The Intelligent Asset Allocator: How to Build Your Portfolio to Maximize Returns and Minimize Risk

A practicing neurologist in remote coastal Oregon, Bernstein comes to the problems of saving and investing not from a broker's perspective, but as someone who had to figure this out himself, from first principles up.

Essential Reading J. Glove The Intelligent Asset Allocator sits right next to 'Stocks for the Long Run' and 'The Intelligent Investor' on my bookshelf; it's a classic.I enjoy thinking about asset allocation and how to best structure a portfolio. No matter what studies you may trust the most, asset allocation is clearly a major driver of portfolio returns. This book invites you to deconstruct your assumptions and build them back up again. I would have liked a book ten times as. One of the top 4 books that should be on every saver/investor's book shelf! MartinR I first read this back in the 1990's when Bill Bernstein first published it online in manuscript - and it has been my guide ever since! I consider this to be one of the top 4 books any investor should have to be read from cover to cover. While math, statistics and charts are an essential part of this book, don't be scared off by them - they illustrate the very points Bernstein is trying to drive home - and it's all based on historically empirical d. "For Growing Wealth" according to Prosumer21. I buy this book for intelligent friends who are serious about preserving and growing wealth. It is not suitable for amateur investors who aren't willing to take Bernstein's hand as he walks them through the evidence. Speculators and others who derive entertainment value from "investing" will be immune to Bernstein's knowledge.It is awesome for professionals and personal investors who want to allocate assets based on sound principles and an awareness

This easy-to-understand guide provides everything you need, including:* The basics of financehistorical, psychological, and institutional* Time-tested strategies for improving the risk/reward ratio* Ways to sharpen your focus to improve portfolio managementBernstein walks you through the fundamentals of important topics like multiple-asset portfolios, optimal asset allocations, market efficiency, and strategy implementation.No one knows the future of markets. This is all you need, despite claims of the advisors and pundits looking to profit from your hard-earned money. Profit through good times and bad with a resilient, diversified portfolioThe Intelligent Asset Allocator has helped thousands of people like you build wealth through carefully diversified portfolios. Trust your instincts, trust your research, and trust the proven-effect approach of The Intelligent Asset Allocator, and your portfolio will deliver returns through the blue skies and storms of financial markets.. Your forecast is as good as that of the last financial pundit you saw on TV. Now, with global markets in constant flux, balancing risk and reward is more critical than ever. Self-taught investor William Bernstein offers no gimmicks, inside secrets, or magic solutionsjust the facts about investing and calm, smart advice on how to build and

Vertin Award for his body of financial publications.. He has written for The Wall Street Journal and Money, and was the 2017 recipient of the CFA Institute’s James R. William Bernstein, Ph.D, M.D., is a retired neurologist and co-principal at the money management firm Efficient Frontier Advisors