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The Quest for Alpha

Author : Larry E. Swedroe
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470926546
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book The Quest for Alpha written by Larry E. Swedroe and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-02-08 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final word on passive vs. active investing The debate on active investing-stock picking and market timing-versus passive investing-markets are highly efficient and almost impossible to outperform-has raged for decades. Which side is right? In The Quest for Alpha: The Holy Grail of Investing, author Larry E. Swedroe puts an end to the debate, proving once and for all that active investing is likely to prove futile as the associated expenses-costs, fees, and time spent analyzing individual stocks and the overall market-are likely to exceed any benefits gained. The book Presents research, data, and quotations that reveal it's extremely difficult to outperform the market Explains why investors should focus on asset allocation, fund construction, costs, tax efficiency, and the building of a globally diversified portfolio that minimizes, if not eliminates, the taking of idiosyncratic, uncompensated risks Other titles by Swedroe: The Only Guide to Alternative Investments You'll Ever Need and The Only Guide You'll Ever Need for the Right Financial Plan Investors are on a never-ending search for a money manager who will deliver returns above the appropriate risk-adjusted benchmark, aka the "Holy Grail of Investing." The Quest for Alpha demonstrates that it's a loser's game-while it's possible to win, it's so unlikely that you shouldn't try.

Better than Alpha: Three Steps to Capturing Excess Returns in a Changing World

Author : Christopher M. Schelling
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 126425766X
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (642 download)

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Book Synopsis Better than Alpha: Three Steps to Capturing Excess Returns in a Changing World by : Christopher M. Schelling

Download or read book Better than Alpha: Three Steps to Capturing Excess Returns in a Changing World written by Christopher M. Schelling and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2021-02-22 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful new approach for giving up the ghost of alpha—and building an investing portfolio that meets your objectives The concept of beating markets is just a lot of hype. Successful investors don’t find “alpha,” they find value―and that’s what this book helps you do. Better Than Alpha provides the perspective, insights, and tools you need to retrain your focus away from searching for alpha and toward actions that produce superior investment outcomes. Chris Schelling explains why strategies based on “beating the markets” are doomed to failure and provides a simple three-step framework for making better investment decisions: Behavior (smart thinking), Process (smart habits), Organization (smart governance). He explains why the search for alpha is destined to fail, the major role behavioral finance plays in so much wasted time, effort, and money, and, most important, how to avoid common mistakes and maximize your efforts. You’ll gain a deeper understanding of what drives investment returns, how superstar investment managers generated excess returns in the past, and why strategies that worked in the past don’t necessarily make sense today. Whether you’re responsible for generating revenue streams for pensions, endowments, or foundations; mitigating insurance losses; serving as an investment consultant; or any other institutional-level investing, Better Than Alpha walks you through the process of minimizing the impacts of behavioral biases and making decisions that create a higher probability of meeting your objectives―whatever they may be.

Active Alpha

Author : Alan H. Dorsey
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118161149
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (181 download)

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Download or read book Active Alpha written by Alan H. Dorsey and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-07-12 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for Active Alpha "Active alpha is the quest for every sophisticated investor. This book covers all of the key alpha sources currently mined by active managers, reduces the complexity of the subject, and helps the investor get started in the right direction." -Mark Anson, Chief Executive Officer, Hermes Pensions Management Ltd. "Long-held traditional methods for investing large portfolios are giving way to new processes that are designed to improve productivity and diversification. These changes find their locus in the sometimes overly mysterious world of absolute return strategies. In this book, Alan Dorsey demystifies that new world and provides a guiding pathway into the future of professional portfolio management. This is an important read for any investor who plans to succeed going forward." -Britt Harris, Chief Investment Officer, Teacher Retirement System of Texas "With great lucidity, Alan Dorsey's book, Active Alpha, fills an important void by identifying the relevant institutional features of this complex subject and by providing a unifying analytic framework for understanding and constructing portfolios of alternative assets. For anyone investing in the alternative class, from the new student to the experienced practitioner, Active Alpha is a necessary read. I am recommending it to everyone I know with such an interest, and it is destined to become a much thumbed reference on my shelf." -Steve Ross, Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics, Sloan School, MIT

