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how to quantify non-fundamental risk if variance is 100% discounted?
If there's better vocabulary, forgive me.
If you were required to ignore variance as risk, how would you quantify non-fundamental risk?
Many thanks in advance!
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What does “Inst. Own” mean on Google Finance, and how can AOL be 103% “Inst. Own”'d?
https://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE%3AAOL&ei=yZCpUODEMsKqqgHPzQE
Previously, I assumed "Inst. Owned" meant the percentage of the company's stock that was owned by the company (viz. not ...
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Long-term vs short-term strategies \ investing
Suppose most investors have very short investing horizons and use appropriate (for them) strategies, but investor X has a very long horizon. He would like to trade some advantages (early withdrawal ...
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What is the case for active management?
A recent personal finance question asks when to hire an investment professional? Given that many of us here are on the professional manager side of the business, how would you make the case? What ...
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What are some quantitative approaches to value investment?
As a developer and statistician, I consider value investing to be a statistically sound investment strategy. I've read a few books on the area but I am still not clear on valuation measures. So I ...
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S&P 500 list of stocks since 1960
I am looking for the S&P 500 index list of stocks for each day since January 1, 1960. Does anyone know where I can find these lists?
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What type of investor is willing to be short gamma?
As far as I understand, most investors are willing to buy options (puts and calls) in order to limit their exposure to the market in case it moves against them. This is due to the fact that they are ...
