"We all share behavioral traits that are major roadblocks to intelligent financial decisions. Bottom line: if you really want to achieve investment success, understand yourself and eliminate or minimize these traits. This book will help you do exactly that." -- John C. Bogle, Founder, Vanguard Funds
"What Investors Really Want enables us to "post mortem" the financial decisions of ourselves and others. The book is extremely valuable for theory, as a survey of how the human animal makes financial decisions, and for the practice of making smarter financial decisions." --Harry M. Markowitz, Rady School of Management, University of California, San Diego; winner, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
"In investing, we are often our own worst enemies. Meir Statman, an expert in behavioral finance, explains the common errors to which we are prone and helps us make smarter decisions about our investments." --Burton Malkiel, bestelling author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street
"A masterly review of the many pitfalls and challenges facing market participants today, written by one of the founders of the field of behavioral finance. This volume should be required reading for all investors and their financial advisors " --Andrew W. Lo, Harris & Harris Group Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management
"What a gem Meir Statman is a wise and engaging teacher, and after reading his book, I will be a wiser, better, less anxious investor." --Don Ezra, co-chair, global consulting, Russell Investments, and co-author of Pension Fund Excellence and The Retirement Plan Solution
"The first step to good investing is always the same, 'know thyself'. If you read this book and don't recognize a lot of yourself in it, you're just not paying attention " --Cliff Asness, founding and managing principal, AQR Capital Management LLC
"Meir Statman, a leading light of behavioral finance, shines the bright light of modern neuropsychology on all the mental demons that conspire to make you poor. He'll make you laugh, he'll make you cry and, best of all, he'll improve your bottom line." --William Bernstein, bestselling author of The Intelligent Asset Allocator
Combining the new field of behavioral finance with the real world of investing, this engaging new book explores the mind-sets and motivations behind the major money decisions--and most common mistakes--that investors make every day. With insider's insight, and a storyteller's voice, behavioral finance expert Meir Statman reveals What Investors Really Want . . .
Investors want bigger profits with lower risks. How our desire for free investment lunches can leave us with no lunches
Investors want to play and win. How our desire to win the investment game can turn us into losers
Investors want to save money for tomorrow and spend it today. How we struggle between spending too much and spending too little
Investors want status, respect, and social responsibility. How to know what's really important in life
Investors do not want to face financial losses. How to recognize and confront the regret that accompanies losses
You'll also learn how age, gender, genetics, and personality affect your investment decisions and how people of different countries and cultures think about risks and returns, poverty, and wealth. You'll discover how behavioral finance provides key insights into the behavior that has rocked investment markets in recent years. And, most important, you'll learn to recognize the desires, thoughts, and emotions that drive your own investment decisions--so you can drive better on your road to investment success.
Автор: Glasserman Название: Monte Carlo Methods in Financial Engineering ISBN: 0387004513 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780387004518 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 7965 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: From the reviews: "Paul Glasserman has written an astonishingly good book that bridges financial engineering and the Monte Carlo method. The book will appeal to graduate students, researchers, and most of all, practicing financial engineers [...] So often, financial engineering texts are very theoretical. This book is not."
Описание: Part of the "Fisher Investment Series", this title offers insights into the worlds of investing and finance.
Автор: Campbell, John W. Название: The econometrics of financial markets ISBN: 0691043019 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691043012 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 10296 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Covers the spectrum of empirical finance, including the predictability of asset returns, tests of the Random Walk Hypothesis, the microstructure of securities markets, event analysis, the Capital Asset Pricing Model and the Arbitrage Pricing Theory, and the term structure of interest rates, dynamic models of economic equilibrium.
Автор: Cont, Tankov Название: Financial modelling with jump processes ISBN: 1584884134 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781584884132 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 15972 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Presents an overview of the theoretical, numerical, and empirical aspects of using jump processes in financial modeling. This book demonstrates that the concepts and tools necessary for understanding and implementing models with jumps can be more intuitive that those involved in the Black Scholes and diffusion models.
Автор: John C. Hull Название: Risk management and financial institutions, 4th ed ISBN: 1118955943 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781118955949 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 15840 р. Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: All Finance Professionals Need to Understand Risk Companies must take risks to survive and prosper, but deciding which risks are acceptable, which are not, and what action to take is the tricky part. To be successful, all finance professionals need a solid understanding of risk. Risk Management and Financial Institutions, written by one of the most respected authorities on financial risk management, is thorough, textbook–level instruction for all finance professionals, on all aspects of financial risk. Fully revised and updated, this top–selling book clarifies such complex topics as the diff erent types of financial institutions and how they are regulated, valuation and scenario analysis, credit risk, margin and collateral, volatility, and much more. You?ll find new coverage of timely subjects, such as central clearing, scenario analysis, enterprise risk management, and the latest regulatory issues and gain access to a supplementary website with additional software and helpful learning aids. try." JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR GRAPHICS AND MODELLING "One cannot generally do better than to try to find an appropriate article in the highly successful Reviews in Computational Chemistry. The basic philosophy of the editors seems to be to help the authors produce chapters that are complete, accurate, clear, and accessible to experimentalists (in particular) and other nonspecialists (in general)." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY