The Handbook of Risk
Series: Wiley finance series; Wiley finance series
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2002
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780471480617
Description: Before entering into any investment, the risk of that venture must be identified and quantified. The Handbook of Risk provides in-depth coverage of risk from every possible angle and illuminates the subject by covering the quantitative and and behavioral issues faced by investment professionals on a day-to-day basis. This valuable reference offers a prescriptive and descriptive treatment of risk management for those looking to control, contain, and minimize the risk of their investments.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: The Handbook of Risk contents PREFACE PART ONE The Nature of Risk CHAPTER 1 The Failure of Invariance by Peter L. Bernstein.; title: CHAPTER 2 Inverted Reasoning and Its Consequences: Confusing the Present with the Future-Discounting by George C. Selden CHAPTER 3 A New Paradigm for Portfolio Risk by Robert H. Jeffrey.; title: CHAPTER 4 The Likelihood of Loss by Mark Kritzman PART TWO Measuring Risk CHAPTER 5 Measuring and Managing Investment Risk by Roger G. Clarke.; title: CHAPTER 6 An Assessment of Alternative Models of Financial Market Volatility by John F.O. Bilson CHAPTER 7 The Case for the Relevancy of Downside Risk Measures by David Nawrocki.; title: CHAPTER 8 Measuring Risk for Asset Allocation, Performance Evaluation, and Risk Control: Different Problems, Same Solution by Christopher L. Culp, Ph. D., and Ron Mensink.