Tabla de Contenidos: “…</i> Development and status quo of German <i>ab initio</i> education in degree programmes and language centres at UK universities <i>Martina Wallner and Elisabeth Wielander</i><br> 2 German <i>ab initio </i>in Languages for All programmes: student profiles and course design <i>Sabina Barczyk-Wozniak</i><br> 3 Preparing Generation Z students for a world of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) through language learning <i>Kasia Łanucha and Alexander Bleistein</i><br>Part II Pedagogy and teaching methods<br><br>4 Reading literature in the <i>ab initio</i> classroom<br><i>Daniela Dora and Katharina Forster</i><br> 5 Using music in<i> ab initio</i> courses <i>Kirsten Mericka</i><br> 6 Grammar teaching and learning in the German <i>ab initio</i> classroom <i>Birgit Smith</i><br> 7 Selecting the right resources for beginners' level: a textbook evaluation <i>Christian Mossmann</i><br> 8 Intercultural awareness in the teaching and learning of German: The case of <i>ab initio</i><i>Eva Gossner and Dagmar Paulus</i><br> 9 The 'flipped classroom' approach in the German beginner context <i>Mandy Poetzsch</i><br> 10 New approaches to feedback in <i>ab initio</i> language classes: a case study <i>Ruth R. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- KEY POINTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Quantitative Models to Value Convertible Bonds -- ANALYTICAL MODELS -- The Ingersoll Model -- NUMERICAL MODELS -- The Binomial Tree Model -- KEY POINTS -- REFERENCES -- Quantitative Approaches to Inflation-Indexed Bonds -- BOND STRUCTURES AND THE CONCEPT OF REAL YIELD -- Causes of Real Yield Volatility -- Existence of an Inflation Risk Premium -- INFLATION-INDEXED BONDS IN A NOMINAL PORTFOLIO…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Prerequisite Knowledge -- Preinstalled Platform and Software -- How the Book Is Organized -- The Scope of This Book -- Conventions and Format -- Chapter 0: Digital Forensics Overview -- Digital Forensics History -- Pre-Y2K -- 2000-2010 -- 2010-Present -- Forensic Acquisition Trends and Challenges -- Shift in Size, Location, and Complexity of Evidence -- Multijurisdictional Aspects -- Industry, Academia, and Law Enforcement Collaboration -- Principles of Postmortem Computer Forensics -- Digital Forensic Standards -- Peer-Reviewed Research -- Industry Regulations and Best Practice -- Principles Used in This Book -- Chapter 1: Storage Media Overview -- Magnetic Storage Media -- Hard Disks -- Magnetic Tapes -- Legacy Magnetic Storage -- Non-Volatile Memory -- Solid State Drives -- USB Flash Drives -- Removable Memory Cards -- Legacy Non-Volatile Memory -- Optical Storage Media -- Compact Discs -- Digital Versatile Discs -- Blu-ray Discs -- Legacy Optical Storage -- Interfaces and Physical Connectors -- Serial ATA -- Serial Attached SCSI and Fibre Channel -- Non-Volatile Memory Express -- Universal Serial Bus -- Thunderbolt -- Legacy Interfaces -- Commands, Protocols, and Bridges -- ATA Commands -- SCSI Commands -- NVME Commands -- Bridging, Tunneling, and Pass-Through -- Special Topics -- DCO and HPA Drive Areas -- Drive Service and Maintenance Areas -- USB Attached SCSI Protocol -- Advanced Format 4Kn -- NVME Namespaces -- Solid State Hybrid Disks -- Closing Thoughts -- Chapter 2: Linux as a Forensic Acquisition Platform…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Motivation xviii About the Authors xxv 1 Globalization: Economies in Collision 1 Motivation 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Trend and Challenges in Global Finance 5 1.2.1 Global Finance and the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis 5 1.2.2 Geopolitics and Finance or Geo-Finance 7 1.2.3 Population Growth 9 1.2.4 Geo-Finance and Gating 9 1.2.5 Culture and Social Norms 10 1.2.6 Emerging Economies, Equalization, and Risks 11 1.2.7 Regulation and Politics 12 1.3 Global Finance and Trade in the Media and News 12 1.3.1 Taxing Foreign