New Releases by Michael McDonald

Investors face many questions when it comes to their portfolios, but the answers have always been difficult to find until now: What are the historical average returns for stocks of different sizes or industries? How does momentum influence future returns, and when is the reversal effect likely to occur? What role do valuation metrics like the Price-to-Earnings ratio play in predicting performance? How do stocks behave under different market conditions, including periods of high volatility? What is the likelihood of losing money on a stock over a given timeframe? How do specific factors, like revenue growth or market capitalization, affect stock returns? Stylized Facts in Finance by Michael McDonald, PhD, is a comprehensive desk reference for investors seeking actionable insights into the world of stocks and portfolio management and answering questions like these. Backed by decades of data and rigorous analysis, this guide answers key questions on returns, risk, momentum, and valuation. Designed for quick consultation, it empowers readers to navigate market trends, build balanced portfolios, and make informed decisions in any market environment. Whether you''re analyzing small caps, assessing volatility, or leveraging momentum strategies, this book is your trusted companion for understanding the data-driven realities of investing. Essential reading for serious investors and professionals!

"A sweeping and evocative memoir from the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Grammy Award-winning, platinum selling singer-songwriter Michael McDonald, written with his friend, Emmy Award-nominated actor, comedian, and #1 New York Times bestselling author Paul Reiser. Doobie Brothers. Steely Dan. Chart topping soloist. Across a half-century of American music, Michael McDonald''s unmistakably smooth baritone voice defined an era of rock and R&B with hit records like ''What A Fool Believes,'' ''Takin'' It to the Streets,'' ''I Keep Forgettin'', ''Peg,'' ''It Keeps You Running,'' ''You Belong to Me,'' and ''Yah Mo B There.'' In his candid, freewheeling memoir, written with his friend, the Emmy Award-nominated actor and comedian Paul Reiser, Michael tells the story of his life and music. A high school dropout from Ferguson, Missouri, Michael chased his dreams in 1970''s California, a heady moment of rock opportunity and excess. As a rising session musician and backing vocalist, a series of encounters would send him on a wild ride around the world and to the heights of rock stardom--from joining Steely Dan and becoming a defining member of The Doobie Brothers to forging a path as a breakout solo R&B artist. Interwoven with the unforgettable tales of the music, Michael tells a deeply affecting story of losing and finding himself as a man. He reckons with the unshakeable insecurities that drove him, the drug and alcohol addictions that plagued him, and the highs and lows of popularity. Along the way he relays the lessons he''s learned, and that if he''s learned anything at all it''s that there''s often little correlation between what you get and what you deserve. Filled with unbelievable stories and a matchless cast of music greats including James Taylor, Ray Charles, Carly Simon, and Quincy Jones, What a Fool Believes is a moving and entertaining memoir that is sure to be a classic"

Improve your daily work efficiency and productivity using Microsoft Excel KEY FEATURES ● Get familiar with some of the most useful basic and advanced features in Excel. ● Discover important Excel functions that can quickly and easily perform calculations and analysis. ● Get tips and tricks to become an expert in spreadsheets. DESCRIPTION Microsoft Excel is one of the most significant and widely used tools in various professions and industries. If you want to master Excel, then this book is for you. This book focuses on Excel formulas and functions that transform Excel from a simple spreadsheet into a dynamic and powerful analytics data source for business intelligence. The book demonstrates the formulas and functions with examples, big datasets, and storytelling scenarios. It explains how to use 200+ Excel functions and formulas to create dynamic Excel dashboards, filter relevant data, and show informative and analyzed information. The book also covers instructions on how to develop formulas by combining existing functions to obtain the necessary analysis. After reading the book, you will be well prepared to use Excel for personal and professional tasks ranging from analyzing data to making forecasts and organizing information. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN ● Build complex data-driven models using the lookup and reference functions. ● Learn how to speed up tedious and time-consuming tasks with the user-defined functions in Excel. ● Use a wide range of financial functions to perform complex financial calculations. ● Analyze data and perform various statistical calculations using the statistical functions. ● Explore and work with different mathematical functions in Excel. WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR This book is for everyone who uses Excel daily. It is also for business professionals, researchers, scientists, statisticians, and students who want to use Excel for managing and analyzing data. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Getting Started with Excel 2. The 10 Most Popular Functions in Excel 3. Logical Functions in Excel 4. Lookup and Reference Functions in Excel 5. Math Functions in Excel 6. Statistical Functions in Excel 7. Text Functions in Excel 8. Information Functions in Excel 9. Financial Functions in Excel 10. Date and Time Functions in Excel 11. Database Functions in Excel 12. Cube Functions in Excel 13. Web Functions in Excel 14. User-defined Functions in Excel