The Alpha Masters

Author : Maneet Ahuja
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118971175
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (189 download)

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Download or read book The Alpha Masters written by Maneet Ahuja and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-11-10 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate behind-the-curtain look at the hedge fund industry, unlocking the most valuable stories, secrets, and lessons directly from those who have played the game best. Written by Maneet Ahuja, the hedge fund industry insider, The Alpha Masters brings the secretive world of hedge funds into the light of day for the first time. As the authority that the biggest names in the business, including John Paulson, David Tepper, and Bill Ackman, go to before breaking major news, Ahuja has access to the innermost workings of the hedge fund industry. For the first time, in Alpha Masters, Ahuja provides both institutional and savvy private investors with tangible, analytical insight into the psychology of the trade, the strategies and investment criteria serious money managers use to determine and evaluate their positions, and special guidance on how the reader can replicate this success themselves. There are few people with access to the inner chambers of the hedge fund industry, and as a result it remains practically uncharted financial territory. Alpha Masters changes all that, shedding light on star fund managers and how exactly they consistently outperform the market. The book: Contains easy-to-follow chapters that are broken down by strategy--Long/Short, Event Arbitrage, Value, Macro, Distressed, Quantitative, Commodities, Activist, pure Short, Fund of Funds. Includes insights from the biggest names in the trading game, including Ray Dalio, Marc Lasry, Jim Chanos, Sonia Gardner, Pierre Lagrange, and Tim Wong. Features contributions from industry icon Mohamed El-Erian Many of the subjects profiled in this groundbreaking new book have never spoken so candidly about their field, providing extremely provocative, newsworthy analysis of today's investing landscape.

AlphaBit

Author : Chronicle Books
Publisher : Chronicle Books LLC
ISBN 13 : 1452170533
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book AlphaBit written by Chronicle Books and published by Chronicle Books LLC. This book was released on 2019-08-27 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by classic video games of the '80s and '90s, this clever board book sets out to level up the ABCs. Within these pages lies an alphabet adventure, rendered entirely in striking 8-bit artwork. Young gamers will love guiding their daring hero through the story to learn new words, discover hidden pictures, and find the missing treasure in an epic quest that will have kids and adults ready to press restart!

Alpha Erased

Author : Aileen Erin
Publisher : Ink Monster LLC
ISBN 13 : 1943858926
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Alpha Erased written by Aileen Erin and published by Ink Monster LLC. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t miss Tessa and Dastien in the exciting finale of the USA Today Alpha Girls series. Tessa—part witch, part werewolf, raised human and now the unofficial leader of a newly minted supernatural alliance—gets a distressing call from her brother, Axel, in the middle of the night. Tessa and her mate, Dastien, race to save Axel, but Tessa's learned that nothing is ever easy in the supernatural world. She has seconds to make a choice, but there’s only one thing Tessa can do to save the two most important men in her life—sacrifice herself. The last thing Dastien hears from Tessa was her plea—help Axel. But then their bond goes silent. He can’t hear her. He can’t feel her. And there’s no sign of the attackers who took her. Dastien does everything he can to save Axel before calling his friends in a panic but when Dastien’s finally reunited with her, there’s no sign of recognition in her eyes. No magic in her touch. No wolf beneath the surface. Everything that made Tessa who she was...has been erased. “I love this series. I just think that it keeps getting better and better.” — A Reader Lives A Thousand Lives “I have enjoyed every minute of this book and will read what ever Aileen Erin wants to write at this point.” - Smada’s Book Smack hr It’s time to binge the complete Alpha Girls series! Book 1: Becoming Alpha Book 2: Avoiding Alpha Book 3: Alpha Divided Book 4: Bruja Book 5: Alpha Unleashed Book 6: Shattered Pack Book 7: Being Alpha Book 8: Lunar Court Book 9: Alpha Erased hr Don’t miss Off Planet, the biggest and boldest adventure yet from the mind of Aileen Erin. It's perfect for fans of Claudia Gray's Defy the Stars and Maura Milan's Ignite the Stars!

