William Kinlaw, Mark Kritzman, David Turkington ; foreword by Harry M. Markowitz.
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Section One: Basics of Asset Allocation -- Chapter 1: What Is an Asset Class? -- Stable Aggregation -- Investable -- Internally Homogeneous -- Externally Heterogeneous -- Expected Utility -- Selection Skill -- Cost-Effective Access -- Potential Asset Classes -- References -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Fundamentals of Asset Allocation -- The Foundation: Portfolio Theory -- Practical Implementation -- References -- Notes -- Section Two: Fallacies of Asset Allocation -- Chapter 3: The Importance of Asset Allocation -- Fallacy: Asset Allocation Determines More Than 90 Percent of Performance -- The Determinants of Portfolio Performance -- The Behavioral Bias of Positive Economics -- The Samuelson Dictum -- References -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Time Diversification -- Fallacy: Time Diversifies Risk -- Samuelson's Bet -- Time, Volatility, and Probability of Loss -- Time and Expected Utility -- Within-Horizon Risk -- A Preference-Free Contradiction to Time Diversification -- The Bottom Line -- References -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Error Maximization -- Fallacy: Optimized Portfolios Are Hypersensitive to Input Errors -- The Intuitive Argument -- The Empirical Argument -- The Analytical Argument -- The Bottom Line -- References -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Factors -- Fallacy: Factors Offer Superior Diversification and Noise Reduction -- What Is a Factor? -- Equivalence of Asset Class and Factor Diversification -- Noise Reduction -- Where Does This Leave Us? -- References -- Notes -- Chapter 7: 1/N -- Fallacy: Equally Weighted Portfolios Are Superior to Optimized Portfolios -- The Case for 1/N -- Setting the Record Straight -- Empirical Evidence in Defense of Optimization -- Practical Problems with 1/N -- Broken Clock -- The Bottom Line -- References -- Note -- Section Three: Challenges to Asset Allocation.
