Understanding Asset Allocation : An Intuitive Approach to Maximizing Your Portfolio

Canto, Victor A.

ISBN 10: 0131876767 / ISBN 13: 9780131876767

Published by Pearson Education, Limited, 2006

About this Item

Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Seller Inventory # 3115311-6

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding Asset Allocation : An Intuitive Approach to Maximizing Your Portfolio
• Publisher: Pearson Education, Limited
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0131876767
• ISBN 13: 9780131876767
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 1.411 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

You can achieve consistently higher returns from your investments. This book shows you the way effective asset allocation can accomplish that goal. It's not enough to rely on some investment manager's one-size-fits-all software to allocate your precious capital: you need to understand the process and take control. In Understanding Asset Allocation, economist, investment expert, and hedge-fund manager Dr. Victor Canto shows you exactly how to do that.

About the Authors

Victor Canto is founder of La Jolla Economics, an economics research and consulting firm based in La Jolla, California.

Victor Canto, Ph.D., is founder of La Jolla Economics, an economics research and consulting firm based in La Jolla, California. He formerly served as chief investment officer of Calport Asset Management and president of A.B. Laffer, V. A. Canto & Associates.

Dr. Canto taught finance and business economics at the University of Southern California (USC) from 1977 to 1985 and has served as visiting professor at both the Universidad Central del Este, Dominican Republic, and the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).

He has authored, edited, or co-edited several books, including the landmarkFoundations of Supply-Side Economics (Academic Press, 1983), as well as Monetary Policy, Taxation, and International Investment Strategy (Quorum Books, 1990);Supply-Side Portfolio Strategies (Quorum Books, 1988); and Currency Substitution: Theory and Evidence from Latin America(Springer, 1987). His work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, and many leading economic journals, including Economic Inquiry,Journal of Macroeconomics, and the Journal of International Money and Finance.