Investment risk and uncertainty [[electronic resource] ] : advanced risk awareness techniques for the intelligent investor / / Steven P. Greiner

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452806803321
• Autore: Greiner Steven P
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, : John Wiley & Sons, 2013
• ISBN: 1-118-65665-2; 1-118-42141-8; 1-299-44911-5; 1-118-41966-9
• Edizione: [1st edition]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (608 p.)
• Collana: Wiley finance series
• Disciplina: 332.601
• Soggetti: Investments; Risk; Investment analysis; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: why risk management is mostly misunderstood / Steven P. Greiner, Ph.D -- Exposed versus experienced risk revisited / Steven P. Greiner, Ph.D. and Andrew Geer, CFA, FRM -- Definitions of tractable risk / Steven P. Greiner, Ph.D. and Andrew Geer, CFA, FRM -- Introduction to asset class specifics / Steven P. Greiner, Ph.D., Andrew Geer, CFA, FRM, and William F. McCoy, CFA, PRM -- Commodities and currencies / Steven P. Greiner, Ph.D. and William F. McCoy, CFA, PRM -- Conclusion -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Valuable insights on the major methods used in today's asset and risk management arena Risk management has moved to the forefront of asset management since the credit crisis. However, most coverage of this subject is overly complicated, misunderstood, and extremely hard to apply. That's why Steven Greiner-a financial professional with over twenty years of quantitative and modeling experience-has written Investment Risk and Uncertainty. With this book, he skillfully reduces the complexity of risk management methodologies applied across many asset classes through practical exampl