A Simple Approach To Equity Investing

Author : Stefano Calicchio
Publisher : Stefano Calicchio
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9791220892940

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A simple approach to equity investing by Stefano Calicchio Pdf

How do equity investments work? How do you trade on financial markets? What are stock market indices? What strategies can be used to invest in equities? Questions such as these are becoming increasingly common in the age of global markets. Today, investing on your own has become easier from an operational point of view, but the world of finance remains difficult and complicated for the uninitiated to understand. For the first time, a comprehensive and accessible guide shows you the theoretical and operational principles of the subject. In this practical handbook, you will discover the information you need to really understand what stocks are, what are the basic operating strategies in the markets and what are the main mistakes to avoid if you are just starting out. Readers will learn step by step how to deal with stock markets, how technical and fundamental analysis work and what the implications of money management strategies are for their investments. But at the same time, this guide is also a path to discovering one's own nature as an investor, to finally begin to understand what you can get out of stock markets.

Author : Danielle Ecuyer
Publisher : Major Street Publishing
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780648753001

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Shareplicity by Danielle Ecuyer Pdf

Danielle Ecuyer has distilled her four-decades of global share market experience into this handy guide to investing in the share market. In Shareplicity, she takes the complexity out of share investing, explains concepts simply and in plain English, and provides go-to steps to start investing. With property prices continuing to climb to even more unaffordable levels, and interest on cash in the bank at all-time lows, more and more smart investors are looking at shares. And Shareplicity is a great place to learn about share investing, whether you are new to the markets or an existing investor. Here's why:&· *Shares have consistently produced above average long-term performance &· *You don't need large sums of capital to start investing in shares&· *There are no hassles or stress over debt and mortgages, no tenants and no maintenance costs as there are with property investing&· *There's potential for capital appreciation and income streams.Whether you're saving for a deposit, a holiday, the kids' education or a comfortable retirement, share investing offers the flexibility and ease for anyone at any age or stage in life.

Author : Stefano Calicchio
Publisher : Stefano Calicchio
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9791221384819

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A simple approach to passive investing by Stefano Calicchio Pdf

What are passive investments and how do they work? Why build lazy portfolios and for what purposes? What tools are used and what strategies can be implemented with passive investments? Quickly learning the basics of passive investing and building lazy portfolios that will grow over time has never been easier. For the first time, a comprehensive and accessible guide shows you the theoretical and operational principles of the subject. Within this practical handbook you will discover all the information you need to truly understand what passive investments are and what roles they can play in the life of an investor. The reader will learn step by step how to approach passive replication, the use of ETFs and the use of multi-factor strategies without hesitation. You will thus discover through straightforward and essential information strategies that can broaden your view of financial investments, how they work and their applications for managing your capital.

Author : Edmund Shing
Publisher : Harriman House Limited
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780857194817

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The Idle Investor by Edmund Shing Pdf

3 simple strategies to earn high returns and beat the professionals Would you like to use a simple, low-risk investing system that beats market indexes and fund manager performance over the long term, but requires only a few minutes of your time each month? Does it sound like a lot of hard work? It's not - even the laziest investor can achieve it. The Idle Investor includes three straightforward DIY strategies for long-term investing. All you have to do is follow the simple rules. Each method requires only a limited amount of your time and they all make use of easily accessible, low-cost funds. The reasons why the strategies work and everything else you need to know to put them into practice is explained clearly, with numerous worked examples. The three strategies are: 1. The Bone Idle Strategy: Part of your portfolio is allocated to shares and part is allocated to bonds, with adjustments only required twice a year. The rest of the time you do nothing. 2. The Summer Hibernation Strategy: For part of the year your portfolio is allocated to shares and for part of the year it is allocated to bonds. Once again, adjustments to the portfolio are only required twice per year. The rest of the time you do nothing. 3. Multi-Asset Trending Strategy: A simple trend-following method determines whether to hold your portfolio in shares or bonds. For this strategy you will need to check your investments and make adjustments once a month. Even on the very few occasions each year when action is required - twice a year for strategies 1 and 2, and once a month for strategy 3 - you’ll only spend a few minutes checking your portfolio and making simple changes. The activity levels range from yearly rebalancing, for the laziest investor, through to monthly reallocation, for those who are more active. How much you do depends on how lazy you are feeling. Testing the three Idle Investor strategies for the period 1990 to 2012 resulted in average annual returns of up to 28%. Compare this to a buy-and-hold approach of investing in UK shares, which would have delivered 8.5% per year over the same period, and you can see that being idle doesn’t mean being unsuccessful! If you are looking for a straightforward investing method that lets you get on with your life while your money grows in the background, then become an Idle Investor.

