Active Index Investing
Subtitle: Maximizing Portfolio Performance and Minimizing Risk Through Global Index Strategies
Publisher: Wiley; J. Wiley
Published: July 23, 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 688
ISBN-13: 9780471257073
First sentence: This chapter provides an overview of the key themes and topics of Active Index Investing.
Description: "For over three decades, both institutional and individual investors have increasingly accepted indexing. Index benchmarks and investment products that track them have been a driving force in the transformation of investment strategy from art to science. Yet investors' understanding of the sophistication of this burgeoning field has lagged behind the growing use of index products. Active Index Investing aims to close that gap." "Active Index Investing is a guide to how indexes are constructed, managed as portfolios, and used by investors. Filled with in-depth insight and practical advice, this book illustrates and analyzes every major asset class and covers the perspectives of index fund managers, index providers, institutional brokers, pension plan sponsors and other asset owners, financial advisors, and individual investors. It explains how the world's most sophisticated investors use index-based strategies to enhance performance, reduce costs, and minimize the risks of global investing." "This guide captures the views of over fifty leading practitioners from all spheres of the indexing world - while maintaining a holistic and balanced perspective of this complex subject. Besides pulling together the best minds in the investment business, editor and indexing expert Steven Schoenfeld also shares his considerable insights on this broad and important topic." "Active Index Investing is a practical and detailed guide to the art and science of index-based investing. It will show you how index-based strategies can be actively used to both minimize portfolio risk and maximize long-term performance."--BOOK JACKET.