Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Part I Theory 1
1 Welcome, Harry Markowitz 3
2 A Sharpe Line 17
3 The Counsel of Critics 27
4 Toward a New Capital Asset Pricing Model 35
5 The Local Capital Asset Pricing Model 41
6 Creating Competitive Advantage 53
7 Building a Portfolio on Competitive Advantage 65
Part II Practice 73
8 Investing for Total Return: Mutual Funds 75
9 Investing for Total Return: Hedge Funds 99
10 Investing for Banks, Thrifts, and Credit Unions 121
11 Investing for Property/Casualty and Life Insurers 159
12 Investing for Broker/Dealers 187
13 Investing for Real Estate Investment Trusts 203
14 Investing for Sovereign Wealth Funds 213
15 Investing for Individuals 229
Part III Markets 243
16 Turning the Tables: Investor Impact on Asset Values 245
References 255
About the Author 265
Index 267
Steven Abrahams is Senior Managing Director and Head of Investment Strategy at Amherst Pierpont Securities and former Adjunct Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia Business School. He has spent 28 years as an investment strategist advising banks, insurers, mutual and hedge funds, and other institutional portfolios in the United States and abroad.