Fusion Analysis: Merging Fundamental and Technical Analysis for Risk-Adjusted Excess Returns: Merging Fundamental, Technical, Behavioral, and ... Returns (PROFESSIONAL FINANCE & INVESTM) - Hardcover

Palicka CFA CMT, V. John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071629386 ISBN 13: 9780071629386

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2012

Synopsis

Question: What is the best way to make money on your investments?
Answer: There is no one single quick answer. That’s why you need Fusion Analysis.

One of the fastest-growing trends in investment today, fusion analysis combines the best of all possible strategies into one powerful, unified system. Based on the now-famous NYIF investment course taught by renowned portfolio manager V. John Palicka CFA CMT, this all-in-one guide shows you how to:

• Manage fundamental trends like gold investing and small-cap investing
• Master technical tools such as price forecasts and market data histories
• Recognize behavioral patterns like fear, greed, impulse, and sentiment
• Utilize quant systems to adapt, evolve, and balance your investments

Whether you’re a hedge fund manager, a portfolio professional, or an individual investor, you’ll find a complete range of techniques that can work together for you. By combining the very best of all investment approaches, Palicka’s integrated system provides the perfect fusion of theory and practice.

You’ll learn how to capitalize on the repeating nature of investment psychology―and avoid the emotional fallout that can rattle the market. You’ll learn how to strengthen and diversify your portfolio with strategic buys such as gold and other metals. You’ll learn how to identify future growth companies, evaluate real-estate opportunities, and evaluate your assets for the bigger picture. Once you fuse a strategy together, you can adjust your risks for the highest return possible.

In today’s market, you need more than one strategy to grow your investments. You need the full-range potential of Fusion Analysis.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Based on one of the most popular courses at the New York Institute of Finance, this groundbreaking guide to the hottest trend in investing--fusion analysis--is like a master class in seeking alpha for every level of investor.

V. John Palicka CFA CMT combines the four greatest investment forces--fundamental, technical, behavioral, and quantitative analysis--into one unified investment plan, so you can:

• Anticipate and adapt to market trends using more than one method
• Generate investment alphas
• Create your own system based on the best of all strategies
• Learn the answer to the "new normal" that's plaguing the world economies and grow your wealth

In addition, this comprehensive guide offers a crash course in a wide range of subjects, including quant systems, valuation, derivatives, and the Elliott Wave Principle. It's everything you need to know about investing for your future--all fused into one powerful package.

Fusion Analysis is your answer to a world of increasing market volatility, dwindling absolute returns, and more managers failing to provide risk-adjusted excess returns.

About the Author:

V. John Palicka, CFA, CMT, has been researching and managing global, emerging, and US small-cap stocks for more than 30 years. He helped generate high alpha returns during his 11-year career as Chief Portfolio Manager of small- and mid-cap stocks at The Prudential Insurance Company, where he managed over $1.5 billion. He is currently President and Chief Portfolio Manager at Global Emerging Growth Capital (GEGC). Palicka has done extensive training for major asset management firms around the world. He has provided advice to country presidents, leading banking officials, and wealthy investors, and he has taught finance courses at Columbia Business School, Baruch, and New York University. He earned his MBA at Columbia University. Palicka lives in New York City with his wife and three children.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0071629386
• ISBN 13: 9780071629386
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 480