Market Neutral Strategies

Author : Bruce I. Jacobs,Kenneth N. Levy
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2005-02-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780471714446

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Market Neutral Strategies by Bruce I. Jacobs,Kenneth N. Levy Pdf

An inside view of what makes market neutral strategies tick and how they can be implemented Market neutral strategies have gained attention for their potential to deliver positive returns regardless of the direction of underlying markets. As these strategies have built a record of good performance in recent years, their benefits have become apparent. Market Neutral Strategies draws on the wisdom and experience of professional practitioners to describe strategies that are being utilized by some of today's leading institutional investors. This book provides readers with an insider's view of what makes these strategies work and how they can be implemented successfully. Topics covered include long-short equity and convertibles, fixed income and merger arbitrage; the tax and ERISA implications of market neutral investing; and the failure of two notorious "market neutral" ventures, Askin Capital Management and Long-Term Capital Management. Bruce I. Jacobs (Florham Park, NJ) and Kenneth N. Levy are cofounders and principals of Jacobs Levy Equity Management, in Florham Park, New Jersey. They are coauthors of Equity Management: Quantitative Analysis for Stock Selection. Bruce Jacobs holds a PhD in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is also the author of Capital Ideas and Market Realities: Option Replication, Investor Behavior, and Stock Market Crashes.

Author : G Joseph Nicholas,Vision Books Private, Limited
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2005-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8170945380

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Market Neutral Investing by G Joseph Nicholas,Vision Books Private, Limited Pdf

In volatile markets, controlling downside risk is critical in order to achieve strong returns and market-neutral investing has emerged as a leading method for achieving this goal. In this book, U.S. investment expert Joseph G. Nicholas explores important new market-neutral approaches to return enhancement and risk reduction. Market-neutral strategies help in eliminating certain market risks through offsetting long and short positions and can be used with all the different asset classes. The complexities created by the combination of longs, shorts, and leverage, however, make market-neutral strategies very different from conventional investments. Getting to know how these strategies work involves breaking them down into their basic components and then examining how those parts interact as a system with specific risk and reward characteristics

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Hedge funds
ISBN : OCLC:253928912

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Market-neutral Investing by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Hedge funds
ISBN : 1597341266

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Market Neutral Investing by Anonim Pdf

It is the best investment strategy you've never heard of. The stock market still intrigues people, but shell-shocked individual investors have learned to be more savvy and realistic with their investments. There is no way to eliminate risk when stocks fluctuate, but risk can be reduced and even controlled.

Author : Leonard Zacks
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118127766

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The Handbook of Equity Market Anomalies by Leonard Zacks Pdf

Investment pioneer Len Zacks presents the latest academic research on how to beat the market using equity anomalies The Handbook of Equity Market Anomalies organizes and summarizes research carried out by hundreds of finance and accounting professors over the last twenty years to identify and measure equity market inefficiencies and provides self-directed individual investors with a framework for incorporating the results of this research into their own investment processes. Edited by Len Zacks, CEO of Zacks Investment Research, and written by leading professors who have performed groundbreaking research on specific anomalies, this book succinctly summarizes the most important anomalies that savvy investors have used for decades to beat the market. Some of the anomalies addressed include the accrual anomaly, net stock anomalies, fundamental anomalies, estimate revisions, changes in and levels of broker recommendations, earnings-per-share surprises, insider trading, price momentum and technical analysis, value and size anomalies, and several seasonal anomalies. This reliable resource also provides insights on how to best use the various anomalies in both market neutral and in long investor portfolios. A treasure trove of investment research and wisdom, the book will save you literally thousands of hours by distilling the essence of twenty years of academic research into eleven clear chapters and providing the framework and conviction to develop market-beating strategies. Strips the academic jargon from the research and highlights the actual returns generated by the anomalies, and documented in the academic literature Provides a theoretical framework within which to understand the concepts of risk adjusted returns and market inefficiencies Anomalies are selected by Len Zacks, a pioneer in the field of investing As the founder of Zacks Investment Research, Len Zacks pioneered the concept of the earnings-per-share surprise in 1982 and developed the Zacks Rank, one of the first anomaly-based stock selection tools. Today, his firm manages U.S. equities for individual and institutional investors and provides investment software and investment data to all types of investors. Now, with his new book, he shows you what it takes to build a quant process to outperform an index based on academically documented market inefficiencies and anomalies.

