Business Cycles

History, Theory and Investment Reality

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

Av Lars Tvede

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This entertaining book describes the global history of economic fluctuations and business cycle theory over more than 300 years. It explains the core of the problem and shows how cycles can be forecast and how they are managed by central banks. The book concludes with detailed studies of how sub-sectors of stocks, bonds, hedge funds, private equity funds, gold, exchange rates, real estate, commodities, art and collectibles fluctuate over different categories of business cycles.

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Utgivningsdatum2006-04-13
Mått164 x 231 x 33 mm
Vikt964 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor512
Upplaga3
FörlagJohn Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN9780470018064

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Lars Tvede, holds a master’s degree in Engineering and a Bachelor’s degree in international commerce. He spent 11 years as derivatives trader, portfolio manager and investment banker before moving to the telecommunication and software industries in the mid 1990s, where he co-founded and seed-funded a number high-tech companies. He returned to the financial industry at the start of 2005 to become general partner and fund manager in the Swiss hedge fund company ProValue (www.provalue.ch). Lars Tvede has published several books on general economics, marketing, telecommunication and trading, including his best-selling The Psychology of Finance, which has been translated to all major languages. He lives in Zug, Switzerland.

List of Figures and Tables viiPreface xiiiPart I The Discovery of Business Cycles 11. Gambling Man 32. Cash Payment 193. The Dream Team of Money 274. The Napoleon of Finance 475. Jay and the Phantom Gold 576. Seven Pioneers 67Part II The First Business Cycle Theories 817. The Golden Era 838. The Archeologists 1019. Fisher and Babson 10710. Keynes and the Austrians 11711. The Great Depression 12712. Lover, Horseman, Economist 14113. The Problem with Money 153Part III A Hidden World 16514. The Simulators 16715. Brains of Steel 18916. Fat Tails and All That 19917. Monkey See, Monkey Do 21318. Dot Bomb 231Part IV The Essence 23919. The State of the Art 24120. Three Questions 25121. The Five Main Drivers of Cycles 25722. The Ten Challenges of Central Banking 271Part V Business Cycles and Asset Prices 30523. The Mother of All Cycles: Property 30724. When Art was In 33325. All That Glitters 34926. What Things are Made of: Commodities 36727. Bonds, Stocks and Funds 37928. The World’s Biggest Market: Foreign Exchange 39129. Business Cycles and Market Rotation 399Afterword: The Beat of the Heart 421Appendix 1: List of Important Events in Business Cycle Theory 423Appendix 2: List of the Largest Financial Crises in History 429Chapter Notes 433Bibliography 449Index 471