How do you help a student with autism who is not thriving in school and feels isolated, disconnected, frustrated, misunderstood, and unable to learn? In The Oak Hill Method: Connecting to Students with Autism, you will hear directly from expert teachers and clinicians who have been working with students with autism in the highly successful program at Oak Hill School. Oak Hill School uses a wide range of evidence-based strategies that center around building relationships, truly knowing the individual, and customizing educational programs. Through a series of case-based chapters and specific examples, the reader will learn effective and practical strategies to welcome a student to a new environment, build trusting relationships, and develop a broad range of skills including self-awareness, self-advocacy, emotional and sensory regulation, and social communication that will allow for personal and academic growth both in school and in their future.

This volume describes voting in the 2020 US election, from the presidential nomination to new voting laws post-election. Election officials and voters navigated the challenging pandemic to hold the highest turnout election since 1900. President Trum

"On the afternoon of October 28th, Jon leaves his office in Indianapolis early for an appointment. His dad, Mac, and his nephew, Michael, are at work at the nearby prison outside New Castle, Indiana. Mac’s wife, Elisabeth, is at home with Jon’s girls when the power goes out... Everywhere. Jon’s car quits as he pulls into the parking lot at the medical facility. His phone is dead, too, and he’s still sixty miles from his mom and his daughters. At the prison, there are bigger problems. WAY bigger. This is the story of Chaplain Mac Ridlen’s family..."--page [4] of cover.

Get the Most out of Your Ninja Foodi Pressure Cooker with This AMZING recipe book! I believe you are looking for ways to preparing tasty foods in the simplest ways possible. This Ninja Foodi Cookbook 2022 contains simple and delicious recipes that have been carefully selected for you to prepare in your Ninja Foodi. Just pick the best recipes you like and start cooking with your Ninja Foodi cooker. You will be surprised how easy the operation is. This comprehensive cookbook includes everything you need to get started serving up delicious, nutritious dishes in minutes. No matter what you''re in the mood for, the Ninja(R) Foodi(TM) Complete Cookbook for Beginners has what you''re craving! The Ninja(R) Foodi(TM) Pressure Cooker Cookbook 2022 includes: Fast, easy recipes: Discover how to make crowd-pleasing options for breakfasts, Vegetables, Beef & Lamb, Poultry, Fish & Seafood as well as appetizers and desserts. Quick-start guidance: Master all the fantastic features of your Ninja(R) Foodi(TM) so you can learn how to pressure cook, air fry, TenderCrisp(TM), dehydrate, and more. Essential extras: Get expert tips for chefs of all skill levels that will get you up-and-crisping in a flash. Dive into the recipes, and let''s get the kitchen worked! Start your Ninja Foodi journey today!

The river has never been more deadly.Aiden and Liam Kirkpatrick own Black Hat Fishing, professionally guiding salmon anglers along the lower Columbia River, while keeping order as undercover Conservation Officers for the state. As former military professionals, they also use their unique skills to moonlight as private detectives for Avalanche Investigations.It''s a busy life that becomes a dangerous one when the brothers get caught up in a cold case murder investigation of a local fishing guide and his girlfriend. Initially appearing as a crime of passion, they soon come to suspect the murders may be part of a conspiracy to seize control of the billion-dollar sport fishing industry of the West.The conspirators are hiding in plain sight - even from each other. One is an unscrupulous business executive who has no limits in seeing his fathers'' legacy fulfilled. The other, a psychopath with a penchant for fire, has a faceless, dark companion hell-bent on attaining power and money regardless of who stands in their way.The Kirkpatricks are not about to tolerate anyone attempting to kill their way to get their way. When a trusted friend of theirs is murdered, and another almost dies, the brothers set out to wage war on the most likely suspects. Death will haunt their endeavor.

Trigrams of the I Ching is an intense and fascinating look at one of the greatest archetypes of all time - the Trigrams or Ba Gua of the Chinese Book of Changes. I Ching symbolism comes alive in these profound and explanations of how fundamental I Ching symbols work together and what they mean. Dr. McDonald draws on his forty years of experience with I Ching symbolism in this amazingly insightful exploration of the most basic questions in I Ching studies, \"Does the symbolism of the I Ching actually form a coherent archetypal system? Each schema of elemental archetype and symbol from the ancient world finds its place within the broad expanse of I Ching and yet also relates to the modern world, as we know it today. in Dr. McDonald''s detailed and lucid explanations. Each chapter of this book is a model for thorough and thoughtful I Ching interpretation on every level .This book will open your eyes to the world of Ba Gua - making the the I Ching easy to UNDERSTAND and USE AS AN ORACLE!

