Deep Risk

Deep Risk
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Total Pages : 56
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ISBN-10 : 0988780313
ISBN-13 : 9780988780316
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Book Synopsis Deep Risk by : William J. Bernstein

Download or read book Deep Risk written by William J. Bernstein and published by . This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This booklet takes portfolio design beyond the familiar "black box" mean-variance framework. Most importantly, the short-term volatility of financial assets, commonly measured as standard deviation, is a highly imperfect measure of the actual long-horizon perils faced by real-world investors subject to the vagaries of financial and military history. These risks have names--inflation, deflation, confiscation, and devastation--and any useful discussion of portfolio design of necessity incorporates their probabilities, consequences, and costs of mitigation ... This booklet contains ... with luck, a framework within income and all-equity portfolios. This booklet contains ... with luck, a framework within which to think more clearly about risk. Note: the entire Investing for Adults series is not for beginners.

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