Risk And Portfolio Analysis

Author : Henrik Hult,Filip Lindskog,Ola Hammarlid,Carl Johan Rehn
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-20
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781461441038

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Risk and Portfolio Analysis by Henrik Hult,Filip Lindskog,Ola Hammarlid,Carl Johan Rehn Pdf

Investment and risk management problems are fundamental problems for financial institutions and involve both speculative and hedging decisions. A structured approach to these problems naturally leads one to the field of applied mathematics in order to translate subjective probability beliefs and attitudes towards risk and reward into actual decisions. In Risk and Portfolio Analysis the authors present sound principles and useful methods for making investment and risk management decisions in the presence of hedgeable and non-hedgeable risks using the simplest possible principles, methods, and models that still capture the essential features of the real-world problems. They use rigorous, yet elementary mathematics, avoiding technically advanced approaches which have no clear methodological purpose and are practically irrelevant. The material progresses systematically and topics such as the pricing and hedging of derivative contracts, investment and hedging principles from portfolio theory, and risk measurement and multivariate models from risk management are covered appropriately. The theory is combined with numerous real-world examples that illustrate how the principles, methods, and models can be combined to approach concrete problems and to draw useful conclusions. Exercises are included at the end of the chapters to help reinforce the text and provide insight. This book will serve advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and practitioners in insurance, finance as well as regulators. Prerequisites include undergraduate level courses in linear algebra, analysis, statistics and probability.

Author : Elisa Luciano,David Allen
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783039216246

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Risk Analysis and Portfolio Modelling by Elisa Luciano,David Allen Pdf

Financial Risk Measurement is a challenging task, because both the types of risk and the techniques evolve very quickly. This book collects a number of novel contributions to the measurement of financial risk, which address either non-fully explored risks or risk takers, and does so in a wide variety of empirical contexts.

Author : Gregory Connor,Lisa R. Goldberg,Robert A. Korajczyk
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781400835294

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Portfolio Risk Analysis by Gregory Connor,Lisa R. Goldberg,Robert A. Korajczyk Pdf

Portfolio risk forecasting has been and continues to be an active research field for both academics and practitioners. Almost all institutional investment management firms use quantitative models for their portfolio forecasting, and researchers have explored models' econometric foundations, relative performance, and implications for capital market behavior and asset pricing equilibrium. Portfolio Risk Analysis provides an insightful and thorough overview of financial risk modeling, with an emphasis on practical applications, empirical reality, and historical perspective. Beginning with mean-variance analysis and the capital asset pricing model, the authors give a comprehensive and detailed account of factor models, which are the key to successful risk analysis in every economic climate. Topics range from the relative merits of fundamental, statistical, and macroeconomic models, to GARCH and other time series models, to the properties of the VIX volatility index. The book covers both mainstream and alternative asset classes, and includes in-depth treatments of model integration and evaluation. Credit and liquidity risk and the uncertainty of extreme events are examined in an intuitive and rigorous way. An extensive literature review accompanies each topic. The authors complement basic modeling techniques with references to applications, empirical studies, and advanced mathematical texts. This book is essential for financial practitioners, researchers, scholars, and students who want to understand the nature of financial markets or work toward improving them.

Author : Xiaoxia Huang
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02-18
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642112133

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Portfolio Analysis by Xiaoxia Huang Pdf

The most salient feature of security returns is uncertainty. The purpose of the book is to provide systematically a quantitative method for analyzing return and risk of a portfolio investment in di?erent kinds of uncertainty and present the ways for striking a balance between investment return and risk such that an optimal portfolio can be obtained. In classical portfolio theory, security returns were assumed to be random variables, and probability theory was the main mathematical tool for h- dling uncertainty in the past. However,the world is complex and uncertainty is varied. Randomnessis nottheonly typeofuncertaintyinreality,especially when human factors are included. Security market, one of the most complex marketsintheworld,containsalmostallkindsofuncertainty. Thesecurity- turns are sensitive to various factors including economic, social, political and very importantly, people’s psychological factors. Therefore, other than strict probability method, scholars have proposed some other approaches including imprecise probability, possibility, and interval set methods, etc. , to deal with uncertaintyinportfolioselectionsince1990’s. Inthisbook,wewantto addto thetools existingin sciencesomenewandunorthodoxapproachesforanal- ing uncertainty of portfolio returns. When security returns are fuzzy, we use credibility which has self-duality property as the basic measure and employ credibilitytheorytohelpmakeselectiondecisionsuchthatthedecisionresult will be consistent with the laws of contradiction and excluded middle. Being awarethat one tool is not enough for solving complex practical problems, we further employ uncertain measure and uncertainty theory to help select an optimal portfolio when security returns behave neither randomly nor fuzzily. One core of portfolio selection is to ?nd a quantitative risk de?nition of a portfolio investment.

