About the Author

Stuart R. Veale is the president and founder of the Investment Performance Institute Inc., a firm that specializes in providing advanced level practical capital markets training and consulting services to the financial services industry. Previously he was a senior vice president of portfolio strategy and design for the national sales group at Prudential Securities Inc. and senior vice president of advanced training at PaineWebber Inc. He has published six books including The Handbook of the U.S. Capital Markets, Bond Yield Analysis, Tapping the Small Business Market, Essential Investment Math, Essential Asset Allocation, and Stocks, Bonds, Options, Futures.