Author : Clive M. Corcoran
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007-02-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470065310

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Long/Short Market Dynamics by Clive M. Corcoran Pdf

Hedge funds are now the largest volume players in the capital markets. They follow a wide assortment of strategies but their activities have replaced and overshadowed the traditional model of the long only portfolio manager. Many of the traditional technical indicators and commonly accepted trading strategies have become obsolete or ineffective. The focus throughout the book is to describe the principal innovations that have been made within the equity markets over the last several years and that have changed the ground rules for trading activities. By understanding these changes the active trader is far better equipped to profit in today’s more complex and risky markets. Long/Short Market Dynamics includes: A completely new technique, Comparative Quantiles Analysis, for identifying market turning points is introduced. It is based on statistical techniques that can be used to recognize money flow and price/momentum divergences that can provide substantial profit opportunities. Power laws, regime shifts, self-organized criticality, phase transitions, network dynamics, econophysics, algorithmic trading and other ideas from the science of complexity are examined. All are described as concretely as possible and avoiding unnecessary mathematics and formalism. Alpha generation, portfolio construction, hedge ratios, and beta neutral portfolios are illustrated with case studies and worked examples. Episodes of financial contagion are illustrated with a proposed explanation of their origins within underlying market dynamics

Author : Jess Lederman,Robert Arnold Klein
Publisher : Irwin Professional Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:35128001856770

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Market Neutral by Jess Lederman,Robert Arnold Klein Pdf

Market Neutral: State-of-the-Art Strategies for Every Market Environment goes beyond the recent hyperbole and drama to present insightful, reasonable, and well-researched articles on this valuable and necessary tool. Far from being new and unproven, the market-neutral investing structure has been around in one form or another for at least half of a century. From its use as the cornerstone of the A.W. Jones 1949 investment partnership, considered the first hedge fund by investment historians, through the critical 1995 IRS ruling that long/short investing does not create unrelated business taxable income (UBTI), market-neutral investing has consistently weathered investment storms to earn its badge as a leading, fundamentally sound investment technique. Debunking the myths and half-truths that surround this often misunderstood topic, Market Neutral: State-of-the-Art Strategies for Every Market Environment contains 12 highly readable and definitive dissertations, edited by asset allocation series editors Jess Lederman and Robert A. Klein. The discerning reader is left with a clear and unequivocal portrait of market-neutral investing, the technique considered by many investment experts and scholars to be the most important single investment development rising on today's asset-building horizon.

Author : Frank J. Fabozzi,Harry M. Markowitz
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118067567

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The Theory and Practice of Investment Management by Frank J. Fabozzi,Harry M. Markowitz Pdf

An updated guide to the theory and practice of investment management Many books focus on the theory of investment management and leave the details of the implementation of the theory up to you. This book illustrates how theory is applied in practice while stressing the importance of the portfolio construction process. The Second Edition of The Theory and Practice of Investment Management is the ultimate guide to understanding the various aspects of investment management and investment vehicles. Tying together theoretical advances in investment management with actual practical applications, this book gives you a unique opportunity to use proven investment management techniques to protect and grow a portfolio under many different circumstances. Contains new material on the latest tools and strategies for both equity and fixed income portfolio management Includes key take-aways as well as study questions at the conclusion of each chapter A timely updated guide to an important topic in today's investment world This comprehensive investment management resource combines real-world financial knowledge with investment management theory to provide you with the practical guidance needed to succeed within the investment management arena.

Author : Filippo Stefanini
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119995289

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Investment Strategies of Hedge Funds by Filippo Stefanini Pdf

One of the fastest growing investment sectors ever seen, hedge funds are considered by many to be exotic and inaccessible. This book provides an intensive learning experience, defining hedge funds, explaining hedge fund strategies while offering both qualitative and quantitative tools that investors need to access these types of funds. Topics not usually covered in discussions of hedge funds are included, such as a theoretical discussion of each hedge fund strategy followed by trading examples provided by successful hedge fund managers.

Author : Douglas S. Ehrman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780471774044

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The Handbook of Pairs Trading by Douglas S. Ehrman Pdf

Learn both the theory and practice of pairs trading, why it is consistently profitable, and how you can apply the strategies in your own trading with this valuable guide. Author Douglas Ehrman covers pairs trading involving stocks, options on stocks, and futures contracts, and explains how this type of trading allows you to profit from the changing price relationship of securities. In addition to a comprehensive discussion of the theories involved, he also includes practical examples that will to help you put what you've learned into practice. Douglas S. Ehrman is a hedge fund manager and a leading authority on pairs trading. He is one of the founders and the Chief Executive Officer of AlphAmerica Asset Management LLC in Chicago. He also served as the chief executive officer of AlphAmerica Financial, Inc., the company that operated PairsTrading.com prior to its merger with PairTrader.com.

Author : Perry J. Kaufman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118001226

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Alpha Trading by Perry J. Kaufman Pdf

From a leading trading systems developer, how to make profitable trades when there are no obvious trends How does a trader find alpha when markets make no sense, when price shocks cause diversification to fail, and when it seems impossible to hedge? What strategies should traders, long conditioned to trend trading, deploy? In Alpha Trading: Profitable Strategies That Remove Directional Risk, author Perry Kaufman presents strategies and systems for profitably trading in directionless markets and in those experiencing constant price shocks. The book Details how to exploit new highs and lows Describes how to hedge primary risk components, find robustness, and craft a diversification program Other titles by Kaufman: New Trading Systems and Methods, 4th Edition and A Short Course in Technical Trading, both by Wiley Given Kaufman's 30 years of experience trading in almost every kind of market, his Alpha Trading will be a welcome addition to the trading literature of professional and serious individual traders for years to come.