Searching for ALPHA

Author : Ben Warwick
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9780471348221
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (482 download)

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Download or read book Searching for ALPHA written by Ben Warwick and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2000-05-22 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By turns technical, analytical and anecdotal, Ben Warwick's expert investment guide takes you on a whirlwind tour of modern investment theory and practice. Accessible enough to reward dabblers in the field, this book at the same time raises serious issues and attempts to, if not explain them completely, at least point you down the path to financial enlightenment. Abstract or downright abstruse concepts are generously illuminated by side trips into the worlds of one-armed oil wildcatters, Beethoven, Dom Perignon and the mathematician who managed to stop Napoleon's invading armies. getabstract recommends this book as one of the finest overviews of financial theory, technique and practice ever to grace our library's shelves.

Prince Juan

Author : Alpha Villanea
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1525509888
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Prince Juan written by Alpha Villanea and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2018-01-05 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Prince Juan’s journey to find true love and assume his father’s throne. He has three months to find a princess of his own to love and marry, or else be forced to marry the one his father, the king, has chosen for him. He sets out on a quest to find his true love, and meets Princess Maria, who comes from a magical family within a magical kingdom. They fall very much in love, but her father, King Solomon, doesn’t want to lose his beloved daughter, and so challenges Juan to pass three nearly impossible tests in order to prove himself worthy of marrying Maria. With no real magic of his own, will Prince Juan be able to win both Maria’s love and her hand in marriage or will an ancient family curse stand in the way of their happily ever after?

The Incredible Shrinking Alpha 2nd edition

Author : Andrew L. Berkin
Publisher : Harriman House Limited
ISBN 13 : 0857198254
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (571 download)

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Download or read book The Incredible Shrinking Alpha 2nd edition written by Andrew L. Berkin and published by Harriman House Limited. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Active managers persistently lag the returns of benchmarks and index funds that track them, with the excuses for underperformance recycled every year. This comprehensive book is the antidote for the active managers’ siren song. If you understand the benefits of indexing, or systematic investing, it will reinforce your commitment while increasing your knowledge. If you don’t yet believe, Swedroe and Berkin provide a compelling case that you’re playing the loser’s game of active management. Alpha, or outperformance against appropriate risk-adjusted benchmarks, is shrinking as it gets converted into beta, or factor exposures. They demonstrate that even for the most talented managers, their ability to add value is waning because: the amount of alpha available is declining; it must be split among an increasing amount of investment dollars; and the competition is getting tougher. In this greatly expanded second edition, Swedroe and Berkin show you how to develop an investment plan that focuses on what risks to take, and how much of them, as well as how to build a diversified portfolio. They present a list of vehicles to consider when implementing your plan and provide guidance on the care and maintenance of your portfolio. As a bonus they add appendices that will make you a more informed and, therefore, better investor. This makes The Incredible Shrinking Alpha a complete guide to successful investment strategy.

How to Become an Alpha Male

Author : John Alexander
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1411636600
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book How to Become an Alpha Male written by John Alexander and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2005-07-01 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dubbed "The lazy man's way to easy sex and romance with 20 or more women a month," How to Become an Alpha Male is the no-risk, never-fail blueprint on how to 'magnetically' attract an endless flow of horny, ready-for-sex women to you... without ever having to play their games or deal with rejection. Sold as an ebook at AlphaMaleMethod.com, John Alexander's guide is now available, for the first time ever, as a hardcopy book. You see, once you have these secrets all the 'work' of meeting women will be done for you... automatically! You can just 'flip on' your magnetic powers of attraction... so to speak... and instantly bring sex, romance and more roaring into your life! Why does the Alpha Male Method work so well? Because it's based on the same hush-hush psychological tactics advertisers have used for centuries to get filthy rich. They work for anyone, anywhere and at any time (no matter how desperate your situation is right now).

