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Finding Alpha: The Search for Alpha When Risk and ReturnBreak DownBOOK DETAILHardcover: 298 pages Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (June 29, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0470445904ISBN-13: 978-0470445907 Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 1 x 9.3 inches Shipping Weight: 1 pounds CustomerReviews:Step By Step To Download Or Read Online1. Click Button "DOWNLOAD" Or "READ ONLINE"2. Sign Up To Acces "Finding Alpha: The Search for Alpha When Risk and Return Break Down"3. Choose the book you like when you register4. You can also cancel your membership if you are bored5. Enjoy and Happy Reading
Book DescriptionPraise for Finding Alpha "Eric Falkenstein is more than one of the smartest and funniest people infinance. He's been a banker, a key model builder at a major rating agency, and a hedge fundtrader. In this tour de force, he outlines the successes and failures of financial theory applicationsin the real world from the perspective of an aggressive early adopter of the best ideas in finance.To this day, I think Eric's private firm default model is one of the best papers ever published inapplied finance, and this wonderful book falls into the same category." —Donald R. vanDeventer, PhD, founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kamakura Corporation "People dismissedColumbus when he said the world was round. Thank goodness he persisted. Like Columbus,Falkenstein challenges standard thinking, only this time about risk and reward. As the meltdownof the capital markets has shown, the financial industry clearly missed something with regard torisk management. As an industry, we need to consider alternative theories on risk, and clearlyFalkenstein is on to something here. Agree with him or not, Finding Alpha is worth a read."—Kevin M. Blakely, President and CEO,The Risk Management Association "Writing through thelens of an experienced practitioner, Falkenstein digests decades of research in capital markets,financial economics, and investment psychology that have shaped modern investment theory.This text is an excellent companion for portfolio managers, investment students, or anyoneseeking to better understand the relationship between risk, returns, and financial reward." —ToddHouge, PhD, CFA, The University of Iowa How do we find alpha whenrisk does not correlatewith return? Finding Alpha is a practical guide to achieving alpha when conventional measures ofrisk rarely correlate with higher returns. Author Eric Falkenstein-a PhD who has also been a riskmanager and portfolio manager—tells the story of alpha from its beginnings to its currentreversal, where risk is now evidenced by return as opposed to vice versa. Falkenstein begins bywalking readers through the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), as well as other welldocumentedtheories about risk and return, and explores how these theories measure up to currentempirical evidence being documented by researchers and academics. He also outlines a novelapproach to the issues of how benchmark risk and investor overconfidence affects expected assetreturns, how to understand the nature of alpha and risk, and how to use practical applications ofalpha-seeking strategies that he developed as a successful hedge fund manager. Finding Alphaconcludes by outlining some real-life applications of alpha in finance and explains how the searchfor alpha affects the day-to-day life of all financial professionals.
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