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A practical guide for investing in the energy industry Delivering clear, concise, and practical information, this invaluable resource takes readers on a guided tour of the industry, its technologies, and the author's own Technology Matrix, which allows investors to analyze the technology behind energy stocks. Jason Makansi (St. Louis, MO) is a twenty-year veteran of the power industry. He is President of Pearl Street, Inc., a specialized consulting firm with expertise in identifying investment, technology, and business trends in the energy industry. Prior to founding Pearl Street, Makansi served as Director of the Power Generation Web site for yplant.com and as editor in chief of McGraw-Hill's professional publications on the power industry. Over the years, financial professionals around the world have looked to the Wiley Finance series and its wide array of bestselling books for the knowledge, insights, and techniques that are essential to success in financial markets. As the pace of change in financial markets and instruments quickens, Wiley Finance continues to respond. With critically acclaimed books by leading thinkers on value investing, risk management, asset allocation, and many other critical subjects, the Wiley Finance series provides the financial community with information they want. Written to provide professionals and individuals with the most current thinking from the best minds in the industry, it is no wonder that the Wiley Finance series is the first and last stop for financial professionals looking to increase their financial expertise.

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Author:   Jason Makansi
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.532kg
ISBN:  

9780471210870

ISBN 10:   0471210870
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   28 March 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Introduction. PART 1: THE INDUSTRY. Industry Sructure. The Motivation for Deregulation: Pull, Push, and Pray. Billing and Services Today. Pathways to Profit. The Scorecard Thus Far. Winning Consumer Strategies. PART 2: THE INVESTOR. The Value Chain. Technologies and Services. Technology Due Diligence: A Methodology. Probing Deeper: Sectors, Technologies and Companies. A New Dimension: Energy Storage. Distributed Power: A New Business Model? Services Follow Technology Adoption. Wrapping it All Up: Information Technology. Investment Opportunities. PART 3: CASE STUDIES. Coal and Nuclear. Energy Information Services. Focus on the 2000/2001 California Electricity Crisis. Bibliography. Index.

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JASON MAKANSI is President of Pearl Street, Inc. of St. Louis, Missouri, a technology deployment services firm with expertise in identifying investment, technology, and business trends in the energy industry, and developing strategies for capitalizing on those trends. Prior to founding Pearl Street, Makansi served as director of the power industry for Myplant.com and spent eighteen years with McGraw-Hill Inc.'s energy publications on the power industry, including five years as editor-in-chief of Power and Electric Power International. Makansi earned his BS in chemical engineering from Columbia University.

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