Risk and Asset Allocation:Ebook Free Download

Ebook Free Download | Risk and Asset Allocation | This outstanding book on portfolio theory is a must-have for the professional risk-manager and trader. Note that this bound book is really one of three that Dr. Meucci has written; there is a full-length technical appendix and a full-length problems book that are on-line and free of charge. Also, all of his code is available from the Matlab Central site.
I acknowledge another reviewer's pov that the notation is non-standard, however I have a different reaction. Meucci has designed a notation that uniformly covers what are otherwise highly diverse fields. With this unified notation connections and comparisons are made quickly and effectively across areas that have to date been hard to reconcile. For instance, Chapter 5 on indices of satisfaction: I defy anyone to have a clearer comparison on the certainty equivalent, variance at risk, and coherence measures -- three areas that to my readings of the literature are otherwise unavailable all in one place. As another example: portfolio theory *is* all about multidimensional distributions, and Meucci covers uni- and multi-variate statistics in his first three chapters with deep additions in his technical appendices. Using this as a base it is clear how to construct and forecast the returns on a portfolio.
This book additionally brings robust statistical analysis to the fore. Rather than leaving the reader with a multivariate gaussian models and Markowitz mean-variance optimization Meucci starts in his later chapters a full repeal of these simple approaches and looks both at robust distribution analysis along with robust, or constrained, such as second-order cone programming, analysis of returns and optimization. This is the forefront of risk theory. Given that Dr. Meucci lectures around the world on these materials and has made so much of his work available and largely free, I find it the height of laziness of the other reviewer to given 1 star and complain about notation. Rather, Meucci's book and material are the starting point for a well-conceived approach to the field and literature.