The Gone Fishin' Portfolio: Get Wise, Get Wealthy...and Get on With Your Life

by Alexander Green, Bill O'Reilly (Foreword by)

Overview

Learn how to invest, relax, and let your money do the work with this incredible guide

Fully revised, updated, and expanded for the first time since its New York Times Best-Selling debut in 20TK, the legendary Alexander Green's essential guide for individual investors spells out stock-market success for everyone from first-timers to seasoned pros.

The Gone Fishin' Portfolio: Get Wise, Get Wealthy…and Get on With Your Life, Second Edition delivers a long-term investment strategy that lets you reap the rewards of financial success with a simple, yet sophisticated, strategy that increases returns, reduces risk, and leaves you with time to enjoy the finer things in life.

You'll learn about the fundamental relationship between risk and reward in the financial markets and get a trading insider's view of how the investment industry actually works. With The Gone Fishin' Portfolio, you'll also discover:

• How to take your financial future into your own hands
• How to invest in a way that doesn’t require you to spend every waking moment worrying about your money
• How to avoid the most common traps the investment industry sets for you
• Why skilled investing doesn't have to be complicated

Perfect for individual investors who want to put their money to work for them, The Gone Fishin' Portfolio gives you all the tools you need to manage your own money and maximize your investment returns today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781119795049
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	04/13/2021
Series:	Agora Series
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

ALEXANDER GREEN is the Chief Investment Strategist of The Oxford Club, with more than 35 years' experience as an investment analyst, portfolio manager and financial writer. He writes a highly acclaimed financial newsletter, The Oxford Communiqué, along with three VIP trading services: The Insider Alert, The Momentum Alert and Oxford Microcap Trader. Alex is the bestselling author of three other financial books: The Secret of Shelter Island: Money and What Matters, Beyond Wealth: The Road Map to a Rich Life and An Embarrassment of Riches: Tapping Into the World’s Greatest Legacy of Wealth.

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Table of Contents

Foreword vii

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xxi

Part I Get Wise 1

Introduction 3

Chapter 1 The Unvarnished Truth About Your Money 9

Chapter 2 The First Step on the Road to Financial Freedom 15

Chapter 3 Change Your Mindset, Change Your Life 25

Chapter 4 Why Some Investors Succeed … But Most Don't 33

Chapter 5 Why Manage Your Own Money? 47

Chapter 6 Know What You Don't Know 57

Part II Get Wealthy 65

Chapter 7 Common Stocks: The Greatest Wealth Creators of All Time 67

Chapter 8 Don't Buy What Wall Street Is Selling 81

Chapter 9 Your Single Most Important Investment Decision 93

Chapter 10 The Gone Fishin' Portfolio Unveiled 111

Chapter 11 The ETF Alternative 141

Chapter 12 Why the Gone Fishin' Portfolio Is Your Best Investment Plan 151

Chapter 13 How to Legally Stiff-Arm the IRS 161

Part III Get On with Your Life 169

Chapter 14 The Last Two Essentials 171

Chapter 15 Your Most Precious Resource 179

Afterword 193

Appendix A Vanguard Funds 199

Appendix B ETFs 241

About the Author 257

Index 259

Editorial Reviews

"… business leaders in charge of company 401(k) plans might want to look at The Gone Fishin' Portfolio…without non-correlated investments, workers will never be able to protect themselves from the craziness we call 'Wall Street.'" (The Wall Street Journal, September 26, 2008)

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