{"product_id":"valuing-the-future-a-conversation-about-investment-paperback","title":"Valuing the Future. a Conversation about Investment - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBen Paton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChris Duggan\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is a dialogue between a money manager and a young man who asks whether or not he should invest. Their conversation explores -How 'for money' and 'not-for-money' investment differ; -How accounting and economic assets compare with social and natural assets; -How time is central to all of investment, building capabilities in the present which can deliver resources in the future; -How banks collectively create and destroy money; -How the yield curve shows the market interest rates for financial assets of different durations; -How competitive advantage is important in determining the returns achieved on real assets; -How 'fundamental value' differs from price, or what someone is prepared to pay; -How 'fundamental analysis' and 'technical analysis' of price data provide insights into risk; -How mean-variance analysis of price data is the conventional approach to risk; -How the economic ecosystem creates prices -How capitalism may be a lousy system and yet the best available as it adapts continuously to align money prices and human values.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 250\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 8.5 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 31, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44405473902727,"sku":"9780957039612","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/kUEuEAwFcw9780957039612.webp?v=1775285212","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/valuing-the-future-a-conversation-about-investment-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}