Why do so many actively managed funds underperform? Why do passively managed funds provide superior returns, especially after taxes? What are the true...

"...' (or the best ten funds), hedge funds market timers, investment newsletters, and short-term..."

Financial intermediaries supply derivatives to their customers when they can hedge the exposures from these transactions. A static hedge is typically employed...

"...Financial intermediaries supply derivatives to their customers when they can hedge the exposures from these transactions. A static hedge is typically employed.... Financial intermediaries supply derivatives to their customers when they can hedge the exposures from these transactions. A static hedge is typically employed by arranging an offsetting transaction with a different customer or a dynamic hedge by trading in the underlying derivatives. There is however..."

Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are a relatively new open-ended investment vehicle. Launched in 1993, their appeal as an important and unique financial product...

"...Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are a relatively new open-ended investment vehicle. Launched in 1993, their appeal as an important and unique financial product.... Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are a relatively new open-ended investment vehicle. Launched in 1993, their appeal as an important and unique financial product has compelled institutional and retail investors alike to look anew at what..."

Liquidity risk is the risk of loss arising from an inability to quickly realize asset value or obtain funding and can be damaging if not properly considered or...

"...Liquidity risk is the risk of loss arising from an inability to quickly realize asset value or obtain funding and can be damaging if not properly considered or.... Liquidity risk is the risk of loss arising from an inability to quickly realize asset value or obtain funding and can be damaging if not properly considered or actively managed. Lack of liquidity can lead to large losses in asset..."

In 1956 two Bell Labs scientists discovered the scientific formula for getting rich. One was mathematician Claude Shannon, neurotic father of our digital age,...

"...system with his phenomenonally successful hedge fund, Princeton-Newport Partners. Shannon became..."

In the tradition of such Ludlum classics as The Chancellor Manuscript and The Icarus Agenda, The Bancroft Strategy is a thriller in which two figures find...

"...for his release, Belknap decides to take matters into his own hands.          Meanwhile, hedge fund..."

Recently there has been a growing demand for mutual funds and how their performance compares to other funds on an international level. This significant new...

"...Recently there has been a growing demand for mutual funds and how their performance compares to other funds on an international level. This significant new.... Recently there has been a growing demand for mutual funds and how their performance compares to other funds on an international level..."

Financial advisers, newspapers, television, and radio reports often qualify information about mutual funds and other investments as “according to Lipper.” They...

"...balance sheet, picking money managers, the dangers in trading, investor psychology, hedge funds..."

This book provides hedge funds managers with global systemic and technological solutions to resolve insufficient infrastructures, and risk management in the...

"...This book provides hedge funds managers with global systemic and technological solutions to resolve insufficient infrastructures, and risk management in the.... This book provides hedge funds managers with global systemic and technological solutions to resolve insufficient infrastructures, and risk management in the fund industry. The book explores industry trends and provides solutions for a variety of issues. It also provides investors with transparency and ..."