Performance Evaluation and Attribution of Security Portfolios

Performance Evaluation and Attribution of Security Portfolios
ISBN-10
0080926525
ISBN-13
9780080926520
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
724
Language
English
Published
2012-12-31
Publisher
Academic Press
Authors
Bernd R. Fischer, Russ Wermers

Description

Just how successful is that investment? Measuring portfolio performance requires evaluation (measuring portfolio results against benchmarks) and attribution (determining individual results of the portfolio's parts), In this book, a professor and an asset manager show readers how to use theories, applications, and real data to understand these tools. Unlike others, Fischer and Wermers teach readers how to pick the theories and applications that fit their specific needs. With material inspired by the recent financial crisis, Fischer and Wermers bring new clarity to defining investment success. Gives readers the theories and the empirical tools to handle their own data Features practice problems formerly from the CFA Program curriculum.

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