Author

Publication

2000-05-05 - Wiley

Language

English

Word Count

56,000 words, Guess

Page Count

224 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number99059987
  • Goodreads3849669
  • LibraryThing1114522

Classifications

  • LCCHG4551 .W37 2000
  • LCCHG4551.W37 2000
  • LCCHG 4551 W37 2000

Description

"Some of the topics covered in Searching for Alpha include the following: the three reasons why the mutual fund industry will always underperform the overall stock market; the well-known economist who, by comparing the stock market to a "beauty contest," made a fortune as a speculator; how a highly successful football betting scheme can be utilized to profitably trade stocks; how to profit from the idiosyncrasies of human behavior; what the waxing-and-waning tendency of oil wells can tell us about the impact of technology on the investment management industry; the commonalities between catching monkeys in India and avoiding taxes on investments in the United States; and the profit potential of value stocks for the next decade."--Jacket.

First Sentence

Harry Markowitz got it right the first time.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Searching for Alpha: The Quest for Exceptional Investment PerformanceWiley2000-05-05

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