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| Prof. António Marques Mendes |
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 Born on May 1952 |
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Senior executive with
30+ years of experience in academia, banking, politics and consulting | ||||
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Nationality: Portuguese | ||||
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Professor of International
Finance at the School of Economics -
University of Coimbra,
Portugal | ||||
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Founder of
Marques Mendes & Associados
Ltd | ||||
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1992-1998 – Senior
Banker and Head of Unit at the EBRD Banking Department,
London | ||||
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1985-1987 – Member of the
European
and Portuguese
Parliaments | ||||
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1985 - PhD in
Economics, University of Kent at
Canterbury, UK | ||||
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1976 - Bsc in Economics from ISEG, Technical
University, Lisbon |
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Catarina - Arminda - Ana Isabel - Miguel | ||
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Research |
Business Interests | ||
Leverage and stock
market investing |
MM&A | ||
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The role of Multilateral Development Banks |
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The lives of W. S. Jevons and David Durand |
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Fallacies in economics and finance theory |
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Lectures and Seminars at FEUC, APEU, SADIF Academy and on demand |
Other Interests | ||
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Introduction to
International Finance, undergraduate
2011-12 |
Politics: Liberalism
for the XXI Century | ||
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International
Financial Management,EN-PT
Postgraduate 2011-12 |
Antique book collector: Economics and
Finance | ||
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Topics in Corporate Finance, EN-PT
Postgraduate 2012-13 |
Popular Science: understanding
time | ||
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Introduction to
Investment Banking, undergraduate course |
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Introduction to
Financial Investments, Executive MBA |
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Como seleccionar
as melhores empresas para investir na Bolsa, Executive seminar APEU . | |||
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Supervision of Thesis and Dissertations |
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| Requests for supervision are welcome from students with top grades from any University. However, except under exceptional circumstances, for the time being I can only accept a small number of research students who are interested on research in the following topics: |
Useful Spreadsheets
and Calculators | ||
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Free Data Sources | |||
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What is a good business?
(sample research proposal) |
International Finance Resources | ||
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Drip investing strategies |
Quiz Pages | ||
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Market timing |
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Global investing |
Research topics for TCF students 2010-2011: | ||
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"A
Avaliação dos Sistemas de Notação de Risco" |
Does ownership influence stock market returns? | ||
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Risk arbitrage investing strategies |
Creative accounting and shareholder value | ||
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The use of equity research |
The business of investment banking in Portugal | ||
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Compare recent acquisitions and divestures | |||
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Survey the use of financial risk management instruments by non-financial companies in
Portugal | |||
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Design early warning signals for companies in need of financial
restructuring | |||
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Case studies on the bankers approach to turnaround financing in Portugal | |||
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Ratings vs. Analysts Recommendations: Who is more reliable? | |||
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Recently Published or Forthcoming |
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Six Steps for Successful Investing,
Amazon Kindle Edition, 2007 |
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The
quest to justify a long lasting role for multilateral development
banks (with Mihaela Meica), Amazon Kindle, 2006 |
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For a complete list of my publications click here |
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Recently read and highly recommended |
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| For those interested in the history of economic policy in
Portugal the book of memories by Jacinto Nunes -
Memórias
Soltas (Wandering memories) is a compelling reading. If you ever wondered why enlightenment is fading "How
mumbo-jumbo conquered the world" by Francis Wheen, is a must
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| For investors hoping for the so-called Greenspan put, Alan
Greenspan memoirs "The
Age of Turbulence", (published in Portuguese by Editorial Presença) is
an interesting tale on financial crisis, optimism and central bankers
naivety. more readings ... |