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Understanding Alternative Investments

Creating Diversified Portfolios that Ride the Wave of Investment Success

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Stephen Todd Walker
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  • Alternative investments is a global topic for all finance professionals engaged in portfolio management
  • Author Walker has published on this topic in many finance journals and regularly speaks at conferences
  • The world of alternative investments is just on the cusp of breaking out in the marketplace.

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction: That was Then, This is Now

    • Stephen Todd Walker
    Pages 1-22

  3. Does the Universe Move in Waves

    • Stephen Todd Walker
    Pages 23-42

  4. Not All Financial Advisors are Created Equal

    • Stephen Todd Walker
    Pages 43-50

  5. Access to Alternative Investments and Competitive Advantages

    • Stephen Todd Walker
    Pages 51-63

  6. The Changing Financial Landscape

    • Stephen Todd Walker
    Pages 65-78

  7. I Hate to Say It, But I Told You So

    • Stephen Todd Walker
    Pages 79-92

  8. The “Smart Money” is Global

    • Stephen Todd Walker
    Pages 93-111

  9. Hedge Funds: Evil or Angels in Disguise

    • Stephen Todd Walker
    Pages 113-145

  10. The Fools’ Gold or the Real Deal?

    • Stephen Todd Walker
    Pages 147-157

  11. Venture Capital

    • Stephen Todd Walker
    Pages 159-200

  12. Asset Allocation and Alternative Investments

    • Stephen Todd Walker
    Pages 201-222

  13. Modern Portfolio Allocation

    • Stephen Todd Walker
    Pages 223-243

  14. Devising Portfolios with Alternative Investments (Active vs. Passive)

    • Stephen Todd Walker
    Pages 245-263

  15. The Asset Allocation Process and Sample Portfolios

    • Stephen Todd Walker
    Pages 265-279

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 281-319
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About this book

Walker outlines the tools necessary to evaluate alternative investments and further diversify your portfolio using hedge funds, real estate, venture capital, gold and more. Using ground-breaking data on alternative investments, the author explores how to apply new risk measurements for building a portfolio with these investment vehicles.

About the author

Stephen Todd Walker is presently a Managing Director at Oppenheimer and Co., Inc. Mr. Walker works with many CEOs of large publicly traded companies as well as entrepreneurs from privately held growth companies. His clients include Forbes 400 members as well as some of the most affluent families around the world. He was named to The Philadelphia Business Journal's 'Forty Under 40,' which honors the top young entrepreneurs in the Philadelphia area. On February 9, 2009, Mr. Walker was named by Barron's as one of 'The Top 1,000 Advisers' in the United States and was also named as one of the top 25 'Wealth Advisers' in The Philadelphia Business Journal 2009 Book of Lists.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Understanding Alternative Investments

  • Book Subtitle: Creating Diversified Portfolios that Ride the Wave of Investment Success

  • Authors: Stephen Todd Walker

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137370198

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-37018-1Published: 14 July 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-37019-8Published: 10 February 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 319

  • Topics: Investments and Securities

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