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Since it first exploded onto the markets in 1974, THE FUTURES GAME has helped thousands of traders gain an intelligent understanding of futures markets. Over the years, Richard Teweles and Frank Jones have kept their fingers on the pulse of the dynamic futures trading industry, first updating their classic text in 1987. Now, this third edition of THE FUTURES GAME has been completely updated and revised to keep all participants--whether speculators or hedgers, new or veteran--one step ahead of this fast moving, high-stakes game. Combining two decades of strength and wisdom with todayÕs most innovative research and strategic recommendations, this guide to the futures markets continues its reign as the number one tool for futures trading mastery. THE FUTURES GAME, 3rd Edition, walks you through the universe of futures trading possibilities and opportunities, starting with an in-depth discussion of market basics that includes the nature of the contract, the organized markets for those contracts, and the relationship between cash and futures prices. The elements of successful trading are isolated, described, and analyzed to make you familiar with profitable decision-making processes. After that, detailed chapters devoted to particular markets explain price determinants and speculative possibilities within currencies, commodities, and stock index futures. "Notes from a Trader" sections go beyond theory and speculation to provide valuable tips and pointers -- expert guidance you can use to squeeze the maximum benefit from each trade. The comprehensive facts and insights packed into this traderÕs bible will help you predict what might happen--and why it might happen--in virtually every kind of market. New information in this important third edition includes: Latest research on important topics including efficient market hypothesis, technical and fundamental analysis, and much more É A comprehensive listing of valuable Internet website names and addresses. Stronger emphasis on financial instruments É Innovative strategies for maneuvering through the increasingly important international market É Completely revised sections devoted to Basics of the Game, Playing the Game, How to Win or Lose, Succeeding as a Broker, and Choosing the Correct Markets. Filled with knowledgeable trading strategies and insights, revealing charts on todayÕs most interesting futures markets, and numerous respected trading approaches that will allow you to craft a style based on your own strengths and requirements, THE FUTURES GAME is likely to become the one resource you refer to most often.

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Of all my books..........2007-04-30

... this come comes out "tops". I use the information I learned from this book daily as I trade not only futures but also forex. If you are a trader, this one needs to be one of your "top" resources.

Futures Game.......2006-10-30

I am a long time futures investor and I have several books on the subject. This book: "The Futures Game" is superb. It is complete and the only one to consult.

A textbook for beginners.......2001-08-04

This book is an essential a textbook for college students. It provides all the basic materials about the futures market. But I feel it doesn't cover too much about the problems of real world trading. After trading for sometimes, I know that there are many tricks using by the professional traders. They are really important. They can give you edges over other traders. But they are seldom covered in college textbooks. So you still need to read other books or learn from other people before you put the money into this risky game.

Belongs On Every Serious Market Participant's Bookshelf.......1999-05-21

This is clearly one of the best investment books written. The title belies the breadth of valuable market knowledge the book offers students of the markets.

No kidding.......1999-02-07

If you are going to trades futures, read this book, make a few trades, then read this book again. It is a cold, hard look at the reality of trading. While just about every other book on futures trading assumes you are a gullible idiot, this one exposes the difficulty of the pursuit. Its depth and breadth are incomparable.

Speculation in Commodity Contracts and Options

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Speculation in Commodity Contracts and Options
L. Dee Belveal
Manufacturer: Dow Jones-Irwin
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Speculation in Commodity Contracts and Options
L. Dee Belveal
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A careful analysis of ethical stances and their consequences

Good on framing issue but not actionable or practical

Excellent synthesis of moral philosophy and business reality

A New Yardstick

This book made me more hopeful for the future!

Value Shift: Why Companies Must Merge Social and Financial Imperatives to Achieve Superior Performance
Lynn Sharp Paine
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
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Cause for Success: 10 Companies That Put Profit Second and Came in First

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Profits with Principles

What Matters Most: How A Small Group of Pioneers Is Teaching Social Responsibility To Big Business, and Why Big Business Is Listening

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Chosen by Library Journal as one of the Best Business Books of 2002

"Lynn Paine has an optimistic analysis of the need for--and the value of--bringing ethical values into business decisionmaking."--Paul A. Volcker

"This book presents a way of broadening the role of the corporation in our society, an interesting and exciting role." --John C. Whitehead, former chairman, Goldman Sachs

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Value Shift articulates exactly why the superior performers of the future will be companies that can satisfy both the social and financial expectations of their constituencies.

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A careful analysis of ethical stances and their consequences.......2005-02-23

The Enron affair has produced a flood of books on business ethics. Far too few of them engage fully with the real issues. This one does. The author has produced a definitive guide to the factors that make attention to organizational ethics an imperative in business thinking and to sound practical approaches to dealing with ethical issues.

