Rich Girl Nation
From the founder of Money with Katie, a leveled-up finance guide for ambitious women everywhere--and a rallying cry for a new money movement Women experience money differently than men do. In the United States, women have only 55 cents for every dollar of wealth held by men, are more likely to end up in poverty following a divorce, and are less likely to retire with the resources they need. What can women do to build wealth and claim financial power in a system that wasn't designed for them? Katie Gatti Tassin, personal finance writer and host of the popular podcast The Money with Katie Show, has built an energized following of smart, ambitious women seeking a deeper understanding of the financial issues that affect them. In Rich Girl Nation, Tassin deconstructs the unique challenges women face on their journey to financial freedom, offering context and nuanced guidance on money matters including: Performing a budgetary "Hot Girl Detox"Proven salary negotiation strategies that effectively navigate gender biasInvesting frameworks that make you the leader of your financial lifeHow (and why) to create a prenupPreparing and saving for childcare efficientlyRetiring independently (and in a tax-optimized way)Packed with scrupulous research and Tassin's trademark wit, Rich Girl Nation uncovers the real story behind our financial system and shows us exactly how to thrive within it while we fight for broader change. It's time for women to unite in unapologetic financial autonomy with the net worths to show for it--and to change the playing field not just for ourselves but for the next generation of Rich Girls, too.
Retirement 101, 2nd Edition
A comprehensive and easy-to-understand guide to the ins and outs of retirement planning--updated to include the latest information on new terminology, guideline updates, revised laws, and more making it the key resource for creating a retirement you can live on! How much do I need to retire? Can I retire early? What's the retirement age, anyway? No matter whether you're twenty-five, sixty-five, or any age in between, you probably have questions about retirement and knowing the answers is the key to planning your future. And with changes to essential retirement structures like investment accounts, social security and Medicare, it's important to stay up to date for your own benefit. Whether you want to retire as soon as possible or are looking forward to continuing to work in some form for as long as you can, Retirement 101, 2nd Edition guides you through each step as you approach this life-changing milestone. Now this 2nd edition includes updated information on: -Social security and Medicare -Investment account contributions -Required minimum distribution rules -Student debt payments -Enrollment changes -And more! From how to save for the day when you stop--or scale back--working to smart investment strategies to the best states to retire in to how to calculate your benefits, Retirement 101, 2nd Editions helps you create a retirement plan to accomplish your goals whatever they are.
The Residential Pathway
The Residential Pathway - APC Essentials was written to facilitate and encourage candidates preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) to become Chartered Surveyors. The book will help candidates, their Counsellors and Supervisors to understand: - The requirements of the Residential pathway- The detail of the technical competencies- How to select suitable competencies- How to demonstrate the required knowledge and experience, and- How to succeed in the final interviewIt will also be a useful reference for AssocRICS candidates and qualified professionals.This concise book has clear headings to guide readers, with bullet-point checklists and signposting to key themes and important sources for further reading. It alerts readers to the need to be aware of changes and developments in the residential sector, and to the wider economic, social, and political factors that influence it. The book includes lists of relevant RICS (and other) professional publications, the laws and regulations that frame professional surveying practice, and example written submissions for the technical competencies at each level. It will help to motivate and reassure candidates, giving them confidence to recognise the value and relevance of their knowledge and practical experience, and to understand how to best apply this to demonstrate their professional competence.
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Generative AI for Trading and Asset Management
Expert guide on using AI to supercharge traders' productivity, optimize portfolios, and suggest new trading strategies Generative AI for Trading and Asset Management is an essential guide to understand how generative AI has emerged as a transformative force in the realm of asset management, particularly in the context of trading, due to its ability to analyze vast datasets, identify intricate patterns, and suggest complex trading strategies. Practically, this book explains how to utilize various types of AI: unsupervised learning, supervised learning, reinforcement learning, and large language models to suggest new trading strategies, manage risks, optimize trading strategies and portfolios, and generally improve the productivity of algorithmic and discretionary traders alike. These techniques converge into an algorithm to trade on the Federal Reserve chair's press conferences in real time. Written by Hamlet Medina, chief data scientist Criteo, and Ernie Chan, founder of QTS Capital Management and Predictnow.ai, this book explores topics including: How large language models and other machine learning techniques can improve productivity of algorithmic and discretionary traders from ideation, signal generations, backtesting, risk management, to portfolio optimization The pros and cons of tree-based models vs neural networks as they relate to financial applications. How regularization techniques can enhance out of sample performance Comprehensive exploration of the main families of explicit and implicit generative models for modeling high-dimensional data, including their advantages and limitations in model representation and training, sampling quality and speed, and representation learning. Techniques for combining and utilizing generative models to address data scarcity and enhance data augmentation for training ML models in financial applications like market simulations, sentiment analysis, risk management, and more. Application of generative AI models for processing fundamental data to develop trading signals. Exploration of efficient methods for deploying large models into production, highlighting techniques and strategies to enhance inference efficiency, such as model pruning, quantization, and knowledge distillation. Using existing LLMs to translate Federal Reserve Chair's speeches to text and generate trading signals. Generative AI for Trading and Asset Management earns a well-deserved spot on the bookshelves of all asset managers seeking to harness the ever-changing landscape of AI technologies to navigate financial markets.
Common Sense on Mutual Funds, Updated 10th Anniversary Edition
John C. Bogle shares his extensive insights on investing in mutual funds Since the first edition of Common Sense on Mutual Funds was published in 1999, much has changed, and no one is more aware of this than mutual fund pioneer John Bogle. Now, in this completely updated Second Edition, Bogle returns to take another critical look at the mutual fund industry and help investors navigate their way through the staggering array of investment alternatives that are available to them. Written in a straightforward and accessible style, this reliable resource examines the fundamentals of mutual fund investing in today's turbulent market environment and offers timeless advice in building an investment portfolio. Along the way, Bogle shows you how simplicity and common sense invariably trump costly complexity, and how a low cost, broadly diversified portfolio is virtually assured of outperforming the vast majority of Wall Street professionals over the long-term. Written by respected mutual fund industry legend John C. Bogle Discusses the timeless fundamentals of investing that apply in any type of market Reflects on the structural and regulatory changes in the mutual fund industry Other titles by Bogle: The Little Book of Common Sense Investing and Enough. Securing your financial future has never seemed more difficult, but you'll be a better investor for having read the Second Edition of Common Sense on Mutual Funds.
The Insurance Ombudsman's Perspective - A Guide to Navigating the Insurance Landscape
