Jacob Schiff And The Art Of Risk

Author : Adam Gower
Publisher : Springer
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319902661

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Jacob Schiff and the Art of Risk by Adam Gower Pdf

Jacob Henry Schiff (1847–1920), a German-born American Jewish banker, facilitated critical loans for Japan in the early twentieth century. Working on behalf of the firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., Schiff’s assertiveness in favour of Japan separated him from his fellow German Jewish financiers and the banking establishment generally. This book’s analysis differs from the consensus that Schiff funded Japan largely out of enmity towards Russia but rather sought to work with Japan for over thirty years. This was as much a factor in his actions surrounding the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905) as his concern to thwart Russian antisemitism. Of interest to financial historians alongside Japanese historians and academics of both genres, this book provides a lively and thoroughly researched volume that precisely focuses on Schiff’s mastery of banking.

Author : Silvia Pin
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9783111338156

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Jews in Japan: Presence and Perception by Silvia Pin Pdf

Jews in Japan: Presence and Perception. Antisemitism, Philosemitism and International Relations is a study on the history of real and imagined Jews in Japan, which discusses the little known cultural, political and economic ties between Jews and Japan, and follows the evolution of Jewish stereotypes in Japan in the last century and a half. The book begins with the arrival of Jews and their image in late 19th to early 20th-century Japan, when the seeds of later stereotyped visions were sown. The discussion then focuses on wartime Japan, delving into the complex and mixed attitudes of the Japanese Empire toward Jews. In postwar Japan, the partial reception of the Holocaust intertwined with earlier antisemitic and philosemitic manifestations, resulting in instances of both hatred and admiration toward Jews. Finally, the book explores the recent reframing of Japanese-Jewish historical encounters within the context of the growing ties between Japan and Israel. This study sheds new light on the little explored relations between Jews and Japan, offering thought-provoking insights into the coexistence of antisemitism and philosemitism, the political and diplomatic uses of Jewish history, and the perpetuation of Jewish stereotypes in a land devoid of a local Jewish population.

Author : Brian P. Farrell,S.R. Joey Long,David Ulbrich
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110718713

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From Far East to Asia Pacific by Brian P. Farrell,S.R. Joey Long,David Ulbrich Pdf

The years 1900 to 1954 marked the transformation from an exotic, colonized "Far East" to a more autonomous, prominent "Asia Pacific". This anthology examines the grand strategies of great powers as they vied for influence and ultimately hegemony in the region. At the turn of the twentieth century, the main contestants included the venerable British Empire and the aspiring Japan and United States. The unwieldy leviathan of China, the European imperial holdings in Southeast Asia, and the expanses of the western Pacific emerged as battlegrounds in literal and geopolitical terms. Other less powerful nations, such as India, Burma, Australia, and French Indochina, also exercised agency in crafting grand strategies to further their interests and in their interactions with those great powers. Among the many factors affecting all nations invested in the Asia Pacific were such traditional elements as economics, military power, and diplomacy, as well as fluid traits like ideology, culture, and personality. The era saw the decline of British and European influence in the Asia Pacific, the rise and fall of Japanese imperialism, the emergence of American primacy, the ongoing struggle for independence in Southeast Asia, and China’s resurrection as a contender for hegemony. Great powers shifted and so too did their grand strategies.

Author : Daniel Schulman
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780451493545

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The Money Kings by Daniel Schulman Pdf

