About the author

Leo Gough is the author of more than 20 books on personal finance and investment, some of which have appeared in translation in German, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Italian and Portuguese. Some of these include: How The Stock Market Really Works; The Financial Times Guide to Business Numeracy; Going Offshore; 25 Investment Classics; The Finance Manual for Non-Financial Managers; Financial Times Guide to Selecting Shares that Perform (co-authored most recent edition with Richard Koch). Since 1997 he has spent much of his time in the Asia/Pacific region, working with banks, consultancy firms and publishers to produce investment books and research for this dynamically expanding region.