From the perspective of an investor, digital assets are an alternative class of assets. They have several features that differentiate them from traditional investments. This makes them well-suited for a diversified portfolio. The question is how to accommodate them in such a portfolio, how to manage their potential and risk, and how to evaluate them. This short book explains how to include digital assets is a diversified portfolio. It focuses on their differentiating use cases, their idiosyncracies, and how they relate to other types of investment. This is a volume for practitioners and students in finance, asset management, or portfolio construction.
1. Purpose; 2. Principles of digital assets; 3. Use cases in digital assets; 4. Risk and valuation of digital assets; 5. Digital assets in a portfolio; 6. Conclusion: a framework for investing in digital assets; Bibliography.
Henrique Schneider, Anne-Cathrine Tanner, Jean-Pierre Bringhen, Nina Zosso, Cristina Schaffner, Andreas Kellerhals, Daniel Emch, Markus Saurer, Laura Müller, Pranvera Këllezi, Henrique Schneider, Andreas Kellerhals
Wenqian Wang, Fabrice Lumineau, Oliver Schilke, Indiana) Wang, Wenqian (Purdue University, Fabrice (The University of Hong Kong) Lumineau, Oliver (University of Arizona) Schilke
Rachel Alexander, Peter Lund-Thomsen, Rachel (Copenhagen Business School and University of Johannesburg) Alexander, Peter (Copenhagen Business School) Lund-Thomsen
Nicolai J. Foss, Peter G. Klein, Matthew McCaffrey, Milan) Foss, Nicolai J. (Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Texas) Klein, Peter G. (Baylor University, Matthew (University of Manchester) McCaffrey