The Intelligent Asset Allocator: How to Build Your Portfolio to Maximize Returns and Minimize Risk (Professional Finance & Investment)

A breath of fresh air for investors tired of overly technical investment tomes, this book will help investors:Learn the risk/reward characteristics of various investment types Understand and apply portfolio theory for an improved risk/reward ratio Sharpen their focus, and take control of their investment programsWilliam Bernstein runs a websiteefficientfrontierknown for its quarterly journal of asset allocation and portfolio theory, Efficient Frontier.. A practicing neurologist, he used his self-taught investment knowledge and research to build a popular investor’s website. “Bernstein has become a guru to a peculiarly ’90s group: well-educated, Internet-powered people intent on investing welland with minimal ‘help’ from professional Wall Street.”--Robert Barker, BusinessWeek William Bernstein is one of today’s most unlikely financial heroes. Now, in the plain-spoken The Intelligent Asset Allocator, h

"Essential Reading" according to 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 the. MartinR said One of the top 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 driv. books that should be on every saver/investor's book shelf!. 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 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 driv. 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 driv. "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 all

. 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

William Bernstein (North Bend, OR) runs a website--efficientfrontier--known for its quarterly journal of asset allocation and portfolio theory, Efficient Frontier.