Generation alt : the new movement in alternative investing / Clifford Jack.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jack, Clifford.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Investments.

Portfolio management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 v.) : ill.

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Upper Saddle River, NJ : FT Press, 2014, c2015.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Focusing on a new movement in alternative investing, this book provides insight into this exciting portfolio strategy. The author demystifies and uncovers the alternative asset class; educates and entertains everyday investors with colorful analogies and easy-to-understand methodologies; identifies useful portfolio strategies, tools and techniques in alternative investing. Following the worst global financial crisis, volatility and a low interest rate environment remain major concerns for investors. Clifford Jack combines the art of analogy and the science of methodology to help investors seek out ideas on building a portfolio. He digs deep to uncover and help simplify the alternative asset class. This timely and insightful read will help everyday investors gain insight into alternative investing.

Contents:

What goes up

The modern portfolio problem

A volatile reality

It's a smaller world after all

Disappearing diversification

Exploring the alternative universe

Play the percentages

Beta blockers

Think outside the style box

The scouting report

Survival of the fittest

Fast and furious

How leverage works

Over the hedge

Strategy and execution

Completing the picture.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (Safari, viewed Aug. 7, 2014).

OCLC:

885819622