Slow finance : why investment miles matter / Gervais Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Gervais, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Saving and investment.

Finance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Great Britain : Bloomsbury, 2011.

Summary:

Drawing on the principles of the Slow Movement, which advocates a return to local, sustainable ways of living, Slow Finance reveals the true scale of the imbalances within the world equity markets, in the context of the trends of the last 20 years. Slow Finance draws direct parallels between the adverse effects of globalisation on food production, and those of the investment world. Rather than acting as disengaged speculators hoping to get lucky, this book argues that it is now in our interests to return to straightforward 'slow' movement truths such as local investment and organic growth. Slo

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1. A quadrillion reasons to read on; 2. Why finance needs to slow: A new investment perspective; 3. Slow in practice: Stock market risks and opportunities; 4. Investing Slow: A strategy favouring value; 5. Overtrading: How good and growing dividends win out; 6. Diversification: The folly of chasing rapid growth overseas; 7. Thinking small: Big stocks don't always mean big returns; 8. When to act: Using timing for investment success; 9. Conclusions: The coming of Slow Finance; Postscript; Appendices; Acknowledgements

BibliographyFootnotes; List of illustrations; Imprint

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 14, 2015).

ISBN:

9781408153215

1408153211

9781408153222

140815322X

OCLC:

779827188