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A random walk down Wall Street, the time-tested strategy for successful investing, Burton G. Malkiel

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A random walk down Wall Street

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Burton G. Malkiel

the time-tested strategy for successful investing

With the prevailing wisdom changing on an almost daily basis, Burton G. Malkiel's reassuring and vastly informative volume remains the best investment guide money can buy. In a time of increasing inequality, when high-frequency traders and hedge-fund managers seem to tower over the average investor, Burton G. Malkiel's classic and gimmick-free investment guide is now more necessary than ever. Rather than tricks, what you'll find here is a time-tested and thoroughly research-based strategy for your portfolio. Whether you're considering your first 401k contribution or contemplating retirement, this fully-updated edition of A Random Walk Down Wall Street should be the first book on your reading list. In A Random Walk Down Wall Street you'll learn the basic terminology of "the Street" and how to navigate it with the help of a user-friendly, long-range investment strategy that really works. Drawing on his own varied experience as an economist, financial adviser, and successful investor, Malkiel shows why an individual who buys over time and holds a low-cost, internationally diversified index of securities is still likely to exceed the performance of portfolios carefully picked by professionals using sophisticated analytical techniques. In this new edition, Malkiel provides a brand-new section on the recent bubble in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, as well as valuable new material on "tax-loss harvesting"--the crown jewel of tax management. He also presents a critical analysis of two recently popular investment-management techniques: factor investing and risk parity. On top of all this, the book's classic lifecycle guide to investing, which tailors strategies to investors of any age, will help you plan confidently for the future. You'll learn how to analyze the potential returns, not only for basic stocks and bonds but for the full range of investment opportunities--from money market accounts and real estate investment trusts to insurance, home ownership, and tangible assets like gold and collectibles. Individual investors of every level of experience and risk tolerance will find throughout the book the critical facts and step-by-step guidance they need to protect and grow their hard-earned dollars

Part one. Stocks and their value. Firm foundations and castles in the air ; The madness of crowds ; Speculative bubbles from the sixties into the nineties ; The explosive bubbles of the early 2000s -- Part two. How the pros play the biggest game in town. Technical and fundamental analysis ; Technical analysis and the random-walk theory ; How good is fundamental analysis? The efficient-market hypothesis -- Part three. The new investment technology. A new walking shoe: modern portfolio theory ; Reaping rewards by increasing risk ; Behavioral finance ; New methods of portfolio construction: smart beta and risk parity -- Part four. A practical guide for random walkers and other investors. A fitness manual for random walkers and other investors ; Handicapping the financial race: a primer in understanding and projecting returns from stocks and bonds ; A life-cycle guide to investing ; Three giant steps down Wall Street