Investment Management

Fully updated to cover changing investment techniques and markets
Completely revised and updated, this new edition provides a solid introduction to investment techniques and up-to-date financial theory and has been expanded to include discussions of derivatives, bonds and fixed interest, equity investment, as well as private client accounts. Written by two highly regarded authors, Investment Management provides a thorough grounding in current investment techniques in a form uniquely suited to the perspective of the fund manager and analyst. Readers will find enlightening and practical coverage of such topics as behavioral finance, assessing investment systems, creative accounting and bankruptcy, neglected and new stocks, arbitrage pricing theory, forecasting the economy, business cycle, valuation, emerging markets, and passive investment management.
Stephen Lofthouse's career spanned both the academic and commercial investment worlds. He is a former Director of James Capel stockbrokers, now part of HSBC group, and Executive Chairman of James Capel FundManagers Ltd and James Capel Unit Trust Management Ltd.Dies ist die Neuauflage des Titels "Equity Investment Management" vom gleichen Autor. Das Material wurde umfassend aktualisiert und erweitert, um neuen Techniken, Märkten und Finanzinstrumenten Rechnung zu tragen. Neu hinzugekommen sind Abschnitte über Derivate, Renten und andere festverzinsliche Wertpapiere sowie Aktien und Privatkundenkonten. "Investment Management" bietet eine detaillierte Einführung in die Praxis der Vermögensverwaltung für Investment Manager und Analysten; auch die aktuelle Finanztheorie kommt dabei nicht zu kurz. Ein praktischer Leitfaden für jeden Fondsmanager und Analysten. Preface.

Introduction.

Portfolio Theory.

The Capital Asset Pricing Model.

Arbitrage Pricing Theory.

Behavioural Finance.

The Efficient Market.

Introduction to Share and Sector Selection.

Economic Fundamentals.

Accounting Fundamentals.

Dividend Discount and Price-Earnings Models.

Earnings-Based Share Selection.

Aspects of Value versus Growth.

Value, Growth and Size: Evidence.

A Share Picker's Miscellany.

Technical Analysis.

Sector Strategy.

Constructing a Share Portfolio.

Bonds: An Introduction.

Bond Strategy.

International Investing.

Derivatives.

Strategic and Tactical Asset Allocation.

Tactical Asset Allocation: The Economy and Market Ratios.

Tactical Asset Allocation: Risk and Return.

Fund Managers: Buy, Sell or Hold?

Appendix: Statistical Methods.

Glossary.

References.

Index. STEPHEN LOFTHOUSE is a former Executive Chairman of James Capel Fund Managers Ltd. and James Capel Unit Trust Management Ltd. as well as a director of stockbrokers James Capel Co. Ltd., part of the HSBC group. His career also included lecturing at the Manchester Business School. This new edition of Stephen Lofthouse's Equity Investment Management has been expanded and comprehensively updated to cover new instruments, changing techniques and recent market developments. The first edition of this book was described by the Investors Chronicle as a 'valuable addition to the library of investment writing', while Professional Investor thoght it 'easy to digest and extremely practical'. His second book was described by The Independent as 'excellent', 'comprehensive and clear-headed', included in The Times'list of 'essential festive financial reading', and deemed 'very welcome' by the Financial Times, being realisic and offering 'practical advice ...[and] sound thinking.'