The Investor's Manifesto: Preparing for Prosperity, Armageddon, and Everything in Between

ISBN-13: 9781118073766 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 224 str.

William J. Bernstein

Opis

A timeless approach to investing wisely over an investment lifetime With the current market maelstrom as a background, this timely guide describes just how to plan a lifetime of investing, in good times and bad, discussing stocks and bonds as well as the relationship between risk and return. Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, The Investor's Manifesto will help you understand the nuts and bolts of executing a lifetime investment plan, including: how to survive dealing with the investment industry, the practical meaning of market efficiency, how much to save, how to maintain discipline in the face of panics and manias, and what vehicles to use to achieve financial security and freedom.

• Written by bestselling author William J. Bernstein, well known for his insights on how individual investors can manage their personal wealth and retirement funds wisely
• Examines how the financial landscape has radically altered in the past two years, and what investors should do about it
• Contains practical insights that the everyday investor can understand
• Focuses on the concept of Pascal's Wager-identifying and avoiding worst-case scenarios, and planning investment decisions on that basis

With The Investor's Manifesto as your guide, you'll quickly discover the timeless investment approaches that can put you in a better position to prosper over time.

Spis treści

Foreword ix

Preface xiii

Chapter 1 A Brief History of Financial Time 1

In the Beginning 2

Near–Death in Venice 8

The Incredible Shrinking Risk Premium 11

Summary 12

Chapter 2 The Nature of the Beast 13

Of Ravens and Returns 13

History versus Math 18

Mr. Gordon s Curious Equation 25

Math Detail: The Discounted Dividend Model 29

Home Sweet Home? 35

Adventures in Equity 38

Math Detail: Risk 43

Throwing Dice with God 47

Gene Fama Looks for Angles and Finds None 49

Sandbagged by a Superstar 52

Jack Bogle Outfoxes the Suits 56

It Is Better to Be Lucky Than Smart 63

Bond Funds: A Flatter Playing Field 64

Summary 65

Chapter 3 The Nature of the Portfolio 69

Four Essential Preliminaries 71

The Asset Allocation Two–Step 74

Math Detail: Mean–Variance Analysis 83

With Luck, Zigs, and Zags 84

Chasing Rainbows 88

Summary 93

Chapter 4 The Enemy in the Mirror 95

Inner Demons 97

Behaving Badly 100

Bargain–Basement Psychotherapy 116

Summary 125

Chapter 5 Muggers and Worse 127

The World′s Largest Bad Neighborhood 128

The Fund Funhouse 135

Summary 142

Chapter 6 Building Your Portfolio 143

Financial Planning for a Lifetime: The Basics 143

Saving for Retirement: Nuts and Bolts 145

How to Save: Dollar Cost Averaging and Value Averaging 152

Four Investors, Four Plans 154

The Rebalancing Question 166

Math Detail: Rebalancing, Momentum, and Mean Reversion 169

Teach Your Children Well 172

Summary 174

Chapter 7 The Name of the Game 179

Investment Theory and History: The Short Course 180

The Portfolio Theory of Everything 181

We Have Met the Enemy, and He Is Us 181

Heads I Win, Tails You Lose 182

Fire When Ready 182

The Books You Need . . . Aged Like Fine Wine 185

Notes 188

Acknowledgments 193

About the Author 195

Index 196

O autorze

William J. Bernstein, PhD, MD, is a bestselling author known as a grassroots hero to independent investors. Formerly a practicing neurologist, Bernstein approaches the problems of saving and investing as someone who had to figure it out for himself from first principles up. He is the author of The Intelligent Asset Allocator and The Four Pillars of Investing highly regarded, plain–spoken guides on how to build a diversified portfolio without the help of a financial advisor the editor of the asset allocation journal Efficient Frontier, and the founder of the popular website efficientfrontier.com. He has also written two volumes of economic history, The Birth of Plenty and A Splendid Exchange, and is a coprincipal in Efficient Frontier Advisors.

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Praise for The Investor′s Manifesto

"Bill Bernstein′s impassioned new book is indeed a manifesto a call to action for Main Street investors to free themselves from exploitation by Wall Street money moguls; to understand the brute principles that ultimately determine stock market returns; and to establish the sound and simple strategies necessary for investment success. The Investor′s Manifesto is a grand–slam home run."
John C. Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Group, Inc.

"This is the investment book that my kids, step–kids, and sisters will read, remember, and thank me for. Bernstein′s way with ideas and words means that for all of them, practical investment is no longer too hard or too dull to master. The aha! moment for me was finding out what Bernstein is recommending to his readers now."
Ed Tower, Professor of Economics, Duke University

"The Investor′s Manifesto is packed with wisdom and charmingly written. It belongs on every investor′s bookshelf."
Burton G. Malkiel, author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street

"There is no better writer on investing than William Bernstein. If he has written it, it is a must–read. Whether you are just beginning your journey or already in retirement, this book is an invaluable guide filled with pearls of wisdom."
Larry Swedroe, Principal and Director of Research, The Buckingham Family of Financial Services, author of Wise Investing Made Simple and The Only Guide You′ll Ever Need series

"In The Investor′s Manifesto, author William Bernstein, PhD, MD, has condensed his long experience and intellectual wisdom into an easy–to–read and easy–to–understand book that deserves to be on the bookshelf of every serious investor."
Taylor Larimore, coauthor of The Bogleheads′ Guide to Investing and The Bogleheads′ Guide to Retirement Planning

"The Investor′s Manifesto brilliantly lays out timeless investment strategies in a clear, easy–to–understand manner. Whether an investing novice or an experienced investor, Bill Bernstein helps you recover from the market decline and build a solid financial future. Longtime Bernstein fans will find the answer to the question ′What would Bill do?′"
Laura F. Dogu, coauthor of The Bogleheads′ Guide to Retirement Planning