Alpha and Omega

Author : Charles Seife
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101221488
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Alpha and Omega written by Charles Seife and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humankind has grappled for millennia with the fundamental questions of the origin and end of the universe--it was a focus of ancient religions and myths and of the inquiries of Aristotle, Galileo, Copernicus, Kepler, and Newton. Today we are at the brink of discoveries that should soon reveal the deepest secrets of the universe. Alpha and Omega is a dispatch from the front lines of the cosmological revolution that is being waged at observatories and laboratories around the world-in Europe, in America, and even in Antarctica--where scientists are actually peering into both the cradle of the universe and its grave. Scientists--including galaxy hunters and microwave eavesdroppers, gravity theorists and atom smashers, all of whom are on the trail of dark matter, dark energy, and the growing inhabitants of the particle zoo-now know how the universe will end and are on the brink of understanding its beginning. Their findings will be among the greatest triumphs of science, even towering above the deciphering of the human genome. This is the book you need to help understand the frequent front-page headlines heralding dramatic cosmological discoveries. It makes cutting-edge science both crystal clear and wonderfully exciting.

The Unrules

Author : Igor Tulchinsky
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119372100
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (193 download)

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Download or read book The Unrules written by Igor Tulchinsky and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-09-24 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn from a master of quantitative finance the rules that made him a success. The UnRules presents the dynamic rules for success in the age of exponential information. Written by Igor Tulchinsky, the trader behind global quantitative investment management firm WorldQuant, this book is more than just another Big Data guide for financial wonks — it’s a prescriptive, inspirational book for everyone navigating the tidal waves of the information age. Data is everywhere, coming at us in a never-ceasing, ever-rising river that threatens to overwhelm us. Tulchinsky shows us, however, how natural patterns underlie that data — patterns that may dictate life or death, success or failure. The marriage of man and machines has allowed scientists to explore increasingly complex worlds, to predict outcomes and eventualities. This book demonstrates how to exercise real intelligence by discerning the patterns that surround us every day and how to leverage this information into success in the workplace and beyond. Igor Tulchinsky has spent his career discerning meaningful patterns in information. For decades, Tulchinsky has been at the forefront of developing predictive trading algorithms known as alphas — a quest that has led Tulchinsky to explore the nature of markets, the fundamentals of risk and reward, and the science behind complex nonlinear systems. Tulchinsky explains what we know of these systems, both natural and man-made, in accessible and personal terms, and he shares how alphas have driven his success as an investor and shaped his central “UnRule,” which is that no rule applies in every case. As markets evolve, even the most effective trading algorithms weaken over time. Decades of creating successful alphas — and learning how to effectively transform them into strategies — have taught Tulchinsky about the need to combine flexibility and focus, discipline and creativity when building complex models. At a time when data and computing power are exploding exponentially, The UnRules provides an expert introduction to our increasingly quantitative world.

The Incredible Shrinking Alpha

Author : Larry E. Swedroe
Publisher : Buckingham
ISBN 13 : 9780692336519
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book The Incredible Shrinking Alpha written by Larry E. Swedroe and published by Buckingham. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alpha still exists! But that doesn't mean it is easy to find, or even worth the pursuit. Larry Swedroe, author of the bestselling series of "The Only Guide" investment books, and co-author Andrew Berkin bring you the quantitatively chilling tale of "The Incredible Shrinking Alpha." As aficionados of classic science fiction, Swedroe and Berkin saw similarities between the monumental struggle of Scott Carey, novelist Richard Matheson's Incredible Shrinking Man, and that of every individual investor trying to beat the market. Swedroe and Berkin explain in academic yet simple terms what is happening to the alpha for which so many investors yearn. Offering compelling data from decades of academic research, Swedroe and Berkin present the hard truth as they know it - it's not worth the time or effort spent battling to win those few extra cake crumbs. Instead, focus on the things you can control and discover what life has to offer beyond the quest for alpha.

