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Efficient Asset Management -- A Practical Guide to Stock Portfolio Optimization and Asset Allocation

By Richard O. Michaud

Publishers: Harvard Business School Press

Price: $ 35

WITH optimised portfolios frequently failing to meet investment goals, it is no wonder that asset managers prefer simpler options. The author, a financial expert, begs to differ. He asks managers to approach optimisation as a statistical estimation rather than a computational technique in order to eliminate deficiencies and enhance the portfolio's true potential. The book is a guide to doing just that.

By the Numbers

Using Facts and Figures to Get Your Projects, Plans, and Ideas Approved

By Joseph McLeary, Richard Haasnoot, Joyce McLeary and Susan Drake

Publishers: AMACOM, New York

Price: $ 22.95

HAVE great idea, wanna sell? How do you persuade the powers that be, because even the most brilliant ideas do not sell themselves? Use numbers, say the author, to back up your plan -- initial investment cost estimates, marketing num bers, productions costs, projected revenues and so on. The book is a step-by-step guide to creating a winning case for your new idea, using the power of numbers.

Global Business Finance

By Prakash G. Apte

Publishers: Tata McGraw-Hill

Price: Rs 295

INTENDED for finance professionals with no formal exposure to international finance, the book explains some of the key issues involved in financial management in a global context. It focuses on financial markets and instruments from an app lied point of view and presents an up-to-date picture of the financial environment, while clearly expositing the risks inherent in accessing global financial markets.

The Complete Guide to Internet Security

By Mark S. Merkow and James Breithaupt

Publishers: AMACOM, New York

Price: $ 59.95

IN securing your organisation's computer systems, the book advocates, the first line of defence is security awareness and the second, technological know-how. Written by ``infosec'' professionals, the book is guide to both aspe cts of Internet security. It contains information on the weaknesses of Internet networks and e-commerce sites, common hacker tools used, insider attacks, cryptography, commercial security software, logical system security and so on.