Synopses & Reviews
Active Equity Portfolio Management provides an overview of the philosophies, methodologies, and strategies involved in attempting to beat the market. The book covers a host of relevant topics including equity benchmarks, equity style management, tactical asset allocation, and the use of derivatives to enhance returns. The contributors include top professionals from leading Wall Street firms, as well as top academics.
Synopsis
In today's volatile equity market, in which markets and individual securities change directions numerous times throughout the trading day, it becomes clearer that active portfolio management is necessary.
As the active versus passive management debate continues, Fabozzi and a distinguished group of finance professionals detail the best strategies for active management. Topics covered include construction of customized benchmarks, equity style management, use of derivatives in managing equity portfolios, and an effective new technique for asset allocation.
About the Author
Frank J. Fabozzi is a financial consultant, the editor of the Journal of Portfolio Management, and an Adjunct Professor of Finance at Yale University's School of Management.
Table of Contents
Contributing Authors.
1. Investment Management: An Architecture for the Equity Market (B. Jacobs and K. Levy).
2. Investment Analysis: Profiting from a Complex Equity Market (B. Jacobs and K. Levy).
3. The Active versus Passive Debate: Perspectives of an Active Quant (R. Jones).
4. Overview of Equity Style Management (F. Fabozzi).
5. Factor-Based Approach to Equity Portfolio Management (F. Fabozzi).
6. Normal Portfolios: Construction of Customized Benchmarks (J. Christopherson).
7. Quantitative Tools for Equity Style Management (D. Leinweber, et al.).
8. Managing the Small Cap Cycle (E. Sorensen, et al.).
9. Implications of Style in Foreign-Stock Investing (P. Bagnoli).
10. Implementable Quantitative Research and Investment Strategies (C. Ma and J. Mallett).
11. Implementing Investment Strategies: The Art and Science of Investing (W. Wagner and M. Edwards).
12. A New Technique for Tactical Asset Allocation (E. Sorensen, et al.).
13. The Use of Derivative in Managing Equity Portfolios (R. Clarke, et al.).
14. New Applications of Exchange-Traded Equity Derivatives in Portfolio Management (G. Gastineau).
15. The Use of OTC Derivatives in Equity Investment Strategies (B. Collins).
16. Constructing a Multi-Manager U.S. Equity Portfolio (R. Ploder).
Index.