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In the oversight of most funds, the portfolio manager holds the key decision-making power. Often regarded as foundational to the investment process, a few select managers can attract billions of dollars from investors, giving the managers increased prominence, credibility, and compensation....
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build on each other: prospect theory, safety-first portfolio theory, security-potential/aspiration (SP/A) theory, and … behavioral portfolio theory. SP/A theory evolves from safety-first portfolio theory and the introduction of aspiration level. The … behavioral portfolio theory integrates the idea of mental accounts from prospect theory with the portfolio optimization framework …
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diversification, and trading behavior. Standard finance theory predicts the optimal investment behavior of rational agents with … from theory predictions. The chapter also provides a discussion of empirical regularities that point to these deviations …
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This paper provides a microfounded information acquisition technology based on a simple framework with information search. When searchable information is limited, an agent encounters increasingly more redundant information in his search for new information. Redundancy slows down the learning...
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We present comprehensive evidence in support of giving liquidity equal standing to size, value/growth, and momentum as investment styles, as defined by Sharpe (1992). First, we show that financial market liquidity, as identified by stock turnover, is an economically significant indicator of...
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Investors are inextricably linked to financial institutions, money managers, and the products they market. Mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), hedge funds, and pension funds manage or hold roughly $55 trillion in combined wealth. This chapter examines these topics with a behavioral...
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Asset allocation models have evolved in complexity with the development of modern portfolio theory, but they continue … allocation, involving stocks, bonds, real estate, and cash. It also examines the history and theory behind two of the most …
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