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This volume had detailed nutritional data (calories, fat contect, fat grams, sodium, cholesterol content, etc.) on many fast-food items. Included are common items from McDonalds, Wendy's, Arbys, Taco Bell, KFC, Subway, Hardee's, Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts to name a few. Also included the equivalent food exchanges for the foods listed.

For many restaurant chains it highlights some of the 'healthier' items available.

The data has been compiled on many items from these restaurants, but not every menu selection is listed.

A useful guide to keep at your desk or in your car to assist in making healthier eating decisions.

This is an excellent guide for helping you eat healthy food at restaurants. The restaurants listed are many of the major chain restaurants, especially fast foods. In addition to hamburgers and pizza, Denny's and Baker's Square are included to help you find nutrition information you can use for coffee shops in general.
PRO: The only book I've found that includes American Diabetic Association Exchange Diet information in addition to information on other nutrients for other diet or food plans.
Cons: The only criticism I have of this book (and a minor criticism at that) is its lack of information about Greek or Japanese restaurant food because they are not chain restaurants. Nevertheless, this book is quite extensive in giving you the nutrition information on many foods found in popular restaurants.

This is a great reference book to have on hand if you eat out in restaurants often. I finally am living in an area where most of the restaurants listed in the book can be found. I really need to get another one to keep in the car.

License to Steal is an excellent book. I found it very easy to read. The book offers a persoanl account of a wall street broker that works in various large and small houses. The author takes you through an account of the "innner-workings" of the Manhattan stock boker's world. The author seems compelled to give the audience an account of the lawless nature of some of the biggest brokers.

This book is good at explaining investments in a way I can understand. Best suited for new investors who need basic help.

This is an easy-to-understand book about investing. I don't think experienced investors would learn a lot, but people such as myself who are relatively new to the game will find it very valuable.

A very good book, lots of details. Covers all aspects of Exchange 5 inculding migration and starting from scratch. A must for MCSE canidates

Excellent reference material. I used this book to self study for exam 70-076, along with the Sybex MCSE : Exchange 5 Study Guide and Microsoft TechNet. It isn't aimed at self studying so it's not enough on its own. However, this exam is notorious for requiring plenty of additional reference so you'll never pass with just one book. Not even the official MOC course is enough without reading additional white papers. The book is comprehensive and written in a logical manner so it's easy to follow the author through his examples. I certainly found it related more to real-life situations than the Sybex book. Did it work? Passed the exam first time with an 806! I'll probably get more use out of the book now that I've passed than I did while studying. As for the Self Study Guide, it's already gathering dust!

Outstanding, comphrensive book. Solved one of my difficult problems within 10 minutes of receiving it from Amazon.com. Very readable and easy to understand. One of the two must have books on Exchange.

A solid, fluid look at experimental economics! In these turbulent times on Wall Street (and really in markets around the world) this proves to be a great source of how we've come to this point, but more importantly, where we can go from here.

But that's not my only reason for thinking this a great book.

Ross M. Miller makes three large claims here. I think he makes good on the first two. I'm not so sure about the third, but even there he makes a case that needs to be made.

First, he explains that one branch of economics has become an experimental science.

Second, he says that this variant of economics has produced important results - theorems disclosing how markets might best be structured or restructured, and how the privatization of now-public goods might be accomplished, in ways that could produce enormous productivity gains.

He more pessimistically claims though, thirdly, that these theorems probably won't produce such gains, because in doing so they would hurt politically powerful interests.

The idea of "experimental economics" is simple enough: a college professor need only ask his students to co-operate in a simple auction-based game, so that he (and they) can observe the process by which prices come into existence under simplified conditions. Once a body of observations has developed, he and other experimenters can vary the rules and conditions of the game and observe the effect the changes have upon the trading strategies of the players and the game outcomes.

It was at Harvard University, in the 1940s, that such experiments got their start, in the classroom of Professor Edward Chamberlain. In the decades since, a body of observations has developed that in some respects supports neoclassical economic theory, but that in one crucial respect calls for its modification. Neoclassical theory needs to be modified to account for the possibility of irrational price bubbles. What is of greater policy importance, though, is that post-Chamberlainian experiments have given us a good idea of how markets can be structured to prevent bubble formation.