In the process, she demolishes the sloppy thinking that has surrounded much of the discussion of business ethics, in particular the view that an organization is and should be an amoral entity and the related view that the only ethical duty that a corporation owes is that to maximize the wealth of its stockholders.

More important, she establishes clearly that ethical commitment and economic advantage are separate domains, with a degree of overlap that depends on context and timescale. The ethical dimension cannot be absorbed into the financial dimension with the cosy, but often untrue, assertion that 'ethics pays'. There is an area of activity within which ethical and economic considerations run together, but there are areas of activity where they are opposed. If one wants a simplistic assertion to support ethical behaviour, the author suggests that it should be 'ethics counts' rather than 'ethics pays'. The advantage of this formulation is that it establishes the ethical domain as existing in its own right. The author suggests that the two domains are different but complementary and need to be recognized as such.

What are the circumstances in which ethical behaviour and profitable behaviour are most likely to coincide? As a broad rule, the longer the time frame being considered and the more closely the corporation adheres to the standards of ethical behaviour accepted in first world countries, the more likely it is that ethical practice will coincide with profitable practice. The author discusses both the principle and some of the difficult and perplexing departures from it. There is no pretence that decision-making is easy where ethics and profitability do not run together, but there is guidance, in two chapters entitled 'A Compass for Decision Making' and 'The Center-Driven Company'.

In the course of the book, there is an excellent brief history of views of the corporation and its capacity to be a moral entity and an overview of the current situation, in which the full range of theories and behaviour from high to non-existent ethics can be found, but there is a discernible trend toward recognition of the importance of ethical behaviour. This is driven by community expectations, greater access to information (and greater difficulty of concealing unethical behaviour), and slow but progressive shifts in the law, as well as by the expectations and standards of managers and employees. The move is complicated by globalization, because increasingly the large corporations are operating in countries with a wide range of cultural frameworks where issues of corruption, near-slavery conditions for workers and so on may be endemic. There is a good discussion of the temptation to adopt local standards or to hide behind the practices of an 'arm's length' contractor and some of the longer term consequences of doing so.

This is not a 'preaching' book. It is a cool analysis of the various ethical stances possible and of the probable consequences of each, in the context of a slow but continuing trend for the community to demand ethical behaviour. It also provides an extremely well-argued case for a stance that recognizes ethical standards as standing in their own right as a co-equal consideration with the demands of economic operation. In this sense, it is complementary to the best of the literature on the 'triple bottom line'.

Good on framing issue but not actionable or practical.......2003-05-23

I give great credit to Lynn Paine for framing the importance to organizations on making "social/ethical" issues a top priority. I loved the first chapter. However, she stays at a high level. When it comes time to provide action steps for companies to act ethically and develop and manage an ethical culture, she falls short by only providing a few questions relevant to executives by which, if ask and answered honestly, would provide a leader a "moral compass."

As we have seen in the press, it is not always the senior executives who perform ethical misconduct. Quite often it is the managers and employees of an organization that make unethical decisions that put the organization in harms way. So my disappoitment is in that she did not provide practical (and I stress practical) strategies, processes and tools for an organization to provide its workforce to adress the dozens of potentiallly unethical situations managers and employees face everyday that provide the same risk, if not more, than a few bad decisions by executives. The questions that she provides for executives are not practical for managers. I doubt a manager at a manufacturing plant will take the time to "reflect" on the thought-proviking questions provided by her to help make good decisions. She offers several examples of companies that she considers are making progress, but these steps are still at a very high level.

I offer an insight. There is a reason why the books "Execution" by Larry Bossidy and "Good to Great" are best sellers. Executives are asking for more actionable and practical guidelines to execute strategies in companies that already have established processes and cultures.

It is obvious that Lynn Paine has great insight and vast experience. I would like to have seen actual steps (i.e., training, communications, proceses, standards) by which a current organization, with an established culture, can leverage to shape their culture to fit this new ethical standard.

I hope she writes a "how to." I will be the first to buy it.

Excellent synthesis of moral philosophy and business reality.......2003-01-11

In this book Lynn Paine does an excellent job of unravelling and clarifying the complicated issues surrounding business ethics. She convincingly argues that a new definition of business success is emerging, one which includes financial performance but also embraces wider considerations.

A lot of current writing on the topic of corporate social responsibility is based on the vaguely defined concept that "ethics pays". Paine agrees that there are many tangible benefits for companies embracing wider responsibilities, but shows that ultimately an "ethics counts" approach has more to offer. She backs up her perspective with business examples from around the world, and with illuminating philosophical and legal analysis.

I strongly reccommend this book for anyone interested in the future of business.