Business analytics is one of today''s fastest growing careers, but it''''s also an area where companies face a shortage of talent. In this course, Professor Michael McDonald walks you through everything you need to know to start implementing business analytics skills and concepts. Michael begins with the basics, explaining what you should know about business analytics, including definitions and uses. He demonstrates how to get started in business analytics, including accessing and integrating the correct data and constructing a data map. Michael shows how to use predictive tools in business analytics that can equip firms to make better decisions. Finally, Michael covers how business analytics can provide significant guidance for management in developing a strategy and understanding the market.

Creating accurate and reliable sales forecasts is essential for any sales leader. Professor Michael McDonald shows how to use Excel to forecast sales more effectively, beginning with a quick primer on sales forecasting, then explaining the business intelligence used in forecasting and the basics of regression analysis. Next, Michael shows how to use Excel to gather the necessary data for your forecast, how to cleanse data so that it will lead to more accurate forecasts, and how to interpret and explain the results of a regression forecast. The course concludes with a sample project, forecasting sales for a fictional restaurant. In this sample project, you''ll construct a data set, compute a simple set of forecast metrics, and construct an in-depth sales forecast. Finally, Michael explains the limitations of sales forecasting and how you can mitigate risk.

Curious about how to leverage the remarkable versatility of Excel as a marketing professional? This course shows you how. Join instructor Michael McDonald as he demonstrates how to use Excel in your marketing analytics workflow, explaining how to determine everything from what price a product can be sold for to what type of advertising is catching the attention of users. Michael demonstrates how to tackle demand forecasting with Excel, including how to interpret regressions for forecasting. He covers different methods of doing product pricing, how to approach A/B testing with Excel, and how to transform the results of a survey into quantitative regression data. Plus, learn how to calculate the lifetime value of customers, churn rates, and customer acquisition costs for your 476536564.

I Ching Self-Change is a beginning text for anyone who wants to use the ancient Chinese oracle, the I Ching, for the purposes of consultation and self-understanding in the modern Western world. The author, Dr. Michael McDonald, has over forty years of experience using and interpreting the Book of Changes in a journal format, and has studied with I Ching experts at two different universities. This book explains \"all the basics\" of I Ching history in a gentle and understandable way, and covers such varied topics as the nature of oracles, and how oracles have been used in many cultures. The author''s original explanation of I Ching archetypes and symbolism is rendered with many charts and diagrams, making it easy to understand how the I Ching works and functions. The ancient way of the \"profound person\" is updated through the I Ching journal and the I Ching Personality Profile, two powerful tools for making the ancient wisdom of the I Ching available today!

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In 1971, Paul Lauterbur applied magnetic field gradients in all three dimensions and a back-projection technique to create NMR images. He published the first images of two tubes of water in 1973 in the journal Nature, followed by the picture of a living animal, a clam, and in 1974 by the image of the thoracic cavity of a mouse. Lauterbur called his imaging method zeugmatography, a term which was later replaced by (N)MR imaging. In the late 1970s, physicists Peter Mansfield and Paul Lauterbur, developed MRI-related techniques, like the echo-planar imaging (EPI) technique. Mansfield and Lauterbur were awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their \"discoveries concerning magnetic resonance imaging\". The development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for use in medical investigation has provided a huge forward leap in the field of diagnosis, particularly with avoidance of exposure to potentially dangerous ionizing radiation. With decreasing costs and better availability, the use of MRI is becoming ever more pervasive throughout clinical practice. Understanding the principles underlying this imaging modality and its multiple applications can be used to appreciate the benefits and limitations of its use, further informing clinical decision-making. This book would be useful to radiology residents, biomedicine students, practicing clinicians and MRI technicians. This book explains the physical and conceptual basis governing present-day applications of MR. It also describes how imaging data is acquired, manipulated and reconstructed for visual examination.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the way we interact with our mobile devices, our healthcare providers, and even our cars. In this project-based course, Dr. Michael McDonald focuses specifically on the applications of AI in 476536564, as well as emerging opportunities in the space. After discussing the basics of AI and how it works, Dr. McDonald focuses on how this exciting technology can be leveraged in a variety of 476536564 settings. Discover how AI can be applied to accurately price products, make astute marketing decisions, navigate financial markets, and more. Plus, learn where AI doesn''t work in the 476536564 world and get best practices for applying AI in your work.

