Index
Absolute return, generation
Accounting leverage, economic leverage (contrast)
Active management, passive management (combination)
Active managers, search process
Active risk allocation, importance
Active risk management, dedication
Adaptability call
Agricultural commodities, prices
Agricultural futures (1977–2009)
AIG, bailout
Alchemy of Finance, The (Soros)
Allocators, future adaptability
Alpha
beta, contrast
central bank source
extraction, zero-sum game
generation
policy change, impact
providing, policy error (usage)
risk-adjusted measure
Alpha-seeking macro fund
Alternative energy source, supply (increase)
Annual cash demands, short-term constraints
Annual cash flows, importance
AOL-Time Warner deal
Armageddon scenario, extrapolation
Asia crisis (1997)
repeat
Asia crisis (1998–1999)
Asia currencies, bullishness
Asian equities
impact
perspective
Asia performance
Asset-backed securities index (ABX), problem
Asset/liability matching
Assets
allocation, function
collapse
deflation, renewal
expected return
generation
purchase (Buffett)
Asymmetric bet
example
structure
Back tests
Backwardation
Bacow, Larry
Bailouts, usage
Balance sheets
availability
strength
Baltic dry shipping rate (1998–2009)
Bank capital ratios, Basel II framework (usage)
Bank of International Settlements (BIS), turnover data
Banks
balance sheets, problems
implosion
leverage ratios
Bayesian methods
Bear market
Bear Stearns
bailout
government bond leverage change
perspective (Bernanke)
Beauty contest, concept ...
