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Asset allocation has long been viewed as a safe bet for reducing risk in a portfolio. Asset allocators strive to buy when prices are low and sell when prices rise. Tactical asset allocation (TAA) practitioners tend to emphasize shorter-term adjustments, reducing exposure when recent market performance has been good, and increasing exposure [...]

Jun 20th, 2009 | Filed under Quant trading

The financial crisis is reshaping the hedge fund industry. Governments wish to regulate hedge funds. Prime brokers have curtailed funding, which impacts hedge fund trading and profitability. Regulators are bringing increasing numbers of hedge fund fraud and ponzi scheme cases. How will hedge funds and prime brokers respond?Hedge Funds and Prime Brokers, [...]

Jun 20th, 2009 | Filed under Quant trading

Review
Written by the “A” team of financial empiricism, it is a long awaited book. It covers many topics one could only usually find couched in the technical jargon of research papers, presented in this volume with pedagogical intentions. The language, while remaining technical, is quite accessible. [...]

Jun 20th, 2009 | Filed under Quant trading

Harnessing the Power of Quantitative Techniques to Create a Winning Trading ProgramLars Kestner Quantitative Trading Strategies takes readers through the development and evaluation stages of today’s most popular and market-proven technical trading strategies. Quantifying every subjective decision in the trading process, this analytical book evaluates the work of well-known “quants” from John [...]

Jun 16th, 2009 | Filed under Quant trading

This much-needed book, from a selection of top international experts, fills a gap by providing a manual of applied quantitative financial analysis. It focuses on advanced empirical methods for modelling financial markets in the context of practical financial applications. Data, software and techniques specifically aligned [...]

Jun 16th, 2009 | Filed under Quant trading