The bond markets can be a bewildering place – the words, the concepts and the mathematics can be mind-bogglingly confusing even to seasoned professionals. In this step-by-step guide, Stewart Cowley – one of the UK's best-known bond managers – takes investors through the basics they need to know to begin understanding bonds.From compound interest, through yield calculations, how the bond markets work and how to make the most out of the bond markets, this practical, easy-to-read handbook uses spreadsheet examples combined with a wealth of experience to help you work through real-world examples of bond management.

The derivatives market is enormous – standing at over $500 trillion globally. Warren Buffett called them "financial weapons of mass destruction". They nearly brought about the collapse of the Western financial system in 2008. They are opaque and often misunderstood.They are also immensely powerful and useful tools in the hands of responsible investors – and key to defending money from volatility and the unexpected.In this accessible and entertaining book, veteran fund manager Stewart Cowley explains with his trademark wit and clarity:- what derivatives are- how you can alter the characteristics of a portfolio using derivatives- how you can protect a portfolio using derivatives- how you can increase the returns to a portfolio using derivatives.Supported by simple spreadsheet examples and illustrations, Derivatives in a Day is perfect for anyone who wants to quickly get a practical grasp of this important financial market.

Everyone has seen the grainy, super-8 film clip of a tall, hairy man-beast lumbering on two huge feet along a forest edge, barely pausing to cast a glance over its furry shoulder. Is this really Bigfoot—a mysterious survivor of a previously unknown race of giant primates—or some misapprehended projection of our own primal fears? Is Bigfoot a manifestation of modern human’s need to believe in something primeval and untouched by civilization still lurking out there, or is it all a giant hoax? No matter what one’s level of belief or skepticism in the phenomenon, it’s an undeniably entertaining saga, incorporating mythology, folklore, adventure, exploration, crackpot theories, elaborate frauds, and genuine scientific investigation. This book lays all of this out in rich and savory detail, from anthropological evidence and Native American mythology to primary source documents and renderings and travelers’ tales, urban legends, and pop culture artifacts.

Where is all the money?  How does a country go bust?  Should I get paid in Bitcoin?  Wherever you go, whatever you do, however you live your life, money plays a role.  Getting it, keeping it and making more out of it has been one of man’s major preoccupations for the past five thousand years. From buying a sandwich to earning a wage, going on holiday to playing the lottery, how money and economics governs our world is fascinating. And it’s just about to get more curious; the arrival of modern banking, crowd funding, investments at the touch of a smartphone and virtual currencies means, for many of us, it is even more complex.  Stewart Cowley distils these complexities in this essential guide to modern-day money and our relationship with it. Along the way we discover how the statistics that govern our world are based on guesswork, why stock markets are like a wandering drunken man, what you need to live like a millionaire and why cooking has made man the dominant species on the planet.  Man vs Money shows you how understanding a little more economics can improve your life.

The bond markets can be a bewildering place – the words, the concepts and the mathematics can be mind-bogglingly confusing even to seasoned professionals. In this step-by-step guide, Stewart Cowley – one of the UK's best-known bond managers – takes investors through the basics they need to know to begin understanding bonds.From compound interest, through yield calculations, how the bond markets work and how to make the most out of the bond markets, this practical, easy-to-read handbook uses spreadsheet examples combined with a wealth of experience to help you work through real-world examples of bond management.

The derivatives market is enormous – standing at over $500 trillion globally. Warren Buffett called them "financial weapons of mass destruction". They nearly brought about the collapse of the Western financial system in 2008. They are opaque and often misunderstood.They are also immensely powerful and useful tools in the hands of responsible investors – and key to defending money from volatility and the unexpected.In this accessible and entertaining book, veteran fund manager Stewart Cowley explains with his trademark wit and clarity:- what derivatives are- how you can alter the characteristics of a portfolio using derivatives- how you can protect a portfolio using derivatives- how you can increase the returns to a portfolio using derivatives.Supported by simple spreadsheet examples and illustrations, Derivatives in a Day is perfect for anyone who wants to quickly get a practical grasp of this important financial market.

Everyone has seen the grainy, super-8 film clip of a tall, hairy man-beast lumbering on two huge feet along a forest edge, barely pausing to cast a glance over its furry shoulder. Is this really Bigfoot—a mysterious survivor of a previously unknown race of giant primates—or some misapprehended projection of our own primal fears? Is Bigfoot a manifestation of modern human’s need to believe in something primeval and untouched by civilization still lurking out there, or is it all a giant hoax? No matter what one’s level of belief or skepticism in the phenomenon, it’s an undeniably entertaining saga, incorporating mythology, folklore, adventure, exploration, crackpot theories, elaborate frauds, and genuine scientific investigation. This book lays all of this out in rich and savory detail, from anthropological evidence and Native American mythology to primary source documents and renderings and travelers’ tales, urban legends, and pop culture artifacts.

Where is all the money?  How does a country go bust?  Should I get paid in Bitcoin?  Wherever you go, whatever you do, however you live your life, money plays a role.  Getting it, keeping it and making more out of it has been one of man’s major preoccupations for the past five thousand years. From buying a sandwich to earning a wage, going on holiday to playing the lottery, how money and economics governs our world is fascinating. And it’s just about to get more curious; the arrival of modern banking, crowd funding, investments at the touch of a smartphone and virtual currencies means, for many of us, it is even more complex.  Stewart Cowley distils these complexities in this essential guide to modern-day money and our relationship with it. Along the way we discover how the statistics that govern our world are based on guesswork, why stock markets are like a wandering drunken man, what you need to live like a millionaire and why cooking has made man the dominant species on the planet.  Man vs Money shows you how understanding a little more economics can improve your life.