A New Yardstick.......2003-01-10

There is an emerging standard of corporate performance that encompasses moral and financial dimensions.

Lynn Sharp Paine, a lawyer and professor at the Harvard Business School, argues companies are being rated as if they were human beings; they are being asked to provide more than profits to their shareholders. The market demands that corporations respect their employees, be reliable to their customers and communities and be transparent with their investors.

The author argues "ethics counts" provides corporations with value-added in the truth, loyalty, gratitude and reciprocal respect it engender among its stakeholders. The new bottom line: a corporation's success comes down to the quality of its decision making. Moral scrutiny is becoming as important as financial performance in stakeholders' evaluations.

This book made me more hopeful for the future!.......2002-10-05

In this engagingly written and easy to read book, Paine makes a compelling case for the integral role values and ethics should and do play in successful corporations. As a somewhat cynical 20-something, I took solace in Paine's detailed examples of the culture and actions of ethical corporations as they allow for the possibility that corporations could, if they wanted, consider many stakeholders beyond the shareholder when making decisions. The corporations that do integrate ethics and values into their operations are good neighbors, good employers, and good investments. Paine's thoughtful and logical writing also serves to debunk the notion that corporations possess no moral responsibility to society. This is a must read for anyone who is concerned about the role of businesses and corporations in society.

Value Shift: Why Companies Must Merge Social and Financial Imperatives to Achieve Superior Performance

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Value Shift: Why Companies Must Merge Social and Financial Imperatives to Achieve Superior Performance
Lynn Sharp Paine
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Outdated Version- Buy the new one instead

Governmental Accounting, Auditing, and Financial Reporting: 1994 Edition

Manufacturer: Government Finance Officers
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ASIN: 0891251839

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Outdated Version- Buy the new one instead.......2001-09-05

At one time, this was the bible for governmental accounting. That is no longer true. Using this edition will only cause confusion. In the rapidly changing world of governmental accounting, this book is outdated. Using it as a guide, may cause governmental agencies to get a qualified opinion.

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Great tool to get started with marketing

Promote your organization!

Marketing Workbook for Nonprofit Organizations Volume 1: Develop the Plan, 2nd Edition
Gary J. Stern , and Elana Centor
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Since its first edition in 1990, the Marketing Workbook has helped thousands like you use marketing to reach the people you want to help—and attract the money and support your organization deserves. Now, this updated second edition:

* Offers an easy-to-follow five-step process to create an effective marketing plan

* Provides an expanded resources section including Internet examples * Includes "web wisdom" to help you set reasonable web goals, build an online reputation, and learn about the possibilities and pitfalls of web promotion

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Great tool to get started with marketing.......2005-07-27

I purchased this book because it was recommended reading for my Peace Corps service. I have a degree in Marketing and found this to be a good summary of what I have learned at the very basic level. if you have little to no business background then this is a good place to start.

I have been reviewing it at site and think I can make even further use of it. I think if translated it could make a good tool for villagers to use on their own with little to no explanation. I have reviewed it with some of the people that speak a Little English and they seem to like it.

It breaks down like this:
Part 1; Demystifying Marketing
Part 2; Your Marketing Effort
Step 1 Set marketing Goals
Step 2 Position Your Organization
Step 3 Conduct a Marketing Audit
Step 4 Develop a Marketing Plan
Step 5 Develop a Promotion Campaign

The greatest thing for me is its simplicity. It really gets back to the basics of marketing. I mean stuff that was assumed we knew when we signed up for our first marketing class in college or high school even. These are the basics that developing countries may not have ever heard of. This helps to teach the concepts and get them started.

Promote your organization!.......2000-08-30

A companion book to the popular "Strategic Planning Workbook for Nonprofit organizations", it takes you through the stages of getting the information about your organization and its programs to the community. You dont need to read it all to gain benefits - any of the steps can be of assistance.

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A Beautiful Book.......2005-03-29

I am very critical of books, especially those written by people I like, and VERY rarely would I give anything a rating this high, but this book is exceptionally written. The stories are touching, funny, inspiring, and very personal. And I am a huge fan of Cindy Morgan's music. Please do not pay attention to the false review by "a reader" and check this book out. Even if you have never struggled with the issue of fear, this book is still an inspiring read and you could relate to other issues of which it addresses, such as broken relationships, the loss of a loved one, embarrassment, pessimism, and depression. This book is well worth a read AND a re-read.

With so many good Christian books available, buy one of them.......2001-07-04

Reading good Christian books is a glorious pastime for me, however, I hesitate giving this book even this high of a rating. I only give it anything above a zero because the front cover is attractive. It is the most poorly written book I've read in years. Save yourself the time and money and buy something else. I would venture to say, don't even borrow it from your library. In my opinion, it is a waste of time and money. I gave the book a good chance; I kept reading it thinking it must get better. Finally I couldn't take it anymore. There are so many well written books. Buy those. Do yourself a favor and skip this one.

