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The future of Indigenous inclusivity in economic development depends on new financial opportunities to empower Indigenous communities to thrive while preserving their cultural heritage. As global economies shift toward sustainability and equity, there is growing recognition of the need to support Indigenous peoples in accessing finance, technology, and resources necessary to create sustainable growth. By creating inclusive financial systems, promoting Indigenous-led entrepreneurship, and investing in community-driven projects, communities and local businesses can bridge the gap between historical inequities and modern economic opportunities. Exploring this approach may benefit Indigenous com...
A supplement for undergraduate and graduate Investments courses. See the decision-making process behind investments. The Psychology of Investing is the first text of its kind to delve into the fascinating subject of how psychology affects investing. Its unique coverage describes how investors actually behave, the reasons and causes of that behavior, why the behavior hurts their wealth, and what they can do about it. Features: What really moves the market: Understanding the psychological aspects. Traditional finance texts focus on developing the tools that investors use for calculating risk and return. The Psychology of Investing is one of the first texts to delve into how psychology affects ...
This handbook provides the first comprehensive overview of the fast-evolving alternative finance space and makes a timely and in-depth contribution to the literature in this area. Bringing together expert contributions in the field from both practitioners and academics, in one of the most dynamic parts of the financial sector, it provides a solid reference for this exciting discipline. Divided into six parts, Section 1 presents a high-level overview of the technologically-enabled finance space. It also offers a historical perspective on technological finance models and outlines different business models. Section 2 analyses digital currencies including guides to bitcoins, other cryptocurrenci...
This book aims to explore how to automate, innovate, design, and deploy emerging technologies in actuarial work transformations for the insurance and finance sector. It examines the role of artificial intelligence with process automation in daily monitoring of solvency, governance, compliance, data processes, etc. It also explores the usage of machine learning, telematics system, AI-enabled claim processing software, Big Data and Algorithms, Explainable AI, and AI-enabled risk management tools in various actuarial processes. This book: • Presents case studies and best practices with real-world examples of successful and unsuccessful actuarial work transformation initiatives and transformat...
This open access book reports the results of a study conducted in Switzerland in 2022 to provide an overview of the changing landscape of encryption and data protection technologies and their global usage trends. The Swiss Confederation tasked the Cyber-Defence Campus (CYD Campus) to identify the 38 most relevant encryption and data protection technologies, analyze their expected evolution until 2025, and derive implications for the military, civil society, and economy sectors. Fifty experts from academia, government, and industry have contributed to this study and provided their viewpoints on the different technologies and trends. This comprehensive collection of factsheets provides a refer...
This book examines the financial, legal and institutional strategies available to the international oil and gas industry to manage political and investment risk. The financial techniques for mitigating and allocating risk include corporate finance, joint ventures, and project finance. The legal techniques include production sharing agreements, profit sharing agreements, service contracts, bilateral investment treaties, and multilateral investment treaties. The institutional techniques include domestic courts, national constitutions, international arbitral tribunals, governmental and non-governmental regulatory agencies, alliances and energy diplomacy.This book traces the historical developme...
"This is the only textbook that describes (1) how investors actually behave, (2) the reasons and causes of that behavior; (3) why the behavior hurts their wealth; and (4) what they can do about it."--Jacket.
This handbook outlines where most investors go wrong and explains how to approach the markets with intelligence and calm. Filled with hard-hitting insights and useful lessons, it shows how to use market-proven techniques and strategies to overcome biases, myths, and mistakes.