The Gone Fishin' Portfolio Get Wise, Get Wealthy...and Get on With Your Life
by Green, Alexander; Sjuggerud, SteveFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-09-09
Publisher(s): Wiley
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Summary
Outperform the vast majority of investment professionals while paying nothing in sales charges, brokerage fees, or commissions by modifying your investment strategy. Learn how to make your investment dreams come true with the advice in The Gone Fishin' Portfolio: Get Wise, Get Wealthy...and Get on With Your Life, a guide that's based on a Nobel Prize-winning investment strategy yet takes just 20 minutes to implement. Gain an understanding of the fundamental relationship between risk and reward in the financial markets and get an insider's view of how the investment industry really works.
Author Biography
ALEXANDER GREEN is the Investment Director of The Oxford Club (www.oxfordclub.com). The Oxford Club Communiqué, whose portfolio he directs, is ranked third in the nation for risk-adjusted returns over the past five years by the independent Hulbert Financial Digest. Mr. Green is also Chairman of Investment U, an Internet-based investment research service with over 300,000 readers (www.investmentu.com). He has been featured on The O'Reilly Factor, and has been profiled by Forbes, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, and MarketWatch, among others. He currently lives in central Florida with his wife, Karen, and their children, Hannah and David.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. vii |
| Preface | p. xi |
| Acknowledgments | p. xv |
| Get Wise | p. 1 |
| Introduction | p. 3 |
| The Unvarnished Truth About Your Money | p. 9 |
| The First Step on the Road to Financial Freedom | p. 15 |
| Why Manage Your Own Money? | p. 25 |
| Know What You Don't Know | p. 35 |
| Get Wealthy | p. 45 |
| Common Stocks: The Greatest Wealth-Creating Machine of All Time | p. 47 |
| Don't Buy What Wall Street Is Selling | p. 61 |
| Your Single Most Important Investment Decision | p. 73 |
| The Gone Fishin' Portfolio Unveiled | p. 89 |
| Why the Gone Fishin' Portfolio Is Your Best Investment Plan | p. 119 |
| How to Legally Stiff-Arm the IRS | p. 129 |
| The ETF Alternative | p. 137 |
| Get On with Your Life | p. 147 |
| The Last Two Essentials: Specific Goals and Realistic Expectations | p. 149 |
| Your Most Precious Resource | p. 159 |
| Afterword | p. 169 |
| Vanguard Funds | p. 175 |
| ETFs | p. 217 |
| About the Author | p. 233 |
| Index | p. 235 |
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