Research Catalog

Title

Mastering the art of asset allocation : comprehensive approaches to managing risk and optimizing returns / David M. Darst.

Author

Darst, David M., 1947-

Publication

New York : McGraw-Hill, 2006.

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Details

Description

xx, 530 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"You know that asset allocation requires much more than cookie-cutter analysis. You want precise, detailed techniques for analyzing and applying asset allocation principles. The high-level, applications-oriented Mastering the Art of Asset Allocation examines the inner working of numerous asset allocation strategies and covers everything from ways to determine the portfolio value of various asset classes to insights into changing patterns of investment returns and standard deviations in different time periods and market environments."--BOOK JACKET.

Alternative Title

Comprehensive approaches to managing risk and optimizing returns

Subject

• Asset allocation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Essentials of asset allocation mastery -- Ch. 2. Asset allocation and investment lessons from university endowments -- Ch. 3. Applications and implications of compound interest -- Ch. 4. Multiyear investment performance of selected asset classes -- Ch. 5. Understanding and using correlations -- Ch. 6. Correlations of returns between asset classes -- Ch. 7. Recognizing cyclical and secular turning points -- Ch. 8. Structural considerations in asset allocation -- Ch. 9. Information management -- Ch. 10. Sources of information.

ISBN

0071463348

OCLC

• 76061538
• ocm76061538
• SCSB-5932984

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries