Mutual Funds: Risk and Performance Analysis for Decision Making

This authoritative book enables readers to evaluate the various performance and risk attributes of mutual funds, while also serving as a comprehensive resource for students, academics, and general investors alike. Avoiding the less useful descriptive approach to fund selection, this book employs a balanced approach including both technique and application. The chapters combine clear summaries of existing research with practical guidelines for mutual fund analysis.

• Enables readers to analyze mutual funds by evaluating a fund's various performance and risk attributes.
• Includes templates, which provide an efficient, sound approach to fund analysis, interpretation of results, buy/sell decisions, and the timing of decisions.
• Combines clear summaries of existing research with practical guidelines for mutual fund analysis.