The Intelligent Asset Allocator: How to Build Your Portfolio to Maximize Returns and Minimize Risk“Bernstein has become a guru to a peculiarly ’90s group: well-educated, Internet-powered people intent on investing well—and with minimal ‘help’ from professional Wall Street.” --Robert Barker, BusinessWeek William Bernstein is one of today’s most unlikely financial heroes. A practicing neurologist, he used his self-taught investment knowledge and research to build a popular investor’s website. Now, in the plain-spoken The Intelligent Asset Allocator, he shows independent investors how to build a diversified portfolio—without the help of a financial advisor. A breath of fresh air for investors tired of overly technical investment tomes, this book will help investors:
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Contents
1 General Considerations | 1 |
2 Risk and Return | 9 |
3 The Behavior of MultipleAsset Portfolios | 29 |
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