Behavioural finance : insights into irrational minds and markets /

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Montier, James.
Imprint:West Sussex, England ; Hoboken, NJ : J. Wiley, c2002.
Description:xviii, 193 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:English
Series:Wiley finance series
Subject:
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4864937
Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:0470844876 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-188) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Psychological Foundations
  • Introduction
  • Biases of Judgement or Perception is Reality
  • Errors of Preference or There is No Such Thing as Context-free Decision Making
  • Conclusions
  • 2. Imperfect Markets and Limited Arbitrage
  • Introduction
  • Ketchup Economics
  • Efficiency and LOOP
  • Stock Market
  • Other Markets
  • Imperfect Substitutes
  • Limited Arbitrage
  • Positive Feedback Trading
  • Risk Management and Limited Arbitrage
  • On the Survival of Noise Traders
  • Informational Imperfections
  • Conclusions
  • 3. Style Investing
  • Introduction
  • The Data
  • The History
  • Potential Gains to Style Rotation
  • Life Cycle of an Investment Style
  • Value vs. Growth: Risk or Behavioural?
  • Style Rotation
  • Quantitative Screens
  • Timing the Switch
  • Conclusions
  • 4. Stock Valuation
  • Introduction
  • Keynes' Beauty Competition
  • The (Ir)relevance of Fundamentals
  • Valuation and Behavioural Biases
  • Cost of Capital
  • Factors from Limited Arbitrage
  • An Analyst's Guide
  • 5. Portfolio Construction and Risk Management
  • Introduction
  • Covariances
  • Correlations
  • Distribution of Returns
  • Fat Tails or Outliers?
  • 6. Asset Allocation
  • Introduction
  • Markets and Fundamentals
  • Dividend Yield, Spreads and Ratios
  • Earnings Yield, Spreads and Ratios
  • Payout Ratio
  • The Equity Risk Premium
  • Should Corporate Financiers be Running TAA?
  • Market Liquidity
  • Crashes as Critical Points
  • 7. Corporate Finance
  • Introduction
  • Irrational Managers/Rational Markets
  • Rational Managers/Irrational Markets
  • Conclusions
  • 8. The Indicators
  • Introduction
  • Liquidity Measures
  • Sentiment Measures
  • Asset Allocation Measures
  • Earnings Measures
  • Technical Measures
  • Others
  • Final Thoughts
  • Bibliography
  • Index