Investment funds provide a low cost method of sharing in the rewards from capitalism. Recently “alternative investments” such as hedge funds have grown rapidly and the trading strategies open to hedge funds are now becoming available to mutual funds and even to ordinary retail investors. In...

"The aim of this book is to present a clear exposition of key results on pricing, hedging and speculation using derivative securities. The emphasis is on drawing out the practical uses of derivatives. The reader needs only to have undertaken an introductory course in finance, together with some...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Authors -- About the Companion Site -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Derivative Securities -- 1.1 Forwards and Futures -- 1.1.1 Market Classification -- 1.2 Options -- 1.2.1 Call Options -- 1.2.2 Long Call: Speculation -- 1.2.3 Closing Out --...

We re-examine US mutual fund performance persistence. We investigate persistence (i) using both “academic” factor models and “practitioner” index models, (ii) using decile-size recursive portfolios and also portfolios formed from smaller numbers of funds, (iii) using nonparametric...