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A random walk down Wall Street : the time-tested strategy for successful investing / Burton G. Malkiel.

Time-tested strategy for successful investing (portion title)

Malkiel, Burton Gordon. (Author).

Summary:

Newly revised and updated with information on exchange-traded funds and investment opportunities in emerging markets, this trusted investment guide is filled with core insights and expert advice on stocks, bonds, money markets, real estate investment trusts, home ownership and more.

Record details

ISBN: 9780393246117
ISBN: 0393246116
Physical Description: 447 pages : illustrations, charts ; 25 cm
Edition: [Revised and updated edition].
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]
Copyright: ©2015

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Stocks and their value. Firm foundations and castles in the air ; The madness of crowds ; Speculative bubbles from the Sixties into the Nineties ; The explosive bubbles of the early 2000s -- How the pros play the biggest game in town. Technical and fundamental analysis ; Technical analysis and the random-walk theory ; How good is fundamental analysis? The efficient-market hypothesis -- The new investment technology. A new walking shoe: modern portfolio theory ; Reaping reward by increasing risk ; Behavioral finance ; Is "smart beta" really smart? -- A practical guide for random walkers and other investors. A fitness manual for random walkers and other investors ; Handicapping the financial race: a primer in understanding and projecting returns from stocks and bonds ; A life-cycle guide to investing ; Three giant steps down Wall Street.