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Title

Investment philosophies : successful strategies and the investors who made them work / Aswath Damodaran.

Author

Damodaran, Aswath.

Publication

Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, [2003], ©2003.

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Description

viii, 504 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

• "Investment Philosophies explores many of the time-tested investment philosophies that investors have used over the years - from value investing and growth investing to technical analysis and market timing - and discusses some of the investors who made these philosophies work.
• This unique book will expose you to a wide range of investment philosophies to give you a sense of what drives investors in each philosophy, how they attempt to put these philosophies into practice, and what determines ultimate success.
• Damodaran offers an unbiased forum for the presentation of different investment philosophies, while supplying you with the tools - the definition and measurement of risk, the notion of market efficiency and how to test for inefficiencies, the components and determinants of trading costs - and the empirical evidence to make your own judgments on the investment philosophy that fits your specific investment goals and views of how markets work.".
• "Filled with valuable insights, useful formulas, and comprehensive charts, this book provides you with the tools to pick an investment philosophy that is right for you."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

[Wiley finance]

Uniform Title

Wiley finance series.

Subject

• Investment analysis

Note

• Series from jacket.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-498) and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Upside, Downside: Understanding Risk -- Ch. 3. Numbers Do Not Lie - or Do They? -- Ch. 4. Show Me the Money: The Basics of Valuation -- Ch. 5. Many a Slip: Trading, Execution, and Taxes -- Ch. 6. The Good to Be True? Testing Investment Strategies -- Ch. 7. Smoke and Mirrors? Charting and Technical Analysis -- Ch. 8. Graham's Disciples: Value Investing -- Ch. 9. The Allure of Growth: Small Cap and Growth Investing -- Ch. 10. Information Pays: Trading on News -- Ch. 11. A Sure Profit: The Essence of Arbitrage -- Ch. 12. The Impossible Dream? Timing the Market -- Ch. 13. Ready to Give Up? The Allure of Indexing -- Ch. 14. A Road Map to Choosing an Investment Philosophy.

ISBN

0471345032 (CLOTH : alk. paper)

LCCN

2002014030

OCLC

• ocm50519281
• SCSB-4327199

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries