Finance, economics and investment research

We are on the verge of a major paradigm shift for investors in the U.S. stock market. Dividend-focused stock investing has been receding in popularity for more than three decades in the U.S.; once the dominant investment style, it is now a boutique approach. That is about to change.

The Ownership Dividend explains how and why the stock market drifted away from a mostly cash-based returns system to one almost completely driven by near-term share price movements.

The Responsible Investor is a practical introductory guide for private as well as institutional investors and financiers interested in environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.

The authors have academia, advisory, asset management, asset owner and central bank backgrounds, bringing diverse perspectives and extensive senior-level experience in implementing Responsible Investment across different types of portfolios.

This book provides the world’s first comprehensive account of responsible investment for fixed income investors. It enables readers to understand the key characteristics of fixed income investments and the relevance of sustainability-related issues to fixed income markets.

The expert contributors to this volume explain how sustainability-related issues can be taken into account in fixed income research and decision-making, in portfolio construction, and in active ownership (engagement).

This book explores the swiftly emerging nexus between sustainability, finance, and technology.

Leading practitioners and academic thought leaders reflect on the ways in which technology and digitalization shape how sustainable finance professionals address environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues.

This book offers an insightful exploration into the cutting edge of technological progress, focusing on how virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI) are reshaping the way we learn and coach. It navigates through the exciting domain of AI, Generative AI, Blockchain, and the Metaverse, highlighting the benefits of immersive learning environments while also tackling the challenges they pose.

While traditional finance focuses on the tools used to optimize return and minimize risk, this book shows how psychology can explain our decisions more than financial theory. Analyzing how investors behave in the real world, this is the first book of its kind to delve into the ways biases influence investment behavior, and how overcoming these biases can increase financial success.

Forecasting deals with the uncertainty of the future. To be effective, forecasting models should be timely available, accurate, reliable, and compatible with existing database. Accurate projection of the future is of vital importance in supply chain management, inventory control, economic condition, technology, growth trend, social change, political change, business, weather forecasting, stock price prediction, earthquake prediction, etc. AI powered tools and techniques of forecasting play a major role in improving the projection accuracy.

“This book explores the emergence of artificial intelligence blended with financial concepts as a promising new area in business and technology—financial technology, or fintech.

The book introduces the very relevant concepts of fintech, its financial derivatives, management information systems, and artificial intelligence and provides tools to find solutions to complex problems in the finance and investment domain.”

This book tells the story of how the convergence between corporate sustainability and sustainable investing is now becoming a major force driving systemic market changes. The idea and practice of corporate sustainability is no longer a niche movement. Investors are increasingly paying attention to sustainability factors in their analysis and decision-making, thus reinforcing market transformation.

6 Steps for Making Mindful Money Choices
Have you ever made a terrible money choice? Like most people, you are probably living paycheck to paycheck and wondering if you will ever be able to retire or get out of debt. You might find yourself working an extra job and still not getting ahead. The numbers are staggering, with average American consumer debt exceeding six figures with little cash reserves. The coronavirus pandemic has only fueled our uncertainties and fear.