Mutual Funds: Risk and Performance Analysis for Decision Making

By John A. Haslem

Book Overview

This authoritative book enables readers to evaluate the various performance and risk attributes of mutual funds, while also serving as a comprehensive resource for students, academics, and general investors alike. Avoiding the less useful descriptive approach to fund selection, this book employs a balanced approach including both technique and application. The chapters combine clear summaries of existing research with practical guidelines for mutual fund analysis. Enables readers to analyze mutual funds by evaluating a fund's various performance and risk attributes. Includes templates, which provide an efficient, sound approach to fund analysis, interpretation of results, buy/sell decisions, and the timing of decisions. Combines clear summaries of existing research with practical guidelines for mutual fund analysis.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631215611
• ISBN13: 9780631215615
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 596 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.7" x 9.8"