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Acknowledgments | p. xv |
What Is Rich? | p. 1 |
Saving for Retirement | p. 3 |
The Woes of Social Security | |
Will Baby Boomers Make Social Security Go Bust? | |
In with 401(k) Plans, Out with Traditional Pension Plans | |
Personal Savings: Your Ticket to Rich | |
Save, Save, and Save Some More | p. 7 |
Start Saving Now | p. 9 |
How Four Couples Define Rich | p. 10 |
Bill and Nancy Robinson | |
George and Theresa Ramirez | |
Tom and Sarah O'Neil | |
Steve and Betsy Johnson | |
It's Not Too Late | p. 18 |
The Strategy Revolution | p. 20 |
You Need a Map to Get Where You Want to Go | p. 21 |
The Accidental Investor | |
It's Not a Game--It's a Science | p. 23 |
Short-Term Thinking Destroys Performance | p. 24 |
Staying in the Market Is 90 Percent of the Battle | p. 25 |
Even the Pros Succumb to Human Nature | p. 26 |
I Have Met the Enemy, and He Is Us | p. 29 |
What's the Batting Average? | p. 29 |
The Strategy Revolution | p. 32 |
What Works on Wall Street | |
Only the Fullness of Time Can Show You What to Expect | |
The SandP 500: A Simple Large-Capitalization Strategy | |
Be a Bargain Hunter ... | |
... Not a Spendthrift! | |
It's Not Different This Time | p. 37 |
The Story of Smith and Jones | p. 39 |
The Best Strategies Are Simple | p. 40 |
Be Humble in Face of the Market | p. 41 |
Just Do It! | p. 42 |
The Strategies | p. 44 |
Change the Way You Think | p. 45 |
Factor Definitions | p. 46 |
Market Capitalization | |
Price-to-Earnings (PE) Ratio | |
Price-to-Sales Ratio | |
Relative Strength | |
Dividend Yield | |
Cash Flow | |
Winning Strategies: The Ground Rules | p. 50 |
The Importance of 25- to 50-Stock Portfolios | |
Reasonable Runaways | |
Watch Out for Volatility | |
Commit for the Long Term | |
How Does Reasonable Runaways Work? | |
Why Does It Work So Well? | |
Discipline Is the Key to Success | |
The Lazy Man's Reasonable Runaways | |
Leaders with Luster | |
A Less Volatile Strategy | |
A Great Strategy for the Bear in You | |
How Does Leaders with Luster Work? | |
Getting the Best of Both Worlds | |
Three 10-Stock Strategies | |
Dogs of the Dow | |
That's Some Track Record! | |
The Awesome Power of Compounding | |
Utility Strategy | |
Safety First | |
Income and Capital Gains, Too | |
Core Value | |
Great Performance over the Last 12 Years | |
Putting It All Together | p. 72 |
History Is the Best Teacher | p. 72 |
Mutual Funds: What to Look For--and Look Out For | p. 74 |
Why Mutual Funds Can Be a Good Investment | p. 75 |
Easy Does It | |
Diversification: A Safety Net for the Prudent Investor | |
Why Mutual Funds Can Be a Bad Investment | p. 77 |
The SandP 500 Beats Most Mutual Funds | |
Fund Managers Face the Same Demons We All Face | |
Style Drift | |
Incubator Funds: What You See Is Not What You're Going to Get | |
Window Dressing | |
Mutual Fund Fees: Read the Fine Print | |
Beware the Taxman | |
Rock Stars, Sports Heroes, and ... Mutual Fund Managers? | |
Case Study: The Fidelity Magellan Fund | |
What to Look For in a Mutual Fund | p. 85 |
Discipline, Discipline, Discipline | |
Enhancing Those Indexes | |
Strategy Indexes: Uniting Active and Passive Management | |
Lexington Corporate Leaders: Sticking to Their Knitting | |
Quantitative Funds: The Black Box Approach | |
What It All Boils Down To | p. 89 |
How to Find the Best Conventional Mutual Funds | p. 89 |
International Funds | p. 91 |
Strategies Are the Future | p. 91 |
How to Get the Most Out of Your 401(k) | p. 92 |
The New Pension Plan | p. 93 |
What Makes 401(k) Plans Great | p. 93 |
Contributions Are Pretax Dollars | |
Income Is Tax Deferred | |
Matching Contributions from Your Employer | |
You Can Take Them with You | |
The Basics | p. 95 |
Finding Out About Your Company's 401(k) Plan | p. 95 |
Who's Who in the Bureaucracy | |
The Paperwork | |
How Much Should You Contribute? | |
Where to Invest Your 401(k) | p. 98 |
Equities--Still the Best Place for Your Savings | |
What About My Company's Stock? | |
