Investment Management and Mismanagement

InhaltsangabePreface.- An Overview of the Investment Process.- A Brief History of Portfolio Management.- Market Efficiency and Anomalies.- Analysts' Recommendations and the Portfolio Manager.- Studies of Institutional Portfolio Performance.- Studies of Individual Portfolio Performance.- Portfolio Mismanagement Issues.- Studies Related to Sulitability and Churning.- Conclusion.- Index.

Seth Anderson is a Professor of Finance with expertise in Investments/International Finance at the University of North Florida. He has served as a research consultant for several large pension plans including EIDupont. He also served as an expert witness work in the area of portfolio management. He is the author of Mutual Funds: Fifty Years of Research Findings, Closed-End Fund Pricing: Theories and Evidence, Initial Public Offerings: Findings and Theories, and Closed End Investment Companies: Issues and Answers. He has also authored more than forty articles published in Journal of Financial Research, Financial Services Review, Journal of Behavioral Economics, Financial Analysts Journal, Journal of Portfolio Management among others. His research findings have been cited in Barron's, Business Week, CBS Radio News, Forbes, Money, Mutual Fund Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and other national and local media.