"Running Money: Professional Portfolio Management, 1/e" focuses on the business investment decision-making from the perspective of the portfolio manager. The authors combined professional experience managing multi-billion-dollar mandates, working with real clients, and solving real investment problems is reflected throughout the text. Their goal is to expose students to what it is really like to 'run money' professionally by providing the necessary tools. This new text is most effectively used in conjunction with cases, projects, and real-time portfolios requiring 'hands on' application of the material. Excel Spreadsheets and Outboxes help the students understand the approach of this first edition text.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Client Objectives for Managing Diversified Portfolios Chapter 3: Asset Allocation: The Mean Variance Framework Chapter 4: Asset Allocation Inputs Chapter 5: Advanced Topics in Asset Allocation Chapter 6: The Investment Management Process Chapter 7: Introduction to Equity Portfolio Investing Chapter 8: Equity Portfolio Construction Chapter 9: Fixed Income Portfolio Management Chapter 10: Internal Investing Chapter 11: Alternative Investment Classes Chapter 12: Portfolio Management Through Time: Taxes and Transaction Costs Chapter 13: Performance Measurement and Attribution Chapter 14: Incentives, Ethics and Policy Chapter 15: Investor and Client Behavior Chapter 16: Managing Client Relationships Appendixes References Glossary
