The intelligent portfolio : practical wisdom on personal investing from Financial Engines / Christopher L. Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Christopher L., 1967-

Contributor:

Financial Engines (Firm)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Investments.

Portfolio management.

Investment analysis.

Risk management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (386 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley & Sons, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Intelligent Portfolio draws upon the extensive insights of Financial Engines-a leading provider of investment advisory and management services founded by Nobel Prize-winning economist William F. Sharpe-to reveal the time-tested institutional investing techniques that you can use to help improve your investment performance. Throughout these pages, Financial Engines' CIO, Christopher Jones, uses state-of-the-art simulation and optimization methods to demonstrate the often-surprising results of applying modern financial economics to personal investment decisions.

Contents:

THE INTELLIGENT PORTFOLIO: Practical Wisdom on Personal Investing from Financial Engines; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction to Financial Engines; Chapter 1: Now It's Personal; Chapter 2: No Free Lunch; Chapter 3: History Is Bunk; Chapter 4: The Wisdom of the Market; Chapter 5: Getting the Risk Right; Chapter 6: An Unnecessary Gamble; Chapter 7: How Fees Eat Your Lunch; Chapter 8: Smart Diversification; Chapter 9: Picking the Good Ones; Chapter 10: Funding the Future; Chapter 11: Investing and Uncle Sam; Chapter 12: Wrapping it Up; Appendix: The Personal Online Advisor

NotesGlossary; About the Author; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-345) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612367694

9781282367692

1282367692

9781118039472

1118039475

9780470372388

0470372389

OCLC:

609858609