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An excellent resource for investors, Modern Portfolio Theory and Investment Analysis, 9th Edition examines the characteristics and analysis of individual securities as well as the theory and practice of optimally combining securities into portfolios. A chapter on behavioral finance is included, aimed to explore the nature of individual decision making. A chapter on forecasting expected returns, a key input to portfolio management, is also included. In addition, investors will find material on value at risk and the use of simulation to enhance their understanding of the field.

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An excellent resource for investors, this book examines the characteristics and analysis of individual securities as well as the theory and practice of optimally combining securities into portfolios. The majority of chapters have been revised or changed in this edition. A new chapter on behavioral finance has been added to explore the nature of individual decision making. A new chapter has also been added on forecasting expected returns, a key input to portfolio management. In addition, investors will find new material on value at risk and the use of simulation to enhance their understanding of the field.

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Edwin J. Elton is Nomura Professor of Finance at the Stern School of Business of New York University. He has authored or coauthored eight books and more than 110 journal articles. He has been coeditor of the Journal of Finance. Professor Elton has been a member of the board of directors of the American Finance Association and an Associate Editor of Management Science. Professor Elton has served as a consultant for many major financial institutions. A compendium of articles by Professor Elton and Professor Gruber has recently been published in two volumes by MIT press. Professor Elton is a past president of the American Finance Association, a fellow of that association, a recipient of distinguished research award by the Eastern Finance Association and a recipient of the James Vertin award from the Financial Analyst Association. Martin J. Gruber is Nomura Professor of Finance and past chairman of the Finance Department at the Stern School of Business of New York University. He has published nine books and more than 100 journal articles in journals. He has been president of the American Finance Association, a director of the European Finance Association, a director of the American Finance Association, and a director of both the Computer Applications Committee and the Investment Technology Symposium of the New York Society of Security Analyst. Professor Gruber has consulted in the areas of investment analysis ad portfolio management with many major financial institutions. He is currently a director of the Daiwa closed- end funds. He is formerly a Director of TIAA,Director and Chairman of CREF, Director of DWS Mutual Funds, and Director of the SG Cowen Mutual Funds. Stephen J. Brown is David S. Loeb Professor of Finance and Coordinator of undergraduate finance at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University. He has served as president of the Western Finance Association and on the board of directors of the American Finance Association, was a founding editor of The Review of Financial Studies, is a managing editor of the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and has served on the editorial boards of The Journal of Finance, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, and other journals. He has published numerous articles and four books on finance and economics-related areas. He has served as an expert witness for the U.S. Department of Justice and has testified on his research before a Full Committee Hearing of the U.S. Congress House Financial Services Committee in March 2007. William N. Goetzmann is Edwin J. Beinecke Professor of Finance and Management Studies and director of the International center for Finance at the Yale School of Management. He is currently president of the Western Finance Association and has served on the board of directors of the American Finance Association, His published research topics include global investing, forecasting stock markets, selecting mutual fund manager, housing as investment, and the risk and return of art Professor Goetzmann has a background in arts and media management. As a documentary filmmaker, he has written and coproduced programs for Nova and the American Masters series. A former director of Denver's Museum of Western Art, Professor Goetzmann coauthored the award-winning book The West of the Imagination.



Table of Contents:
· Chapter 1. Introduction. · Chapter 2. Financial Markets. · Chapter 3. Financial Securities. · Chapter 4. The Characteristics of the Opportunity Set Under Risk. · Chapter 5. Delineating Efficient Portfolios. · Chapter 6. Techniques for Calculating the Efficient Frontier. · Chapter 7. The Correlation Structure of Security Returns: The Single-Index Model. · Chapter 8. The Correlation Structure of Security Returns: Multi-Index Models and Grouping Techniques. · Chapter 9. Simple Techniques for Determining the Efficient Frontier. · Chapter 10. International Diversification. · Chapter 11. Estimating Expected Returns. · Chapter 12. How to Select Among the Portfolios in the Opportunity Set. · Chapter 13. The Standard Capital Asset Pricing Model. · Chapter 14. Alternative Forms of Capital Asset Pricing Models. · Chapter 15. Empirical Tests of the CAPM Forms. · Chapter 16. The Arbitrage Pricing Model and Its Empirical Relevance. · Chapter 17. Efficient Markets. · Chapter 18. Behavioral Finance, Investor Decision Making, and Asset Pricing. · Chapter 19. Valuation Models. · Chapter 20. Earnings Estimation. · Chapter 21. Interest Rate Theory and the Pricing of Bonds. · Chapter 22. The Management of Bond Portfolios. · Chapter 23. Valuation and Uses of Options. · Chapter 24. The Valuation and Uses of Financial Futures. · Chapter 25. Evaluation of Portfolio Performance. · Chapter 26. Evaluation of Security Analysis. · Chapter 27. Portfolio Management Revisited.


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  • ISBN-13: 9788126528141
  • Publisher: Wiley India Pvt Ltd
  • Binding: Paperback
  • No of Pages: 748
  • ISBN-10: 8126528141
  • Publisher Date: 2010
  • Language: English

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