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9780399537790

The Smartest Portfolio You'll Ever Own A Do-It-Yourself Breakthrough Strategy

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  • ISBN13:

    9780399537790

  • ISBN10:

    0399537791

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-09-04
  • Publisher: Perigee Trade

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Summary

Acclaimed and bestselling author Dan Solin shows you how to create a SuperSmart Portfolio that follows the same strategies used by the most sophisticated investment advisers in the world-but previously unavailable to most do-it-yourself investors. Providing the specific information and guidance lacking in most investment guides, Solin leaves nothing to chance in this accessible and thoughtful guide that will put you in control of your investment future.

Author Biography

Dan Solin, an Investment Advisor Representative and nationally known advocate for investors, is the author of The Smartest Retirement Book You’ll Ever Read, Does Your Broker Owe You Money?, and the New York Times bestsellers The Smartest Investment Book You’ll Ever Readand The Smartest 401(k) Book You’ll Ever Read. His award-winning books have been widely praised by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Library Journal, and many financial writers, leading economists, and others.

Solin is a financial columnist for AOL. His advice appears frequently on its Welcome Screen where it is viewed by millions of readers. He is also one of the most popular financial bloggers on The Huffington Post. A frequent guest on national television and radio shows, Solin has addressed professional organizations of accountants, advisors and financial planners and has testified before Congress on investor issues.

Table of Contents

Introduction: A Lesson from Einsteinp. xi
The Wrong Way
A Battle for Your Brainp. 3
In Bizarro World, These Traits Would Be Valuedp. 7
Investing Without Eddie O'Nealp. 12
Join a Wise Crowdp. 15
Trading Against Goldman Sachsp. 18
What You Can Really Learn from Dr. Doomp. 20
The Myth of the Lost Decadep. 23
The Myth of the Excellent Companyp. 26
The Myth of Holding Individual Stocksp. 29
The Myth of Holding Individual Bondsp. 32
The Myth of Skillp. 34
A Potpourri of Other Mythsp. 37
The Cost of Believing Investing Mythsp. 44
The Smartest Way
Superior Returns Are Within Your Graspp. 49
The Right Focusp. 52
Taxes and Costs: Stealth Enemiesp. 57
Rebalancing: Sense and Nonsensep. 60
The Smartest Portfolios
The Four Smartest Portfolios: An Overviewp. 65
Fama and French Are SuperSmartp. 68
The SuperSmart Portfolio: Designed to Produce Higher Returnsp. 76
The SuperSmart Portfolio: Chapter and Versep. 79
SuperSmart Portfolio Returnsp. 84
Smartest Alternative Portfolios
The Smartest Target Date Portfoliop. 91
The Smartest ETF Portfoliop. 96
The Smartest Index Fund Portfoliop. 103
The Bottom Linep. 107
Going It Alone or Getting Advice
Asking the Wrong Questionp. 117
Fooling the Fans, but Not the Playersp. 123
An Unlikely Source of Returnsp. 127
Don't Confuse Knowledge with Successp. 130
The Dimensional Differencep. 133
The Takeawayp. 136
Says Who?p. 139
Glossaryp. 171
Constructing the SuperSmart Portfoliop. 179
Raw Data Used to Produce Risks and Returnsp. 181
Fidelity and T. Rowe Price Fund Options for the Smartest Index Fund Portfoliop. 187
Acknowledgmentsp. 195
Publisher's Notep. 197
Indexp. 199
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