How to Invest Like the Top Endowments and Avoid Bear Markets
Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 357 g
ISBN: 978-1-118-00885-0
Verlag: Wiley
The Ivy Portfolio shows step-by-step how to track and mimic the investment strategies of the highly successful Harvard and Yale endowments. Using the endowment Policy Portfolios as a guide, the authors illustrate how an investor can develop a strategic asset allocation using an ETF-based investment approach.
The Ivy Portfolio also reveals a novel method for investors to reduce their risk through a tactical asset allocation strategy to protect them from bear markets. The book will also showcase a method to follow the smart money and piggyback the top hedge funds and their stock-picking abilities. With readable, straightforward advice, The Ivy Portfolio will show investors exactly how this can be accomplished--and allow them to achieve an unparalleled level of investment success in the process.
With all of the uncertainty in the markets today, The Ivy Portfolio helps the reader answer the most often asked question in investing today - "What do I do"?
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Internationale Finanzmärkte
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensfinanzen Finanzierung, Investition, Leasing
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Börse, Rohstoffe
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Internationale Finanzmärkte
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Anlagen & Wertpapiere
Weitere Infos & Material
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Part One: Constructing Your Ivy Portfolio.
Chapter 1 The Super Endowments.
Endowments Are Different.
Size Matters.
. and So Does Performance.
Active Management over Passive.
Summary.
Chapter 2 The Yale Endowment.
History of the Endowment.
David Swensen's Ascent.
Of Alphas and Betas.
Outlining the Yale Process.
Domestic Equity.
Foreign Equity.
Fixed-Income.
Real Assets.
Private Equity.
Summary.
Chapter 3 The Harvard Endowment.
History of the Endowment.
The Owner's Mentality.
Harvard's Swensen.
More Money, More Problems.
How Harvard Does It.
Summary.
Chapter 4 Building Your Own Ivy League Portfolio.
Do as I Do--Shadowing the Super Endowments.
Risk-Adjusted Returns.
Do as I Say.
Infl ation Is the Enemy.
Creating an All-Weather Policy Portfolio through Indexing.
Implementing Your Portfolio.
Rebalancing Your Portfolio.
Summary.
Part Two: Alternatives.
Chapter 5 Private Equity.
What Is Private Equity?
Historical Returns and Benchmarking.
How to Invest in Publicly Listed Private Equity.
Summary.
Chapter 6 Hedge Funds.
A Brief Introduction to Hedge Funds.
Fund of Funds.
Options to Invest in Hedge Funds.
Individual Hedge Funds.
Fund of Funds.
Practical Considerations.
Summary.
Part Three: Active Management.
Chapter 7 Winning by Not Losing.
Losing Hurts.
The Quantitative System.
Out-of-Sample Testing and Systematic Tactical Asset Allocation.
Extensions.
A Rotation System.
Practical Considerations and Taxes.
Discipline.
The Systems versus the Endowments.
Why It Works.
Summary.
Chapter 8 Following the Smart Money.
Introduction to the 13F.
Combining the Top Fund Managers to Create Your Own Fund of Funds.
Summary.
Chapter 9 Develop an Action Plan.
Implementing Your Ivy Portfolio.
Portfolios Discussed in The Ivy Portfolio.
Appendix A: A Brief Review of Momentum and Trend Following.
Appendix B: Additional Charts.
Appendix C: Recommended Reading.
Bibliography.
About the Authors.
Index.
