The Fundamental Index by Robert D Arnott
Offers a breakthrough strategy to capturing the best market returns at the lowest cost and with the least risk. In this important new book, the highly respected Rob Arnott explains how passive, market capitalization weighted index investing falls short and fails to serve investors, particularly during market downturns.In The Fundamental Index, the leading industry thinker, Rob Arnott and his colleagues, present a new indexing method that captures more return for equity investors. In this important new book, the authors explain how passive, market-capitalization-weighted index investing falls short and fails to serve investors by investing too much in overpriced stocks and too little in underpriced shares. In short, Arnott et al.’s innovative and straightforward strategy provides investors with a new tool for achieving excess returns in a projected low-return environment while preserving the many positive attributes of index fund investing.- Financial Markets and Portfolio Management
"Rob Arnott and his colleagues have, in The Fundamental Index, produced one of the most controversial books in years in the investment world…Investment professionals would be very well advised to read it."- Financial Times
"...one of the most controversial books in years...Investment professionals would be very well advised to read it." (Financial Times, September 15, 2008)
ROBERT D. ARNOTT is a leading industry thinker and researcher who served as the editor of the Financial Analysts Journal from 2002–2006 and who has authored over 100 articles for journals such as the Financial Analysts Journal, the Journal of Portfolio Management, and the Harvard Business Review. Arnott serves as Chairman of Research Affiliates, LLC, a global leader in innovative investing and asset allocation strategies. Founded in 2002, Research Affiliates distributes investment products in partnerships with leading financial institutions including PIMCO, PowerShares, Charles Schwab, Nomura Asset Management, and FTSE, to name only a few.
JASON C. HSU, PHD, is Managing Director, responsible for Research and Investment Management, at Research Affiliates, LLC. He is also a Professor in Finance at the Anderson School of Business at UCLA.
JOHN M. WEST is Associate Director and Product Specialist at Research Affiliates, LLC. Previously, he was vice president and senior consultant at Wurts & Associates, where he managed the firm’s overall research effort.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780470277843 |
| ISBN 10 | 047027784X |
| Title | The Fundamental Index |
| Author | Robert D Arnott |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons Inc |
| Year published | 2008-05-23 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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