Theory & Practice Investment Management

The Second Edition of The Theory and Practice of Investment Management is the ultimate guide to understanding the various theoretical and practical aspects of investment management as well as the essential vehicles held in investment portfolios. Created with both practitioners and students in mind, this reliable resource ties together theoretical advances in investment management with actual applications¿and prepares you to use proven investment management techniques to control risk while enhancing performance. Led by financial experts Frank Fabozzi and Harry Markowitz, the contributors to this book¿successful practitioners with hands-on expertise as well as application-oriented academics¿combine their real-world financial knowledge with investment management theory to provide the practical guidance you need to succeed. Divided into three informative parts¿with key points and challenging questions found in each chapter¿this edition of The Theory and Practice of Investment Management contains insights on every aspect of the investment management process, addressing: Asset allocation and portfolio construction Equity analysis and equity portfolio management strategies¿with discussions of common stock valuation, long-short equity portfolios, equity derivatives, and more Bond analysis and bond portfolio management strategies¿with coverage of asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities, yield measures, multifactor risk models, interest rate derivatives, and more Many finance books focus on the theory of investment management and leave the details of the implementation up to you. This edition of The Theory and Practice of Investment Management takes a more comprehensive approach to this discipline by illustrating how theory is applied in practice while also stressing the importance of the portfolio construction process.