Beyond Diversification: What Every Investor Needs to Know about Asset Allocation - Hardcover

by Sebastien Page (Author)

Generate solid, long-term profits with a portfolio allocated for your investing needs

Asset allocation is the key to investing performance. Unfortunately, no single approach works perfectly--developing the right balance requires a clear-eyed look at the many models available to you, various investing methodologies, and your or your client's level of risk tolerance. And that's where this important guide comes in.

Written by a leading allocation expert from T. Rowe Price, Beyond Diversification provides the knowledge, insights, and approaches you need to make the best allocation decisions for your goals. This deep dive into the how's and why's of asset allocation is organized by the three decisive components of a successfully allocated portfolio:

• Return Forecasting discusses the desired return investors seek.
• Risk Forecasting covers the level of risk investors are prepared to assume to achieve that return.
• Portfolio Construction calibrates the stock-bond mix that balances the risks and returns.

With examples from T. Rowe Price's asset allocation team showing you how the process works in the real world, Beyond Diversification provides everything you need to find the asset combination that will deliver the results you seek. You'll learn how to choose the right tradeoffs, build the most effective asset allocation combination for your needs, and dramatically increase your odds of success for the long run.

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Sébastien Page presents an eclectic blend of theory, anecdotes, and common sense to describe the best practices of investment management. His mastery of the topic, along with his considerable wit, make for a very entertaining way to learn serious finance. Read this book, and without doubt, you will become a wiser investor.
--Mark Kritzman, President and CEO, Windham Capital Management, Senior Lecturer in Finance, MIT Sloan School of Management, and Author of A Practitioner's Guide to Asset Allocation

"This is a wonderful book. It represents an authoritative survey of a broad range of recent research on related topics of asset allocation, risk measurement and return forecasting with an emphasis on its practical application in asset management. It is thoughtful, well written and surprisingly entertaining. The author is a thought leader in this area and his book is a very important contribution."
--Stephen Brown, Emeritus Professor of Finance, NYU Stern School of Business, and Executive Editor, Financial Analysts Journal

"Sébastien Page presents a rigorous but easy to digest guide to the basics of asset allocation. Whether you invest for fun or profit, his framework for forecasting risk and return to build portfolios will resonate. Clearly written and understandable concepts make Beyond Diversification a one-stop choice for any student of investing."
-- Bill Stromberg, CEO, T. Rowe Price

"In this tour-de-force, seasoned investor and researcher Sébastien Page provides sophisticated answers to many questions arising in the practice of asset allocation, risk management, forecasting, and portfolio construction. Page has a tremendous sense of what is important in investment management, and this book reflects that wisdom."
-- Laurence B. Siegel, Gary P. Brinson Director of Research, CFA Institute Research Foundation, and Author of Fewer, Richer, Greener

"Oftentimes, the, powerful ideas of modern finance are obscured by esoteric mathematics and jargon. Not so in this lively and highly readable book by a master of the practice. Sébastien Page brings the ideas of asset allocation to life, especially the debates that continue to animate our profession."
-- Robin Greenwood. George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking, Harvard Business School

"Sébastien Page has masterfully woven threads from academia and practice, combining insights from rigorous research and high-bandwidth anecdotes, to provide an amazingly entertaining and informative tapestry of state of the art asset-allocation techniques. This book is a must-have for anyone who has ever been curious on how the very best construct investment portfolios."
--Vineer Bhansali, CIO LongTail Alpha, LLC and Ex-Partner, Head of Quantitative Portfolios, PIMCO; Author of Tail Risk Hedging

Author Biography

Sébastien Page is head of Global Multi-Asset at T. Rowe Price, overseeing a team of investment professionals dedicated to a broad set of multi-asset portfolios representing more than $350 billion in assets, including the firm's target date franchise. He is a member of the Asset Allocation Committee, which is responsible for tactical investment decisions across asset allocation portfolios. He is also a member of the Management Committee of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

Prior to joining the firm in 2015, Sébastien was an executive vice president at PIMCO where he led a team focused on research and development of multi-asset solutions. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2010, he was a senior managing director at State Street Global Markets.

Sébastien has coauthored award-winning research papers for The Journal of Portfolio Management in 2003, 2010, and 2011 and the Financial Analyst Journal in 2010 and 2014. In addition to Beyond Diversification, he is the coauthor of the book Factor Investing and Asset Allocation, published by the CFA Institute Research Foundation(R) in 2016. Sébastien is a member of the editorial board of the Financial Analysts Journal. He is also a member of the Research Committee of the Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance (Q Group).

He regularly appears in the financial media, including Bloomberg TV and CNBC. Sébastien earned a Masters of Science degree in finance and a Bachelors degree in business administration from Sherbrooke University in Quebec. He has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

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