The Handbook of Equity Market Anomalies :Translating Market Inefficiencies into Effective Investment Strategies ( Wiley Finance )

Publication subTitle :Translating Market Inefficiencies into Effective Investment Strategies

Publication series :Wiley Finance

Author: Leonard Zacks  

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc‎

Publication year: 2011

E-ISBN: 9781118127742

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780470905906

Subject: F830.59 Investment

Language: ENG

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Description

Investment pioneer Len Zacks presents the latest academic research on how to beat the market using equity anomalies

The Handbook of Equity Market Anomalies organizes and summarizes research carried out by hundreds of finance and accounting professors over the last twenty years to identify and measure equity market inefficiencies and provides self-directed individual investors with a framework for incorporating the results of this research into their own investment processes. Edited by Len Zacks, CEO of Zacks Investment Research, and written by leading professors who have performed groundbreaking research on specific anomalies, this book succinctly summarizes the most important anomalies that savvy investors have used for decades to beat the market.

Some of the anomalies addressed include the accrual anomaly, net stock anomalies, fundamental anomalies, estimate revisions, changes in and levels of broker recommendations, earnings-per-share surprises, insider trading, price momentum and technical analysis, value and size anomalies, and several seasonal anomalies. This reliable resource also provides insights on how to best use the various anomalies in both market neutral and in long investor portfolios. A treasure trove of investment research and wisdom, the book will save you literally thousands of hours by distilling the essence of twenty years of academic research into eleven clear chapters and providing the framework and conviction to develop market-beating strategies.

  • Strips the academic jargon from the research and highlights the actual returns generated by the anomalies, and documented in the academic literature
  • Provides a theoretical framework within which to understand the concepts of risk adjusted returns and market inefficiencies
  • Anomalies are selected by Len Zacks, a pioneer in the field of investing

As the founder of Zacks Investment Research, Len Zacks pioneered the concept of the earnings-per-share surprise in 1982 and developed the Zacks Rank, one of the first anomaly-based stock selection tools. Today, his firm manages U.S. equities for individual and institutional investors and provides investment software and investment data to all types of investors. Now, with his new book, he shows you what it takes to build a quant process to outperform an index based on academically documented market inefficiencies and anomalies.

Chapter

Contents

pp.:  1 – 7

Preface

pp.:  7 – 13

Acknowledgments

pp.:  13 – 19

CHAPTER 2 The Accrual Anomaly

pp.:  21 – 43

CHAPTER 3 The Analyst Recommendation and Earnings Forecast Anomaly

pp.:  43 – 83

CHAPTER 4 Post-Earnings Announcement Drift and Related Anomalies

pp.:  83 – 111

CHAPTER 5 Fundamental Data Anomalies

pp.:  111 – 137

CHAPTER 6 Net Stock Anomalies

pp.:  137 – 149

CHAPTER 7 The Insider Trading Anomaly

pp.:  149 – 167

CHAPTER 8 Momentum: The Technical Analysis Anomaly

pp.:  167 – 193

CHAPTER 9 Seasonal Anomalies

pp.:  193 – 225

CHAPTER 10 Size and Value Anomalies

pp.:  225 – 285

CHAPTER 11 Anomaly-Based Processes for the Individual Investor

pp.:  285 – 305

APPENDIX Use of Anomaly Research by Professional Investors

pp.:  305 – 327

About the Contributors

pp.:  327 – 337

Index

pp.:  337 – 343

LastPages

pp.:  343 – 354

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