Awaken Your Alpha

Author : Adam Lewis Walker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781781333235
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (332 download)

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Download or read book Awaken Your Alpha written by Adam Lewis Walker and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The power to Awaken Your Alpha is within you; it is within all of us. This power comes in being present daily with your inner strength and true self. Unlocking and accessing your Alpha more often and to a higher level will change what you can physically and mentally achieve, and guide you to operate from a position of inner power and confidence.

Alpha to Omega

Author : Matthew Petti
Publisher : Two Sense Publications
ISBN 13 : 0985685522
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (856 download)

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Download or read book Alpha to Omega written by Matthew Petti and published by Two Sense Publications. This book was released on 2012 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Petti's unprecedented perspective will forever challenge the way people thinkabout God, human origins, ancient mysteries, and Revelation's foretold perilsand deceptive abuse of mistaken beliefs.

Space Case

Author : Stuart Gibbs
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442494883
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Space Case written by Stuart Gibbs and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-09-16 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s a murder mystery on the moon in this humorous and suspenseful space adventure from the author of Belly Up and Spy School that The New York Times Book Review called “a delightful and brilliantly constructed middle grade thriller.” Like his fellow lunarnauts—otherwise known as Moonies—living on Moon Base Alpha, twelve-year-old Dashiell Gibson is famous the world over for being one of the first humans to live on the moon. And he’s bored out of his mind. Kids aren’t allowed on the lunar surface, meaning they’re trapped inside the tiny moon base with next to nothing to occupy their time—and the only other kid Dash’s age spends all his time hooked into virtual reality games. Then Moon Base Alpha’s top scientist turns up dead. Dash senses there’s foul play afoot, but no one believes him. Everyone agrees Dr. Holtz went onto the lunar surface without his helmet properly affixed, simple as that. But Dr. Holtz was on the verge of an important new discovery, Dash finds out, and it’s a secret that could change everything for the Moonies—a secret someone just might kill to keep...

Organizational Alpha

Author : Ben Carlson
Publisher : Wealth of Common Sense
ISBN 13 : 9781541043671
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (436 download)

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Download or read book Organizational Alpha written by Ben Carlson and published by Wealth of Common Sense. This book was released on 2017-02-02 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Institutional investors spend the majority of their time in search of the Holy Grail of investment alpha, or risk-adjusted market outperformance. The problem is far too many organizations and funds fail to first understand whether or not they have what it takes to earn alpha or whether it even makes sense to try. Organizational alpha, on the other hand, is something every institutional investor and nonprofit can achieve, assuming they focus on what they can control and what matters. This book will show institutional investors, board members, trustees, consultants and beneficiaries how the concept of organizational alpha can help them: Recognize the importance of goals-based investing. Think in terms of process over outcomes. Understand the fiduciary duty and what constitutes a breach of that duty. Know the difference between a governing and managing fiduciary. Define their overarching investment philosophy. Make sense of the group dynamic at play when making decisions-by-committee. Ensure more continuity in their investment program. Improve their due diligence and decision-making processes. Choose the right consultant or advisor to help oversee their assets. Find additional sources of alpha. Understand the alternative investment landscape. Appreciate the differences between foundations, endowments and pensions. Document their investment process to cut down on unnecessary mistakes. Make decisions that revolve around the goals and mission of the organization. Set realistic expectations with the understanding that the future is always uncertain. Written by an institutional investor who has spent his entire career working with a wide range of institutional investors from endowments to foundations to pension plans to family offices and other nonprofits, Organizational Alpha is a manual that provides institutional investors with the tools they need to find success in the markets and as organizations.