This book represents my endeavour to disseminate financial knowledge and empower individuals to make well-informed investment decisions. Presently, there is a significant lack of awareness surrounding personal finance, leading many to make costly investment errors and incur losses. In my view, personal finance is a crucial component of individual well-being, and reliance on others for investment decisions should be minimized. It is my aspiration that this book will foster a broader understanding of personal finance across all age groups.
In light of recent financial crises, the role of investment funds is a recurring subject for discussion. Traditional methods must be adapted with the objective to strengthen scientific knowledge of investment funds. This book provides new insights, ideas and empirical evidence to improve tools and methods for fund performance analysis.
Is there an ideal portfolio of investment assets, one that perfectly balances risk and reward? In Pursuit of the Perfect Portfolio examines this question by profiling and interviewing ten of the most prominent figures in the finance world,Jack Bogle, Charley Ellis, Gene Fama, Marty Liebowitz, Harry Markowitz, Bob Merton, Myron Scholes, Bill Sharpe, Bob Shiller, and Jeremy Siegel. We learn about the personal and intellectual journeys of these luminaries, which include six Nobel Laureates and a trailblazer in mutual funds, and their most innovative contributions. In the process, we come to understand how the science of modern investing came to be. Each of these finance greats discusses their idea of a perfect portfolio, offering invaluable insights to today's investor
Let the legends of finance be your money managers! Imagine having the opportunity to ask Babe Ruth how to hit, or Charles Lindbergh how to fly. Investment Titans assembles an unprecedented panel of Nobel laureates and great financial thinkers--including Harry Markowitz, Paul Samuelson, John Bogle, and others--to ask: "How can investors make smart decisions that minimize risk and uncertainty and maximize return?" Their answers are thought-provoking, innovative, and certain to provide profitable insights for readers to use in their own investing. Each contributor's field of knowledge--hedging risk, defeating psychological negatives, picking stocks, choosing strategies--is featured in its own concise, hands-on chapter. The result is a rare, fascinating look inside the minds and techniques of some of today's greatest financial thinkers.
Why do financial markets see so little risk, while companies that invest in the real economy appear to be much more prudent? How will we fund future pensions when interest on the products that finance them are so low? Where will the trillions of dollars needed to improve and extend ...
CFA Institute Research Foundation is honored and delighted to present these insights from 25 years of Vertin Award recipients. These legends of the investment industry range in stature from Nobel Prize winners to billionaire hedge fund managers, from distinguished professors of finance who have shaped thousands of young minds to editors of prestigious academic journals and authors of some of the most popular investment books ever published. Although their backgrounds vary widely, they hold one thing in common: They all made substantial lifetime contributions to the field of investments. In this publication, these investment luminaries share: Their proudest accomplishments The most influential investment publications they have written and read The critical investment lessons they have learned Their expectations for the future Any professional regrets they may have had In a longer summary section, the Vertin Award winners discuss in more detail what has been most important to their professional and personal success and may be important to you and your career. The publication contains forewords from CFA Institute CEO Marg Franklin, CFA, Managing Director of Research, Advocacy, and Standards Paul Andrews, and Research Foundation Chair Joanne Hill. There are also testimonials about the importance of these investment legends from various charterholders, CFA candidates, and members of the Research Foundation. An introduction by the editor and Executive Director of the Research Foundation, Bud Haslett, CFA, describes how this publication evolved and why it is essential. Suggestions on how you can best learn from the Vertin Award winners’ insights are provided as a convenient index section so you can easily compare the various recipients’ responses to specific questions.
A simple guide to a smarter strategy for the individual investor A Wealth of Common Sense sheds a refreshing light on investing, and shows you how a simplicity-based framework can lead to better investment decisions. The financial market is a complex system, but that doesn't mean it requires a complex strategy; in fact, this false premise is the driving force behind many investors' market "mistakes." Information is important, but understanding and perspective are the keys to better decision-making. This book describes the proper way to view the markets and your portfolio, and show you the simple strategies that make investing more profitable, less confusing, and less time-consuming. Without the burden of short-term performance benchmarks, individual investors have the advantage of focusing on the long view, and the freedom to construct the kind of portfolio that will serve their investment goals best. This book proves how complex strategies essentially waste these advantages, and provides an alternative game plan for those ready to simplify. Complexity is often used as a mechanism for talking investors into unnecessary purchases, when all most need is a deeper understanding of conventional options. This book explains which issues you actually should pay attention to, and which ones are simply used for an illusion of intelligence and control. Keep up with—or beat—professional money managers Exploit stock market volatility to your utmost advantage Learn where advisors and consultants fit into smart strategy Build a portfolio that makes sense for your particular situation You don't have to outsmart the market if you can simply outperform it. Cut through the confusion and noise and focus on what actually matters. A Wealth of Common Sense clears the air, and gives you the insight you need to become a smarter, more successful investor.
Quality. We all make judgments about it every day. Yet articulating a clear definition of quality in an investing context is challenging. This book addresses the challenge, and distills years of practical investing experience into a definitive account of this under-explored investment philosophy. Finance theory has it that abnormal outcomes do not persist, that exceptional performance will soon enough become average performance. Quality investing involves seeking companies with the right attributes to overcome these forces of mean reversion and, crucially, owning these outstanding companies for the long term. This book pinpoints and explains the characteristics that increase the probability of a company prospering over time - as well as those that hinder such chances. Throughout, a series of fascinating real-life case studies illustrate the traits that signify quality, as well as some that flatter to deceive. The authors' firm, AKO Capital, has a strong track record of finding and investing in quality companies - helping it deliver a compound annual growth rate more than double that of the market since inception. Quality Investing sheds light on the investment philosophy, processes and tough lessons that have contributed to this consistent outperformance.
