The little book of alternative investments reaping rewards by daring to be different
"Bestselling authors Ben Stein and Phil DeMuth know that investors are bored with their typical 60/40 stock & bond portfolios and curious about whether some of the new variations going around might be right for them. At the same time, many alternative strategies are going down-market and op...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, N.J. :
Wiley
c2011.
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| Edition: | 1st edition |
| Series: | Little book big profits ;
31. |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627903006719 |
Table of Contents:
- The Little Book of Alternative Investments: Reaping Rewards by Daring to Be Different; Contents; Introduction: Are You Alternative? Dare to Expose Yourself; Chapter One: Everything You Know Is Wrong: Classify Your Investments the Alternative Way; Chapter Two: Efficient Market Theory and Its Discontents: Out with the Old, In with the New-Overhauling the 60/40 Portfolio; Chapter Three: Collectibles as Investments: Beauty in the Eye of the Marketplace; Chapter Four: More Alternatives We Don't Love: The Elephant's Graveyard of Financial Products
- Chapter Five: Conventional Alternatives I-Commodities: To Make a Killing, Take Out a ContractChapter Six: Conventional Alternatives II-Real Estate: In Real Estate We Trust; Chapter Seven: The Ultimate Alternative Investments: Hedge Fundamentals; Chapter Eight: So Why Invest in Hedge Funds?: Okay, We Lied; Chapter Nine: A Field Guide to Hedge Funds, Part One: The Long and the Short of It; Chapter Ten: A Field Guide to Hedge Funds, Part Deux: Arbitrage, et al.; Chapter Eleven: One-Fund Solutions: Destroy All Replicants-or Not?
- Chapter Twelve: Hedge Funds Pigs in Mutual Fund Blankets: The Mutual Fund Beauty Pageant BeginsChapter Thirteen: Adding Alternative Investments to Your Portfolio: Finding Your Portfolio's G-Spot; Conclusion: Quest into the Unknown; Appendix: Fundamentals; Acknowledgments; About the Authors