Author : Gordon J. Alexander,Jack Clark Francis
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Investment analysis
ISBN : UCSD:31822003890894

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Portfolio Analysis by Gordon J. Alexander,Jack Clark Francis Pdf

Author : Jean-Luc Prigent
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2007-05-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781420010930

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Portfolio Optimization and Performance Analysis by Jean-Luc Prigent Pdf

In answer to the intense development of new financial products and the increasing complexity of portfolio management theory, Portfolio Optimization and Performance Analysis offers a solid grounding in modern portfolio theory. The book presents both standard and novel results on the axiomatics of the individual choice in an uncertain framework, cont

Author : R. Stafford Johnson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118240656

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Equity Markets and Portfolio Analysis by R. Stafford Johnson Pdf

Understand today's investment challenges and the role of theBloomberg system In recent years, changes have swept through the investmentindustry like wildfire. Academia has followed along and providednew lenses for viewing this transformation, as well as newstrategies for gaining a true understanding and knowledge ofinvestment and financial markets. Now, Equity Markets andPortfolio Analysis has been created to further informinvestment professionals and finance students on the basic conceptsand strategies of investments, and to provide more detaileddiscussions on advanced strategies and models. The concepts coveredin this book will help readers gain a better understanding of themarkets and uses for an increasing number of securities,strategies, and methodologies. Equity Markets and Portfolio Analysis is the only coreinvestment book that covers the functionality of Bloombergterminals, increasingly critical tools both in the classroom and onthe trading floor. As Bloomberg terminals now play a key role inthe research, teaching, and managing of student investment funds,understanding the system's information and analytical functions hasbecome more important than ever. In-depth coverage of fundamentals through more detailedconcepts for students and professionals who want to betterunderstand the evaluation, selection, and management ofsecurities One-of-a-kind training and instructional course, introductionto Bloomberg investment subjects, and reference for CFApreparation Bloomberg material provided in an appendix accompanying eachchapter, a useful option for professors Ideal for finance practitioners, investment bankers, andacademics This unique resource will give readers both the foundationalknowledge and the analytical tools necessary for investmentsuccess, both in the classroom and in the real world.

Author : Timothy P. Ryan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01
Category : Investment analysis
ISBN : 1904339824

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Portfolio Analysis by Timothy P. Ryan Pdf

Drawing upon the experience of key global practitioners and leading industry authors, Portfolio Analysis quickly updates your knowledge and skills on advanced topics within performance measurement, risk, attribution and evaluation.

Author : M. Rasmussen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2002-12-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230512856

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Quantitative Portfolio Optimisation, Asset Allocation and Risk Management by M. Rasmussen Pdf

Targeted towards institutional asset managers in general and chief investment officers, portfolio managers and risk managers in particular, this practical book serves as a comprehensive guide to quantitative portfolio optimization, asset allocation and risk management. Providing an accessible yet rigorous approach to investment management, it gradually introduces ever more advanced quantitative tools for these areas. Using extensive examples, this book guides the reader from basic return and risk analysis, all the way through to portfolio optimization and risk characterization, and finally on to fully fledged quantitative asset allocation and risk management. It employs such tools as enhanced modern portfolio theory using Monte Carlo simulation and advanced return distribution analysis, analysis of marginal contributions to absolute and active portfolio risk, Value-at-Risk and Extreme Value Theory. All this is performed within the same conceptual, theoretical and empirical framework, providing a self-contained, comprehensive reading experience with a strongly practical aim.

Author : Christian Bluhm,Ludger Overbeck
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2006-09-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781420011470

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Structured Credit Portfolio Analysis, Baskets and CDOs by Christian Bluhm,Ludger Overbeck Pdf

The financial industry is swamped by credit products whose economic performance is linked to the performance of some underlying portfolio of credit-risky instruments, like loans, bonds, swaps, or asset-backed securities. Financial institutions continuously use these products for tailor-made long and short positions in credit risks. Based on a stead

Author : KEVIN, S.
Publisher : PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789391818319

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SECURITY ANALYSIS AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, THIRD EDITION by KEVIN, S. Pdf

