The Financial Times Guide to Using the Financial Pages

The leading guide to finding, reading, understanding and acting on financial information is now fully revised and updated with all the essential information needed to help readers make business, investing or strategic decisions. The Financial Times Guide to Using the Financial Pages is a thorough reference guide to reading and really understanding the financial pages. It shows the reader where to look for information and how to make best use of it. Designed for a range of users, from corporate managers to individual investors, it shows readers how to assess and evaluate information so as to benefit their investing and saving strategies and better understand economic indicators and financial jargon. The book uses real examples from the financial newspapers, case studies of businesses, company reports and electronic information. Fully updated with new features, including:- A wider range of examples of financial information.- Reference

Romesh Vaitilingam is a writer and media consultant. He is the author of numerous articles and several successful books in finance, economics and public policy, including The Ultimate Investor: The People and Ideas that Make Modern Investment and The Financial Times Guide to Using Economics and Economic Indicators.

As a specialist in translating economic and financial concepts into everyday language, Romesh has advised a number of top management consultancies and investment managers as well as various public agencies, including the European Central Bank. His work also involves media consultancy for the economic research community, notably advising the Royal Economic Society and the Centre for Economic Performance on the management and development of their public profile, and being a member of the editorial board of Vox (www.voxeu.eu), which provides research-based policy analysis and commentary from leading economists.

In 2003, he was awarded an MBE for services to economic and social science.

Romesh Vaitilingam is a media consultant and writer. He is the author of numerous articles and several successful titles in finance, including The Financial Times Guide to Using Economics and Economic Indicators. As a specialist in translating economic and financial concepts into everyday language, Romesh has advised a number of top management consultancies, as well as various UK government agencies. His work also involves media consultancy for the international economic research community.