Returns When They Are Repatriated 12 1.3.2 Sovereign Gating and Protective Tariffs, Trade Defense 12 1.3.3 Global Insurance and Dependence 13 1.3.4 Finance and Politics 13 1.3.5 EU-US Regulation Risks in a Trans-Atlantic Market 13 1.3.6 Rare Earth and Strategic Trades 14 1.4 Global Risks 15 1.4.1 Factors Affecting Global Risks 15 1.4.2 Global Finance and Risk Theories 17 1.5 Global Finance and Swaps and Financial Products 18 1.6 Currencies and Liquidity 20 1.7 Foreign Exchange Regime and Markets, Global Payment, and Reserve Currency 23 1.7.1 Foreign Exchange Markets and Global Trade Currency 24 1.7.2 Exchange Rate Regimes 28 1.7.3 Foreign Exchange Reserve Currencies 29 1.7.4 Exchange Rate in Emerging Markets 30 1.8 Trade Incentives and Repressions 33 1.9 Historical Evolution 36 1.9.1 The Gold Standard System 36 1.9.2 The Bretton Woods Agreement 37 1.9.3 The Yuan Exchange Rate: An Example 38 1.10 Archaic and Modern Globalization: A Time Path 40 1.11 Discussions on Global Issues 44 References 46 2 Data, Measurements, and Global Finance 51 Motivation 51 2.1 Data and Models 51 2.1.1 National Accounts and Country-Specific Data 52 2.1.2 Financial Data 53 2.1.3 Corporate and Statistical Measurements 53 2.1.4 Big Data and Model-Less Finance 56 2.1.5 Technology and Financial Data 59 2.1.6 Transforming Data Management in Global Finance 60 2.2 Global Finance, Data Reduction, and Statistical Measurements 61 2.2.1 Moments 61 2.2.2 Skew and Kurtosis (Tails) 63 2.2.3 Outliers, Extreme Statistics, and Fat Tails 65 2.2.4 Extreme Risks 65 2.2.5 Time Series and Filtration 66 2.2.6 Dependence 67 2.2.7 Risk Exposure 75 2.3 Volatility and Implied Models Estimates 76 2.3.1 Simple Volatility Estimates 76 2.3.2 Implied Volatility 77 2.3.3 Moving Average and Autoregressive Moving Average Models 79 2.3.4 ARCH-GARCH Volatility Models 80 2.3.5 ARCH-GARCH Model: Empirical Evidence 82 2.4 Stochastic Models 86 2.4.1 The Constant Rate of Return Hypothesis 88 2.4.2 Autoregressive and Mean Reverting Models 90 2.5 Multivariate Probability Models 91 2.5.1 Bernoulli and Codependence: Qualitative Data 92 2.5.2 Multivariate Qualitative Data 93 2.5.3 Copulas and Multivariate Models 96 2.6 Statistical Data Reduction 100 2.7 Complexity: The Global Risk Finance Scourge 102 2.8 Discussion 103 References 104 3 Global Finance: Utility, Financial Consumption, and Asset Pricing 110 Motivation 110 3.1 Introduction: Financial Models and Pricing 110 3.1.1 The Walras-Arrow-Debreu Preference-Free Q Framework 111 3.1.2 Utility Finance 113 3.1.3 Utility Preferences and Pricing 114 3.2 Review: Elements of Utility and Risk 116 3.2.1 Utility and Risk Preferences 117 3.2.2 Selected Utility Functions 119 3.3 The Utility of Consumption and its Price 119 3.3.1 Example: The Financial Utility of Consumption 120 3.3.2 The Utility of Financial Consumption 121 3.4 The Capital Assets Pricing Model 123 3.4.1 Discussion 125 3.4.2 The Jensen Alpha Case: η = α−Rf 0 125 3.4.3 The Arbitrage Pricing Theory 126 3.4.4 The Capital Assets Pricing Model and Foreign Exchange 127 3.4.5 Pricing Foreign Exchange Rates and a Basket of Foreign Exchange Rates 128 3.4.6 Thought Experiment 130 3.4.7 Linear Regressions, Capital Assets Pricing Model, and Global Finance 130 3.5 Review of Elements of Arrow-Debreu and Q Pricing 131 3.5.1 Applications of the Arrow-Debreu Framework 134 3.5.2 Pricing a Foreign Bond and Foreign Exchange Rates 134 3.5.3 Global Investment Pricing: A Binomial Model 137 3.5.4 Global Investment Pricing: A Portfolio Problem 139 3.5.5 Foreign Exchange, Consumer Price Index, and Purchasing Power Parity 141 3.5.6 Relative Purchasing Power Parity 141 3.6 The Multiperiod Consumption-Based Capital Asset Pricing Model 142 3.6.1 Example: Pricing Exports 144 3.6.2 Example: The Multiagent Consumption-Based Capital Asset Pricing Model 145 3.6.3 Example: Portfolio Investment 146 3.6.4 The Capital Assets Pricing Model as a Special Case of the Consumption-Based Capital Asset Pricing Model 