1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792585003321

Autore

Ellis Charles D.

Titolo

The index revolution : why investors should join it now / / Charles D. Ellis ; foreword by Bulton Malkiel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-119-31308-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (243 pages)

Disciplina

332.6327

Soggetti

Index mutual funds

Exchange traded funds

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Over 50 years of learning to index -- My half-century odyssey -- The 10 good reasons to index -- The stock markets of the world have changed extraordinarily -- Indexing outperforms active investing -- Low fees are an important reason to index -- Indexing makes it much easier to focus on your most important investment decisions -- Your taxes are lower when you index -- Indexing saves operational costs -- Indexing makes most investment risks easier to live with -- Indexing avoids "manager risk" -- Indexing helps you avoid costly troubles with Mr Market -- You have much better things to do with your time -- Experts agree most investors should index -- Appendix A: How about "smart beta"? -- Appendix B: How to get started with indexing -- Appendix C: How index funds are managed.

Sommario/riassunto

This concise book pulls no punches as it explains in its easy-to-read, candid, and informing way why indexing works so well and how this strategy will continue to gain momentum with active investors.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910484838703321

Titolo

Science Between Truth and Ethical Responsibility : Evandro Agazzi in the Contemporary Scientific and Philosophical Debate / / edited by Mario Alai, Marco Buzzoni, Gino Tarozzi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-16369-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (334 p.)

Disciplina

10

120

170

501

530.01

Soggetti

Philosophy and science

Ethics

Knowledge, Theory of

Physics

Philosophy of Science

Epistemology

History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

An overview of Agazzi’s work -- Scientific objectivity -- Philosophy of physics -- Philosophical anthropology -- Science and operationality -- Science and historicity -- The issue of scientific realism -- Artificial intelligence -- Metaphysics and ontology -- Education The contribution to Latin American philosophy -- Epistemology and history of science -- History of Science and technology -- Epistemology of psychology -- Science and hermeneutics -- A perspectivist conception of scientific theories -- Ethics of science and technology -- Bioethics Philosophy of the social sciences -- Science and religion -- The Issue of alethic logic Realism and scientific progress System’s theory and complexity -- Philosophy of language -- Philosophy of mathematics and logic --



Logic and philosophy of logic Replies and reflections.

Sommario/riassunto

 This book offers the most complete and up-to-date overview of the philosophical work of Evandro Agazzi, presently the most important Italian philosopher of science, and one of the most influential in the world. Scholars from seven countries explore  his contributions in areas ranging from philosophy of physics and general philosophy of science to bioethics, philosophy of mathematics and logic, epistemology of the social sciences and history of science, philosophy of language and artificial intelligence, education and anthropology, metaphysics, and philosophy of religion. Agazzi developed a complete and coherent  philosophical system, anticipating some of the turns in the philosophy of science after the crisis of logical empiricism and exerting an equal influence on continental hermeneutic philosophy. His work is characterized by an original synthesis of contemporary analytic philosophy, phenomenology, and classical philosophy, including the scholastic tradition, and these threads are reflected in the different backgrounds of the contributors to this book. While upholding the epistemological value of science against scepticism and relativism, Agazzi eschews scientism by stressing the equal importance of non-scientific forms of thought, such as metaphysics and religion. While defending the freedom of research as a cognitive enterprise, he argues that as a human and social practice it must nonetheless respect ethical constraints.