5 Economics and Business eBooks

Richard McGregor, "Asia's Reckoning: China, Japan, and the Fate of U.S. Power in the Pacific Century"
Paul Fudulu, "The Economic Decoding of Religious Dogmas: Ranking World Religions in Terms of Economic Consistency"
Alan Voon, "Trading The China Market With American Depository Receipts: How To Play Greater China With A Winning Edge"
Jeffery Tie, "Aiki Trading: Trading in Harmony with the Markets"
Simon Archer and Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim, "Takaful Islamic Insurance: Concepts and Regulatory Issues"

*Richard McGregor, "Asia's Reckoning: China, Japan, and the Fate of U.S. Power in the Pacific Century"

ASIN: B06XFNFXJL, ISBN: 0399562672 | 2017 | AZW3 | 416 pages | 5 MB
cal of Washington’s ‘combination of idealism and arrogance,’ McGregor offers detailed, vivid descriptions of America’s Asian diplomacy.” —Publishers Weekly
A history of the combative military, diplomatic, and economic relations among China, Japan, and the United States since the 1970s—and the potential crisis that awaits them
Richard McGregor’s Asia’s Reckoning is a compelling account of the widening geopolitical cracks in a region that has flourished under an American security umbrella for more than half a century. The toxic rivalry between China and Japan, two Asian giants consumed with endless history wars and ruled by entrenched political dynasties, is threatening to upend the peace underwritten by Pax Americana since World War II. Combined with Donald Trump’s disdain for America’s old alliances and China's own regional ambitions, east Asia is entering a new era of instability and conflict. If the United States laid the postwar foundations for modern Asia, now the anchor of the global economy, Asia’s Reckoning reveals how that structure is falling apart.
With unrivaled access to archives in the United States and Asia, as well as to many of the major players in all three countries, Richard McGregor has written a tale that blends the tectonic shifts in diplomacy with bitter domestic politics and the personalities driving them. It is a story not only of an overstretched America, but also of the rise and fall and rise of the great powers of Asia. The about-turn of Japan—from a colossus seemingly poised for world domination to a nation in inexorable decline in the space of two decades—has few parallels in modern history, as does the rapid rise of China—a country whose military is now larger than those of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and southeast Asia's combined.
The confrontational course on which China and Japan are set is no simple spat between neighbors: the United States would be involved on the side of Japan in any military conflict between the two countries. The fallout would be an economic tsunami, affecting manufacturing centers, trade routes, and political capitals on every continent. Richard McGregor’s book takes us behind the headlines of his years reporting as the Financial Times’s Beijing and Washington bureau chief to show how American power will stand or fall on its ability to hold its ground in Asia.

*Paul Fudulu, "The Economic Decoding of Religious Dogmas: Ranking World Religions in Terms of Economic Consistency"

ISBN: 1787145360 | 2017 | EPUB | 208 pages | 528 KB
*Emerald Points* This book proves that each religious dogma, in any of their components, contain in an encoded manner a specific ranking of human comprehensive mega-objectives, implicitly, a specific preference for absolute wealth or, in a more common parlance, for the objective of economic performance. In turn, that specific preference, under ceteris paribus condition, determines the share of believer's general resources which is channeled to economic performance. An in-depth or correct understanding of a religious dogma, which makes sense for terrestrial social realities, is impossible without a specific model of decoding. Additionally, such a model is simply impossible within an orthodox Western, that is, non-transcultural perspective. There is no accident that all Western efforts to decode religions, economic or non-economic, have failed. Understanding religion based on its face story is very precarious, if not even dangerous.

*Alan Voon, "Trading The China Market With American Depository Receipts: How To Play Greater China With A Winning Edge"

English | ISBN: 1118316029 | 2017 | 192 pages | PDF | 10 MB
Discover the secrets of trading the Chinese markets with American Depository Receipts
Introducing a new way to make virtually risk–free profits, Trading the China Market with American Depository Receipts teaches readers how to successfully trade U.S. listed American Depository Receipts (ADRs) of Chinese stocks . . . by using information that comes to light outside of Asian trading hours, but while the U.S. markets are still open. Filled with successful strategies for profitable trading made possible by interpreting business news to buy or short China ADRs before the information impacts those markets the next day, the book walks readers through this incredible opportunity step–by–step.
Filled with case studies that show the success of the strategies outlined, the book explains where to look for price–moving information. Aimed at investors of all types who have access to a brokerage account that can trade U.S. securities including online brokers Trading the China Market with American Depository Receipts is the ultimate guide to making money from China in your own backyard.
Explains incredible new strategies for trading U.S. listed ADRs of Chinese stocks using information released after the Asian markets have closed for the day
Includes case studies that clearly show how this strategy has worked and continues to work
Features lists of relevant underlying shares and their corresponding ADRs
A low–risk strategy for profiting from foreign markets, Trading the China Market with American Depository Receipts shows how to use the U.S.–China time difference for profit.

*Jeffery Tie, "Aiki Trading: Trading in Harmony with the Markets"

English | ISBN: 0470825812 | 2010 | 200 pages | PDF | 6 MB
A great reference for all beginner traders.
Aiki Trading will look at a robust method to understand what the market is doing in a specified timeframe. Essentially, markets are either trending up, trending down, or is in sideways or range bound congestion. Chapters are devoted to each of these three conditions, and the concepts are explained in depth. In addition, specific trading strategies will be explored for the different market conditions. These strategies are what I define as high probability, low risk trading strategies that have higher probability of success because it conforms to the nature of how markets behave.
With more than 25 years of experience in financial markets, Jeffery′s stock market career began in 1977 with JM Sassoon and continued with Kim Eng Securities. During his time in Stock–broking, Jeffery witnessed many cycles of boom and bust, including the 1987 meltdown in worldwide equity markets. In 1997, Jeffery joined Refco Singapore. During this time he developed new expertise in International Futures Markets and FX. Jeffery joined CMC in April 2007. He was responsible for the content and presentation of CMC′s educational programmes. And he is currently the Resident Trainer with SGX Academy, and is based in Singapore.

*Simon Archer and Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim, "Takaful Islamic Insurance: Concepts and Regulatory Issues"

English | ISBN: 0470823526 | 2009 | 338 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Takaful is the means of bringing the social and economic benefits of modern insurance coverage, in a form consistent with their religious beliefs, to Muslims and to the merging economics of many predominantly Muslims countries. As such, the development of takaful is crucial, both to social inclusion in non–Muslim countries, and to economic development in a number of countries with emerging market economies. It is therefore only surprising that the takaful industry is undergoing a period of rapid growth.
Yet the development of takaful faces some formidable barriers that are largely due to the complex structure of takaful understandings and the unresolved issues associated with it. These issues contribute to making the development of an appropriate legal and regulatory infrastructure, as well as financial reporting, corporate governance, rating and other related matters, problematic for the takaful industry.
Takaful Islamic Insurance: Concepts and Regulatory Issues provides an in–depth and comprehensive examination of these issues, contributed by a number of leading experts in the field. The editors, Simon Archer, Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim and Volker Nienhaus, who contributed four chapters, are internationally recognized for their work in Islamic finance. This book constitutes essential reading for all those who seek a solid understanding of the takaful industry, whether they be industry regulators or supervisors, practitioners or academics.