Quantitative Investing for the Global Markets

ISBN-13: 9781884964718 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 376 str.

Peter Carman

Opis

A handbook for money and portfolio managers, research analysts, pension consultants, corporate treasurers and other professional seeking a competitive edge in the global investment marketplace. Topics covered include international asset allocation and optimum diversification levels.

Spis treści

PREFACE, CONTRIBUTORS 1. The $40 Trillion Market: Global Stock and Bond Capitalizations and Returns 2. Why Invest Globally? 3. Quantitative Investing 4. The Critical Role of Fundamental Research 5. Global Sector Allocation 6. Style-Based Country-Selection Strategies 7. Style Indexes: Powerful Tools for Building Global Stock-Selection Models 8. The Case for Global Small Stocks 9. The Cross-Sectional Determinants of Emerging Equity Market Returns 10. Prediction of Currency Movements 11. Portfolio Construction and Risk Management 12. Implementing Global Investment Strategies

O autorze

Peter Carman joined Putnam Investments, Inc., in 1993 as senior managing director, chief of equity investments. He is a member of Putnam's operating, management, and executive committees. Mr. Carman has investment responsibility for Putnam's approximately $72 billion in equities under management, including product development, research, equity trading, and portfolio management. Prior to joining Putnam, he was a partner with Sanford C. Bernstein and Co., where he was chief investment officer, chairman of the U.S. Equity Investment Policy Committee, and a member of Bernstein's board of directors. His professional career since 1972 has been exclusively in investment management. Mr. Carman received a bachelor of arts degree from Brown University and a master of business administration degree from Harvard Business School.