Bonds and Cash | |
How Much Can You Expect to Make? | p. 101 |
Don't Treat Your 401(k) Like a Bank | |
When Bonds Make Sense | |
Stocks for the Long Haul | |
Time to Get Going | p. 105 |
Portfolios for the Rest of Your Life | p. 107 |
Bill and Nancy Robinson: The Big Payoff of Starting Early | p. 108 |
Tax Advantage Makes Saving Easier | |
Their Future Looks Bright | |
How to Invest for a Rich Retirement | |
Aggressive Investing Pays Huge Returns | |
A More Conservative Path | |
The Power of Youth | |
George and Theresa Ramirez: You Can't Be Too Prepared | p. 115 |
Saving for the College Years | |
Ensuring Their Future | |
When They're 65 | |
The Power of Strategy Indexes in a 401(k) | |
How to Lower Risk and Still Retire Rich | |
A Middle-of-the-Road Strategy That's Hardly Middle of the Road | |
Tom and Sarah O'Neil: Allowing Persistence to Overcome Risk and Fear | p. 121 |
Sarah's Fears Are All Too Common | |
A Plan for Sarah | |
The O'Neils' Future Transformed | |
Steve and Betsy Johnson: Making Up for Lost Time | p. 126 |
Putting a Plan in Place | |
Steve's Plan: Watch Out for Risk | |
Betsy's Plan: Keep Saving | |
Steve's Postretirement Portfolio | |
The Johnsons' Nest Egg When Betsy Retires | |
What to Do with an Inheritance | |
Steve and Betsy's Future | |
The Right Plan for You | p. 132 |
The Broken Record: Stay in the Market | p. 134 |
Pitfalls, Roadblocks, and Excess Baggage | p. 135 |
Perils and Pitfalls of Investing | p. 135 |
The Crash of 1987 | |
Black Monday | |
Panic Spans the Globe | |
More Fuel for the Fire | |
Short-Circuiting Panic | |
Hysteria in the Headlines | |
How to Keep Yourself from Panicking | |
Other Market Panics Are Just the Same | |
What You Should Panic About | p. 142 |
Overcoming Emotions and Panic | p. 143 |
The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same | |
How to Survive a Long Bear Market | |
What If One of My Stocks Tanks? | |
What If I Get Elated? | |
Elation Has Its Pitfalls Too | |
Stay the Course | |
What If Some of My Stocks Soar? | |
Remember Your Goals | p. 150 |
Things Will Cost More When You Retire | p. 151 |
Above All, Stay in the Market | |
Where to Find the Information you Need | p. 153 |
Annual Reports: To the Recycle Bin | p. 153 |
Reasonable Runaways and Leaders with Luster | p. 154 |
The Easy Way: Pick Up the Phone (and Open Your Checkbook) | |
Surfing the Web: The Cheap (and Relatively Easy) Way | |
Big Database, Itty-bitty Price | |
Finding Reasonable Runaways Stocks | |
Finding Leaders with Luster Stocks | |
A Big, Free Database for Reasonable Runaways | |
More to Come on the Internet | |
In the Dogs of the Dow House | p. 160 |
Cyberspace Canines | |
Keeping Up with New Sites | |
Finding Core Value and Utility Strategy Stocks | p. 162 |
Old-Fashioned Value Line | |
Using the Value Line Investment Survey for Windows | |
Computers, Off-line | p. 164 |
I'm Scottish--Is There Hope for Me? | p. 164 |
Consider a Course at Your Local College | p. 165 |
What If I'm Computer-Phobic? | p. 165 |
The Brokerage Revolution: You Win | p. 167 |
On-line Trading Explodes | p. 167 |
Fees Plummet | p. 168 |
Opening an Account | p. 169 |
Is It Safe? | |
What to Expect from an On-line Broker | |
How Should I Choose? | p. 171 |
Price | |
Service | |
Reputation | |
Size and Confidence | |
Trading Your Account | p. 172 |
A 10-Stock Portfolio | |
Portfolios with 25-50 Stocks | |
Off-line Trading | p. 178 |
Traditional Discount Brokers | |
Traditional Full-Service Brokers | |
No Excuses | p. 180 |
The Simple Way | p. 181 |
The Conventional Way | p. 182 |
Those Darn Facts | |
A New, Strategic Path | p. 183 |
The Killer Brownie | |
Keep the Faith | p. 184 |
Bet with the House | |
Stress and the Proud Way | p. 185 |
Peace of Mind and the Humble Way | p. 186 |
Don't Ignore--Accept | p. 187 |
Every Day, Retirement Is Nearer | p. 189 |
Take Action and Retire Rich | p. 189 |
Performance Appendix | p. 191 |
Index | p. 263 |
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