A Market Insider's Analytical Approach "Removes Management Fluff" to Help Predict Forward Pricing and Valuation Based on Solid Principles That Can Be Quantified The management of earnings and expectations directly impacts the analytical forecasts in firm evaluation. Earnings and analysts' forecasts are important inputs into accounting valuation models to reflect current and predict future firm performance. These models help predict the intrinsic value, but in recent years they may have adversely affected the usefulness of the resulting information. This book is meant to show that intrinsic value metrics estimated using manipulated earnings or forecasts have less ability to track stock prices and predict future returns. The usefulness of earnings and analysts' forecasts provides evidence for the joint hypothesis of... <ul> <li>Long-term market efficiency</li> <li>Negative impact of "earnings management" and "expectations management" Removing The Management Fluff. The author's approach has two major objectives in "Removing the Management Fluff." First, it challenges the conventional view that more accurate and less biased forecasts are necessarily of better quality and proposes to assess the quality of analysts' forecasts. It also introduces an improved measure for expectations management and presents new evidence on the following: </li> <li>Usefulness of earnings and analyst forecasts in firm valuation </li> <li>Negative impacts of earnings management and expectations management on this usefulness </li> <li>Overall performance of accounting valuation models in firm valuation</li> </ul> Dr. Pat O'Leary, Ph.D. Accounting MBA, CMA, CFM, CNE, B. Commerce Born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, Pat has always been motivated to succeed and dedicated to getting the best formal financial education possible, as evidenced by his many degrees and certifications. As he rose through the ranks in the corporate world, he gained extensive experience in corporate structuring, mergers, IPO's, international finance, foreign exchange, and manufacturing. His impressive educational background and financial experience have blended to form the analytical and practical approach to investing research that he presents in this book.

Analytical Approach to Investing Research - Removing the Management Fluff

Business & Money

O'Leary, PH.D. Pat

Investing

Totalrecall Publications

Worthy of Trust and Confidence

Worthy of Trust and Confidence is a western historical fiction book based on a mystery dective U.S. Secret Service crime in 1898. Three kids enter the Mousegate at Walt Disney World and each one becomes embedded with one of the three main characters. They see and feel the emotions of the characters. They live the history! A trio of cousins researching a family history project encounter a leprechaun who gives them a badge to a Magical Mousegate. The Mousegate is in Walt Disney World, and will transport them to an old West Secret Service counterfeiting case. The trio are embedded in the consciousness of the three main characters in the book and follow the case from beginning to end, while experiencing life through their character's eyes, heart and mind. While the Prologue and Epilogue detail the actions of the teens, the rest of the book is a classic old style Western mystery. There are bank robbers, crooked politicians, a love interest, and a shootout. The book would be enjoyable for early to mid-teen readers, boys and girls alike, as well as adults. It is an unusual adventure, since it details the actions of Secret Service operatives while investigating counterfeit currency in the Old West in 1898. Maggie, Stephen and Lizzie - The trio who are given the magical coin that unlocks the Mousegate. Will Scott - A Secret Service operative who leads an investigation into a counterfeit manufacturing operation in 1898 Colorado. Miguel Fernandez - Will's sidekick and lifetime friend. Eddie Donnally - the author of the journal that details the counterfeit case. Eddie is also another Secret Service operative working out of the Washington Field Office and Will's close friend. Lisa Butler - Owner of Cataloochee Ranch, who becomes another one of Will's partners. A Mouse Gate Adventure Series What's your adventure?

Literature & Fiction

Brewer, Donald

Genre Fiction

A young soldier, presumed dead for 25 years, returns to the US from Vietnam with the help of the underground church to face a wife he thought he'd lost, a daughter he didn't know he had, and what he remembers as a fractured family who must accept a half-Vietnamese daughter he would not leave behind. My Biblical Fiction books are: Journey to the Well (the woman of Samaria) Martha Mary Magdalene Claudia, Wife of Pontius Pilate Ruth, Mother of Kings Christian Fiction: Smoke Before the Wind House of the Forest Poetry: Wings of the Wind Easter Musical "Glorious" with Carolyn Prentice

