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Description of Dean LeBaron's Treasury of Investment Wisdom

Market thoughts, predictions, and insights that can't be found anywhere else With clear and concise language, legendary investment pioneer Dean LeBaron offers guidance for investors. Everything readers need to know about today's complex and exciting investment landscape is in this comprehensive guide to investing theory which shares the insights of thirty investment luminaries on their particular area of expertise including Mark Mobius on emerging markets, John Bogle on mutual funds, and Bill Miller on active portfolio management.

Title Information

ISBN:

9780471152941

Pages:

320 pages

Format:

Paperback

Product Code:

13865

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons Inc

Published:

14/01/2002

Edition:

1st Edition

Press and Industry Reviews

'There have been other books on investment gurus, but none as complete nor as entertaining as this one. Dean LeBaron has produced an enlightening, thorough, and thought-provoking compendium of the thinking of many of the nation's investment professionals. It covers all the major investment styles and vehicles, from active portfolio management to venture capital, and offers theoretical insights into everything from behavioral finance to market efficiency, providing point and counterpoint. It's a must read.'
- Michael J. Clowes, editorial director, Pensions & Investments and Investment News and author of The Money Flood: How Pension Funds Revolutionized Investing

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About Dean LeBaron and Romesh Vaitilingam

DEAN LEBARON is an investment futurist. He founded Batterymarch Financial Management in 1969 and led the firm's pioneering advances in the mid--1970s in the application of computer technology and modeling techniques, first in the U.S. market and then in international and emerging markets. He is recognized as one of the first foreign entrants in the nascent securities markets of Brazil, India, Russia, and China. Mr. LeBaron is also author of Dean LeBaron's Book of Investment Quotations; Mao, Marx & the Market: Capitalist Adventures in Russia and China; and Ins and Outs of Institutional Investing.

ROMESH VAITILINGAM is a consultant and financial journalist. He is the author of several successful business and financial titles, including the bestselling The Financial Times Guide to Using the Financial Pages as well as The Financial Guide to Using Economics and Economic Indicators and Stuck in Transit: Rethinking Russian Economic Reform.

Contents of Dean LeBaron's Treasury of Investment Wisdom

Preface
The Promises Men Live By (Peter L. Bernstein)
Investment Insights: Changing Styles across Time and Space (Dean LeBaron)

CHARTING THE COURSE: Macro Tools
1. Investment Policy (GURU Charles Ellis)
2. Economic Forecasting (GURU Peter Bernstein)
3. Risk Management (GURUS Fischer Black, Robert Merton, and Myron Scholes)
4. Financial Engineering (GURU Andrew Lo)

OUR DAY WILL COME: Investment Style
5. Active Portfolio Management (GURU William Miller)
6. Growth Investing (GURU Peter Lynch)
7. Value Investing (GURU Warren Buffett)

BUILDING A BETTER MOUSETRAP: Construction Tools
8. Technical Analysis (GURU Walter Deemer)
9. Quantitative Investing (GURU Robert Arnott)
10. Foreign Exchange (GURU Richard Olsen)

WE ARE THE WORLD: Investing with the Market
11. Market Efficiency (GURUS Burton Malkiel and Eugene Fama)
12. Mutual Funds (GURU John Bogle)
13. Indexing (GURUS Wells Fargo, American National Bank, Batterymarch Financial Management)

TILTING AT WINDMILLS: Betting against the Market
14. Fixed Income (GURU Andrew Carter)
15. Short Selling (GURUS Steven Leuthold and Kathryn Staley)
16. Hedge Funds (GURU George Soros)

I DID IT MY WAY: A Different Philosophy
17. Contrarian Investing (GURU James Fraser)

FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD: Diversification
18. Global Investing (GURU Gary Brinson)
19. Emerging Markets (GURU Mark Mobius)
20. Venture Capital (GURU Georges Doriot)

I LOVE A PARADE: Investor Behavior
21. Investor Psychology (GURUS Richard Thaler and Robert Vishny)
22. Manias, Panics, and Crashes (GURU Marc Faber)
23. Internet Investing (GURU Geoffrey Moore)

HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS: Corporate Behavior
24. Corporate Governance (GURU Robert Monks)
25. Corporate Restructuring (GURU Bruce Wasserstein)
26. Initial Public Offerings (GURU Ivo Welch)

WERE HERE TO HELP YOU: The Government Factor
27. International Money (GURU Martin Barnes)
28. Politics and Investing (GURU Edward Yardeni)

FOLLOWING THE PIPER: Sharing Responsibility
29. Investment Consultants (GURU George Russell)

THE FAT LADY SINGS: Analysis and Reporting
30. Performance Measurement (GURU Peter Dietz)

Future Focus I: Ten Key Investment Issues
Future Focus II: Ten Key Global Issues
James Frasers Book Bag
Toolbar of Top Websites for Investment

Index