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Pugsley distributed a PDF edition of the book free of charge [4] (as of 2012, the author's domain has expired. A reposting of the PDF has been provided by fans [5]). Even after 31 years in circulation as of 2012, The Alpha Strategy is considered a standard reference on stocking up on food and household goods as a hedge against inflation.
Proprietary trading (also known as prop trading) occurs when a trader trades stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities, their derivatives, or other financial instruments with the firm's own money (instead of using customer funds) to make a profit for itself.
Alpha Group International plc is a British financial services business specialising in the management of foreign exchange risk for corporate businesses. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index .
Alpha is a measure of the active return on an investment, the performance of that investment compared with a suitable market index. An alpha of 1% means the investment's return on investment over a selected period of time was 1% better than the market during that same period; a negative alpha means the investment underperformed the market.
Alfa Group Consortium (Russian: Консорциум «Альфа-Групп») is a Russian international privately owned investment groups, with interests in oil and gas, commercial and investment banking, asset management, insurance, retail trade, telecommunications, water utilities and special situation investments.
The Volcker Rule was first publicly endorsed by President Obama on January 21, 2010. [16] The proposal was to specifically prohibit a bank or institution that owns a bank from engaging in proprietary trading, and from owning or investing in a hedge fund or private equity fund, and also to limit the liabilities that the largest banks could hold. [17]
This coalition first began to split after the first world war as successful capital-intensive firms such as Standard Oil and General Electric began to emerge for whom labor issues were less pressing and who favored lower tariffs to stimulate world trade and open new markets. International banks also moved away from protectionist policies, as ...
Profile on Alpha Simplex; Appell, Douglas (July 13, 2009). "Ready for anything: Face to Face with Andrew Lo". Pensions & Investments. "Reading About the Financial Crisis: A 21-Book Review" (PDF). Draft. Jan 9, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2016. Alt URL Archived 2013-01-13 at the Wayback Machine