149 3.6.5 Foreign Exchange Rates, Bonds, and Equity 150 3.6.6 Example: Rate of Returns in Foreign Equity Markets and the Foreign Exchange Rate 153 3.7 Thought Experiments 154 References 155 4 Macroeconomics, Foreign Exchange, and Global Finance 157 Motivation 157 4.1 Introduction 157 4.2 Fundamental Macroeconomic Models 158 4.2.1 The Keynes Model: Goods and Money Markets in a Closed Economy 159 4.2.2 Macroeconomic Accounting in Open Economies 162 4.3 Balance of Payments Accounts 165 4.3.1 The Structure of Balance of Payments 165 4.3.2 Principles of Balance of Payments 167 4.3.3 Global External Imbalances 168 4.4 The Mundell and Fleming Model: IS-LM-BOP Model 171 4.4.1 Equilibrium Exchange Rate in the Foreign Exchange Market 171 4.4.2 IS-LM-BOP Model 173 4.4.3 Two-Country Model with Mundell-Fleming 175 4.4.4 Extension of the Mundell-Fleming Model: Trade 176 4.5 Macroeconomic Factors Reshaping Global Outlook 178 4.5.1 Foreign Direct Investment 178 4.5.2 External Debt and its Sustainability 182 4.5.3 Government Bonds and other Macroeconomic Factors 184 4.5.4 The Impact of a Strong US Dollar 185 4.5.5 The US Dollar and Commodity Prices 186 4.5.6 Globalization and Economic Inequalities 187 4.6 Conclusion 190 References 191 5 Foreign Exchange Models and Prices 195 Motivation 195 5.1 Introduction 195 5.2 Macroeconomic Models of Foreign Exchange Rates 196 5.2.1 Underlying Factors for Modeling Foreign Exchange Prices 196 5.2.2 Classification of Foreign Exchange Models 197 5.3 Exchange Rates and Purchasing Power Parity 198 5.3.1 Purchasing Power Parity and the Law of One Price 198 5.3.2 Application of the Law of One Price and Purchasing Power Parity 200 5.4 Foreign Exchange Rates and Interest Rates: The Assets Approach 204 5.4.1 Covered Interest Arbitrage 204 5.4.2 Uncovered Interest Parities 205 5.4.3 Real Interest Parity 206 5.4.4 Testing Uncovered Interest Parity 206 5.5 Demand and Supply of Money and Exchange Rates: Monetary Approach 207 5.5.1 The Frenkel-Mussa Model 208 5.5.2 Foreign Exchange Prices and Inflation 209 5.5.3 The Unified Asset/Monetary Approaches 211 5.5.4 Empirical Evidence on the Monetary Model of Exchange Rate 211 5.6 Extensions of the Models 212 5.6.1 The Balassa-Samuelson Model 212 5.6.2 The Dornbusch Overshooting Model 215 5.6.3 The Real Interest Differential Theory 219 5.6.4 Present-Value Models: Complete and Incomplete Markets 219 5.7 Conclusions 221 Appendix 5.A: Suggested Empirical Work for Econometric and Statistical Analysis 222 References 223 6 Asia: Financial Environment and Risks 226 Motivation 226 6.1 Introduction 226 6.2 Driving Engines of Economic Growth in Asia 228 6.2.1 International Trade 229 6.2.2 Exchange Rate 229 6.2.3 Foreign Investments Expansion 234 6.3 Financial Sector Development in Asia 235 6.3.1 Fast-Growing Banking Sector 237 6.3.2 Bond Market Development 239 6.3.3 Stock Market Development 242 6.4 Risks of Investing in Asia 245 6.4.1 Foreign Exchange Risk 245 6.4.2 Foreign Exchange Option 248 6.4.3 Portfolio with Asian Assets 249 6.5 Financial Development in China 251 6.5.1 Importance of the Banking Sector in China 252 6.5.2 State-Owned Enterprises 254 6.5.3 Challenges in Equity Markets in China 257 6.5.4 Stock Market Development in China 257 6.6 Finance in Japan 260 6.6.1 Banking Sector in Japan 260 6.6.2 Effectiveness of Corporate Governance 260 6.6.3 The Importance of Industry 261 6.6.4 Bond Market Volatility in Japan 263 6.7 Conclusion 265 References 266 7 Financial Currency Pricing, Swaps, Derivatives, and Complete Markets 269 Motivation 269 7.1 Introduction 269 7.2 Pricing Consumption Price Index and Foreign Exchange in Complete Financial Markets 272 7.3 A Generalized Consumption Price Index Foreign Exchange Pricing Model 276 7.4 Relative and Foreign Exchange Basket Price Tracking 278 7.4.1 Currency Basket Design 281 7.4.2 A Global Index Consumption Price Index Price Reversion and Foreign Exchange Prices 284 7.4.3 Global Index