About the Author:
Gretchen Morgenson is the Market Watch columnist for The New York Times and a leading contributor to The New Rules of Personal Investing (0-8050-6814-7). Before joining the Times, she was senior editor at Forbes magazine. She lives in New York City. Campbell R. Harvey, Ph.D., is J. Paul Sticht Professor of International Business at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.
From Library Journal:
Having spent years compiling thousands of terms explaining all aspects of Wall Street, Morgenson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter, and Duke University business professor Harvey have teamed up to produce a handy new desk-reference tool. While they have made an attempt to be as current and comprehensive as possible, the book does not include everything, some notable exclusions being e-trading, laddering, limited liability company (or LLC), and even privately held company. The straightforward alphabetical arrangement is quite serviceable, with See also's fleshing out acronyms that link them to their complete names; the inclusion of web sites for various organizations (e.g., www.nyse.com) is a nice touch. Proper names are not generally included except when something is named after an individual (e.g. "ponzi scheme"), which then references that person. Not included, however, are the black boxes so pervasive on Wall Street trading desks also called Bloombergs after New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg which seems like a glaring omission. One might also quibble over the brevity of some entries or the inclusion of the definitions for various corporate filings required by government regulators (especially the Securities & Exchange Commission). On the whole, however, this work seems well researched, thorough, and reader-friendly. A fine addition for classroom or library use for years to come and highly recommended for all business/financial collections. Richard Drezen, Washington Post News Research/New York City Bureau
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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