About 1975, when Ross Miller and I were grad students in economics, there was a consensus "economic view of the world." Economists who had to deal with the real world -- policy makers and development types -- didn't really believe it, but the mainstream did. Not only believed it, but took it for granted.

That's not true today. The consensus is fragmenting. If you want to understand the underpinnings of this intellectual shift, read Ross's book. It's written clearly, even excitingly, with well-chosen examples. And it is written by a real economist, who's trying to understand what's right and what's wrong about how we think about the economic world.

This book contains one of the clearest discussions of the CAPM model that I have found anywhere. It is also quite rigorous. It also contains one of the most vague treatments of utility functions in existence. Overall this is an outstanding book on financial economics. Potential sophisticated readers should be aware that the book does rely almost exclusively on time series analysis and therefore is subject to the limitations associated with the same. But for a good clear introduction of the subject from a time series point of view the book is really hard to beat.

An excellent book to start understanding quantitaive methods in financial economics. This could serve as one of the best introductions to the first-timers. The author has taken care to explain the concepts in a lucid manner to prepare the student to take on the concepts at a greater detail. He even touches upon complex issues like stock market 'anomalies' and models of noise trader behaviour. The discussion on 'rational bubble'is also quite helpful. On the whole, a very good text to understand competing theoritical models in financial economics and their applicability in various markets like stock, bond and currency market.

A superb book particularly attractive for those who intend to learn about the application of econometric techniques to finance but likely to find its peer book by Campbell,Lo,McKinlay a bit too advanced...

Andy Klein's honest and inside view of how the world of big money brings start ups to the rest of us for investment is entertaining and enlightening. This is a must read for any investor, entrepreneur, or business executive who wants to see where his money really goes in the IPO process. No wonder banks, lawyers, and market making brokers are getting really rich while the IPO investor and the start up company themselves get the smaller cut. This book is simply great for really understanding how the street gets to much money for being the middle man between you and the company you want to invest in. Also, I think Andy gives us a glimpse of the future of IPOs and investing. Using the internet to cut out all the waste in the IPO process and get companies and investors lined up with each other for that initial offering is simply awesome for all of us. It will give all of us the same opportunities that only a few of the rich and privileged insiders have now. This book is great. Give it a try.

This is a great book. It explains Mr. Klein's very innovative concepts of venture capital and the road he traveled to come to the point of Wit Capital. It gives a person hope for raising capital for his/her business without going public. WallStreet.com delves into the interesting world of venture capital, an arena which few know about, and less understand. If you are interested in investments of any type, or in the vision of a genius entrepreneur, this book is a MUST read!

In a world where Internet IPO's are taken for granted the books describe the reality on how hard it is to go out there and get your initial investment. I was inspired by the book and couldn't stop reading. Waht you will learn are: - How hard it is to get financing from VC to inital IPO - Who benefits from the stock market (not you that's for sure) - How Internet technology changes an industry I hope that you enjoy the book.

Donald Cassidy did a solid, workman-like job, which automatically places it above most stock market books. Cassidy wisely criticizes the thoroughly debunked "buy-n-hold" hype Wall Street preaches, yet does not practice with its own money. This book also warns of the dangers of being afraid to sell because of a fear of taxes. Sy Harding's "Riding the Bear" covers the same subjects, and many other topics not mentioned in this book, much better. This is a good book, yet is a bit below Harding's masterpiece.

I consider Mr. Cassidy's first book, "Its when you sell that counts" a classic. I have read this book at least three times and each time got something new out of it. This book is no different. It is equally masterful in conveying its message and has something significant to say.

I personally found Chapter 7 to be particularly enlightening - offering a psychological understanding of how the market works, personal hang-ups one brings and must overcome, and in particular the essential virtues of selling. If we can't sell, we will die with our current portfolio - so all other effort at market excellence is doomed to failure! But the other 12 chapters are eye opening also! Very well written. This book is wonderful!

Professor Peter Navarro teaches at the University of California (Irvine) and has written an interesting workbook on the "macro-investing" method. It focuses on getting a handle on the big picture.

As a teacher, Navarro firmly believes that learning involves not only reading material, but also understanding it which can be assessed by using pertinent questions and exercises. That is why he places questions and exercises after each of his 20 chapters, and provides the answers in a separate 25-page section at the end of the book. This is an excellent reinforcement approach which more books should follow, especially those that are more dense.