Reversion…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Series Page; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part One: The Arbitrage Process; Chapter 1: Introduction to Merger Arbitrage; Notes; Chapter 2: The Mechanics of Merger Arbitrage; Cash Mergers; Stock-for-Stock Mergers; Note; Chapter 3: The Role of Merger Arbitrage in a Diversified Portfolio; Volatility of Stocks Going through a Merger; Merger Arbitrage Universe; Merger Arbitrage Spreads; Performance Characteristics of Merger Arbitrage; Performance of Merger Arbitrage outside the United States; Risk and Return of Merger Arbitrage Funds…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Rausser and Harry de Gorter -- 21. Food Price Volatility and EU Policies / Johan Swinnen, Louise Knops and Kristine van Herck -- Part VIII. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Section IV: Acts of the Apostles: Implementing Consulting Methodologies -- Chapter 10: Interpersonal Methodologies -- Coaching -- Facilitating -- Conflict Resolution -- Negotiating -- Skills Development -- Notes -- Chapter 11: Teams and Groups -- Leadership -- Succession Planning -- Career Development -- Teams Versus Committees -- Communications and Feedback -- Notes -- Chapter 12: Organization Development -- Strategy -- Change Management -- Cultural Change -- Crisis Management -- Innovation -- Notes -- Section V: Proverbs: Consulting Success -- Chapter 13: Ethics of the Business -- When Bad Things Happen to Good Consultants -- Financial Follies -- Protection and Plagiarism -- When to Refuse Business or Fire Clients -- Doing Well by Doing Right -- Notes -- Chapter 14: Exit Strategies -- Building Equity -- Licensing Intellectual Property -- Achieving Life Balance -- Finding Successors and Buyers -- Transitioning -- Notes -- Chapter 15: Payback and Reinvestment -- Mentoring Others -- Advancing the State of the Art -- Participation in the Evolution -- The Future -- Note -- Chapter 16: Consulting in Crisis Times -- The Nature of Volatility -- Disruption as a Weapon -- Revelations -- Note -- Physical Appendix -- Sample Proposal -- Subcontractor Agreements -- Virtual Appendix -- About the Author -- Index -- End User License Agreement…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Private consumption has stopped falling, investment is volatile, price and wage pressure remains moderateFigure 9. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Growth furthers social inclusion but remains volatile ; Macroeconomic policy to tackle imbalances ; Figure 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Risk premiums on market funding have become more costly and volatile; Figure 12. Dependence on market funding remains high; Figure 13. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…High-frequency exchange rate volatility""""Figure 19. Monetary conditions""; ""Money and credit aggregates""; ""Figure 20. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Outline of a Functional SpecificationOverview; Disclaimer; Author's Name; Scenarios of Typical Usage; Detailed Screen-By-Screen Specifications; Non-requirements; Open Issues; Design and Feature Ideas; Backlog; One More Thing; Types of Requirements; User Requirements; Domain Requirements; Non-functional Requirements; Non-requirements; Requirements Digging; Why Requirements Digging Is Hard; Problems of Scope; Problems of Understanding; Problems of Volatility; Non-technical Problems; Analyzing the Requirements; Conclusion; References; CHAPTER 5 Software Architecture…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Optional Instance Constructor ParametersField; Static Field; Instance Field; Readonly Field; Volatile Field; Methods; Types of Methods; Properties; Indexers; Automatically Implemented Properties; Struct; Event; Interfaces; Enum; Delegates; Exception; Summary; CHAPTER 2 C# Objects in Memory; Memory in .NET Applications; The Stack; The Heap; Value and Reference Types; Instantiating an Object; Boxing and Unboxing; Performance in