Performance evaluation and attribution of security portfolios

Just how successful is that investment? Measuring portfolio performance requires evaluation (measuring portfolio results against benchmarks) and attribution (determining individual results of the portfolio's parts), In this book, a professor and an asset manager show readers how to use theories...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fischer, Bernd R.
Other Authors: Wermers, Russ
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Academic Press 2013
Series:Handbooks in economics
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Just how successful is that investment? Measuring portfolio performance requires evaluation (measuring portfolio results against benchmarks) and attribution (determining individual results of the portfolio's parts), In this book, a professor and an asset manager show readers how to use theories, applications, and real data to understand these tools. Unlike others, Fischer and Wermers teach readers how to pick the theories and applications that fit their specific needs. With material inspired by the recent financial crisis, Fischer and Wermers bring new clarity to defining investment success. Gives readers the theories and the empirical tools to handle their own data. Features practice problems from the CFA Program curriculum
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780080926520
0080926525