Author : Lasse Heje Pedersen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780691196091

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Efficiently Inefficient by Lasse Heje Pedersen Pdf

Efficiently Inefficient describes the key trading strategies used by hedge funds and demystifies the secret world of active investing. Leading financial economist Lasse Heje Pedersen combines the latest research with real-world examples and interviews with top hedge fund managers to show how certain trading strategies make money--and why they sometimes don't. Pedersen views markets as neither perfectly efficient nor completely inefficient. Rather, they are inefficient enough that money managers can be compensated for their costs through the profits of their trading strategies and efficient enough that the profits after costs do not encourage additional active investing. Understanding how to trade in this efficiently inefficient market provides a new, engaging way to learn finance. Pedersen analyzes how the market price of stocks and bonds can differ from the model price, leading to new perspectives on the relationship between trading results and finance theory. He explores several different areas in depth--fundamental tools for investment management, equity strategies, macro strategies, and arbitrage strategies--and he looks at such diverse topics as portfolio choice, risk management, equity valuation, and yield curve logic. The book's strategies are illuminated further by interviews with leading hedge fund managers: Lee Ainslie, Cliff Asness, Jim Chanos, Ken Griffin, David Harding, John Paulson, Myron Scholes, and George Soros.

Author : Eric Stokes
Publisher : Kaplan Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004-10-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0793194148

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Market Neutral Investing by Eric Stokes Pdf

It is the best investment strategy you've never heard of. The stock market still intrigues people, but shell-shocked individual investors have learned to be more savvy and realistic with their investments. There is no way to eliminate risk when stocks fluctuate, but risk can be reduced and even controlled. Geared to individual investors, Eric Stokes unravels the mysteries behind using market neutral investing principles, enabling readers to make money by using his proven low-risk, high-return balanced techniques. In addition to tips that cover beginning to intermediate investing topics, Stokes also presents the strategies behind market neutral investing in practical, easy-to-understand terms. Stocks go up and down, but investors shouldn't have to limit themselves to only one-half of the equation. Enter market neutral investing, where investors can take advantage of movement in both directions: long and short investing. Market Neutral Investing teaches investors: * How to implement this proven strategy, used since the 1940's by the most elite money managers. * What the three different types of portfolio risks are: company, sector, and market, and how to manage them. * How to sell a stock short and make money when a stock price declines. * What ""hedge funds"" are, how they operate, and what makes them attractive. * What the five simple measures of stock valuation are and how to use them.

Author : Cathleen M. Rittereiser,Lawrence E. Kochard
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470637142

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Top Hedge Fund Investors by Cathleen M. Rittereiser,Lawrence E. Kochard Pdf

A professional's guide to the world of hedge fund investing Throughout the financial crisis of 2008, many hedge funds suffered massive losses and were often blamed for the extreme market upheavals. In the wake f the crisis, hedge funds remain a source of fascination for the media, legislators, and investors, mostly due to misunderstanding. Historically portrayed as risky investment funds for the very wealthy run by swashbuckling traders, the truth is hedge funds are simply an investment vehicle designed to generate superior returns and reduce an investor's overall portfolio risk. Investors have good reasons to remain fascinated with hedge funds. Although many individual funds have underperformed or collapsed, hedge funds as a whole have provided solid returns while reducing risks. Savvy institutions have invested in hedge funds for many years and have made them a large and powerful force in the markets. Investing in hedge funds requires sophisticated knowledge, understanding, skill, access, and experience. Individuals and institutions, whether they are new to hedge funds or need to improve, can find those attributes in the stories of the successful hedge fund investors profiled in Hedge Fund Investors. Hedge Fund Investors chronicles the challenges and rewards these investors face, in selecting hedge fund managers, managing risks, and constructing portfolios. In revealing conversations, leading hedge fund investors who place hundreds of billions of dollars in hedge funds, share their philosophies, strategies, and advice. Profiles a variety of different investors from the pioneers in hedge fund investing to managers for high net-worth individuals and fund of funds investors Discusses winners and losers in the recent market decline, problematic hedge fund strategies, and how these current events will change future strategies Provides lessons, insights, and advice beneficial to all hedge fund investors Engaging and informative, Hedge Fund Investors will prove valuable to anyone involved in placing money with hedge funds, as well as hedge funds who seek to better understand their clients.

Author : Gabriel Burstein
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1999-02-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0471315869

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Macro Trading and Investment Strategies by Gabriel Burstein Pdf

Unter Arbitrage versteht man das gleichzeitige Kaufen und Verkaufen von Wertpapieren in verschiedenen Märkten zur Erzielung von Gewinnen aufgrund von kurzfristigen Preisunterschieden. Im großen Rahmen angewandt, können mit Hilfe einer Arbitragestrategie beträchtliche Gewinnne eingefahren werden. So haben z.B. renommierte Anleger wie George Soros ein Vermögen gemacht. Da die Märkte zunehmend volatiler werden, werden auch Gewinn und Risiko entsprechend größer. Dieses Buch erklärt Ihnen anhand zahlreicher Beispiele und Fallstudien, wie sie Arbitragechancen nutzen können. Es zeigen Ihnen einen neuen Weg im internationalen Handel mit weniger Risiko. Mit echten Fallstudien und Handelsstrategien für Privatanleger. (y02/99)