The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • The incredible saga of the German-Jewish immigrants—with now familiar names like Goldman and Sachs, Kuhn and Loeb, Warburg and Schiff, Lehman and Seligman—who profoundly influenced the rise of modern finance (and so much more), from the New York Times best-selling author of Sons of Wichita Joseph Seligman arrived in the United States in 1837, with the equivalent of $100 sewn into the lining of his pants. Then came the Lehman brothers, who would open a general store in Montgomery, Alabama. Not far behind were Solomon Loeb and Marcus Goldman, among the “Forty-Eighters” fleeing a Germany that had relegated Jews to an underclass. These industrious immigrants would soon go from peddling trinkets and buying up shopkeepers’ IOUs to forming what would become some of the largest investment banks in the world—Goldman Sachs, Kuhn Loeb, Lehman Brothers, J. & W. Seligman & Co. They would clash and collaborate with J. P. Morgan, E. H. Harriman, Jay Gould, and other famed tycoons of the era. And their firms would help to transform the United States from a debtor nation into a financial superpower, capitalizing American industry and underwriting some of the twentieth century’s quintessential companies, like General Motors, Macy’s, and Sears. Along the way, they would shape the destiny not just of American finance but of the millions of Eastern European Jews who spilled off steamships in New York Harbor in the early 1900s, including Daniel Schulman’s paternal grandparents. In The Money Kings, Schulman unspools a sweeping narrative that traces the interconnected origin stories of these financial dynasties. He chronicles their paths to Wall Street dominance, as they navigated the deeply antisemitic upper class of the Gilded Age, and the complexities of the Civil War, World War I, and the Zionist movement that tested both their burgeoning empires and their identities as Americans, Germans, and Jews.

Author : Sophie Hochhäusl,Erin Eckhold Sassin
Publisher : Leuven University Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-28
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9789462703087

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States of Emergency by Sophie Hochhäusl,Erin Eckhold Sassin Pdf

What World War I meant for architecture and urbanism writ large More than one hundred years after the conclusion of the First World War, the edited collection States of Emergency. Architecture, Urbanism, and the First World War reassesses what that cataclysmic global conflict meant for architecture and urbanism from a human, social, economic, and cultural perspective. Chapters probe how underdevelopment and economic collapse manifested spatially, how military technologies were repurposed by civilians, and how cultures of education, care, and memory emerged from battle. The collection places an emphasis on the various states of emergency as experienced by combatants and civilians across five continents—from refugee camps to military installations, villages to capital cities—thus uncovering the role architecture played in mitigating and exacerbating the everyday tragedy of war.

Author : Cathie Carmichael,Matthew D'Auria,Aviel Roshwald
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 951 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108697880

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The Cambridge History of Nationhood and Nationalism: Volume 2, Nationalism's Fields of Interaction by Cathie Carmichael,Matthew D'Auria,Aviel Roshwald Pdf

This major new reference work with contributions from an international team of scholars provides a comprehensive account of ideas and practices of nationhood and nationalism from antiquity to the present. It considers both continuities and discontinuities, engaging critically and analytically with the scholarly literature in the field. In volume II, leading scholars in their fields explore the dynamics of nationhood and nationalism's interactions with a wide variety of cultural practices and social institutions – in addition to the phenomenon's crucial political dimensions. The relationships between imperialism and nationhood/nationalism and between major world religions and ethno-national identities are among the key themes explained and explored. The wide range of case studies from around the world brings a truly global, comparative perspective to a field whose study was long constrained by Eurocentric assumptions.

Author : Arnold Dashefsky,Ira M. Sheskin
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 830 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783030403713

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American Jewish Year Book 2019 by Arnold Dashefsky,Ira M. Sheskin Pdf

