MODULE 3
EQUITY PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

DAY ONE Monday, July 23rd
TOP DOWN APPROACHES & STYLE SELECTION
HISTORICAL EVIDENCE ON  EQUITY MARKET RETURNS
  • Review of the historical evidence on Equity Market Performance from key sources:
    • Dimson, Marsh and Staunton "The Triumph of the Optimists"
    • Jeremy Siegel "Stocks for the Long Run"
    • Shiller "Irrational Exuberance"
    • Assessment of equity market prospective returns
  • BUBBLES IN FINANCIAL MARKETS - HOW TO STOP THEM
  • 1999 - 2000: Tech bubble
  • Global housing bubble
  • 2006 - fall in Middle East markets
  • THE EQUITY RISK PREMIUM
  • Evidence on the size of the risk premium
  • Ex post and ex ante views on the equity risk premium
  • SELECTION OF EQUITY MARKET INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
  • Value versus Growth Stocks
  • The Importance of Reivestment
  • The Small Cap Phenomenon: has it reappeared?
  • Domestic versus Global Investment Strategies
  • GUEST SPEAKER
    Sreekala Kochugovindan
    Asset Allocation Strategist
    BARCLAYS CAPITAL
    Barclays Capital Equity Gilt Study: Long Term Equity and Bond Market Returns
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