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The Endowment Model of Investing: Return, Risk, and Diversification (Wiley Finance) (9780470481769): Martin L. Leibowitz, Anthony Bova, P. Brett Hammond: Books. Any fund sponsor or portfolio manager considering alternative assets should read this book to gain critical insights into the risks and potential rewards. Bruce I. Jacobs, PhD, Principal, Jacobs Levy Equity ManagementThe modern endowment model with its diversification into multiple asset classes will continue to be an attractive option for investors who have a truly long-term time horizon and are able to ride out bouts of significant short-term volatility. But at the same time, investors should be cautious about accepting the endowment model's past periods of higher returns as a simplistic template for the future.Nobody understands this better than authors Martin Leibowitz, Anthony Bova, and P. Brett Hammond—leading authorities on asset allocation and institutional portfolio strategies. Now, in The Endowment Model of Investing, they share their extensive experience with you and reveal what it takes to make this approach work in today's dynamic financial markets.Filled with in-depth insights and expert advice, this resource clearly focuses on the endowment allocation model and will help investors understand the value in its diversification, examine its theoretical underpinnings and its empirical behavior, and reassess where and when it should be used given its benefits and limitations. By adopting a new approach to the risk and return characteristics of individual asset classes—both standard and non-standard—and then exploring how such a reformulation affects their role within a total portfolio, The Endowment Model of Investing provides a better approach to evaluating diversified portfolios and reaping their full potential benefits.This informative guide is divided into four comprehensive parts:Part I: Alpha/Beta Building Blocks of Portfolio Management: demonstrates that asset classes and portfolios can be decomposed into equity-beta and beyond-beta componentsPart II: Beta-Based Asset Allocation: builds upon the total beta framework to develop analytical tools that provide a deeper understanding of the risk-return dimensions of institutional portfoliosPart III: Theoretical and Empirical Stress Betas: examines both theoretical and actual portfolio behavior in selected regimes, with special attention paid to periods of significant market declinesPart IV: Asset Allocation and Return Thresholds: develops implications for the future of the endowment modelThe modern endowment model is not a magic potion that will smooth returns and lower short-term volatility, but rather a strategy for accumulating incremental returns and achieving more divergent outcomes over the long term—which in itself is one of the most powerful defenses against portfolio risk. For an in-depth understanding of how endowment-like diversification can improve the investment process, The Endowment Model of Investing is the book to read.
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