Portfolio management

Portfolio Management: Markowitz, CAPM, and Modern Portfolio Theory

Up until now in Wilmott’s book, we have been hedging everything. Buy a derivative, hedge with the underlying, pocket risk-free returns. Banks love it. But not everyone plays that game. Fund managers buy and sell assets trying to beat the bank rate. They take risk on purpose. Chapter 18 is about doing that intelligently.

Picking Your Own Stocks: Rules and Final Strategies

We left off with Malkiel’s stock-picking rules and the suggestion to index the core of your portfolio. Now comes the rest of Chapter 15, where he tackles what to do if you’d rather let someone else do the work. And then he wraps up the whole book.