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

by Alexander Green, Steve Sjuggerud (Foreword by)

Overview

A timeless investment guide that reveals how to consistently earn market-beating returns while reducing risk

What every investor needs is a battle-tested strategy that embraces the uncertainty of financial markets-and life in general. One that will yield market-beating portfolio returns in both good times and bad. The Gone Fishin' Portfolio shows you what that strategy is, how it works, and why you should begin using it immediately.

The innovative approach outlined throughout these pages will help investors enjoy a notably high probability of success by using an investment strategy based on the notion that nobody knows what the market is likely to do next, which, in effect, allows investors to capitalize on uncertainty.

• Details one of the safest and simplest ways to reach your long-term financial goals, and explores the financial and psychological challenges you're likely to face in the years ahead
• The "Gone Fishin' Portfolio" is based on a Nobel Prize-winning investment strategy that takes just twenty minutes to implement
• Discusses the relationship between risk and reward in financial markets, and reveals how the investment industry really works

The Gone Fishin' Portfolio will allow you to reach your most important investment goals, beat Wall Street at its own game, and achieve the financial independence you deserve.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470598191
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	06/01/2010
Series:	Agora Series , #19
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	456,709
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

ALEXANDER GREEN is the Investment Director of The Oxford Club, Chairman of Investment U, and the Editor of Spiritual Wealth. He has been featured on Oprah & Friends, CNBC, Fox News, and The O'Reilly Factor, and has been profiled in the Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Forbes, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, and many other publications. He is the author of the bestselling title The Secret of Shelter Island (Wiley).

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Table of Contents

Foreword vii

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xv

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: Why Manage Your Own Money? 25

Chapter 4: Know What You Don’t Know 35

Part II Get Wealthy 45

Chapter 5: Common Stocks: The Greatest Wealth-Creating Machine of All Time 47

Chapter 6: Don’t Buy What Wall Street Is Selling 61

Chapter 7: Your Single Most Important Investment Decision 73

Chapter 8: The Gone Fishin’ Portfolio Unveiled 89

Chapter 9: Why the Gone Fishin’ Portfolio Is Your Best Investment Plan 119

Chapter 10: How to Legally Stiff-Arm the IRS 129

Chapter 11: The ETF Alternative 137

Part III Get On with Your Life 147

Chapter 12: The Last Two Essentials: Specific Goals and Realistic Expectations 149

Chapter 13: Your Most Precious Resource 159

Afterword 169

Appendix A: Vanguard Funds 175

Appendix B: ETFs 217

About the Author 233

Index 235

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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