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* Considers neoclassical models in light of results that can go wrong with them to bring about better models. * Questions the assumption that markets clear quickly. * Offers a timely examination of the LTCM collapse. * Written by a group of well-respected and highly qualified authors.
* Considers neoclassical models in light of results that can go wrong with them to bring about better models.* Questions the assumption that markets clear quickly.* Offers a timely examination of the LTCM collapse.* Written by a group of well-respected and highly qualified authors.
Preface.Introduction and the Institutional Environment.Some Conventional Building Blocks (With Various Reservations).Diversification and Portfolio Selection.Capital Market Equilibrium Theories.Equilibrium Implying Efficiency: The Neoclassical Fantasy.More Realistic Paradigms for Investment.Security Analysis.Empirical Financial Forecasting.Stock Price Growth as Noisy Compound Interest.Investing in Real World Markets: Returns and Risk Profiles.Common Stock Options.Summary, Some Unsettled (Unsettling) Questions, and Conclusions.Appendix A: A Brief Introduction to Probability and Statistics.Appendix B: Statistical Tables.Index.