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- Risk management is integral to all of the investment strategies. Every client portfolio has risk controls embedded into its investment process, and the proprietary risk management system grants us the capability to analyze every bond in every client portfolio on a daily basis to confirm that we are bearing only...
- White papers 2002-04-01
- Investing In Danger Zones
- Companies operating in the world's most turbulent regions need carefully crafted investment strategies and a strong stomach for risk. Companies currently considering investments in less-developed countries should take a close look at the investment strategies and risk management techniques honed by business leaders who are familiar with these environments. Key...
- White papers 2002-09-01
- The Care And Feeding Of A Healthy Organization
- Healthy nonprofits are committed to maintaining a steady, robust income stream; developing and implementing sound investment strategies; and paying daily attention to accounting controls. They protect the continuity and stability of every income stream. They make sure they completely understand expectations and comply with all reporting requirements and operational restrictions....
- White papers 2003-01-01
- A Simulation Model For Deciding Between Lump-Sum And Dollar-Cost Averaging
- The paper outlined a Monte Carlo simulation model aimed at facilitating the decision to choose between two alternative investment strategies: lump sum and dollar-cost averaging. It is developed to help an investor decide between a lump-sum LS investment strategy and a dollar-cost averaging DCA investment strategy. Simulation provides the investor...
- White papers 2000-06-01
- Timing Patterns In Effective Periodic Investment Strategies
- This study examines the risk/return performance of a number of simple portfolio strategies designed to potentially improve investor wealth accumulations over time. It was found that a "follow-the-winner" strategy, applied quarterly, is an effective approach that results in higher overall return and wealth accumulation, with only a moderate risk increase,...
- White papers 2000-08-01
- What is Core Real Estate? Where are the Opportunities Today?
- This article talks about the real estate cycle that has matured to an equilibrium level, core real estate investment strategies are garnering more attention from pension funds. Although core investing cannot be defined precisely, the overwhelming characteristics relate to the predictability and stability of the income stream, and the liquidity...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Developing Your Investment Strategy
- As many investors discover, mapping out an investment plan is the easiest part. Sticking with that plan is what separates investors from speculators. To make the most of the investment opportunities, allow lifestyle to dictate investment approach — not stock market gyrations. Many investors use a consistent, long-term strategy to...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- A Simulation Model for Deciding Between Lump-Sum and Dollar-Cost Averaging
- A Monte Carlo simulation model is developed to help an investor decide between a lump-sum LS investment strategy and a dollar-cost averaging DCA investment strategy. Simulation provides the investor with a more complete picture of the risk-return trade-offs associated with an investment's outcome. Results indicate no clear advantage of a...
- White papers 2000-06-01
- Have It Your Way
- Custom indexes may have many attractive features and have important roles to play in the investment process, from supporting investment strategy research to portfolio manager evaluation. First, any investment strategy that really deserves a custom index for fullest evaluation of management skill also requires reference to a standard benchmark's asset...
- White papers 2003-10-01
- Strategy Vs. Outcome
- This article describes the importance of investment strategy and it is various outcomes for the investors. Investment strategy is forward looking. Investment strategies should be developed from a sound foundation in financial economics, and a comprehensive investment philosophy. The strategy must be tailored to the unique needs of each investor,...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Stock Returns Are Predictable: A Firm Level Analysis
- This paper studies return predictability at the firm level through the performance of investment strategies that use conditioning information to build unconditional efficient portfolios from individual stocks. The model that generates moments for portfolio selection is a multivariate regression of excess returns on asset pricing factors with alphas and betas...
- White papers 2003-08-01
- Don't Look Back
- The article asserts that history has no investment strategies to offer for this recession, because things really are different this time. Historical patterns can teach investors many lessons about the stock market, but how to invest in today's markets is not one of them. Investors should avoid using the old...
- White papers 2002-07-01
- A Capital Idea: Total Foundation Asset Management And The Unified Investment Strategy
- This paper presents the perspective that the purpose of foundations is not simply to engage in grant making, but rather to invest in the creation of social value. The idea is also presented that available foundation assets for supporting this process of social value creation should be viewed as not...
- White papers 2002-01-01
- Futures And Options Trading For Hedge Funds: The Regulatory Environment
- Futures and options on futures can provide attractive investment opportunities for hedge funds. These funds employ numerous strategies using the futures and options markets, including traditional hedging, overlay and income enhancement. In fact, hedge funds have become an influential force in the currency and fixed income markets and is the...
- White papers 2001-05-03
- What Has Better Returns And Lower Risk Than U.S. Equities? Managed Futures
- The U.S. stock exchanges are clearly the most visible and liquid forms of equity investment around the world. The media has made the stock indices and the companies whose price momentum drives the major exchanges, national and global news. The U.S. capital markets are the envy of the world in...
- White papers 2002-10-01
- Investment Strategies in Emerging Markets: An Introduction to the Research Project
- This article investigates the foreign investment strategies in four emerging markets, their determinants, and their implications for the local economy and for public policy. The outcomes of FDI in terms of both corporate and social performance are highly dependent on how the operation is initially set-up. Entry strategies concern the...
- White papers 2004-03-16
- Sources of Funds and Investment Strategies of Venture Capital Funds: Evidence From Germany, Israel, Japan and the UK
- Using a newly constructed data set, this paper compares sources of funds and investment strategies of venture capital VC funds in Germany, Israel, Japan and the UK. Sources of VC funds differ significantly across countries, e.g. banks are particularly important in Germany, corporations in Israel, insurance companies in Japan, and...
- White papers 2001-07-09
- Optimal Investment Strategies and Risk Measures in Defined Contribution Pension Schemes
- This paper analyzes the investment allocation and the downside risk faced by the retiring member of a defined contribution pension scheme, where optimal investment strategies derived from a dynamic programming approach have been adopted. The behavior of the optimal investment strategy is analyzed when changing the disutility function and the...
- White papers 2002-02-01
- Market Selection and Survival of Investment Strategies
- The paper analyzes the process of market selection of investment strategies in an incomplete market of short-lived assets. In the model understudy, asset payoffs depend on exogenous random factors. Market participants use dynamic investment strategies taking account of available information about current and previous events. It is shown that an...
- White papers 2001-10-01
- Online Broker Investors: Demographic Information, Investment Strategy, Portfolio Positions, and Trading Activity
- The main goal of this paper is to present various descriptive statistics on demographic information, investment strategy, portfolio positions, and trading activity. The paper summarizes that online broker investors trade frequently. The median stock portfolio turnover is about 30 % per month. The average number of stocks in portfolios increases...
- White papers 2003-10-01
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