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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

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Jun 16th, 2009 | Filed under Quant trading

W.D. Gann is considered to be the greatest trader of all time. This book reveals how to make profits on the commodities exchanges. It combines theory and practice, and through its straightforward, logical approach, Gann presents an excellent case for making money in commodities. The book to which [...]

Jun 16th, 2009 | Filed under Quant trading

Review
“A must-read for asset-mangers, pension funds, hege funds and corporates.” — Yves Perréard, Chairman of Perréard Partners Inv., Geneva”Jessica James has an exceptional ability to target the core problem facing managers and deliver pragmatic and robust solutions”. — Mel Mayne, Managing Partner, PaR Asset Management LLP”Written [...]

Jun 16th, 2009 | Filed under Quant trading

Currency Strategy, Second Edition develops new techniques and explains classic tools available for predicting, managing, and optimizing fluctuations in the currency markets. Author Callum Henderson shows readers ho to use mathematical models to assist in the prediction of crises and gives practical advice on how to use these [...]

Jun 16th, 2009 | Filed under Quant trading

Product DescriptionEverything an individual investor needs to know about bonds. The average income investor doesn’t want or need to get bogged down in technical discussions of interest rates and time. So All About Bonds and Bond Mutual Funds gives them what they want­­a simple yet [...]

Jun 5th, 2009 | Filed under Quant trading