The Journal of Investment Management (JOIM) is a fully refereed publication that bridges the theory and practice of investment management

Investment management

Investment management is the professional management of various securities and assets in order to meet specified investment goals for the benefit of the investors...

. The Journal Of Investment Management offers rigorous research with practical significance, drawing from the disciplines of finance

Finance

"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...

, economics

Economics

Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...

 and accounting.

JOIM's framework for editorial review is fundamental to JOIM's mission. Aside from the double blind refereeing of all manuscript

Manuscript

A manuscript or handwrite is written information that has been manually created by someone or some people, such as a hand-written letter, as opposed to being printed or reproduced some other way...

s, authors are encouraged to place equation

Equation

An equation is a mathematical statement that asserts the equality of two expressions. In modern notation, this is written by placing the expressions on either side of an equals sign , for examplex + 3 = 5\,asserts that x+3 is equal to 5...

s in a technical appendix with each equation accompanied by a descriptive interpretation in words.

Other features of JOIM include a Practitioners Digest which highlights the practical significance of each manuscript; an Insights section where leading authorities from academia

Academia

Academia is the community of students and scholars engaged in higher education and research.-Etymology:The word comes from the akademeia in ancient Greece. Outside the city walls of Athens, the gymnasium was made famous by Plato as a center of learning...

 and the profession share insights or thoughts; Case Studies on topics of timely interest; a review of Survey Of The Literature, including important new work or additional material related to one of the papers published; a review of Street Research which covers rigorous research material produced by Wall Street

Wall Street

Wall Street refers to the financial district of New York City, named after and centered on the eight-block-long street running from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, or...

; and Book Reviews.