Applied Investment Theory How Markets and Investors Behave, and Why

Applied Investment Theory How Markets and Investors Behave, and Why / by Les Coleman.

Institutions now dominate trading in equities around the world. Mutual funds are the most prominent, and doubly important as custodians of retirement savings. Despite this, there is no comprehensive description of fund manager behaviour, much less a matching theory. This is troubling because one of...

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Main Author: Coleman, Les (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Investment banking.
Securities.
Macroeconomics.
Capital market.
Capital investments.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • 1) Introduction
  • Part 1: Investment Theory and Practice
  • 2) Current Paradigm: Neoclassical Investment Theory
  • 3) Behavioural Biases in Investor Decisions
  • Part 2: Empirical Evidence Relating to Markets and Investors
  • 4) Uncertainty in Investor Wealth
  • 5) Market Practice: What We Reliably Know About Structure
  • 6) Investor Behaviour: What We Reliably Know About Conduct
  • Part 3: Towards an Enhanced Theory of Investment
  • 7) Extracting Investment Theory From Empirical Evidence
  • 8) The Story of How Fund Managers Value Equities
  • 9) Piecing Together the jigsaw: Applied Investment Theory.

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