Contents

Cover

Series

Title Page

Copyright

Chapter 1: Introduction

WHAT IS AN INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHY?

WHY DO YOU NEED AN INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHY?

THE BIG PICTURE OF INVESTING

CATEGORIZING INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHIES

DEVELOPING AN INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHY

CONCLUSION

Chapter 2: Upside, Downside: Understanding Risk

WHAT IS RISK?

EQUITY RISK: THEORY-BASED MODELS

ASSESSING CONVENTIONAL RISK AND RETURN MODELS

EQUITY RISK: ALTERNATIVE MEASURES

EQUITY RISK: ASSESSING THE FIELD

DEFAULT RISK

CONCLUSION

Chapter 3: Numbers Don’t Lie—Or Do They?

THE BASIC ACCOUNTING STATEMENTS

ASSET MEASUREMENT AND VALUATION

MEASURING FINANCING MIX

MEASURING EARNINGS AND PROFITABILITY

MEASURING RISK

DIFFERENCES IN ACCOUNTING STANDARDS AND PRACTICES

CONCLUSION

Chapter 4: Show Me the Money: The Basics of Valuation

INTRINSIC VALUE

RELATIVE VALUATION

VALUING AN ASSET WITH CONTINGENT CASH FLOWS (OPTIONS)

CONCLUSION

Chapter 5: Many a Slip: Trading, Execution, and Taxes

THE TRADING COST DRAG

THE COMPONENTS OF TRADING COSTS: TRADED FINANCIAL ASSETS

TRADING COSTS WITH NONTRADED ASSETS

MANAGEMENT OF TRADING COSTS

TAXES

CONCLUSION

Chapter 6: Too Good to Be True? Testing Investment Strategies

WHY DOES MARKET EFFICIENCY MATTER?

EFFICIENT MARKETS: DEFINITION AND IMPLICATIONS

BEHAVIORAL FINANCE: THE CHALLENGE TO EFFICIENT MARKETS

A SKEPTIC’S GUIDE TO INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

CONCLUSION

Chapter 7: Smoke and Mirrors? Price Patterns, Volume Charts, and Technical Analysis

RANDOM WALKS AND PRICE PATTERNS

EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE

THE FOUNDATIONS ...

Get Investment Philosophies: Successful Strategies and the Investors Who Made Them Work, 2nd Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.