Active Equity Management

Active Equity Management provides a comprehensive understanding of technical, fundamental, and economic signals used in equities trading. It explores in detail how such signals may be created, rigorously tested and successfully implemented. Filled with practitioner insights derived from years of experience in the hedge fund industry, and supported with academic theory, Active Equity Management provides an in-depth review of basic financial concepts, examines data sources useful for equities trading, and delves into popular seasonal effects and market indicators. It also highlights best practices in model development, portfolio construction, risk management, and execution. In combining topical thinking with the latest trends, research, and quantitative frameworks, Active Equity Management will help both the novice and the veteran practitioner understand the exciting world of equities trading.

• Covers extensive data sources to build investing information, insight and conviction edges
• Examines seasonal effects, explores economic & market indicators to make better trading decisions
• Addresses technical and fundamental signal construction and testing
• Explains dynamic factor timing strategies, portfolio construction and management
• Reviews standard approaches for trade-level and portfolio-level performance measurement
• Discusses implementation, trading cost analysis and turnover management

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Data
Chapter 3 Seasonal Effects
Chapter 4 Economic and Market Indicators
Chapter 5 Technical Signals
Chapter 6 Fundamental Signals
Chapter 7 Other Signals
Chapter 8 Performance Measures
Chapter 9 Signal Construction and Testing
Chapter 10 Portfolio Construction and Risk Management
Chapter 11 Dynamic Portfolio Construction
Chapter 12 Statistical Arbitrage
Chapter 13 Other Investment Strategies
Chapter 14 Implementation