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financial swiss army knife

Financial Swiss Army Knife: A User-Friendly Tool for Facilitating Financial Analysis and Due Diligence

This valuable tool can serve as both a translator of complex financial information and an indicator of opportunities for enhancing financial performance.

By John Scully, PhD


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Achieving Enterprise Stability Based on Economic Capital

Enterprise stability and a company’s chance for survival can be improved by applying a modified approach to the role of equity as “economic capital.”

By Zbigniew Krysiak, PhD


Financial life raft

Financial Elements of Business Resilience

In order to deal with business fluctuations, efforts to develop strategic resilience should extend to financial decision making, approached in a systematic manner.

By Garland Simmons, PhD and Dillard Tinsley, PhD


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VIDEO: Currency Wars, a Faculty Panel

Graziadio faculty panelists debate issues surrounding global currency imbalances and the future of the currency system.

By Graziadio Business Review


Technical Analysis

Technical Analysis: The Complete Resource for Financial Market Technicians, Second Edition

In this manual, one will not find “trading secrets” nor “holy grails,” but an efficient portal to more study in areas of interest or need for the reader.

By Davide Accomazzo, MBA


Future of Finance: The LSE Report

The Future of Finance: The LSE Report

The depth of analysis and the often provocative solutions offered in this report make it a must for those who need clarification on the financial crisis.

By Davide Accomazzo, MBA


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Attn: The Corner Office – Why U.S. Firms Should Pay Special Dividends Before Year-End 2010

Current low tax rates on dividends, combined with low borrowing costs, represent an historic opportunity for U.S. firms, but the window is almost certain to close Dec. 31, 2010.

By John Briginshaw, PhD


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What to Do when Traditional Diversification Strategies Fail – Revisited

Reduced costs of trading commissions are a welcome new benefit of using ETFs as portfolio building blocks, but the cost of the bid-ask spread can be significant if low-volume ETFs are mixed into a diversified portfolio.

By James DiLellio, PhD, MBA


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City National Bank’s Robert Iritani Discusses the Future of Financial Management

Robert Iritani has more than 30 years of experience in large banking institutions including City National, Wells Fargo Bank, and Union Bank of California.

By Abraham Park, PhD


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Real Options: The Value Added through Optimal Decision Making

Merging decision analysis with the well-known principles used in valuing options on financially traded assets can be further enhanced by applying an intuitive approach based on familiar concepts from the field of decision analysis.

By Warren J. Hahn, PE, PhD and Luiz E. Brando, PhD