TY - BOOK AU - Defusco, Richard A. AU - McLeavey, Dennis W. AU - Pinto, Jerald E. AU - Runkle, David E. TI - Quantitative investment analysis SN - 9780740052204 U1 - 332.6 PY - 2007/// CY - New Jersey PB - John Wiley & Sons KW - Investment analysis - Mathematical models N2 - As part of the CFA Institute Investment Series, the Second Edition of Quantitative Investment Analysis has been designed for a wide range of individuals, from graduate-level students focused on finance to practicing investment professionals. This globally relevant guide will help you understand quantitative methods and apply them to today's investment process. In this latest edition, the distinguished team of Richard DeFusco, Dennis McLeavey, Jerald Pinto, and David Runkle update information associated with this discipline; improve the presentation and coverage of several major areas, including regression, time series, and multifactor models; and introduce an even greater variety of investment-oriented examples-which reflect the changes currently taking place in the investment community. Throughout the text, special attention is paid to ensuring the even treatment of subject matter, consistency of mathematical notation, and continuity of topic coverage that is so critical to the learning process ER -