Navarro puts forth his three key macro-investing rules:
1.buy strong stocks in strong sectors in markets
2.short weak stocks in weak sectors in declining markets
3.stay in cash in a trendless market

He warns investors that even buying the best stock in the wrong sector in a down market is suicide. According to Navarro, eighty percent of investors lost one-half of their money in the 2000-2002 bear market. Therefore, he urges investors to be on the lookout for macro-economic events, what he refers to as "macrowaves" that precede market action. These include such items as government reports on inflation, employment, growth, Fed policy changes, and large company earnings. He believes this news drives markets up and down.

In multiple chapters, Navarro explains the four steps of macrowave investing and the three key cycles (business, interest rate, and stock market) and which stock sectors would be best to invest in during each aspect of the cycles.

One chapter explains the yield curve and how to use it to understand the changes in stocks can bonds. He then reviews the basics in selecting strong and weak stocks, as well as the basics of fundamental and technical analysis in back-to-back chapters. Additional chapters are devoted to risk management, money management, trade management, and execution.

Overall, Navarro has delivered a solid primer on preparing yourself for trading the market's large moves. The logical step-by-step approach is easy to follow and will provide investors with a good understanding of the markets, and hopefully will result in better investment results.

Very well written, clear, and concise book on the market, emphasizing using both fundamental value and technical chart analysis to play the market. Perhaps the most important point made in the book is the author pointing out that one must pick strong stocks in strong sectors in order to be really successful. This tip might be worth the price of the book by itself, since 3 out of 4 stocks will ultimately follow the broad market anyway. (You can get that sector strength information from the Investor's Business Daily paper or the paid version of the website, but you'll have to pay the premium subscription price to get it).

One other extremely interesting section is where the author shows that buying stocks during the cold months and selling them during the warm months of the year can produce almost twice the gains of holding them throughout the year. This strategy tested out as valid in the American market going back several decades and incredibly was valid in the British market going back to 1694. The basic point is that holding stocks from October to April resulted in an average return of about 12%, whereas holding them throughout the year resulted in a performance of almost half that, because stocks often declined during the warmer months. Again, that little tidbit of advice might be worth the price of the book by itself, and is reminiscent of the strategy of buying the index and going long when the stock market crosses its 200-day moving average on the upside, and shorting it when it crosses the 200-day moving average on the downside, which has produced an average return of 17%. I've looked at dozens of simple and complex strategies but I hadn't heard of this sort of seasonal strategy before and was very interested to find that out, and may give it a try myself. So overall, a fine book on the market that should be useful to the beginning as well as more experienced investor and trader.

In this book, the author takes a top-down approach to investing. He combined macro economic factors with fundamental/technical approach to the market. In many ways, this book reminds me of Martin Zweig's Winning on Wall Street, which in my eyes is one of the greatest investing books ever published. This book gave me a great number of possible ideas I can use to develop potential models from, and for that it is well worth the purchase price, even if none of them pan out.

This book very in depth on the exchange client, but I was disappointed that it only offered one chapter over MS Outlook. I was hoping for an indepth explanation on how Outlook works with 5.0, instead I got an overview on how to use Outlook.

A well written, technically sound book that is a must for anyone wanting to know the workings of Exchange and Outlook.

A clear, comprehensive guide from a first-rate organization with highly specialized practical knowledge. Don't miss their web-site, either. Before reading this book, I considered hiding the universal inbox; now, its the first place I start my business day, and its very useful. Highly recommended!

Schwartz provides the academic ammunition in support of the securities industry's resistance to move into penny-tick size pricing. No wonder NASDQ loves him.

Schwartz covers the real workings and non-workings of the industry. Unlike most investor targeted tomes, this book will be helpful if you work full time in the indiustry. The material is at an intermnediate level. Assuming that you already understand stocks, the book is an accessible explanation of the various markets and their design, regulations and various attempts to improve them.

This book is not really about reshaping the equity markets, or at least those parts of it are outdated by now (it was written in 1993). However, it gives a very thorough and easy-to-read explanation of the arcana of market structure, order processing, and the like. Extremely useful for ambitious beginners.