The Prudent Investor's Guide to Beating Wall Street at Its Own Game

Download or read book The Prudent Investor's Guide to Beating Wall Street at Its Own Game written by John J. Bowen and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 1998-07-21 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Timely and practical. This book brings the leading edge of investment information to the prudent investor in an understandable way." - Charles Schwab, Chairman, Charles Schwab Corporation. "to write a book like this on Modern Portfolio Theory and make it understandable would be a very difficult job. John Bowen went ahead and did it. Congratulations." - Merton Miller, Nobel Laureate in Economics. Individual investors today must fend for themselves as they seize control of their own portfolios. In this authoritative and ill-researched book, investors learn how to simply and effectively use popular asset allocation strategies - in combinations with mutual funds - to greatly increase their returns. The reader is walked step-by-step through a low-risk, high-return approach using model portfolios and case histories, plus timely information on emerging markets, tax-saving moves, annuity products, and more.