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Cover; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction: taking stock; The big picture; 1 Setting the scene; Financial fraud: "a hardy perennial"; Other catastrophic risk-taking; Think about risk before it hits you; How much risk can you tolerate?; Know your niche; 2 Understand your behaviour; I...

Sources of investment performanceSafe havens that provide different kinds of shelter; Which government bonds will perform best?; What premium return should bond investors expect?; The equity risk premium; Equity risk: don't bank on time diversifying risk; 4 Which should we do: buy-and-hold or time m...

Long-term pension savings and risk toleranceLong-term strategy: "imperfect information changes everything"; Market timing: an unavoidable risk; Some "keep-it-simple" concluding messages; Implementing more complicated strategies; 6 Setting the scene; A health warning: liquidity risk; Behavioural fina...

Stockmarket anomalies and the fundamental insight of the capital asset pricing model"Small cap" and "large cap"; Don't get carried away by your "style"; Should cautious investors overweight value stocks?; Equity dividends and cautious investors; Home bias: how much international?; To hedge or not to...

Asset-backed securities and collateralised debt obligationsInternational bonds and currency hedging; 9 Hedge funds; What are hedge funds?; Alternative sources of systematic return and risk; "Do hedge funds hedge?"; The quality of hedge fund performance data; What motivates hedge fund managers?; Are...

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