Models for Investors in Real World Markets

James R. Thompson, Edward E. Williams, M. Chapman Findlay (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

416 Seiten

2002
Wiley-Interscience (Verlag)
978-0-471-35628-8 (ISBN)

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Considers neoclassical models in light of results that can go wrong with them to bring about better models. This work offers an examination of the LTCM collapse.

* Considers neoclassical models in light of results that can go wrong with them to bring about better models.
* Questions the assumption that markets clear quickly.
* Offers a timely examination of the LTCM collapse.
* Written by a group of well-respected and highly qualified authors.

JAMES R. THOMPSON, PhD, is the Noah Harding Professor of Statistics at Rice University. EDWARD E. WILLIAMS, PhD, is Henry Gardiner Symonds Professor at the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business Administration at Rice University. M. CHAPMAN FINDLAY, III, PhD, is President and Director of Fin Fin Inc., and Director of First Texas Venture Capital, LLC, and a principal at Findlay, Phillips and Associates in Los Angeles, California.

Preface.

Introduction and the Institutional Environment.

Some Conventional Building Blocks (With Various Reservations).

Diversification and Portfolio Selection.

Capital Market Equilibrium Theories.

Equilibrium Implying Efficiency: The Neoclassical Fantasy.

More Realistic Paradigms for Investment.

Security Analysis.

Empirical Financial Forecasting.

Stock Price Growth as Noisy Compound Interest.

Investing in Real World Markets: Returns and Risk Profiles.

Common Stock Options.

Summary, Some Unsettled (Unsettling) Questions, and Conclusions.

Appendix A: A Brief Introduction to Probability and Statistics.

Appendix B: Statistical Tables.

Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.11.2002
Reihe/Serie	Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics
Zusatzinfo	Charts: 18 B&W, 0 Color; Tables: 105 B&W, 0 Color; Graphs: 62 B&W, 0 Color
Sprache	englisch
Maße	161 x 242 mm
Gewicht	694 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Wahrscheinlichkeit / Kombinatorik
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung
ISBN-10	0-471-35628-X / 047135628X
ISBN-13	978-0-471-35628-8 / 9780471356288
Zustand	Neuware