An open, honest look at fear and how we can overcome it.......2001-06-29

I enjoy Cindy Morgan's music and after reading the reviews of this book here on Amazon, I just had to get this book!

Cindy makes herself very vulnerable and transparent as she tells her story of her many fears, their possible origins, and how she came to terms with her fears. Cindy's mother was also a very fearful person and Cindy remembers her mother, unable to sleep, playing the piano and reading the Bible aloud in the middle of the night.

Cindy shares what she now sees as a compulsive, legalistic approach to reading the Bible. She felt she never measured up and she read Scripture out of duty and fear rather than out of a hunger for the Lord. Cindy lets you in on how she's worked towards resolving some of these issues, while admitting that she still struggles with these problems.

This book is not one of those "I had this problem, but now I learned this, and the problem is gone!". Cindy tells of a much more realistic situation and gives everyone who struggles with any of these issues a hope for a better tomorrow through Jesus Christ our Lord!

I admire Cindy for her honesty and candor. I also really enjoyed her writing style - her description of growing up in the eastern Tennessee mountains really helps the reader feel like they're there. I really enjoyed reading about her grandfather too.

Cindy Morgan is married to Sigmund Brouwer, who is the author of many Christian books (many are written for young boys - see coolreading.com). Cindy and Sigmund have a new baby girl named Olivia - God bless you, Cindy, Sigmund and Olivia!

Please check out my reviews of Christian books and music!

Experience is relative.......2001-06-27

I'm a big Cindy Morgan fan and bought the book for that reason alone. (I figure, she can write good songs, why not a good book?) The experience of living in fear has only been a small portion of my 'life experience', but I did and do experience it to a degree. So this book was more of a healthy eye opener for me into the lives of people who battle with it on a more daily basis. (And I really enjoyed reading about one of my favorite female musicians.) It can help you too, whichever side of the wire you're on.

A Beautifully Told Journey.......2001-04-17

Cindy Morgan has long been one of my favorite musical artists and she is easily my favorite songwriter. After reading her first book, BAREFOOT ON BARBED WIRE, I now see that her talent for writing extends beyond the notes and lyrics of those songs.

BAREFOOT ON BARBED WIRE is not your stereotypical popular-artist-writes-a-book case. In most of those cases I find the book sorely lacking (save the gem from Margaret Becker, WITH NEW EYES). There are the pre-requisite tales of the tour found in these pages, but here those stories enhance the main themes rather than define them. BAREFOOT is, as the sub-title describes, "A Journey Out Of Fear Into Freedom." Cindy, in the beginning, honestly admits her life-long struggle with fear, which at one time gripped her life so tightly it made her sick and immobile. BAREFOOT relates her story from childhood to motherhood-how she let her fears dictate her life's direction, even into her recording career, to how she has been able to begin to conquer those fears through the help of loved ones and a new understanding of God's grace and what it means to put your faith in Him.

The story she relates is inspiring and heartwarming, even if you are not one who has the same intense struggle that Cindy dealt with. What makes this story great, however, is the way Cindy tells it. There is a uniqueness to Cindy's songwriting that I can spot a mile away. The best of her songs are filled with poetic imagery and style, honesty, vulnerability, and femininity. Those same qualities are manifested in BAREFOOT as well (which one can discover from the title of the book alone). I found myself becoming totally immersed in the settings that Cindy painted with her pen; almost being able to feel the southern humidity, "hanging in the air as thick as honey." I felt as if I, too, knew Mrs. Romine, Samuel and Roho, Hollis, and her father, Cova. As I read I found myself grinning at times, wanting to shed a tear at others, and always empathetic.

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Jimmy Starr was a Hollywood screenwriter, publicist, press agent and most notably, gossip columnist. In this autobiography, Starr recalls his forty-year career that began as an office boy at Metro Studios in 1919. In an age where the written word wielded great influence over public perception of the film industry, Starr was a recognizable figure, writing columns for the Los Angeles Herald-Express and the New York Daily Mirror and Sunday Daily Mirror. Starr provides vivid portraits of early screen stars, studio executives, and fellow writers.

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Based on the premise that the moral problems raised by the holocaust can be confronted only in myth, the author shows that Menachem Begin's rhetoric is based on how he views the world through the myth of holocaust and redemption through return. Demonstrates that the actions of the Begin administration, which many observers have found inexplicable, are perfectly logical when viewed from the perspective of the myth of return. Of interest to students of rhetoric, political science, the holocaust, and Zionism.

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Begin's rhetoric and Sharon's tactics
Amos Perlmutter
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