Taming the beast : Wall Street's imperfect answers to making money / Larry Light.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Light, Larry, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Investments.

Portfolio management.

Speculation.

Investment analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"A compelling financial narrative on flexible strategies investors can use to protect their assets Which is the best strategy for protecting your investments? Value investing? Indexing? Hedging? Growth investing? Asset allocation? It all depends upon the market because, although Wall Street has tried time and time again to devise a single system to tame the beast, the only thing that's constant about the market is that it's always changing and no one system will work perfectly to protect your assets each and every time. Taming the Beast: Wall Street's Imperfect Answers to Making Money presents the various strategies, and shows you how the best strategy is to be both flexible and nimble. Details the origins and evolutions of Wall Street's most popular trading strategies Describes who originated the strategy, and those who contributed to it Analyzes each strategy's strengths and weaknesses As Benjamin Graham noted in the 1930s, investors would be well advised to avoid getting mired in one set of beliefs. Times change, and so do markets. The key is to be flexible. Taming the Beast shows you how."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Taming the Beast: Wall Street's Imperfect Answers to Making Money; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue: The Rosetta Stone; Chapter 1: Tarnished Gems: Value Investing; Chapter 2: Eternal Equities: Stocks Do Best?; Chapter 3: On Autopilot: Indexes; Chapter 4: From Mild to Wild: Bonds Take Wing; Chapter 5: The Fast Lane: Growth Investing; Chapter 6: Over There: International Investing; Chapter 7: Un-Real Estate: Property's Pull; Chapter 8: Not Just for the Rich: Alternatives; Chapter 9: Spreading It Around: Asset Allocation; Chapter 10: Looking for the Bad: Short Selling

Chapter 11: Chess Masters: Hedge Funds Chapter 12: The Madness of Crowds: Behaviorism; Conclusion: Out of the Shadows; Bibliography; About the Author; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613176189

9781283176187

1283176181

9781118084205

1118084209

9781118084182

1118084187

OCLC:

747408885