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The Missing Billionaires
A Guide to Better Financial Decisions
Buch von Victor Haghani (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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Over the past century, if the wealthiest families had spent a reasonable fraction of their wealth, paid taxes, invested in the stock market, and passed their wealth down to the next generation, there would be tens of thousands of billionaire heirs to generations-old fortunes today. The puzzle of the missing billionaires is why you cannot find one such billionaire on any current rich list. There are a number of explanations, but this book is focused on one which is of profound importance to all investors: poor risk decisions, both in investing and spending. Many of these families didn't choose bad investments--but they sized them incorrectly, and allowed their spending decisions to amplify this mistake.

This book offers a simple yet powerful framework for making important lifetime financial decisions in a systematic and rational way. It's for readers with a baseline level of financial literacy, but doesn't require a PhD. It fills the gap between personal finance books and academic literature, bringing the valuable insights of academic finance to non-specialists.

You will learn about the theory of optimal investment sizing from first principles. These ideas will then be extended to problems in lifetime financial decision-making, with emphasis on the integration of investment, saving and spending decisions. Throughout, attention will be paid to practical implementation details, including how to calibrate your personal level of risk-aversion, and how to estimate the expected return and risk on a broad spectrum of investments. Finally, you will see how a series of fascinating financial puzzles can be unlocked with the new framework and tools that have been acquired.

The book is packed with case studies and anecdotes, including one about Victor's investment with LTCM as a partner, and a bonus chapter on Liar's Poker. The authors draw extensively on their own experiences as principals of Elm Wealth, a multi-billion-dollar wealth management practice, and prior to that on their years as quantitative researchers and arbitrage traders.

Whether you are young and building wealth, an entrepreneur invested heavily in your own business, or at a stage where your primary focus is investing and spending, The Missing Billionaires: A Guide to Better Financial Decisions is your must-have resource for thoughtful financial decision-making.
Over the past century, if the wealthiest families had spent a reasonable fraction of their wealth, paid taxes, invested in the stock market, and passed their wealth down to the next generation, there would be tens of thousands of billionaire heirs to generations-old fortunes today. The puzzle of the missing billionaires is why you cannot find one such billionaire on any current rich list. There are a number of explanations, but this book is focused on one which is of profound importance to all investors: poor risk decisions, both in investing and spending. Many of these families didn't choose bad investments--but they sized them incorrectly, and allowed their spending decisions to amplify this mistake.

This book offers a simple yet powerful framework for making important lifetime financial decisions in a systematic and rational way. It's for readers with a baseline level of financial literacy, but doesn't require a PhD. It fills the gap between personal finance books and academic literature, bringing the valuable insights of academic finance to non-specialists.

You will learn about the theory of optimal investment sizing from first principles. These ideas will then be extended to problems in lifetime financial decision-making, with emphasis on the integration of investment, saving and spending decisions. Throughout, attention will be paid to practical implementation details, including how to calibrate your personal level of risk-aversion, and how to estimate the expected return and risk on a broad spectrum of investments. Finally, you will see how a series of fascinating financial puzzles can be unlocked with the new framework and tools that have been acquired.

The book is packed with case studies and anecdotes, including one about Victor's investment with LTCM as a partner, and a bonus chapter on Liar's Poker. The authors draw extensively on their own experiences as principals of Elm Wealth, a multi-billion-dollar wealth management practice, and prior to that on their years as quantitative researchers and arbitrage traders.

Whether you are young and building wealth, an entrepreneur invested heavily in your own business, or at a stage where your primary focus is investing and spending, The Missing Billionaires: A Guide to Better Financial Decisions is your must-have resource for thoughtful financial decision-making.
Über den Autor

Victor Haghani has 40 years' experience working and innovating in the financial markets, and has been a prolific contributor to academic and practitioner finance literature. He founded Elm Wealth in 2011 to help clients, including his own family, manage and preserve their wealth with a thoughtful, research-based, and cost-effective approach that covers not just investment management but also broader decisions about wealth and finances. Victor started his career at Salomon Brothers in 1984, where he became a Managing Director in the bond-arbitrage group, and in 1993 he was a co-founding partner of Long-Term Capital Management. He lives in London and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

James White has spent two decades working in finance, covering the gamut of quantitative research, market-making, investing, and wealth management. He is currently the CEO of Elm Wealth, and previously has held research, trading, and executive roles at PAC Partners, Citadel, and Bank of America. He lives in Philadelphia.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword xiii

