Searching for Alpha: The Quest for Exceptional Investment Performance
Author: Ben Warwick
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ISBN: 0471348228
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (05 May, 2000)
Sales Rank: 54,726
Average Customer Rating: 3.92 out of 5
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Rating: 5 out of 5
Searching For Alpha
I thoroughly enjoyed the book. Warwick has managed to make an important but esoteric topic accessible through practical and entertaining anecdotes and examples. Initially I read it to inprove my investment knowledge on what is now a critical part of my business, but soon became engrossed in the more quirky side of the book's respites and characters. Frankly, I would have liked to see more of this earlier in the book. There is very little information on this subject out there, especially with with this depth of real life application. I think it is a worthwhile read.
Rating: 5 out of 5
A Great Read!
Ben Warwick has done an exceptionally good job at taking a subject (Investment Policy) that to most readers is maybe dry, and unexciting and making it a highly enjoyable subject about which to read. Interlaced among truly entertaining stories and anectdotes ranging from the discoverery of nitroglycerine to the life of Ludwig van Beethoven are well-researched, sound, quite readable discussions and theories about Index-based Investing, Capital Asset Pricing Model, Modern Portfolio Theory, Managed Futures and much, much more. Warwick is incrediblly knowledgeable about the subject of investing, and as an Investment Advisor, my Investment Policy will be greatly enhanced having read this book.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Muddled, wandering, uninformed.
Being in the asset management consulting field I thought this highly recommended title should be as insightful as Swensen's "Pioneering Portfolio Management". I found it directionless, full of unconnected pointless anecdotal comments, as well as giving misleading shallow guidance regarding indexing. Similar Products
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