Competitive Advantage in Investing. Steven Abrahams
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Table of Contents
1 Cover
2 Preface
4 Part I: Theory 1 Welcome, Harry Markowitz In the Beginning Choose Wisely All Cash Flow Includes Risk Risk Is the Mirror to Return The Surprising Power of Diversification The Sources of Risk and Correlation Markowitz's Open Questions 2 A Sharpe Line Finding a Place on the Efficient Frontier Traveling Along the Capital Market Line Putting a Price on Assets Along the Capital Market Line The Power of Leverage, the Price of Equity, the Value of a Good Manager A Theory that Changed Investing 3 The Counsel of Critics Putting Theory to the Test A Problem with Alpha Performance Turns on More Than Beta Seeds of New Approaches 4 Toward a New Capital Asset Pricing Model A New Focus on Leverage Limits to Leverage More Betting-Against-Beta A Natural Experiment Limits on More Than Leverage 5 The Local Capital Asset Pricing Model Shopping in the Neighborhood Local Markets for Investing Implications of Local Markets Appendix 6 Creating Competitive Advantage Constrained Optimization 7 Building a Portfolio on Competitive Advantage Navigating Future States of the World Return and Risk Goals Anticipating Future States of the World Choosing Among Feasible Investments Putting the Pieces Together From Theory to Application
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Part II: Practice
8 Investing for Total Return: Mutual Funds
The Structure of Mutual Fund Investing
Constraints on Mutual Funds
Role of Performance Benchmarks
Role of the Investment Covenant
Mutual Fund as Intermediary
Sources of Comparative Advantage
Predictions of Local CAPM
Pursuit of Scale
Narrower and Broader Benchmarks
Investing Outside of Benchmarks
Relative Value Investing
The Quality and Cost of Capital
Other Findings
Conclusion
9 Investing for Total Return: Hedge Funds
The Structure of Hedge Fund Investing
A Relative Lack of Constraint on Hedge Fund Investing
Role of Performance Benchmarks and Investment Covenants
Peculiarities of Reported Hedge Fund Returns
Publicly Traded Hedge Funds
Sources of Comparative Advantage
Predictions of Local CAPM
The Formal Literature
Conclusion
10 Investing for Banks, Thrifts, and Credit Unions
The Structure of Bank Investing
Basics of Disintermediation
Duration of Equity
Duration of Leverage
Duration of Net Interest Income
Other Forms of Equity
The Unique Role of a Bank Investment Portfolio
Sources of Comparative Advantage
Predictions of Local CAPM