight you need to evaluate financial products and make smart investments that target success over the long term.
You'll learn how to set long-term goals for critical, high-cost events such as retirement, your children's education, and future health care needs. Then you'll learn what types of investments will best help you achieve those goals. In step-by-step fashion, this book shows you how to research mutual funds, stocks, bonds, and other financial products to create a portfolio of diversified investments.
* Get crystal-clear, practical advice from personal finance expert Bonnie Biafore, author of Missing Manuals on the Quicken personal-finance program and QuickBooks business finance program
* Understand why you need to invest -- Biafore shows you how savings accounts simply won't outpace inflation or give you the returns you need for long-term goals
* Learn how to evaluate and buy traditional investments, such as stocks, bonds, and mutual funds
* Discover lesser-known investments, such as index funds and exchange-traded funds, which cost you less and provide more tax advantages
* Choose the best funds offered by your employer for your 401K, and learn how to get the greatest tax advantages

Investing in People Financial Impact of Human

Investing in People: Financial Impact of Human Resource Initiatives, 2nd Edition
Book Description
More than ever before, HR practitioners must empirically demonstrate a clear link between their practices and firm performance. In this book, Wayne F. Cascio and John W. Boudreau show exactly how to choose, implement, and use metrics to improve decision-making, optimize organizational effectiveness, and maximize the value of HR investments.
From the Back Cover
A Logical, Proven Framework for Evaluating the Economic Value of HR Investments?Now Updated with Even More Powerful Tools
* How to choose HR investments that deliver optimal strategic value?and eliminate those that don?t
* Extensive new coverage: measuring the hidden costs of layoffs, identifying better performance improvement interventions, and linking HR to stockholder value
* Best-practice techniques for assessing the value of talent management, health and wellness programs, employee engagement, and more
Investing in People, Second Edition presents a breakthrough approach to HR measurement that systematically aligns HR investments with organizational goals, making HR a true strategic partner. Wayne Cascio and John Boudreau show exactly how to choose, implement, and use metrics to improve decision-making, optimize organizational effectiveness, and maximize the value of all HR expenditures. You?ll master crucial foundational principles such as risk, return, and economies of scale?and use them to objectively evaluate HR investments ranging from work/life programs to training. Cascio and Boudreau introduce powerful ways to integrate HR with enterprise strategy and budgeting and gain commitment from leaders outside HR. This edition?s new techniques include linking investments in training to stock prices, linking employee engagement to customer service and financial results, strategies for communicating the financial implications of investments in people to leaders outside of HR, and more.

Quantitative Equity Investing: Techniques And Strategies

A comprehensive look at the tools and techniques used in quantitative equity management
Some books attempt to extend portfolio theory, but the real issue today relates to the practical implementation of the theory introduced by Harry Markowitz and others who followed. The purpose of this book is to close the implementation gap by presenting state-of-the art quantitative techniques and strategies for managing equity portfolios.Throughout these pages, Frank Fabozzi, Sergio Focardi, and Petter Kolm address the essential elements of this discipline, including financial model building, financial engineering, static and dynamic factor models, asset allocation, portfolio models, transaction
costs, trading strategies, and much more. They also pre ample illustrations and thorough discussions of implementation issues facing those in the investment management business and include the necessary background material in probability, statistics, and econometrics to make the book self-contained.
* Written by a solid author team who has extensive financial experience in this area
* Presents state-of-the art quantitative strategies for managing equity portfolios
* Focuses on the implementation of quantitative equity asset management
* Outlines effective analysis, optimization methods, and risk models
In today�s financial environment, you have to have the skills to analyze, optimize and manage the risk of your quantitative equity investments. This guide offers you the best information available to achieve this goal.

Investing Online For Dummies

Straightforward advice on investing online wisely with the most updated information available

If you're eager to take control of your investments but don't want to make it your full-time job, Investing Online For Dummies, 7th Edition will put you on your way. Completely updated to cover all the newest online tools and resources, this easy-to-understand guide gets you started with investing online and growing your online portfolio using the latest tools, information, and resources available. You'll learn to pick winning stocks, find an online broker, construct a profitable portfolio, research investment data online, and what considerations to take into account when making key decisions.

* Addresses critical issues for beginner investors, such as setting reasonable expectations, figuring out how much to invest, assessing how much risk is appropriate, and picking an online broker
* Pinpoints a variety of Web sites, online calculators, databases, and online communities that will help you make beneficial decisions
* Delves into using online tools to calculate returns and risk, selecting mutual funds with online databases, analyzing stocks and financial statements, and buying bonds online

You'll quickly see the profits of the straightforward and fun online investing advice contained within Investing Online For Dummies, 7th Edition!
From the Back Cover
The tools and resources you need to successfully manage your own portfolio

This hands-on, practical guide shows investors of all skill levels how to find an online broker, pick a winning strategy, and construct a successful portfolio. Discover Web sites, online calculators, databases, and online communities that will help you make key decisions. You'll also find out what the pros look for in picking investments and how the Internet can help you do the same.

*Online investing 101 � get an overview of everything you need to know about online investing, from deciding what kind of investor you want to be to familiarizing yourself with personal finance software
*Boot up � find out how to get your PC ready for every aspect of online investing, like compiling must-watch sites, tracking the market, getting price quotes, and more
*Weigh your options � discover which type of account is best for you � taxable brokerage accounts, retirement accounts, or an education savings account
*Start trading � learn how to enter and execute trades, buy and sell stocks, and use options to your advantage
*Make sense of it all � get the lowdown on how to read financial statements, how best to put a company under the microscope, and how to evaluate a stock's prospects

Open the book and find:

*Advice on tracking the market
*Where to connect with other investors online
*Online tools to calculate your performance
*The lowdown on mutual funds
*How to spot trends in financial statements
*How to avoid overpaying for stocks
*Which Wall Street analysts are worth listening to
*Where to find and buy bonds online
*Ten ways to protect your investments and identity

Learn to:

*Understand the basics of investing and measure risks
*Analyze stocks and financial statements
*Choose an online broker and execute trades online
*Use online tools to calculate your performance

Real Estate Investing for Canadians for Dummies

Real Estate Investing For Canadians For Dummies offers a clear, comprehensive, and Canadian look at real estate investing. Whether you're a novice or experienced investor, you'll find valuable advice inside, covering everything from investigating properties (and other investment options, such as REITs), to securing financing, to managing properties, to knowing when to sell. Real-life anecdotes, useful web resources, and a balanced perspective will make this the ideal book for people looking to explore this lucrative field.

Secure Your Financial Future Investing in Real Estate

Property ownership can create a comfortable retirement income.
Stock market volatility is causing people to examine different investment options, and real estate is emerging as a leading choice. Learn how to create a fulfilling, predictable, and prosperous nest egg.
Secure Your Financial Future Investing in Real Estate, by two leading practitioners, Martin Stone and Spencer Strauss, presents time tested principles of planning, appraising, financing, purchasing and managing almost every type of profitable real estate investment.

Secure Your Financial Future Investing in Real Estate advises readers how to build a retirement portfolio using techniques such as leverage, compound interest, and tax deferred exchanges. The authors believe that anyone who uses the moneymaking techniques can safely and successfully create a fulfilling, wealthy, and abundant retirement.

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