Part I of each volume will feature 5-7 major review chapters, including 2-3 long chapters reviewing topics of major concern to the American Jewish community written by top experts on each topic, review chapters on "National Affairs" and "Jewish Communal Affairs" and articles on the Jewish population of the United States and the World Jewish Population. Future major review chapters will include such topics as Jewish Education in America, American Jewish Philanthropy, Israel/Diaspora Relations, American Jewish Demography, American Jewish History, LGBT Issues in American Jewry, American Jews and National Elections, Orthodox Judaism in the US, Conservative Judaism in the US, Reform Judaism in the US, Jewish Involvement in the Labor Movement, Perspectives in American Jewish Sociology, Recent Trends in American Judaism, Impact of Feminism on American Jewish Life, American Jewish Museums, Anti-Semitism in America, and Inter-Religious Dialogue in America. Part II-V of each volume will continue the tradition of listing Jewish Federations, national Jewish organizations, Jewish periodicals, and obituaries. But to this list are added lists of Jewish Community Centers, Jewish Camps, Jewish Museums, Holocaust Museums, and Jewish honorees (both those honored through awards by Jewish organizations and by receiving honors, such as Presidential Medals of Freedom and Academy Awards, from the secular world). We expand the Year Book tradition of bringing academic research to the Jewish communal world by adding lists of academic journals, articles in academic journals on Jewish topics, Jewish websites, and books on American and Canadian Jews. Finally, we add a list of major events in the North American Jewish Community.

Author : CFA David M. Darst
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2006-09-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780071463348

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Mastering the Art of Asset Allocation : Comprehensive Approaches to Managing Risk and Optimizing Returns by CFA David M. Darst Pdf

Gain new insights into why asset allocation works and learn advanced investing strategies You know that asset allocation requires much more than cookie-cutter analysis. You want precise, detailed techniques for analyzing and applying asset allocation principles. The high-level, applications-oriented Mastering the Art of Asset Allocation examines the inner working of numerous asset allocation strategies and covers everything from ways to determine the portfolio value of various asset classes to insights into changing patterns of investment returns and standard deviations in different time periods and market environments.

Author : Morrall W. Gaines
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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the Art of Investment by Morrall W. Gaines Pdf

The Art of Investment by Morrall W. Gaines: In this insightful guide, Morrall W. Gaines shares valuable strategies and principles for successful investing. From understanding financial markets to evaluating risks and opportunities, "The Art of Investment" equips readers with essential knowledge for making informed and sound investment decisions. Key Aspects of the Book "The Art of Investment": Investment Strategies: Gaines offers a range of investment strategies, including long-term investing and risk management. Financial Markets: The book explores the workings of financial markets, providing readers with a foundation for understanding investment dynamics. Practical Guidance: "The Art of Investment" provides practical and actionable advice for both novice and experienced investors. Morrall W. Gaines was a respected financial expert and investment advisor. His expertise and insights in the realm of investment continue to inspire and inform readers seeking to navigate the world of finance and grow their wealth.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Banks and banking
ISBN : UOM:35128000580033

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The Bankers Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Stephen Birmingham
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781504026284

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"Our Crowd" by Stephen Birmingham Pdf

The #1 New York Times bestseller that traces the rise of the Guggenheims, the Goldmans, and other families from immigrant poverty to social prominence. They immigrated to America from Germany in the nineteenth century with names like Loeb, Sachs, Seligman, Lehman, Guggenheim, and Goldman. From tenements on the Lower East Side to Park Avenue mansions, this handful of Jewish families turned small businesses into imposing enterprises and amassed spectacular fortunes. But despite possessing breathtaking wealth that rivaled the Astors and Rockefellers, they were barred by the gentile establishment from the lofty realm of “the 400,” a register of New York’s most elite, because of their religion and humble backgrounds. In response, they created their own elite “100,” a privileged society as opulent and exclusive as the one that had refused them entry. “Our Crowd” is the fascinating story of this rarefied society. Based on letters, documents, diary entries, and intimate personal remembrances of family lore by members of these most illustrious clans, it is an engrossing portrait of upper-class Jewish life over two centuries; a riveting story of the bankers, brokers, financiers, philanthropists, and business tycoons who started with nothing and turned their family names into American institutions.

