Scenarios for risk management and global investment strategiesScenarios for Risk Management and Global Investment Strategies assesses the risks and challenges of modern investing, focusing on the importance of adapting and responding to changing investment climates. This book discusses the probabilities that various future events will occur an how these events and their probable occurrences influence investment decisions. Assessing all possible outcomes is fundamental to risk management, financial engineering and investment and hedge fund strategies. A careful consideration of future scenarios will lead to better investment decisions and help to avoid financial disasters. The book includes empirical studies of key markets and sectors and successful and disastrous investment results along with superior optimization strategies of the great investors. The book contains essential material for hedge fund managers, quants and traders, supplying them with the tools to build accurate investment scenarios and optimize returns.
Key features include:
- Detailed case studies analysing a wide variety of global investment strategies in key emerging and developed economies and in a variety of asset classes (commodities, fx markets, equities, bonds, alternative investments and hedge funds)
- New techniques using stochastic programming to build scenarios for managing risk to improve investment performance
- Shows how to make custom programs for optimal investment decisions
- Case studies of individual great investors to show how investors can predict useful market moves and prevent future investment disasters
"This unique team of father and daughter covers the most important areas of investing in depth. They tell the stories, perform the analyses (with just the right amount of math), and give us the macro and global insights. I can wholeheartedly recommend this fascinating and informative book."
Paul Wilmott, Mathematician and author"A treasure trove of stimulating and useful ideas about the theory and practice of investing."
Edward O. Thorp, Edward O. Thorp & Associates
- ISBN10 0470319240
- ISBN13 9780470319246
- Publish Date 9 November 2007 (first published 1 January 2007)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 2 July 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Imprint John Wiley & Sons Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 336
- Language English