The Elements of Quantitative Investing
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The Elements of Quantitative Investing

  1. 403 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The Elements of Quantitative Investing

About this book

Expert real-world insight on the intricacies of quantitative trading before, during, and after the trade

The Elements of Quantitative Investing is a comprehensive guide to quantitative investing, covering everything readers need to know from inception of a strategy, to execution, to post-trade analysis, with insight into all the quantitative methods used throughout the investment process. This book describes all the steps of quantitative modeling, including statistical properties of returns, factor model, portfolio management, and more. The inclusion of each topic is determined by real-world applicability. Divided into three parts, each corresponding to a phase of the investment process, this book focuses on well-known factor models, such as PCA, but with essential grounding in financial context. This book encourages the reader to think deeply about simple things.

The author, Giuseppe Paleologo, has held senior quantitative research and risk management positions at three of the four biggest hedge fund platforms in the world, and at one of the top three proprietary trading firms. Currently, he serves as the Head of Quantitative Research at Balyasny Asset Management with $21 billion in assets under management. He has held teaching positions at Cornell University and New York University and holds a Ph.D. and two M.S. from Stanford University. This book answers questions that every quantitative investor has asked at some point in their career, including:

  • How do I model multivariate returns?
  • How do I test these models, either developed by me or by commercial vendors?
  • How do I incorporate asset-specific data in my model?
  • How do I convert risk appetite and expected returns into a portfolio?
  • How do I account for transaction costs in portfolio management?

The Elements of Quantitative Investing earns a well-deserved spot on the bookshelves of financial practitioners seeking expert insight from a leading financial executive on quantitative investment topics—knowledge which is usually accessible to few and transmitted by one-on-one apprenticeship.

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Information

Publisher
Wiley
Year
2025
Print ISBN
9781394265459
eBook ISBN
9781394265473

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. Notation
  9. Chapter 1: The Map and the Territory
  10. Chapter 2: Univariate Returns
  11. Chapter 3: Interlude: What Is Performance?
  12. Chapter 4: Linear Models of Returns
  13. Chapter 5: Evaluating Risk
  14. Chapter 6: Fundamental Factor Models
  15. Chapter 7: Statistical Factor Models
  16. Chapter 8: Evaluating Excess Returns
  17. Chapter 9: Portfolio Management: The Basics
  18. Chapter 10: Beyond Simple Mean-Variance
  19. Chapter 11: Market-Impact-Aware Portfolio Management
  20. Chapter 12: Hedging
  21. Chapter 13: Dynamic Risk Allocation
  22. Chapter 14: Ex-Post Performance Attribution
  23. Chapter 15: A Coda about Leitmotifs
  24. References
  25. Index
  26. EULA