Boxing and Unboxing Operation; Garbage Collection; Generation 0; Generation 1; Generation 2; Summary; CHAPTER 3 Parameters; Parameter; Method State Description Table…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Sec2Market Participants; Moving Average Calculation; Problem; Solution; Complete Code; Running the Code; Calculating Volatility; Problem; Solution; Complete Code; Running the Code; Computing Instrument Correlation; Sec15; Problem; Solution; Complete Code; Running the Code; Calculating Fundamental Indicators; Problem; Solution; Complete Code; Running the Code; Conclusion; Chapter 3: C++ Programming Techniques in Finance; Calculating Interest Rates for Investment Instru ments; Solution; Complete Code; Running the Code; Creating Financial Statement Objects; Solution; Smart Pointers…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Fundamental Principles of Investment Risk ; How to Hedge Different Investment Risks; Different Capacities to Hedge Different Risks; The Challenge for Long-Term Investors Is Short-Fall Risk, Not Short-Term Volatility; The S&P 500, Life Insurers, Pension Funds, and Solvency II; Consumer Protection ; Systemic Risks ; Economic Growth; What Is to Be Done?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Online walletsDesktop wallets; Mobile wallets; Hardware wallets; Summary; Chapter 2: Buying and Selling Bitcoins; Understanding Bitcoin's price volatility; Exchange rates; Bitcoin's price history; Price bubbles; Theft; Seizure; Following exchange rates and news; Price tickers; Detailed price tracking; Candlestick charts; Market orders; Trading techniques; News sources; Comparing Bitcoin exchanges; Volume and liquidity; Fees and commissions; Transfer limits; Jurisdiction and regulations; Service uptime; Trading Bitcoins on an exchange; Setting up an account; Depositing funds…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Monetary Policy and the Great Depression""; ""The Great Inflation Is Hard to Forget""; ""The Great Moderation: Why It's Still Relevant""; ""Why Was There Reduced Growth Volatility during the Great Moderation?""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 4: When Forecasters Get It Wrong""…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…TREND-FOLLOWING MEAN REVERSION SYSTEMSNONDIRECTIONALLY BIASED MEAN REVERSION SYSTEMS; PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE OF AN INTERMEDIATE-TERM MEAN REVERSION TRADER; FADING THE LOSING SYSTEM; Chapter 5: Short-Term Systems; LIQUIDITY AND VOLATILITY; BACKTESTED RESULTS; SWING TRADING WITH 2-HOUR BARS; MEAN REVERSION SYSTEMS USING 60-MINUTE BARS; NONDIRECTIONALLY BIASED MEAN REVERSION SYSTEMS; MEAN REVERSION SYSTEMS USING 30-MINUTE BARS; 15-MINUTE BAR SYSTEMS: RSI EXTREMES WITH 50-HOUR MOVING AVERAGE FILTER; 5-MINUTE BAR SYSTEMS: RSI EXTREMES WITH 16.67-HOUR MOVING AVERAGE FILTER…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Kurtosis (4th Moment)Choosing between Frequency Distribution and Standard Deviation; Probability of Achieving a Return; Standard Error; t-Statistic and Degrees of Freedom; STANDARDIZING RISK AND RETURN; Calculating Returns; Risk and Volatility; THE INDEX; Constructing an Index; Calculating the Net Asset Value-Indexing Returns; Leveraged Long or Short Index Funds; Cross-Market and Weighted Index; U.S. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Segmentation along the Client Wealth Life Cycle: Keeping an Eye on the Bigger PictureAttracting New Clients; Channels and Tools; Retaining Clients Over the Long Term; Client Lifetime Value; The Value and Challenges of Bonding; Retention Tools; Early Warning Signals; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 6: Beyond Products-Offering Tailored Solutions; Crises as Catalysts; Has Volatility Become the New ''Norm''?; The Role of Financial Services and Products in Wealth Creation; Adapting to a Changing Environment; Wealth Aggregation; Wealth Services; Matching Client Needs to Products and Services…”