1.The eternal truth of this updated investment classic,
originally published in 1973, is simple: you can''t beat the market.
Well, technically, you can beat the market, but not profitably,
because the transaction costs of your brilliant trading will eat up
the extra returns. You can also beat the market by pure luck-but
you can''t deliberately beat the market, because you can''t predict
future stock prices. You can''t predict them by divining Wall
Street''s crowd psychology; or by charting tre
內容簡介:
Skilled at puncturing financial bubbles and other
delusions of the Wall Street crowd, Burton Malkiel shows why a
broad portfolio of stocks selected at random will match the
performance of one carefully chosen by experts. Taking a shrewd
look at the high-tech boom and its aftermath, Malkiel shows how to
maximize gains and minimize losses in this era of electronic
brokers, virtual gurus, and flashy investment vehicles. Learn how
to analyze the potential returns, not only for stocks and bonds,
but for the full range of investment opportunities, from money
market accounts and real estate investment trusts to insurance,
home owning, and tangible assets like gold and collectibles. Decode
the rating game for mutual funds and discover the unique advantages
of index mutual funds over the wide range of riskier alternatives.
Year in and year out the best investing guide money can buy, this
enhanced edition includes an update of Malkiel''s famous "Life-Cycle
Guide to Investing," showing how to match an investment strategy to
your stage in life.
關於作者:
Dr. Burton G. Malkiel, the Chemical Bank Chairman''s Professor
of Economics at Princeton University, is the author of the widely
read investment book, A Random Walk Down Wall Street.Dr. Malkiel
has long held professorships in economics at Princeton, where he
was also chairman of the Economics Department. He was dean of the
Yale School of Management and William S. Beinecke Professor of
Management Studies there from 1981.He is a past appointee to the
President''s Council of Economic Advisors. In addition, he currently
serves or has served on the boards of several financial
corporations including Prudential Financial and the Vanguard Group.
He has also served on several investment management boards
including the Investment Committee for the American Philosophical
Association.