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"Supported by detailed analysis, The Economist Guide to Investment Strategy outlines how to construct investment strategies that are appropriate for individual investors. It emphasises the importance of taking insights from behavioural analysis into account as well as the principles of traditional finance, and it explores the latest research which has created new understandings of what investors want to achieve and investors' customary mistakes." "The first edition of the guide highlighted old-fashioned keep-it-simple strategies just as a wave of ever more complicated investment ideas appeared to be sweeping almost all in its path. It underlined the anchor role of government bonds in managing risk and emphasied the hidden threats of illiquidity as investments get more sophisticated - and it warned of the dangers of taking comfort from surprisingly low volatility hedge fund strategies." The second edition has been extensively revised and extended, with its many charts and tables updated. But its central themes remain the same. Most investors save for the long term, not the short term. Government bonds, not cash, provide the safe haven. Equities can be more than adequate as a return-seeking risk asset. Alternative investments are complicated and often opaque, and the skills necessary to unearth opportunites are scarce.
Pt. 1 The big picture
1 Setting the scene
2 Understand your behaviour
3 Market investment returns: will the markets make me rich?
4 Which should we do: buy-and-hold or time markets?
5 The time horizon and the shape of strategy: keep it simple
Pt. 2 Implementing more complicated strategies
6 Setting the scene
7 Equities
8 Credit
9 Hedge funds
10 Private equity: information-based investment returns
11 Real estate
12 Art and collectibles Drivers of art market prices
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"Supported by detailed analysis, The Economist Guide to Investment Strategy outlines how to construct investment strategies that are appropriate for individual investors. It emphasises the importance of taking insights from behavioural analysis into account as well as the principles of traditional finance, and it explores the latest research which has created new understandings of what investors want to achieve and investors' customary mistakes." "The first edition of the guide highlighted old-fashioned keep-it-simple strategies just as a wave of ...