Wesen von US-Aktienfonds -- Theoretische Grundlagen der Performanceanalyse -- Entwicklung eines Faktormodells für US-Aktienfonds -- Survivorship Bias in US-Aktienfonds -- Ansätze zur Bestimmung von Selektionskriterien -- Schlussbetrachtung.

The book analyzes how modern portfolio theory and dynamic term structure models can be applied to government bond portfolio optimization problems. The author studies the necessary adjustments, examines the models with regard to the plausibility of their results and compares the outcomes to...

This book criticizes the fact that profitability measures derived from capital market models such as the Sharpe ratio and the reward-to-VaR ratio are proposed for loan portfolios, although it is not proven whether their risk-return trade-offs are optimal for banks. The authors demonstrate that...

Markowitz for the Masses: Portfolio Construction Techniques -- Markowitz for the Masses: The Risk and Return of Equity and Portfolio Construction Techniques -- Markowitz and the Expanding Definition of Risk: Applications of Multi-factor Risk Models -- Markowitz Applications in the 1990s and the...

Einführung -- Eine Entscheidungstheorie für zeitoptimale Entscheidungen -- Risikoneigung über Zielerreichungszeiten - Eine Analyse auf Basis der klassischen Zeitpräferenztheorie -- Risikoneigung über Zielerreichungszeiten - Eine Analyse auf Basis eines neuen St. Petersburg-Spiels --...

Strategic asset allocation purposes and particularly the evaluation of new asset classes require a forward-looking approach. Philipp M. Becker investigates the attractiveness of microfinance investments for different investor categories. To integrate microfinance into an asset allocation...

Preface -- Credibility Theory -- Credibilistic Programming -- Mathematical Programming -- Expected Value Model -- Chance-Constrained Programming -- Entropy Maximization Model -- Cross-Entropy Minimization Model -- Regret Minimization Model