Author : Stephen Birmingham
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781504038959

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The Jews in America Trilogy by Stephen Birmingham Pdf

Three New York Times bestsellers chronicle the rise of America’s most influential Jewish families as they transition from poor immigrants to household names. In his acclaimed trilogy, author Stephen Birmingham paints an engrossing portrait of Jewish American life from the colonial era through the twentieth century with fascinating narrative and meticulous research. The collection’s best-known book, “Our Crowd” follows nineteenth-century German immigrants with recognizable names like Loeb, Sachs, Lehman, Guggenheim, and Goldman. Turning small family businesses into institutions of finance, banking, and philanthropy, they elevated themselves from Lower East Side tenements to Park Avenue mansions. Barred from New York’s gentile elite because of their religion and humble backgrounds, they created their own exclusive group, as affluent and selective as the one that had refused them entry. The Grandees travels farther back in history to 1654, when twenty-three Sephardic Jews arrived in New York. Members of this small and insulated group—considered the first Jewish community in America—soon established themselves as wealthy businessmen and financiers. With descendants including poet Emma Lazarus, Barnard College founder Annie Nathan Meyer, and Supreme Court Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo, these families were—and still are—hugely influential in the nation’s culture, politics, and economics. In “The Rest of Us,” Birmingham documents the third major wave of Jewish immigration: Eastern Europeans who swept through Ellis Island between 1880 and 1924. These refugees from czarist Russia and Polish shtetls were considered barbaric, uneducated, and too steeped in the traditions of the “old country” to be accepted by the well-established German American Jews. But the new arrivals were tough, passionate, and determined. Their incredible rags to riches stories include those of the lives of Hollywood tycoon Samuel Goldwyn, Broadway composer Irving Berlin, makeup mogul Helena Rubenstein, and mobster Meyer Lansky. This unforgettable collection comprises a comprehensive account of the Jewish American upper class, their opulent world, and their lasting mark on American society.

Author : Linda Allen,Jacob Boudoukh,Anthony Saunders
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009-02-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781405142267

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Understanding Market, Credit, and Operational Risk by Linda Allen,Jacob Boudoukh,Anthony Saunders Pdf

A step-by-step, real world guide to the use of Value at Risk (VaR) models, this text applies the VaR approach to the measurement of market risk, credit risk and operational risk. The book describes and critiques proprietary models, illustrating them with practical examples drawn from actual case studies. Explaining the logic behind the economics and statistics, this technically sophisticated yet intuitive text should be an essential resource for all readers operating in a world of risk. Applies the Value at Risk approach to market, credit, and operational risk measurement. Illustrates models with real-world case studies. Features coverage of BIS bank capital requirements.

Author : David M. Darst
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0071379509

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The Art of Asset Allocation by David M. Darst Pdf

Written in a manner that is accessible to both the individual investor and the financial advisor, this text presents the tools of asset allocation, a comprehensive understanding of the process and the specifics of asset class characteristics.

Author : Charles R. Geisst
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2004-11-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780471701491

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Undue Influence by Charles R. Geisst Pdf

A critical look at over 80 years of conflict, collusion, and corruption between financiers and politicians Undue Influence paints a vivid portrait of the dealings between "the few", in this case members of Congress, the banking community, and the Fed, and sheds light on how radical new deregulatory measures could be introduced by unelected officials and then foisted upon Congress in the name of progress. In the process, the background of the new financial elite is examined-because they are markedly different than their predecessors of the 1920s and 1930s. Undue Influence also brings readers up to speed on other important issues, including how the financial elite has been able to perpetuate itself, how the markets lend themselves to these special interest groups, and how it is possible that after 80 years of financial regulation and regulatory bodies the same problems of financial malfeasance and fraud still plague the markets. Charles R. Geisst (Oradell, NJ) is the author of 15 books, including Wheels of Fortune (0-471-47973-X), Deals of the Century (0-471-26397-4) and the bestsellers Wall Street: A History and 100 Years of Wall Street. Geisst has taught both political science and finance, worked in banking and finance on Wall Street and in London, as well as consulted. His articles have been published in the International Herald Tribune, Neue Zurcher Zeitung, Newsday, Wall Street Journal, and Euromoney.