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William J. Bernstein 
The Investor’s Manifesto 
Preparing for Prosperity, Armageddon, and Everything in Between

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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.
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Table of Content

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

About the author

William J. Bernstein, Ph D, 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.
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 224 ● ISBN 9780470558102 ● File size 1.3 MB ● Publisher John Wiley & Sons ● Published 2009 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2319828 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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