Preparing for the worst : incorporating downside risk in stock market investments /

Stock market investors have very different reactions to downside versus upside risk. This book begins by explaining the current treatment of stock market risk and methods of lowering that risk. The authors then show that many types of asymmetry of stock returns or investor reactions cause the existi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vinod, Hrishikesh D., 1939-
Other Authors: Reagle, Derrick P. (Derrick Peter), 1972-2006
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Hoboken, N.J.] : Wiley-Interscience, ©2005.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Stock market investors have very different reactions to downside versus upside risk. This book begins by explaining the current treatment of stock market risk and methods of lowering that risk. The authors then show that many types of asymmetry of stock returns or investor reactions cause the existing theory to fail.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 286 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:0471686514
9780471686514
0471234427
9780471234425
0471686522
9780471686521
1280252197
9781280252198