Whether you''re a professional accountant or a manager at a small-sized firm, navigating 476536564 taxes can be intimidating. 476536564 taxes are an ongoing process for most 476536564es, with multiple due dates throughout the year. This course was designed to unlock the mystery around these forms and deadlines. Join professor Michael McDonald as he dives into the foundations of 476536564 taxes, detailing what needs to be submitted to the IRS, when it needs to be submitted, and the essentials of completing these tax forms. Upon completing this course, you''ll have a deeper understanding of the government''s rules and requirements, as well as how to save time and funds when filing 476536564 taxes.

The Math Inventory is a computer administered test that gives students math problems spanning from counting to high school level math. The purpose of this study was to figure out if success on the Math Inventory is a good indicator for performing well on the Scholastic Assessment Test SAT. The goal of many high school teachers is for students to excel on the SAT so that they can go to college, which means the tests used in high schools should be aligned with that goal. Data was analyzed from the 2017-2018 school year from ten different high schools in an urban school district to determine the correlation between Math Inventory score, and the math score/sub scores of SAT/PSAT. The linear regression coefficients for the PSAT/SAT math scores ranged from 2.111 to 2.359 while the r-squared values for the PSAT/SAT math score ranged from .3382 to .4837. Odds ratio tests were conducted for ‘High’ or ‘Low’ group placement and the ratios ranged from 7.74 to 10.37. The value of the Pearson’s correlation coefficient along with the results from the odds ratio tests suggest a fairly moderate positive relationship between these two variables and that success on the Math Inventory is a good indicator for success on the SAT.

This paper investigates whether firms vary the debt side of their capital structure, based on changes in investor demand for bonds. Examining asset flows into various asset classes over the last 30 years reveals that companies respond to recent increases in demand for bonds from investors by altering their capital structure towards greater use of debt. Firms are more likely to issue debt as demand for bonds rises, and their use of debt increases (decreases) in periods when demand for bonds is high (low) compared to periods when demand is not significantly changed. Firms use more (less) debt when spreads between corporate yields and Treasury rates are low (high), consistent with efforts by managers to adjust their debt issuances based on relative debt costs. These results hold after controlling for seasonality, firm effects, and macroeconomic conditions. These findings suggest that investor demand for debt needs to be taken into account when examining the capital structure puzzle.

The influence of the Fed''s actions on equity prices has been a source of significant speculation in recent years. This paper uses a well-regarded measure for the “fair” value of interest rates to measure the degree to which the Fed is influencing interest rates, and then relates that level of interference to equity returns. We find that Fed''s actions are correlated with a modest negative impact on US equity prices - that is Fed interference has a slight negative relationship with broader equity returns. In contrast, outside the US, Central Bank interference generally has a stronger positive relationship to equity returns.

To Be or Not to Be? It is an eerie feeling...Connecting different world''s so far apart, yet feel so near It is the perfect Coffee Table Photobook A Collection of Classic Shakespearean quotes and carefully curated photographs of Old Telephones, Typewriters and Cameras. A Photograph is worth more than a thousand words, So we put it against Shakespeare Quotes on the ultimate showdown! Why? Because We Can? Because it is fun? And Because A man can die but once...of course.

TERMINAL IMPULSES is a twisted suspense-thriller that explores the depths and consequences of extreme compulsions, blurred ethical boundaries and horrific family secrets.

A short biography including the works of portrait artist Michael McDonald

You are about to embark on a journey into the world of the supernatural. Experience ghost, poltergeists, shadow figures, demonic possession, and much more! But do not fear, for within the pages of this survival guide you will find the tools and education you need to successfully lead a team of investigators safely and effectively. Michael McDonald, founder of Kindred Moon Paranormal Society, has tapped into his 30+ years experience as a paranormal investigator, having worked with some of the biggest names in the field, to curate this handbook. He will walk you through basic and advanced investigative techniques, introduce you to angels and demons through a comprehensive glossary, provide you with instruction on conducting an investigation from start to finish, give you pro tips to help you be the best investigator possible, and much more. The information contained in this book is based on over three decades of experience and education, and now all that information is yours. Get up to speed, the field is calling!