TY - BOOK AU - Ryland,Philip TI - Essential investment: an A-Z guide SN - 9781576603536 (alk. paper) AV - HG4513 .R95 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Bloomberg Press KW - Investments KW - Dictionaries KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc N1 - At head of title: The economist; Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-276); Stockmarket returns -- Stockmarket performances -- Government bond returns and inflation -- The world's leading equity markets, end-2008 -- Investment formulas N2 - Ryland, a financial journalist, investment analyst, equities salesman, and fund manager, provides a guide to terms, concepts, markets, and people related to investment. The introductory essay explains investment theory, stockmarket and bond market behavior, and risk and returns, followed by an alphabetical listing of entries on topics such as arbitrage, balance sheet, cashflow, earnings, mutual funds, assets, Warren Buffett, and corporate social responsibility. Annotation Ã2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) ER -