The Investing Revolutionaries: How the World's Greatest Investors Take on Wall Street and Win in Any Market

by Whiddon, James; Knotts, Nikki

• ISBN13: 9780071623940
• ISBN10: 0071623949
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-04-24
• Publisher: McGraw Hill

Summary

Whiddon, host of the popular radio program "The Investing Revolution," provides a platform for some of the world's most successful investors to offer insights and strategies readers can use to increase their wealth and assets while avoiding common pitfalls.

Author Biography

James N. Whiddon is the founder and.CEO of JWA Financial Group and.the co-host of n++The Investing.Revolution,n++ a highly weekly radio.show out of Ft. Worth, Texas. He is.a frequent speaker and writer on.financial topics.
.Nikki Knotts is.the director of communications for.JWA Financial Group, Inc..

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Investing Patriots	p. 1
John Bogle, a Founding Father	p. 1
A Random Walk with Burton Malkiel	p. 7
Efficient Economist: Eugene F. Fama	p. 12
William Bernstein Talks Trade	p. 17
A Nobel Perspective: Capitalism Finding Direction	p. 22
Edward Prescott on Tax Rates and Economic Growth	p. 25
Dinesh D'Souza on What's So Great about America	p. 27
Bottom Line	p. 33
What Wall Street Won't Tell You	p. 35
The House Always Wins	p. 36
Wall Street's Conflicts of Interest	p. 40
The D.U.M.B. Funds	p. 45
John Stossel's Clear Look at the Issues	p. 53
Reconstituting Index Funds and ETFs with Gene Fama Jr.	p. 57
Bottom Line	p. 62
Wall Street's Methods	p. 63
Tuned In and Freaked Out	p. 64
Weston Wellington Reviews Fortune's Top Stocks for the Decade	p. 67
Spam (the Meat) versus Technology	p. 73
OK, Let's Pick Stocks	p. 75
Time versus Money	p. 78
Bottom Line	p. 84
Understanding Markets	p. 85
Possibility versus Probability	p. 86
The Volatility of the Market	p. 91
Bursting the Bubble Mentality with Daniel Gross	p. 95
Robert Samuelson and the Recession Forest Fire	p. 99
Sell Low, Cry High	p. 105
Today's Crisis: A Blip on the Radar	p. 109
Bottom Line	p. 112
Knowing the Investing World	p. 115
Why Stocks Are Still Safer Than Bonds	p. 116
Jeremy Siegel and the Pessimist's Favorite Investment	p. 122
Economic Forecasting: Cash Only	p. 128
Why Asset Classes and Not Sectors?	p. 132
Jane Bryant Quinn's Bad Investment Rule of Thumb	p. 135
Bottom Line	p. 139
The Global Connection	p. 141
Bob Litan on Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, and Emerging Markets	p. 141
Global Diversification	p. 149
Where in the World Should You Invest?	p. 156
T. Boone Pickens on Energy Independence	p. 161
Marvin Zonis on the Global Political Economy	p. 165
Mohamed El-Erian on What Happens When Markets Collide	p. 169
Bottom Line	p. 173
Investor Behaviors	p. 175
Barry Schwartz Offers a Paradox: Why Less Is More	p. 175
Jason Zweig Explains the Brain: How Do We Decide?	p. 179
Peter DeMarzo's Five Characteristics of the Herd Mentality	p. 182
Peter Bernstein Explains Why Losses Hurt So Much	p. 184
Opportunities Lost: The Fear Tax	p. 187
Richard Thaler's Deal or No Deal	p. 189
Ori Brafman on What Sways You	p. 193
Gary Becker on Human Capital	p. 197
Tim Harford Looking Undercover at Economics	p. 200
Bottom Line	p. 203
What's in It for Me?	p. 205
The Million-Dollar Myth	p. 205
Socially Responsible Investing (SRI)	p. 209
How Charity and a Legacy Are More Than Money	p. 215
Changing Lives in One Minute with Ken Blanchard	p. 216
Money and Happiness with Arthur Brooks	p. 226
The Market Return Benchmark (MRB)	p. 231
Three Timeless, Universal Investing Principles	p. 233
Bottom Line	p. 237
Epilogue	p. 239
Appendix: Bob McTeer Delivers Free Market Common Sense	p. 243
Endnotes	p. 251
Glossary	p. 277
Recommended Reading and The Investing Revolution Guests	p. 289
Index	p. 307
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