The Endowment Model of Investing [[electronic resource] ] : Return, Risk, and Diversification

• Autore: Leibowitz Martin L. <1936->
• Pubblicazione: Somerset : , : Wiley, , 2010; ©2010
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (329 pages)
• Disciplina: 332.67253
• Soggetto topico: Institutional investments; Portfolio management
• Soggetto non controllato: Portfolio Management; Investments; Business & Economics
• Altri autori: BovaAnthony <1978-> HammondP. Brett
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: EFFICIENT FRONTIER ANALYSIS -- THE ALPHA EFFECT -- APPENDIX -- CHAPTER 6 - Expanding the Alpha Core -- INHERENT CONSTRAINTS ON ALTERNATIVE ASSETS -- BUILDING AN ALPHA CORE -- MAXIMUM-RETURN ALPHA CORES -- THE FLOWER DIAGRAM -- EXPANDING THE ALPHA CORE -- MOVING BEYOND BETA DOMINATION -- DUAL ACTIVE-ALLOCATION ALPHAS -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 7 - Alpha-Driven Efficient Frontiers -- THE EFFICIENT FRONTIER IN ALPHA SPACE -- INCREASING THE ALPHA CORE PERCENTAGE -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 8 - The Societal Efficient Frontier -- STANDARD EFFICIENT FRONTIERS -- THE SWING ASSET FRONTIER -- THE CONCEPT OF A SOCIETAL FRONTIER -- TOTAL BETAS AND THE DIVERSIFICATION PARADOX -- DRAGON RISK CONSTRAINTS AND CLIMBING THE ALPHA WALL -- A SOCIETAL FRONTIER OF QUANTUM RISK STATES -- ACTIVE ALPHAS AND OTHER RISK-AND-RETURN TRADEOFFS -- SOCIETAL GAPS AND OPPORTUNITIES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 9 - Equilibration -- BETA DOMINATION AND CONSTRAINED ALTERNATIVES -- ALPHA DECAY UNDER BETA DOMINATION -- REALIZED RETURNS VERSUS GOING-FORWARD ALPHAS -- SHARPE RATIO DECAY -- SEQUENTIAL ALPHA EROSION -- EQUILIBRATION ACROSS THE SOCIETAL FRONTIER -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 10 - Shortfall Risks and Efficient Frontiers -- IMPORTANCE OF SHORTFALL RISK IN PORTFOLIOS -- EFFICIENT FRONTIERS USING FIXED ALPHA CORES -- SHORTFALL PROBABILITIES -- SHORTFALL REGIONS IN A RISK-AND-RETURN SPACE -- SHORTFALLS RELATIVE TO THE RISK-FREE BASELINE -- SHORTFALL PROBABILITIES ALONG THE EFFICIENT FRONTIER -- MULTIPLE HORIZON COMPARISONS -- APPENDIX -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 11 - Convergence of Risks -- END-OF-PERIOD SHORTFALL PROBABILITIES -- WITHIN-PERIOD STOP-LOSS PROBABILITIES -- HIGH WATERMARK SHORTFALLS -- CHANGING THE THRESHOLDS AND HORIZONS -- SHORTFALL PROBABILITIES ALONG THE EFFICIENT FRONTIER -- ACCEPTABLE RISK-AND-RETURN REGIONS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES. ; STRESS BETAS AT THE ASSET LEVEL -- SHORT TERM VULNERABILITY OF DIVERSIFIED PORTFOLIOS -- BETA PATHWAYS FOR INDIVIDUAL ASSET CLASSES -- APPENDIX -- CHAPTER 18 - The Endowment Model: Theory and Experience -- THEORETICAL BETA-BASED RISKS -- HISTORICAL RISK CHARACTERISTICS -- ALPHA AND BETA RETURNS -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 19 - Diversification Performance: Under Stress (2008) and over the Long ... -- A SEMI-DIVERSIFIED PORTFOLIO -- VOLATILITIES AND VOLATILITY RATIOS -- INDIVIDUAL AND PORTFOLIO CORRELATIONS WITH U.S. EQUITY -- HISTORICAL BETAS -- BETA-BASED AND ALPHA RETURNS -- STRESS BETA THEORY -- 2008 RESULTS AND STRESS BETAS -- CONCLUSION -- PART Four - Asset Allocation and Return Thresholds -- CHAPTER 20 - Asset Allocation and Return Thresholds in a Beta World -- PERCENTILES IN RETURN AND BETA SPACE -- THE PERCENTILE FAN -- MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM BETAS FOR RETURN TARGETS -- THE CHARACTERISTIC PROBABILITY OF EXCEEDING THE RISK-FREE RATE -- MULTIYEAR HORIZONS -- BETA REGIMES -- SHORTFALL LINES -- ALPHA CORES AND STRESS BETAS -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 21 - Key Takeaways -- About the Authors -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: A cutting-edge look at the endowment model of investing. Many larger endowments and foundations have adopted a broadly diversified asset allocation strategy with only a small amount of traditional U.S. equities and bonds. This technique, known as the "endowment model of investing," has demonstrated consistent long-term performance and attracted the attention of numerous institutional and individual investors. With The Endowment Model of Investing Leibowitz, Bova, and Hammond take a closer look at the endowment model with customary research sophistication and attention to detail. Thro.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Endowment Model of Investing
• ISBN: 0-470-60842-0; 1-282-54861-1; 9786612548611; 1-118-26653-6; 0-470-60844-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910208825603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Wiley Finance