Preface xvii

About the Authors xxi

Acknowledgments xxiii

Chapter 1: Introduction: The Puzzle of the Missing Billionaires 1

Section I: Investment Sizing 13

Chapter 2: Befuddled Betting on a Biased Coin 15

Chapter 3: Size Matters When It's for Real 27

Chapter 4: A Taste of the Merton Share 41

Chapter 5: How Much to Invest in the Stock Market? 49

Chapter 6: The Mechanics of Choice 67

Chapter 7: Criticisms of Expected Utility Decision- making 103

Chapter 8: Reminiscences of a Hedge Fund Operator 117

Section II: Lifetime Spending and Investing 127

Chapter 9: Spending and Investing in Retirement 129

Chapter 10: Spending Like You'll Live Forever 149

Chapter 11: Spending Like You Won't Live Forever 165

Section III: Where the Rubber Meets the Road 173

Chapter 12: Measuring the Fabric of Felicity 175

Chapter 13: Human Capital 193

Chapter 14: Into the Weeds: Characteristics of Major Asset Classes 201

Chapter 15: No Place to Hide: Investing in a World with No Safe Asset 235

Chapter 16: What About Options? 245

Chapter 17: Tax Matters 265

Chapter 18: Risk Versus Uncertainty 275

Section IV: Puzzles 285

Chapter 19: How Can a Great Lottery Be a Bad Bet? 287

Chapter 20: The Equity Risk Premium Puzzle 291

Chapter 21: The Perpetuity Paradox and Negative Interest Rates 297

Chapter 22: When Less Is More 303

Chapter 23: The Costanza Trade 309

Chapter 24: Conclusion: U and Your Wealth 319

Bonus Chapter: Liar's Poker and Learning to Bet Smart 327

Cheat Sheet 335

A Few Rules of Thumb 340

Endnotes 343

Suggested Reading 357

References 359

Index 373

Details
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Foreword xiiiPreface xviiAbout the Authors xxiAcknowledgments xxiiiChapter 1: Introduction: The Puzzle of the Missing Billionaires 1Section I: Investment Sizing 13Chapter 2: Befuddled Betting on a Biased Coin 15Chapter 3: Size Matters When It's for Real
ISBN-13: 9781119747918
ISBN-10: 1119747910
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Haghani, Victor
White, James
Hersteller: Wiley
Maße: 234 x 156 x 38 mm
Von/Mit: Victor Haghani (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.09.2023
Gewicht: 0,633 kg
Artikel-ID: 119477575
Über den Autor

Victor Haghani has 40 years' experience working and innovating in the financial markets, and has been a prolific contributor to academic and practitioner finance literature. He founded Elm Wealth in 2011 to help clients, including his own family, manage and preserve their wealth with a thoughtful, research-based, and cost-effective approach that covers not just investment management but also broader decisions about wealth and finances. Victor started his career at Salomon Brothers in 1984, where he became a Managing Director in the bond-arbitrage group, and in 1993 he was a co-founding partner of Long-Term Capital Management. He lives in London and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

James White has spent two decades working in finance, covering the gamut of quantitative research, market-making, investing, and wealth management. He is currently the CEO of Elm Wealth, and previously has held research, trading, and executive roles at PAC Partners, Citadel, and Bank of America. He lives in Philadelphia.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword xiii

Preface xvii

About the Authors xxi

Acknowledgments xxiii

Chapter 1: Introduction: The Puzzle of the Missing Billionaires 1

Section I: Investment Sizing 13

Chapter 2: Befuddled Betting on a Biased Coin 15

Chapter 3: Size Matters When It's for Real 27

Chapter 4: A Taste of the Merton Share 41

Chapter 5: How Much to Invest in the Stock Market? 49

Chapter 6: The Mechanics of Choice 67

Chapter 7: Criticisms of Expected Utility Decision- making 103

Chapter 8: Reminiscences of a Hedge Fund Operator 117

Section II: Lifetime Spending and Investing 127

Chapter 9: Spending and Investing in Retirement 129

Chapter 10: Spending Like You'll Live Forever 149

Chapter 11: Spending Like You Won't Live Forever 165

Section III: Where the Rubber Meets the Road 173

Chapter 12: Measuring the Fabric of Felicity 175

Chapter 13: Human Capital 193

Chapter 14: Into the Weeds: Characteristics of Major Asset Classes 201

Chapter 15: No Place to Hide: Investing in a World with No Safe Asset 235

Chapter 16: What About Options? 245

Chapter 17: Tax Matters 265

Chapter 18: Risk Versus Uncertainty 275

Section IV: Puzzles 285

Chapter 19: How Can a Great Lottery Be a Bad Bet? 287

Chapter 20: The Equity Risk Premium Puzzle 291

Chapter 21: The Perpetuity Paradox and Negative Interest Rates 297

Chapter 22: When Less Is More 303

Chapter 23: The Costanza Trade 309

Chapter 24: Conclusion: U and Your Wealth 319

Bonus Chapter: Liar's Poker and Learning to Bet Smart 327

Cheat Sheet 335

A Few Rules of Thumb 340

Endnotes 343

Suggested Reading 357

References 359

Index 373

Details
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Foreword xiiiPreface xviiAbout the Authors xxiAcknowledgments xxiiiChapter 1: Introduction: The Puzzle of the Missing Billionaires 1Section I: Investment Sizing 13Chapter 2: Befuddled Betting on a Biased Coin 15Chapter 3: Size Matters When It's for Real
ISBN-13: 9781119747918
ISBN-10: 1119747910
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Haghani, Victor
White, James
Hersteller: Wiley
Maße: 234 x 156 x 38 mm
Von/Mit: Victor Haghani (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.09.2023
Gewicht: 0,633 kg
Artikel-ID: 119477575
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