Diversification and Portfolio Management of Mutual Funds

Diversification and Portfolio Management of Mutual Funds
Author: G. Gregoriou
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 446
Release: 2015-12-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0230626505

This book addresses the importance of diversification for reducing volatility of investment portfolios. It shows how to improve investment efficiency, and explains how international diversification reduces overall risk while enhancing performance. This book is a crucial tool for any investor looking to improve the profit gain from their investment.

The Behavior of Financial Markets under Rational Expectations

The Behavior of Financial Markets under Rational Expectations
Author: Yan Han
Publisher: Bridge 21 Publications
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2022-10-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1626430888

The financial markets have become more and more important in modern society. The behavior of the financial markets, and its impacts on our society, relies crucially on the behavior of market participants, aka the investors of different types. Although descriptions of the financial markets on the macro level have caught great attentions of investors, regulators, and the ordinary people, how the market participants interact with each other in the financial market may provide deeper insights on how and why the financial markets behave. This book tries to supply as much research on the micro level of financial market behavior as possible to the readers. The author has been doing financial research, especially on the micro level, during the past two decades. The academic research on this broad area has undergone a rapid growth, with new results, methods, theories, and even paradigms, emerging and burgeoning almost every year. As a financial researcher in one of China’s top universities, the author has kept monitoring, digesting, and synthesizing the research articles in the area. This book is the outcome of this decades-long routine research work of the author. The book covers the fundamental economic theories of how different investors receive and interpret information. The empirical results of investors behavior are also discussed in depth. The book also shows the basic academic techniques of modeling the investors behavior.

Institutional Investors

Institutional Investors
Author: E. Philip Davis
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 568
Release: 2004-01-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780262262408

One of the most important recent developments in financial markets is the institutionalization of saving associated with the growth of pension funds, life insurance companies, and mutual funds. An increasing proportion of household saving is now managed by professional portfolio managers instead of being directly invested in the securities markets or held in the form of bank deposits. With the aging of the population and its adverse impact on public pension systems, the shift of individual savings to institutional investors is likely to become even more marked in the coming years. This book provides a comprehensive economic assessment of institutional investment. It charts the development and performance of the asset management industry and analyzes the implications of rising institutionalized saving for the development of the securities trading industry, the financial sector as a whole, and the wider economy. The book draws extensively on international experience, particularly in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan.

Advances in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management (New Series) Vol.6

Advances in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management (New Series) Vol.6
Author: Cheng F. Lee
Publisher: Center for PBBEFR & Airiti Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2014-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9865792869

Advances in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the area of investment analysis and portfolio management. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in security analysis, portfolio management, options, futures, and other related issues. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance, economics, and accounting and applied research in the financial community.

Contrarian Investment Strategies

Contrarian Investment Strategies
Author: David Dreman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 498
Release: 2012-01-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0743297962

Introduces important new findings in psychology to demonstrate why most investment strategies are flawed, outlining atypical strategies designed to prevent over- and under-valuations while crash-proofing a portfolio.

Noise Traders and Herding Behavior

Noise Traders and Herding Behavior
Author: Lee Scott Redding
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 16
Release: 1996-09-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1451947968

Recent developments in financial economics have included many explorations into market microstructure, that is, the internal functioning of markets and the ways in which they provide liquidity to traders. An important contribution of this literature is that prices can deviate from their fundamental values. This paper describes models of imperfect liquidity and improperly processed information in financial markets, focusing on the noise trader and investor herding literature. The motivations for this line of research are presented, followed by a description of some of the major contributions and tests of some of their empirical implications.

Trading and Electronic Markets: What Investment Professionals Need to Know

Trading and Electronic Markets: What Investment Professionals Need to Know
Author: Larry Harris
Publisher: CFA Institute Research Foundation
Total Pages: 94
Release: 2015-10-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1934667927

The true meaning of investment discipline is to trade only when you rationally expect that you will achieve your desired objective. Accordingly, managers must thoroughly understand why they trade. Because trading is a zero-sum game, good investment discipline also requires that managers understand why their counterparties trade. This book surveys the many reasons why people trade and identifies the implications of the zero-sum game for investment discipline. It also identifies the origins of liquidity and thus of transaction costs, as well as when active investment strategies are profitable. The book then explains how managers must measure and control transaction costs to perform well. Electronic trading systems and electronic trading strategies now dominate trading in exchange markets throughout the world. The book identifies why speed is of such great importance to electronic traders, how they obtain it, and the trading strategies they use to exploit it. Finally, the book analyzes many issues associated with electronic trading that currently concern practitioners and regulators.

Street Smarts

Street Smarts
Author: Laurence A. Connors
Publisher:
Total Pages: 241
Release: 1995
Genre: Investments
ISBN: 9780965046107

Top-selling manual on short term trading methods and strategies from two prominent authors and traders. Combines 25 years of combined trading experience to teach you 20 of their best strategies. Expert guidance on swing trading from "New Market Wizard", Linda Raschke, in her specialty area. Also covers pattern recognition, ADX volatility, Crabel, gap reversals, and many other strategies.

Asset Pricing Under Asymmetric Information

Asset Pricing Under Asymmetric Information
Author: Markus Konrad Brunnermeier
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2001
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780198296980

The role of information is central to the academic debate on finance. This book provides a detailed, current survey of theoretical research into the effect on stock prices of the distribution of information, comparing and contrasting major models. It examines theoretical models that explain bubbles, technical analysis, and herding behavior. It also provides rational explanations for stock market crashes. Analyzing the implications of asymmetries in information is crucial in this area. This book provides a useful survey for graduate students.