1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Copyright

      4  Foreword to the First Edition

      5  Preface

      6  Key Takeaways Chapter 1: What Is an Asset Class? Chapter 2: Fundamentals of Asset Allocation Chapter 3: The Importance of Asset Allocation Chapter 4: Time Diversification Chapter 5: Divergence Chapter 6: Correlation Asymmetry Chapter 7: Error Maximization Chapter 8: Factors Chapter 9: 1/N Chapter 10: Policy Portfolios Chapter 11: The Private Equity Leverage Myth Chapter 12: Necessary Conditions for Mean-Variance Analysis Chapter 13: Forecasting Chapter 14: The Stock–Bond Correlation Chapter 15: Constraints Chapter 16: Asset Allocation Versus Factor Investing Chapter 17: Illiquidity Chapter 18: Currency Risk Chapter 19: Estimation Error Chapter 20: Leverage Versus Concentration Chapter 21: Rebalancing Chapter 22: Regime Shifts Chapter 23: Scenario Analysis Chapter 24: Stress Testing

      7  CHAPTER 1: What Is an Asset Class? STABLE AGGREGATION INTERNALLY HOMOGENEOUS EXTERNALLY HETEROGENEOUS EXPECTED UTILITY SELECTION SKILL COST-EFFECTIVE ACCESS POTENTIAL ASSET CLASSES REFERENCES NOTES

      8  CHAPTER 2: Fundamentals of Asset Allocation THE FOUNDATION: PORTFOLIO THEORY PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION THE SHARPE ALGORITHM REFERENCES NOTES

      9  CHAPTER 3: The Importance of Asset Allocation FALLACY: ASSET ALLOCATION DETERMINES MORE THAN 90% OF PERFORMANCE THE DETERMINANTS OF PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE THE BEHAVIORAL BIAS OF POSITIVE ECONOMICS THE SAMUELSON DICTUM THE BOTTOM LINE RELATED TOPICS REFERENCES NOTES

      10  CHAPTER 4: Time Diversification FALLACY: TIME DIVERSIFIES RISK SAMUELSON'S BET TIME, VOLATILITY, AND PROBABILITY OF LOSS TIME AND EXPECTED UTILITY WITHIN-HORIZON RISK A PREFERENCE-FREE CONTRADICTION TO TIME DIVERSIFICATION THE BOTTOM LINE RELATED TOPICS REFERENCES NOTES

      11  CHAPTER 5: Divergence FALLACY: VOLATILITY SCALES WITH THE SQUARE ROOT OF TIME, AND CORRELATION IS CONSTANT ACROSS RETURN INTERVALS EXCESS DISPERSION THE EVIDENCE THE INTUITION THE MATH IMPLICATIONS THE BOTTOM LINE RELATED TOPICS REFERENCES NOTES

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