1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910141303003321

Autore

Bares Brian T. <1973->

Titolo

The small-cap advantage : how top endowments and foundations turn small stocks into big returns / / Brian T. Bares

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, England : , : Jossey-Bass, , 2011

℗2011

ISBN

1-119-20024-5

0-470-93968-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Wiley Finance Series

Disciplina

332.6

332.67/253

Soggetti

Small capitalization stocks

Institutional investors

Endowments - Finance

Portfolio management

Investment advisors

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Endorsement; Series; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: The Small-Cap Advantage; TWO SOURCES OF OUTPERFORMANCE; SMALL-CAP DEFINITIONS; THE OUTPERFORMANCE OF SMALL-CAP STOCKS; OUTPERFORMANCE WITHIN THE SMALL-CAP SPACE; Chapter 2: Small-Cap Disadvantages; RESEARCH; TRADING; THE SMALL-CAP GRAVEYARD AND REVERSE SURVIVORSHIP BIAS; CAPPING ASSETS; Chapter 3: Small-Cap Investment Philosophy and Process; INSTITUTIONAL APPROACH; PASSIVE AND ENHANCED INDEXING IN SMALL-CAP STOCKS; ACTIVE MANAGEMENT IN SMALL-CAP STOCKS

Chapter 4: Small-Cap Manager OrganizationCREATING VALUE FOR THE MANAGER; LAUNCHING A SMALL-CAP FIRM; INVESTMENT TEAM; Chapter 5: The Fund-Raising Process; GENERAL MARKETING STRATEGY; INSTITUTIONAL CLIENTS; FOUNDATIONS AND ENDOWMENTS; CONSULTING FIRMS; PENSION PLANS; HIGH-NET-WORTH INDIVIDUALS; WRAP FEE AND OTHER SUBADVISORY RELATIONSHIPS; DATABASES;



THIRD-PARTY MARKETERS; THE CHICKEN-AND-EGG PROBLEM; Chapter 6: Fees, Agency Issues, and Other Performance Drags; COMMON PERFORMANCE DRAGS; FRICTIONAL COSTS IN SMALL CAPS; INSTITUTION-MANAGER AGENCY ISSUES; AGENCY ISSUES IN TRADING

BENCHMARK TYRANNYCOMMINGLED AND SEPARATE ACCOUNTS; Chapter 7: Small-Cap Managers and the Endowment Model; THE ENDOWMENT-MODEL APPROACH TO SMALL CAPS; FINDING AN EDGE; FUNDING SMALLER MANAGERS; FUNDING EMERGING MANAGERS; FINDING EMERGING MANAGERS; Chapter 8: Evaluating Small-Cap Managers; INSTITUTIONAL DUE DILIGENCE TEAMS; ASSESSING MANAGER RISK; ASSESSING INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHY; ANALYZING A MANAGER'S PROCESS; EVALUATING FIRM PRINCIPALS; ASSESSING MANAGER OPERATIONS; CONTRIBUTIONS AND WITHDRAWALS; Final Thoughts; Notes; About the Author; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A world-renowned money manager shares winning strategies for small-stock investing Since forming Bares Capital Management, Inc. in 2000, Brian Bares has shown that above average returns can be generated through the careful selection of small company common stocks. Additionally, he's shown how concentrating capital in a handful of ideas improves the potential for outperformance by increasing the depth of knowledge of each position and allowing each security to have a more meaningful impact on the portfolio. In The Small-Cap Advantage: How Top Endowments and Foundations Turn Small Stocks In



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830136803321

Autore

Ryan Thomas P

Titolo

Solutions manual to accompany Modern engineering statistics [[electronic resource] /] / Thomas P. Ryan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, 2007

ISBN

1-283-44599-9

9786613445995

0-470-18754-9

0-470-18753-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RyanThomas P

Disciplina

519.5

620.0072

Soggetti

Engineering - Statistical methods

Quality control - Statistical methods

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A John Wiley & Sons, Inc., publication."

Nota di contenuto

Solutions Manual to Accompany: Modern Engineering Statistics; Contents; 1 Methods of Collecting and Presenting Data; 2 Measures of Location and Dispersion; 3 Probability and Common Probability Distributions; 4 Point Estimation; 5 Confidence Intervals and Hypothesis Tests-One Sample; 6 Confidence Intervals and Hypothesis Tests-Two Samples; 7 Tolerance Intervals and Prediction Intervals; 8 Simple Linear Regression, Correlation and Calibration; 9 Multiple Regression; 10 Mechanistic Models; 11 Control Charts and Quality Improvement; 12 Design and Analysis of Experiments

13 Measurement System Appraisal14 Reliability Analysis and Life Testing; 15 Analysis of Categorical Data; 16 Distribution-Free Procedures; 17 Tying It All Together

Sommario/riassunto

An introductory perspective on statistical applications in the field of engineering Modern Engineering Statistics presents state-of-the-art statistical methodology germane to engineering applications. With a nice blend of methodology and applications, this book provides and carefully explains the concepts necessary for students to fully grasp and appreciate contemporary statistical techniques in the context of



engineering. With almost thirty years of teaching experience, many of which were spent teaching engineering statistics courses, the author has successfully developed a