Alternative investments : instruments, performance, benchmarks, and strategies

Author

Additional Author(s)

• Baker, H. Kent
• Filbeck, Greg

Publisher

Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2013

Language

English

ISBN

9781118656501

Series

Subject(s)

• ASSET ALLOCATION
• INVESTMENT ANALYSIS

Notes

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Abstract

A comprehensive guide to alternative investments that reveals today's latest research and strategies
Historically low interest rates and bear markets in world stock markets have generated intense interest in alternative investments. With returns in traditional investment vehicles relatively low, many professional investors view alternative investments as a means of meeting their return objectives. Alternative Investments: Instruments, Performance, Benchmarks, and Strategies, can put you in a better position to achieve this difficult goal.
Part of the Robert W. Kolb Series in Finance, Alternative Investments provides an in-depth discussion of the historic performance, benchmarks, and strategies of every major alternative investment market. With contributions from professionals and academics around the world, it offers valuable insights on the latest trends, research, and thinking in each major area. Empirical evidence about each type of alternative investment is featured, with research presented in a straightforward manner.
• Examines a variety of major alternative asset classes, from real estate, private equity, and commodities to managed futures, hedge funds, and distressed securities
• Provides detailed insights on the latest research and strategies, and offers a thorough explanation of historical performance, benchmarks, and other critical information
• Blends knowledge from the conceptual world of scholars with the pragmatic view of practitioners in this field
Alternative investments provide a means of diversification, risk control, and return enhancement and, as such, are attractive to many professional investors. If you're looking for an effective way to hone your skills in this dynamic area of finance, look no further than this book.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (ix, 638 p.)

Dimension

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Other Desc.

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Summary / Review / Table of Content

Acknowledgments --
Introduction --
Alternative investments : an overview / H. Kent Baker, Greg Filbeck --
The role of alternative investments in strategic asset allocation / Douglas Cumming, Lars Helge Haá, Denis Schweizer --
Trends in alternative investments / Erik Benrud --
Alternative investments and due diligence / Gekhan Afyonolu --
Answers to discussion questions --
Index.

Exemplar(s)

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1.	00406/19	332.6 Alt	Online !	Available