This book identifies and discusses the most successful investing practices with an emphasis on
the academic articles that produced them and why this research led to popular adoption and
growth in $AUM.Investors are bombarded with ideas and prescriptions for successful investing
every day. Given the steady stream of information on stock tips sector timing asset
allocation etc. how do investors decide? How do they judge the quality and reliability of the
investment advice they are given on a day-to-day basis? This book identifies which academic
articles turned investment ideas were the most innovative and influential in the practice of
investment management. Each article is discussed in terms of the asset management process:
strategy portfolio construction portfolio implementation and risk management. Some examples
of topics covered are factor investing the extreme growth of trading instruments like Exchange
Traded Funds multi-asset investing socially responsible investing big data and artificial
intelligence. This book analyzes a curated selection of peer-reviewed academic articles
identified among those published by the scientific investment community. The book briefly
describes each of the articles how and why each one changed the way we think about investing
in that specific asset class and provides insights as to the nuts and bolts of how to take
full advantage of this successful investment idea. It is as timely as it is informative and
will help each investor to focus on the most successful strategies ideas and implementation
that provide the basis for the efficient accumulation and management of wealth.
