Mastering Investment
Summary
As the articles in this book reveal, investors are confronted with a dizzying array of
instruments, strategies, goals and controls, advice, and counsel from experts, and a
deluge of statistics. However, yesterday's answer often turns out to be tomorrow's wrong
number, as markets evolve and fresh information floods in.
Yet beneath all this lies the
essence of investment, the hidden future. If we held the key to that mystery, we could
dispense with experts and thier mountains of statistics. One instrument and strategy would
suffice.
This book has been written by
leading academics from four business schools renowned for thier investment expertise:
Chicago Graduate School of Business, LBS, Columbia Business School and the Wharton School
of the University of Pennsylvania. Together they have produced an invaluable survey of the
subject, bringing together fundamental principles, investment practice, and cutting edge
thinking.
What is at the essence of
good investment? Mastering Investment offers the answers.
Table of Contents
Principles of Investment.
Investment Styles.
Trading Exchanges.
Derivatives.
Bonds Part 1.
Indices.
Estimating Investment Returns.
Stocks and The Business Cycle.
Trading Systems.
Bonds Part 2.
Valuation Part 1.
Global Equity Portfolios.
Costs of Stock Trading.
The Equity Load Market.
The Equity Premium Puzzle.
Portfolio Optimization.
Asset Allocation.
Lifecycle Investing.
Active Stock Selection Strategies.
Valuation Part 2.
Risk Management.
Arbitrage.
Introduction To Hedge Funds.
Managing Hedge Funds.
Efficient Markets.
Behavioural Finance.
Trading and Overconfidence.
Efficient Markets.
Case Study 3com/Palm.
Portfolio Management.
Shareholder Value.
Mutual Fund Performance.
Hedge-Fund Performance.
Volatility.
Socially Responsible Investing.
International Equity Investments.
Investing In Emerging Markets.
Roles of The Investor.
Venture Capital Investment.
Private Equity.
IPO Issues.
Human Capital and Investment.
Real Estate.
Investor Protection.
The Case For Global Investment.
Regulation in Financial Markets.
Asset Management Regulation.
358 pages