Author : Joel Greenblatt
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470624159

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The Little Book That Still Beats the Market by Joel Greenblatt Pdf

In 2005, Joel Greenblatt published a book that is already considered one of the classics of finance literature. In The Little Book that Beats the Market—a New York Times bestseller with 300,000 copies in print—Greenblatt explained how investors can outperform the popular market averages by simply and systematically applying a formula that seeks out good businesses when they are available at bargain prices. Now, with a new Introduction and Afterword for 2010, The Little Book that Still Beats the Market updates and expands upon the research findings from the original book. Included are data and analysis covering the recent financial crisis and model performance through the end of 2009. In a straightforward and accessible style, the book explores the basic principles of successful stock market investing and then reveals the author’s time-tested formula that makes buying above average companies at below average prices automatic. Though the formula has been extensively tested and is a breakthrough in the academic and professional world, Greenblatt explains it using 6th grade math, plain language and humor. He shows how to use his method to beat both the market and professional managers by a wide margin. You’ll also learn why success eludes almost all individual and professional investors, and why the formula will continue to work even after everyone “knows” it. While the formula may be simple, understanding why the formula works is the true key to success for investors. The book will take readers on a step-by-step journey so that they can learn the principles of value investing in a way that will provide them with a long term strategy that they can understand and stick with through both good and bad periods for the stock market. As the Wall Street Journal stated about the original edition, “Mr. Greenblatt…says his goal was to provide advice that, while sophisticated, could be understood and followed by his five children, ages 6 to 15. They are in luck. His ‘Little Book’ is one of the best, clearest guides to value investing out there.”

Author : John Robertson
Publisher : Blessed by the Potato Publishing
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780987818928

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The Value of Simple by John Robertson Pdf

The Value of Simple: A Practical Guide to Taking the Complexity Out of Investing is a plain-language guide to investing for Canadians. Canada has the highest investment fees in the world, as well as a confusing tax system that features four-letter words like RRSP and TFSA. Fortunately there are low-cost index funds that make it easy and rewarding for you to become a do-it-yourself “couch potato” investor. With a focus on developing good processes to minimize the room for human error and step-by-step instructions, the book will walk you through the elements of managing your finances for the long term: how to devise a savings plan, stick to it through automation, determine how to allocate funds balancing risk and reward, invest using low-cost index funds, track your investments, and deal with the inevitable issue of taxation. Putting your money to work can look suspiciously like math at times, but this book lays out a simple approach that anyone can follow. Inside you will find tools and templates, along with easy suggestions and rules-of-thumb to help prevent analysis paralysis and get you started fast. Control what can be controlled; minimize fees and effort. Investing doesn’t have to be complex to be successful. Keep it simple and you will succeed.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Bank capital
ISBN : 9789291316694

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International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards by Anonim Pdf

Author : Chris Cook
Publisher : Red Wheel/Weiser
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781632659156

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Slash Your Retirement Risk by Chris Cook Pdf

