This authoritative book enables readers to evaluate the various performance and risk attributes of mutual funds, while also serving as a comprehensive resource for students, academics, and general investors alike. Avoiding the less useful descriptive approach to fund selection, this book employs a balanced approach including both technique and application. The chapters combine clear summaries of existing research with practical guidelines for mutual fund analysis. Enables readers to analyze mutual funds by evaluating a fund's various performance and risk attributes. Includes templates, which provide an efficient, sound approach to fund analysis, interpretation of results, buy/sell decisions, and the timing of decisions. Combines clear summaries of existing research with practical guidelines for mutual fund analysis. INDICE: Preface.1. Understanding Mutual Funds.2. Mutual Fund Service Advantages.3. Mutual Fund Service Advantages: Professional Management.4. Mutual Fund Service Disadvantages.5. Mutual Fund Service Disadvantages: Expenses.6. Long-Term Investing in Mutual Funds.7. Portfolio Diversification Risk and Equity Style Allocation.8. Mutual Fund Performance Measures and Buy/Sell Decision Criteria.9. Mutual Fund Performance and Portfolio Investment Style Allocations.10.Actively Managed versus Passively Managed Funds: The Search for Managers.11. Mutual Funds: The Next Generation.12. Economic and Market Indicators: Knowledge, Not Faith.Index.
- ISBN: 978-0-631-21562-2
- Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 592
- Fecha Publicación: 27/04/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés