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    All About Asset Allocation, Second Edition
    All About Asset Allocation, Second Edition
    All About Asset Allocation, Second Edition
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    All About Asset Allocation, Second Edition

    By Richard A. Ferri

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    WHEN IT COMES TO INVESTING FOR YOUR FUTURE, THERE'S ONLY ONE SURE BET—ASSET ALLOCATION

    THE EASY WAY TO GET STARTED
    Everything You Need to Know About How To:

    • Implement a smart asset allocation strategy
    • Diversify your investments with stocks, bonds,real estate, and other classes
    • Change your allocation and lock in gains

    Trying to outwit the market is a bad gamble. If you're serious about investing for the long run, you have to take a no-nonsense, businesslike approach to your portfolio. In addition to covering all the basics, this new edition of All About Asset Allocation includes timely advice on:

    • Learning which investments work well together and why
    • Selecting the right mutual funds and ETFs
    • Creating an asset allocation that’s right for your needs
    • Knowing how and when to change an allocation
    • Understanding target-date mutual funds

    "All About Asset Allocation offers advice that is both prudent and practical--keep it simple, diversify, and, above all, keep your expenses low--from an author who both knows how vital asset allocation is to investment success and, most important, works with real people." -- John C. Bogle, founder and former CEO, The Vanguard Group

    "With All About Asset Allocation at your side, you'll be executing a sound investment plan, using the best materials and wearing the best safety rope that money can buy." -- William Bernstein, founder and author, The Intelligent Asset Allocator

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMcGraw-Hill Education
    Release dateJul 12, 2010
    ISBN9780071759519

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      This Book gives the Reader a good Insight in how to build a portfolio and organise his Strategic Asset Allocation in a good way. Besides the review of the asset classes (which experienced readers may skip), I liked the chapter about Commodities (Alternative Investments chapter 10). I do hope an update is under way, because things has changed a lot since the book has been written (2010). Much appreciated!
    • 4/5
      Straight forward and well conveyed. Filled with examples which help visualize the ideas expressed. Great read for us beginners to understand asset allocation, it's related terms and how they affect us.

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