When it comes to retirement investing, too much emphasis today is on investment returns, which often come at the expense of income dependability and peace of mind. Slash Your Retirement Risk redefines how to invest for retirement to maximize your reliable income and stabilize your financial future. Rather than the typical approach to portfolio management—focusing on returns and ignoring dramatic market downswings that can decimate portfolios—author Chris Cook shows investors how to create income reliability without sacrificing reasonable growth. Instead of chasing uncertain returns, Slash Your Retirement Risk's strategy will help ensure your retirement portfolio will capitalize on opportunities for growth while weathering the inevitable economic ups and downs. You will achieve reliable returns and suffer fewer sleepless nights worrying about whether your money will last as long as you do. Slash Your Retirement Risk is your step-by-step guide to create a retirement portfolio that will provide true financial peace of mind, one that features: The broad diversification essential in today's globally interconnected marketplace. A built-in ability to capitalize on market upswings to generate growth. Automatic protections against inevitable market downswings. An investing strategy that minimizes fees and costs to maximize portfolio gains.

Author : Mark J. Heinzl
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780471646136

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Stop Buying Mutual Funds by Mark J. Heinzl Pdf

Stop Buying Mutual Funds is the book that Bay Street still doesn't want you to read! For years, millions of Canadians have injected billions of dollars into mutual funds in the quest for better returns on their investments. But few investors realize that most Canadian equity mutual funds consistently underperform the TSE300— the key benchmark they're measured against. Stop Buying Mutual Funds explains why so many Canadian funds turn in such poor performances and offers a simple approach to beating the pros by investing on your own. Stop Buying Mutual Funds low-risk, low-maintenance system of do-it-yourself investing increases your chances of reaping long-term returns that beat most Canadian stock and bond mutual funds. Provides a low-fee do-it-yourself alternative to buying mutual funds. Shows you how you can create and build your own solid, low-risk and bond portfolio with Canadian and foreign investments. Tells you how to save thousands of dollars— or even hundreds of thousands of dollars— in feels over a lifetime of investing. Helps to maximize your investment returns both inside and outside of your RRSP. Offers practical advice for a range of investors, from the totally risk-averse to the more risk-tolerant. Completely revised and updated: statistics show that mutual funds are still well behind the indexes; discusses the emergence (finally!) of low-fee index funds in Canada; the fast-growing number of index stocks to choose from; and much more.

Author : Burton G. Malkiel,Charles D. Ellis
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119773733

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The Elements of Investing by Burton G. Malkiel,Charles D. Ellis Pdf

Seize control of your financial future with rock-solid advice from two of the world’s leading investment experts Investors today are bombarded with conflicting advice about how to handle the increasingly volatile stock market. From pronouncements of the “death of diversification” to the supposed virtues of crypto, investors can be forgiven for being thoroughly confused. It’s time to return to the basics. In the 10th Anniversary Edition of The Elements of Investing: Easy Lessons for Every Investor, investment legends Burton G. Malkiel and Charles D. Ellis deliver straightforward, digestible lessons in the investment rules and principles you need to follow to mitigate risk and realize long-term success in the markets. Divided into six essential elements of investing, this concise book will teach you how to: Focus on the long-term and ignore short-term market fluctuations and movements Use employer-sponsored plans to supercharge your savings and returns and minimize your taxes Understand crucial investment subjects, like diversification, rebalancing, dollar-cost averaging, and indexing So, forget the flavor of the week. Stick with the timeless and invaluable advice followed by the world’s most successful retail investors.

Author : Stefano Calicchio
Publisher : Stefano Calicchio
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9788835839460

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A simple approach to bond trading by Stefano Calicchio Pdf

Why invest in bonds? What are the main advantages and disadvantages? How do you generate income with bonds? This book contains the know-how and knowledge needed to answer the most important questions on the subject. For the first time, a comprehensive and accessible guide will help you do so, showing you the basics of how the subject works. Inside the practical manual you will discover all the information you need to really understand what bonds are, what their characteristics are and how they work. From different types of issuers to technical characteristics, from risk assessment to duration-related mechanisms. The reader will learn step by step how to deal with the global bond market without hesitation. Forget the ineffective theoretical manuals from thousands of pages sold at crazy prices on the web and finally enjoy a reading that will give you the know-how you are looking for at an unbeatable price.

