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Hedge Fund Modeling and Analysis Using Excel and VBA.
Co-authored by two respected authorities on hedge funds and asset management, this implementation-oriented guide shows you how to employ a range of the most commonly used analysis tools and techniques both in industry and academia, for understanding, identifying and managing risk as well as for quan...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
John Wiley & Sons,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Hedge Fund Modelling and Analysis Using Excel and VBA; Contents; Preface; 1 The Hedge Fund Industry; 1.1 What Are Hedge Funds?; 1.2 The Structure of a Hedge Fund; 1.2.1 Fund Administrators; 1.2.2 Prime Brokers; 1.2.3 Custodian, Auditors and Legal; 1.3 The Global Hedge Fund Industry; 1.3.1 North America; 1.3.2 Europe; 1.3.3 Asia; 1.4 Specialist Investment Techniques; 1.4.1 Short Selling; 1.4.2 Leverage; 1.4.3 Liquidity; 1.5 New Developments for Hedge Funds; 1.5.1 UCITS III Hedge Funds; 1.5.2 The European Passport; 1.5.3 Restrictions on Short Selling; 2 Major Hedge Fund Strategies.
- 2.1 Single- and Multi-Strategy Hedge Funds2.2 Fund of Hedge Funds; 2.3 Hedge Fund Strategies; 2.3.1 Tactical Strategies; 2.3.1.1 Global Macro; 2.3.1.2 Managed Futures; 2.3.1.3 Long/Short Equity; 2.3.1.4 Pairs Trading; 2.3.2 Event-Driven; 2.3.2.1 Distressed Securities; 2.3.2.2 Merger Arbitrage; 2.3.3 Relative Value; 2.3.3.1 Equity Market Neutral; 2.3.3.2 Convertible Arbitrage; 2.3.3.3 Fixed Income Arbitrage; 2.3.3.3.1 Capital Structure Arbitrage; 2.3.3.3.2 Swap-Spread Arbitrage; 2.3.3.3.3 Yield Curve Arbitrage; 3 Hedge Fund Data Sources; 3.1 Hedge Fund Databases; 3.2 Major Hedge Fund Indices.
- 3.2.1 Non-investable and Investable Indices3.2.2 Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Indexes; 3.2.2.1 Liquid Alternative Betas; 3.2.3 Hedge Fund Research; 3.2.4 HedgeFund.net; 3.2.5 FTSE Hedge; 3.2.5.1 FTSE Hedge Momentum Index; 3.2.6 Greenwich Alternative Investments; 3.2.6.1 GAI Investable Indices; 3.2.7 Morningstar Alternative Investment Center; 3.2.7.1 MSCI Hedge Fund Classification Standard; 3.2.7.2 MSCI Investable Indices; 3.2.8 EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre (www.edhec-risk.com); 3.3 Database and Index Biases; 3.3.1 Survivorship Bias; 3.3.2 Instant History Bias.
- 3.4 Benchmarking3.4.1 Tracking Error; Appendix A: Weighting Schemes; 4 Statistical Analysis; 4.1 Basic Performance Plots; 4.1.1 Value Added Monthly Index; 4.1.2 Histograms; 4.2 Probability Distributions; 4.2.1 Populations and Samples; 4.3 Probability Density Function; 4.4 Cumulative Distribution Function; 4.5 The Normal Distribution; 4.5.1 Standard Normal Distribution; 4.6 Visual Tests for Normality; 4.6.1 Inspection; 4.6.2 Normal Q-Q Plot; 4.7 Moments of a Distribution; 4.7.1 Mean and Standard Deviation; 4.7.2 Skewness; 4.7.3 Excess Kurtosis; 4.7.4 Data Analysis Tool: Descriptive Statistics.
- 4.8 Geometric Brownian Motion4.8.1 Uniform Random Numbers; 4.9 Covariance and Correlation; 4.10 Regression Analysis; 4.10.1 Ordinary Least Squares; 4.10.1.1 Coefficient of Determination; 4.10.1.2 Residual Plots; 4.10.1.3 Jarque-Bera Normality Test; 4.10.1.4 Data Analysis Tool: Regression; 4.11 Portfolio Theory; 4.11.1 Mean-Variance Analysis; 4.11.2 Solver: Portfolio Optimisation; 4.11.3 Efficient Portfolios; 5 Risk-Adjusted Return Metrics; 5.1 The Intuition behind Risk-Adjusted Returns; 5.1.1 Risk-Adjusted Returns; 5.2 Common Risk-Adjusted Performance Ratios; 5.2.1 The Sharpe Ratio.