Running money : professional portfolio management

Focuses on the business investment decision-making from the perspective of the portfolio manager. This title intends to expose students to what it is really like to 'run money' professionally by providing the necessary tools

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Stewart, Scott D. , 1958- (Author), Heisler, Jeffrey C. , 1959- (Author), Piros, Christopher D. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : McGraw-Hill Irwin , c2011
Series:The McGraw-Hill/Irwin series in finance, insurance and real estate
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Client objectives for diversified portfolios
  • 3. Asset allocation: the mean-variance framework
  • 4. Asset allocation inputs
  • 5. Advanced topics in asset allocation
  • 6. The investment management process
  • 7. Introduction to equity portfolio investing: the investor's view
  • 8. Equity portfolio construction
  • 9. Fixed-income management
  • 11. Alternative investment classes
  • 12. Portfolio management through time: taxes and transaction costs
  • 13. Performance measurement and attribution
  • 14. Incentives, ethics and policy
  • 15. Investor and client behavior
  • 16. Managing client relations