Pioneering Portfolio Management:
An Unconventional Approach to Institutional Investment

« In his fourteen years as Yale's chief investment officer, David Swensen has revolutionised management of the university's investment portfolio. By relying on nonconventional assets, including private equity and venture capital, Swensen has achieved a remarkable annualised return of 16.2 percent, which has added more than $2 billion to Yale's endowment.

Pioneering Portfolio Management provides a road map for creating a successful investment programme. Informed by Swensen's deep knowledge of financial markets, and ranging from the broad issues of goals and investment philosophy to the strategic and tactical aspects of portfolio management the book provides ... Lesen Sie hier weiter! »

Unconventional Success:
A Fundamental Approach to Personal Investment

« In UNCONVENTIONAL SUCCESS, investment legend David Swensen reveals why the for-profit mutual fund industry consistently fails the average investor, from its excessive management and incentive fees to the frequent 'churning' of portfolios that forces investors to pay higher taxes. Perhaps most destructive of all are flagrant schemes designed to thwart regulators and further erode portfolios, limiting investor choice and reducing returns.

Swensen's solution? A 'contrarian' investment alternative that creates more ... Lesen Sie hier weiter! »

The Coffeehouse Investor:
How to Build Wealth, Ignore Wall Street, and Get on with Your Life

« Schultheis shows readers that by focusing more on their passions and creativity, and less on money and the hype and hysteria of Wall Street, they will actually build more wealth - and improve the quality of their lives at the same time. The prose may be charming, but the investment advice is powerful and timely. Successful investing has nothing to do with 'hot' stocks and 'cool' mutual funds, but is achieved by adhering to the three simple steps set forth in 'The Coffeehouse Investor'.

There are ways to simplify investment decisions when building a sophisticated portfolio. With just a minimum of effort investors can ... Lesen Sie hier weiter! »

The Intelligent Asset Allocator:
How to Build Your Portfolio to Maximize Returns and Minimize Risk

« This book includes time-tested techniques - safe, simple, and proven effective - for building your own investment portfolio. As its title suggest, Bill Bernstein's fine book honors the sensible principles of Benjamin Graham in the "Intelligent Investor". Bernstein's concepts are sound, his writing crystal clear, and his exposition is orderly. Any reader who takes the time and effort to understand his approach to the crucial subject of asset allocation will surely be rewarded with enhanced long-term returns.

A practicing neurologist, he used his self-taught investment knowledge and research to ... Lesen Sie hier weiter! »

The Four Pillars of Investing:
Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio

« In "The Four Pillars of Investing", Dr. Bernstein explains how any independent investor can construct a superior investment portfolio by learning the four essentials ... Lesen Sie hier weiter! »

A Random Walk Down Wall Street:
The Time-tested Strategy for Successful Investing

« Updated with a new chapter that draws on behavioural finance, the field that studies the psychology of investment decisions, here is the best-selling, authoritative and gimmick-free guide to investing. Burton Malkiel evaluates the full range of investment opportunities, from stocks, bonds and money markets to insurance, home ownership and tangible assets such as gold or collectibles.

This edition includes new strategies for rearranging your portfolio for retirement, along with the book's classic life-cycle guide to ... Lesen Sie hier weiter! »

All about Asset Allocation:
The Easy Way To Get Started

« "All About Asset Allocation" goes beyond sound-bite financial columns and TV programs to explain asset allocation in terms that anyone can understand. Using a concise style, it features straight-forward explanations of asset allocation, a review of the asset allocation process, and ... Lesen Sie hier weiter! »

All About Index Funds:
The Easy Way To Get Started

« This book presents everything you need to know about index funds in one updated resource. The newly updated edition of "All About Index Funds" gives individual investors all the tools they need to navigate one of today's hottest investing areas.

It features complete coverage of all the new U.S. equity indexes that have changed the dynamics of the index fund marketplace, the expanding role of ETFs and active indexing, and the evolution of ... Lesen Sie hier weiter! »