Author : Jerald E. Pinto,Elaine Henry,Thomas R. Robinson,John D. Stowe
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119104629

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Equity Asset Valuation by Jerald E. Pinto,Elaine Henry,Thomas R. Robinson,John D. Stowe Pdf

Navigate equity investments and asset valuation with confidence Equity Asset Valuation, Third Edition blends theory and practice to paint an accurate, informative picture of the equity asset world. The most comprehensive resource on the market, this text supplements your studies for the third step in the three-level CFA certification program by integrating both accounting and finance concepts to explore a collection of valuation models and challenge you to determine which models are most appropriate for certain companies and circumstances. Detailed learning outcome statements help you navigate your way through the content, which covers a wide range of topics, including how an analyst approaches the equity valuation process, the basic DDM, the derivation of the required rate of return within the context of Markowitz and Sharpe's modern portfolio theory, and more. Equity investments encompass the buying and holding of shares of stock in the anticipation of collecting income from dividends and capital gains. Determining which shares will be profitable is key, and an array of valuation techniques is applied on today's market to decide which stocks are ripe for investment and which are best left out of your portfolio. Access the most comprehensive equity asset valuation text on the market Leverage detailed learning outcome statements that focus your attention on key concepts, and guide you in applying the material accurately and effectively Explore a wide range of essential topics, such as the free cash flow approach, valuation using Graham and Dodd type concepts of earning power, associated market multiples, and residual income models Improve your study efforts by leveraging the text during your CFA certification program prep Equity Asset Valuation, Third Edition is a comprehensive, updated text that guides you through the information you need to know to fully understand the general analysis of equity investments.

Author : Anatoly B Schmidt
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811239519

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Modern Equity Investing Strategies by Anatoly B Schmidt Pdf

This book will satisfy the demand among college majors in Finance and Financial Engineering, and mathematically-versed practitioners for description of both the classical approaches to equity investing and new investment strategies scattered in the periodic literature. Besides the major portfolio management theories (mean variance theory, CAPM, and APT), the book addresses several important topics: portfolio diversification, optimal ESG portfolios, factor models (smart betas), robust portfolio optimization, risk-based asset allocation, statistical arbitrage, alternative data based investing, back-testing of trading strategies, modern market microstructure, algorithmic trading, and agent-based modeling of financial markets. The book also includes the basic elements of time series analysis in the Appendix for self-contained presentation of the material. While the book covers technical concepts and models, it will not overburden the reader with math beyond the Finance undergraduates' curriculum.

Author : Jack Clark Francis,William W. Toy,J. Gregg Whittaker
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1999-11-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0471326038

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The Handbook of Equity Derivatives by Jack Clark Francis,William W. Toy,J. Gregg Whittaker Pdf

Aktienderivate gehören zu den populärsten Derivatprodukten, die von institutionellen Anlegern gehandelt werden. Ein Aktienderivat ist ein Future oder eine Option auf Aktien oder Aktienindices. Zu den traditionellen Aktienderivaten gehören Optionsscheine, Optionen, Futures und Aktienindexfutures. Das "Handbook of Equity" ist eine vollständige und umfassende Überarbeitung des ersten und einzigen Buches zu diesem Thema. Herausgegeben von führenden Köpfen der Branche - darunter Nobelpreisträger Fischer Black, John Braddock und Mark Rubenstein - enthält es wichtige neue Informationen zu Aktienindexfutures und -optionen und erweitert die mathematische Diskussion um das Black & Scholes-Modell. (11/99)

Author : Ying L. Becker,Marc R. Reinganum
Publisher : CFA Institute Research Foundation
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781944960452

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The Current State of Quantitative Equity Investing by Ying L. Becker,Marc R. Reinganum Pdf

Quantitative equity management techniques are helping investors achieve more risk efficient and appropriate investment outcomes. Factor investing, vetted by decades of prior and current research, is growing quickly, particularly in in the form of smart-beta and ETF strategies. Dynamic factor-timing approaches, incorporating macroeconomic and investment conditions, are in the early stages but will likely thrive. A new generation of big data approaches are rendering quantitative equity analysis even more powerful and encompassing.