Shadows on the Mountain

Taylor, Diana Wallis

Literary

Josh and the Cargan is the story of a young man's struggle with life while helping thwart a sinister interplanetary plot. JOSH SMITH'S hormones are raging, and he can't wait to get intimate with a girl. He also wants to be a famous rock star, and has an amateur band of his own. One evening, he comes home from band practice to learn his rich, eccentric great grandfather, CHARLES EVANS BASTIN, is dead. When the will is read, Josh inherits one of Charley's ugly sculptures while his father inherits the rest. Back home, Josh accidentally discovers his sculpture is a CARGAN, a device used for interplanetary travel as a ghostly presence called an ENTITY. He travels to the planet destination of his sculpture and finds it's a very exotic place. Hollinger is well known for his science fiction thrillers and books in his Cross Time Science Fiction Anthology have won many awards: <li>Lifeboat 2200 - Honorable Mention 2005 
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<li>The Blushing Bride - Fourth Place 2006 
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<li>A Woman's World - Fourth Place 2008 
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<li>Millie's Ghost - Second Place 2009 
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<li>The Boys - First Place 2010</li>
 Author's fiction has received wide recognition, including the following: <li>Hamilton Writer's Guild Competition; A Space Scam, honorable mention, 2011 
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<li>Martian Wave Ezine; Tour of Duty, published 2008 
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<li>Seti Universe Ezine; It's Your Turn, published 2008 
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<li>Writer's Digest Short Story Competition, 2011: The Dragon Princess, Placed 52nd out of over 1500 entries 
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<li>Josh and the Cargan by M. L. Hollinger is a 2013 grand prize winner of the "Books Without Publishers" Competition.</li>
 Josh and the Cargan is my favorite among the books I've written. Every man experiences Josh's problem with girls during the awkward days of puberty. For some of us the problem continued on into high school. When I finally overcame my shyness and learned how to speak coherently to the opposite sex I was baffled by their attitude towards sexual intercourse. It seemed to me that they gave every indication of wanting it, but they recoiled at the prospect of actually consummating the act. Considering the hormones raging inside my body, I wondered why females didn't experience the same drive. A key factor in my puzzlement was the fact that I grew up in the 1950s. Morals were much tighter then, and any girl who was known to have experienced sex before marriage was branded as "loose"or worse. Girls knew boys couldn't keep a secret when it came to sex, so they refused to believe my honest proclamations of confidentiality. I often thought it would be good if there were another planet where sex was safe, confidential and ultimately pleasurable. On such a planet girls would feel no compunctions about sex. It would be a Nirvana. Little did I know that Earth would become such a planet in the 21st Century.

Josh and the Cargan

Hollinger, M. L.

Humor & Satire

Grown Men Don't Cry

B.W. DeCaro

'Til All The Waves Come In by Virginia Gaultney, PhD Connie Gaultney Vandiver is the daughter of Dr. Jerry Gaultney and Dr. Virginia Gaultney, the writer of this story. Connie and her husband Roy were missionaries in the Ivory Coast and later in France. I have been encouraged by our family members and friends of Connie to write Connie's story. Jerry and I were under the sponsorship of the Baptist International Mission Board, Richmond, Virginia, while we were in Nigeria. Roy and Connie were sponsored by the same organization while they were in the Ivory Coast and France. Connie was an artist, from her childhood to her last painting. The art in this book is hers. Our family wants to thank the Foreign Mission Board for helping Connie during her illness. Whatever medical care she needed was provided to her without question. Those taking care of Connie would often tell me, with some apparent amazement, that whatever care they recommended was always immediately approved. We are grateful for the care Connie received.

'Til All The Waves Come In

Gaultney, Virginia PhD

Religion & Spirituality

Word of God Word of Man

"Word of God, Word of Man" combines the wisdom of the Bible along with that of man on a wide variety of topics and areas of interest to everyone. For each of seventy different topics it compares what God has said in His Word versus what men and women have said in popular quotations, along with a commentary of the author's personal experience to enlighten and inspire the reader. The audience for "Word of God, Word of Man" is not limited to any particular group of persons. While written from a Christian point of view it would appeal to anyone seeking knowledge, comfort or inspiration. It can be used as a devotional, for help when facing situations in life or for general reading and enjoyment. The book can also be used as a pastoral aid in preparing sermons and for general Bible study. Rick Etchells is a retired electronic packaging engineer with over 35 years experience in the Oil and Gas Industry. He holds a BS degree in Engineering Physics from the University of Colorado and a Master of Science degree in Human Resource Management from Houston Baptist University. He has been actively involved in teaching Sunday school and leading Bible studies for over twenty years. He also participates in numerous volunteer activities in the community through his church, Faith United Methodist in Richmond, Texas. In addition to his love of the Bible he has an interest in history and traveling the 2 lane roads of America.

Etchells, Rick

Worship & Devotion

Word of God, Word of Man combines the wisdom of the Bible along with that of man on a wide variety of topics and areas of interest to everyone. For each of seventy different topics it compares what God has said in His Word versus what men and women have said in popular quotations, along with a commentary of the author's personal experience to enlighten and inspire the reader. The audience for "Word of God, Word of Man" is not limited to any particular group of persons. While written from a Christian point of view it would appeal to anyone seeking knowledge, comfort or inspiration. It can be used as a devotional, for help when facing situations in life or for general reading and enjoyment. The book can also be used as a pastoral aid in preparing sermons and for general Bible study. Author Rick Etchells is a retired electronic packaging engineer with over 35 years experience in the Oil and Gas Industry. He holds a BS degree in Engineering Physics from the University of Colorado and a Master of Science degree in Human Resource Management from Houston Baptist University. He has been actively involved in teaching Sunday school and leading Bible studies for over twenty years. He also participates in numerous volunteer activities in the community through his church, Faith United Methodist in Richmond, Texas. In addition to his love of the Bible he has an interest in history and traveling the 2 lane roads of America.

The Land of Honey

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Obiajulu, Chinenye

Thrillers & Suspense

Fields of Spring contains over 170 COLOR photos. It provides information about all 30 Major League Teams' Spring Training stadiums and complexes in both Florida and Arizona.  The book provides useful information about games and getting tickets but also provides tips on how to get FREE player autographs and FREE baseballs not just while attending games but at other times and locations nearby.  Information is provided about Minor League games and even Fantasy Camps.  Fields of Spring is also reasonably priced. It's available in paperback with a handsomely designed cover and by E-book. 

Fields of Spring: Spring Training's Ultimate Guide to Stadiums, Games, Autographs, Memorabilia and Catching Baseballs

Sports & Outdoors

Piper, Charles E.

Baseball

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