CDO Managers: The Good, the Bad, and the Valued Few
Book: Structured Finance and Collateralized Debt Obligations | Author: Janet M. Tavakoli | Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (2008) | ISBN: 978-0-470-44344-6
Book: Structured Finance and Collateralized Debt Obligations | Author: Janet M. Tavakoli | Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (2008) | ISBN: 978-0-470-44344-6
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.
After 20 chapters of learning about individual biases, Pompian finally gets to the big question: so what do you actually DO with all this knowledge?
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.
Book: Real Estate by the Numbers: A Complete Reference Guide to Deal Analysis Authors: J Scott and Dave Meyer Chapter: 37
Every investment has risks. Anyone who tells you otherwise is trying to sell you something. REITs are no different. They can be fantastic investments, but you need to go in with your eyes open.