Construction of Authorship or Scientific Investment Analysis

Construction of Authorship: Textual Appropriation in Law and Literature

Author: Martha Woodmanse

What is an author? What is a text? At a time when the definition of "text" is expanding and the technology whereby texts are produced and disseminated is changing at an explosive rate, the ways "authorship" is defined and rights conferred upon authors must be reconsidered. This volume argues that contemporary copyright law, rooted as it is in a nineteenth-century Romantic understanding of the author as a solitary creative genius, may be inapposite to the realities of cultural production. Drawing together distinguished scholars from literature, law, and the social sciences, the volume explores the social and cultural construction of authorship as a step toward redefining notions of authorship and copyright for today's world.

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An interdisciplinary investigation into western culture's ways of conceptualizing creative production, consisting of 21 essays presented at a meeting sponsored by the Society for Critical Exchange (date and location not noted) and published in Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal vol. 10, no 2 (no year noted). Among the wide range of topics are Helen Keller, unauthorized genders, authors' rights in England of the 16th and 17th centuries, international copyright, Spanish cinema, and teaching writing. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $18.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

New interesting textbook: Managerial Accounting or Intersubjectivity in Economics

Scientific Investment Analysis

Author: Austin Murphy

A state-of-the art treatment offering scientific procedures that require no special scientific expertise, Murphy's unusual new book provides a unified framework for the evaluation of investment assets and strategies--a particularly useful way to conduct security analysis, portfolio management, and trading, and for other general investment applications. Murphy covers practical methods for credit analysis and demonstrates ways to value equities using a pro forma model that integrates forecasting with the detailed use of financial statements and footnotes. He also explains international portfolio management within the context of a changed trading, tax, and regulatory environment. This is an important resource for investment analysts, researchers, advisers, and brokers, and an excellent text for students in certain advanced university courses.

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Murphy (finance, Oakland U., Michigan) sees a number of possible uses for his comprehensive treatment of analyzing investments: a reference for investment professionals, a review guide by which analysts can refresh their skills, and either a core or supplementary textbook for a graduate or upper-level undergraduate course in investments. Though he grounds all the material in scientific theory, he strongly emphasizes applied methods for evaluating investments. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Tables and Exhibits
	Preface
Pt. I	Introductory Portfolio Analysis	1
1	Introduction: Investment Goals and Opportunities	3
2	Diversification and Portfolio Theory	13
3	An Applied Theory of Portfolio Selection	32
Pt. II	Fundamental Analysis	47
4	Foundations of Investment Valuation	48
5	Fixed-Income Security Analysis: Introduction	80
6	Fundamental Analysis of Fixed-Income Securities	125
7	Analysis of Equity Investments: Introduction	158
8	Fundamental Analysis of Equity Investments	184
9	Fundamental Analysis of Real Asset Investments	203
10	Fundamental Analysis of Foreign Assets	214
Pt. III	A Fundamental Survey of the Existing Investment Opportunity Set	227
11	Spot Assets	228
12	Forward and Futures Contracts	265
13	Options	281
14	Investment Companies	300
Pt. IV	The Existing Market Environment	320
15	The Trading Environment	321
16	The Taxation Environment	366
17	The Regulatory and Ethical Environment	378
18	Market Efficiency and Investment Performance	392
Pt. V	Specific Portfolio Strategies	415
19	Arbitrage	416
20	The Theory and Practice of Technical Analysis	427
21	Hedging	445
22	A Summary of Portfolio Management Strategies	464
	Index	476