This new edition of the book explains in detail the two phases of wealth creation through investment in securities. The first phase Security Analysis deals with the selection of securities for investment. The book begins with an introduction to the investment process and a familiarization of the securities market environment and the trading system in India followed by different dimensions of the risk involved in investment. The different methods of security analysis such as Fundamental analysis (including economy, industry and company analysis), Technical Analysis and Random Walk Theory (including Efficient Market Hypothesis) are explained in different chapters. The valuation of securities such as equity shares and bonds is illustrated with examples. The second phase Portfolio Management includes different processes such as portfolio analysis, portfolio selection, portfolio revision and portfolio evaluation. These processes are explained in different chapters. Pricing theories such as Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT), and Fama French Three Factor Model are explained with suitable examples. The book provides an introduction (in four chapters) to Financial Derivatives (Futures and Options) used for hedging the risk in investment. Behavioural Finance—the new investment theory—is also discussed in this edition. Each chapter of the book is supported with examples, review questions and practice exercises to facilitate learning of concepts and theories. The book is intended to serve as a basic textbook for the students of finance, commerce and management. It will also be useful to the students pursuing professional courses such as chartered accountancy (CA), cost and management accountancy (CMA), and chartered financial analysis (CFA). The professionals in the field of investment will find this book to be of immense value in enhancing their knowledge. NEW TO THIS EDITION • A new chapter on Behavioural Finance – The New Investment Theory • A new section on Fama French Three Factor Model • Revisions in different chapters TARGET AUDIENCE • M.Com/MBA • Professional courses like CA/CMA/CFA

Author : Greg N. Gregoriou,Georges Hübner,Nicolas Papageorgiou,Fabrice D. Rouah
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118161036

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Hedge Funds by Greg N. Gregoriou,Georges Hübner,Nicolas Papageorgiou,Fabrice D. Rouah Pdf

Whether already experienced with hedge funds or just thinking about investing in them, readers need a firm understanding of this unique investment vehicle in order to achieve maximum success. Hedge Funds unites over thirty of the top practitioners and academics in the hedge fund industry to provide readers with the latest findings in this field. Their analysis deals with a variety of topics, from new methods of performance evaluation to portfolio allocation and risk/return matters. Although some of the information is technical in nature, an understanding and applicability of the results as well as theoretical developments are stressed. Filled with in-depth insight and expert advice, Hedge Funds helps readers make the most of this flexible investment vehicle.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Bookboon
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9788776816056

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Portfolio Theory & Financial Analyses by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jack Clark Francis,Dongcheol Kim
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118417201

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Modern Portfolio Theory by Jack Clark Francis,Dongcheol Kim Pdf

A through guide covering Modern Portfolio Theory as well as the recent developments surrounding it Modern portfolio theory (MPT), which originated with Harry Markowitz's seminal paper "Portfolio Selection" in 1952, has stood the test of time and continues to be the intellectual foundation for real-world portfolio management. This book presents a comprehensive picture of MPT in a manner that can be effectively used by financial practitioners and understood by students. Modern Portfolio Theory provides a summary of the important findings from all of the financial research done since MPT was created and presents all the MPT formulas and models using one consistent set of mathematical symbols. Opening with an informative introduction to the concepts of probability and utility theory, it quickly moves on to discuss Markowitz's seminal work on the topic with a thorough explanation of the underlying mathematics. Analyzes portfolios of all sizes and types, shows how the advanced findings and formulas are derived, and offers a concise and comprehensive review of MPT literature Addresses logical extensions to Markowitz's work, including the Capital Asset Pricing Model, Arbitrage Pricing Theory, portfolio ranking models, and performance attribution Considers stock market developments like decimalization, high frequency trading, and algorithmic trading, and reveals how they align with MPT Companion Website contains Excel spreadsheets that allow you to compute and graph Markowitz efficient frontiers with riskless and risky assets If you want to gain a complete understanding of modern portfolio theory this is the book you need to read.

Author : Michael McMillan,Jerald E. Pinto,Wendy L. Pirie,Gerhard Van de Venter
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118001196

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Investments Workbook by Michael McMillan,Jerald E. Pinto,Wendy L. Pirie,Gerhard Van de Venter Pdf

Companion workbook to the CFA Institute's Investments: Principles of Portfolio and Equity Analysis Workbook In a world of specialization, no other profession likely requires such broad, yet in-depth knowledge than that of financial analyst. Investments: Principles of Portfolio and Equity Analysis provides the broad-based knowledge professionals and students of the markets need to manage money and maximize return. This companion Workbook, also edited by experts from the CFA Institute, allows busy professionals to gain a stronger understanding of core investment topics. The Workbook Includes learning outcomes, summaries, and problems and solutions sections for each chapter in the main book Blends theory and practice Provides access to the highest quality information on investment analysis and portfolio management With Investments: Analysis and Portfolio Management Workbook, busy professionals can reinforce what they've learned in reading Investments, while doing so at their own pace.