The investor's manifesto Preparing for prosperity, Armageddon, and everything in between
Book - 2009
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- Published
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Hoboken, N.J. :
Wiley
2009.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- xxii, 201 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9780470505144
- Foreword
- Preface
- Chapter 1. A Brief History of Financial Time
- In the Beginning
- Near-Death in Venice
- The Incredible Shrinking Risk Premium
- Summary
- Chapter 2. The Nature of the Beast
- Of Ravens and Returns
- History versus Math
- Mr. Gordon's Curious Equation
- Math Detail: The Discounted Dividend Model
- Home Sweet Home?
- Adventures in Equity
- Math Detail: Risk
- Throwing Dice with God
- Gene Fama Looks for Angles and Finds None
- Sandbagged by a Superstar
- Jack Bogle Outfoxes the Suits
- It Is Better to Be Lucky Than Smart
- Bond Funds: A Flatter Playing Field
- Summary
- Chapter 3. The Nature of the Portfolio
- Four Essential Preliminaries
- The Asset Allocation Two-Step
- Math Detail: Mean-Variance Analysis
- With Luck, Zigs, and Zags
- Chasing Rainbows
- Summary
- Chapter 4. The Enemy in the Mirror
- Inner Demons
- Behaving Badly
- Bargain-Basement Psychotherapy
- Summary
- Chapter 5. Muggers and Worse
- The World's Largest Bad Neighborhood
- The Fund Funhouse
- Summary
- Chapter 6. Building Your Portfolio
- Financial Planning for a Lifetime: The Basics
- Saving for Retirement: Nuts and Bolts
- How to Save: Dollar Cost Averaging and Value Averaging
- Four Investors, Four Plans
- The Rebalancing Question
- Math Detail: Rebalancing, Momentum, and Mean Reversion
- Teach Your Children Well
- Summary
- Chapter 7. The Name of the Game
- Investment Theory and History: The Short Course
- The Portfolio Theory of Everything
- We Have Met the Enemy, and He Is Us
- Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
- Fire When Ready
- The Books You Need...Aged Like Fine Wine
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Index