Emerging Stock Markets: Risk, Return and Performance (Research Foundation of AIMR and Blackwell Series in Finance) [Paperback]

Christopher B. Barry (Author), John Peavy (Author), Mauricio Rodriguez (Author)

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Publication Date: January 1, 1997 | ISBN-10: 094320545X | ISBN-13: 978-0943205458 | Edition: 1

Emerging Stock Markets: Risk, Return, and Performance is a compendium of historical data currently available about the performance of securities in emerging markets. As a result, it will be an invaluable aid to the investor or investment manager trying to make informed decisions about investing in emerging market assets. The authors provide monthly stock return data for more than two dozen countries in the Emerging Markets Data Base maintained by the International Finance Corporation. Without such data, analysis of this fascinating asset class has been frustrated.

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Emerging Stock Markets: Risk, Return, and Performance is a compendium of historical data currently available about the performance of securities in emerging markets. As a result, it will be an invaluable aid to the investor or investment manager trying to make informed decisions about investing in emerging market assets. The authors provide monthly stock return data for more than two dozen countries in the Emerging Markets Data Base maintained by the International Finance Corporation. Without such data, analysis of this fascinating asset class has been frustrated.

About the Author

Christopher B. Barry is a professor of finance and holds the Robert and Maria Lowdon Chair of Business Administration in the M.J. Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University. Previously, he served as chair of the Department of Finance at Southern Methodist University and held positions on the faculties of The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Florida. Professor Barry also has taught extensively throughout Latin America and Europe. He is the author of numerous journal articles in the areas of uncertainty in portfolio management and capital markets, the going-public process, venture capital, and emerging capital markets. Professor Barry is book review editor of the Journal of Finance and associate editor of the Journal of Investing, Emerging Markets Quarterly, and the Latin American Business Review. He holds a B.S. from Georgia Tech and a D.B.A. from Indiana University.

John W. Peavy III, CFA, is chair of the board of and chief investment officer of Founders Trust Company. He also serves as adjunct professor of finance at the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird) and as an instructor in the Personal Trust Administration School of the Texas Bankers Association and the Graduate Finance Certificate program at Southern Methodist University. Previously, Mr. Peavy served as the Mary Jo Vaughn-Rauscher Chair of Financial Investments and chair of the Department of Finance in the Edwin L. Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University and was the Arthur J. Morris Visiting Professor of Finance at the Colgate Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia. He is associate editor of the Journal of Investingand serves on the editorial boards of the Financial Analysts Journal and the Review of Financial Economics. Mr. Peavy is the author of four books and numerous articles published in leading academic and professional journals and writes The Peavy Point of View newsletter. He holds a B.B.A. form Southern Methodist University, an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and a Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Arlington.

Mauricio Rodriguez is an assistant professor of finance in the M.J. Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University. He is the author of articles published in finance and real estate academic journals. Professor Rodriguez is an associate editor of the Journal of Real Estate Literature and a member of the board of directors of the International Real Estate Society. He holds a B.B.A. from The George Washington University, an M.B.A. from The American University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut.

Product Details

• Paperback: 126 pages
• Publisher: Research Foundation of AIMR & Blackwell Publishers; 1 edition (January 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 094320545X
• ISBN-13: 978-0943205458
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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