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Cocktail economics : discovering investment truths from everyday conversations /

"Through entertaining, easy-to-understand anecdotes, analogies, and examples, Canto reveals why the most successful investment strategies reflect a balance of active and passive approaches. You'll learn how to "read" economic cycles, identifying the specific asset classes most li...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Canto, Victor A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
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  • Introduction : the above-average opportunity
  • Ch. 1. The buy-and-hold connection : investing fundamentals, courtesy of the American homeowner, the American dream
  • or reality?
  • Ch. 2. Leaping the transaction-cost hurdle : sometimes it's easy, other times it's not
  • Ch. 3. Dressing appropriately for the stock market : the potential payoffs of a switching strategy
  • Ch. 4. Catch elasticity if you can : an introduction to industry behavior
  • Ch. 5. Putting high-beta to work : industry-based portfolio strategies
  • Ch. 6. California is a country : an introduction to the location effect
  • Ch. 7. ... and France is a state : how to invest internationally in the age of globalization
  • Ch. 8. Pipelines to our investment returns : how we get what we want, in the amount we want, and when we want it
  • Ch. 9. Who are you? : investor profiles and the case for asset allocation
  • Ch. 10. Your benchmark portfolio ... and beyond
  • Ch. 11. Turning smoke into signals : how to make the most out of price data
  • Ch. 12. Making hay while the sun shines : the case for predicting, forecasting, and timing
  • Ch. 13. The fight is on : how to invest properly relative to regulations, inflation, and taxation
  • Ch. 14. Ending the never-ending debate : active vs. passive investing and why you can take both sides
  • Ch. 15. A rational walk down wall street : darting between passive and active when the odds are in your favor
  • Ch. 16. Alpha bets : the case for hedge funds and a Greek letter you'll want in your portfolio
  • Ch. 17. Tilting toward success : a step-by-step guide to above-average asset allocation.