Ron's Road to Wealth : Insights for the Curious Investor


Ron. Muhlenkamp
Bok Engelsk 2008 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Chichester : : Wiley, , 2008.
Omfang
1 online resource (353 p.)
Utgave
2nd ed.
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Ron's Road to Wealth; Contents; Foreword; Introduction: Why I Want to Publish This Book and for Whom; Part One: THE BASICS OF INVESTING; Chapter 1: Understanding Money; Inflation and Mortgage Rates - Understanding Climate Change; When the Climate Changes, It Changes the Rules; Chapter 2: The Investing Choices; Investing Choice 1: Short -Term Debt; Investing Choice 2: Long -Term Debt; Investing Choice 3: Equities (Common Stock); Aren't Stocks Risky?; Volatility and Sampling Frequency; Volatility and the Media; Risk as Frequency of Down Years; Aren't Stocks Overpriced?. - Diversifi cation - Too Much of a Good ThingThe Game of the Stock Market versus the Business of Investing; Fund Your IRA Every Year, or How to Retire Wealthy by Driving Used Cars; Estate Planning for Generations; Problems with Investing for Income; The Fundamentals of Life Insurance; Why I Like the Flat Tax; The Trouble with Government Spending; Thoughts on the Future; Why Did the Fed Raise Short -Term Rates?; Review of What Works on Wall Street; Competition for the Consumer; Chapter 7: 1999 - 2001: The Fad Years (Some Call Them the "Bubble" Years); Prosperity. - Glossary. - Making Sense of the ChoicesWhat's Available Today?; What Have We Learned?; Part Two: THE ESSAYS; Chapter 3: 1965 - 1978: The U.S. Economy Experiences Accelerating Infl ation; Chapter 4: 1979 - 1981: Transition from Infl ation to Disinfl ation; Why the Market Went Down; Chapter 5: 1982 - 1992: Bonds Do Well; Stocks Do Well; Wake Up, America - Houses Don't Make You Money!; Worker Capitalism Triumphs; Muhlenkamp's Musings on Economics; One Family's Perspective on the U.S. Federal Budget; The Inflation Time Bomb; Defusing the Inflation Time Bomb; What Is Risk?; This Is 20/20. - Open Letter to My CongressmanWhy I Like Long -Term Treasury Bonds Instead of CDs or Money Market Funds; The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same; Basic Financial Maxims I Want My Kids to Know; Why Interest Rates Won't "Go Back Up" Anytime Soon; Mom - The Squeeze on Your "Income" Will Continue; Investing and Farming: Know the Climate; How We Benefit from Free Trade; Personal Finances (Maxims, Part 2 ); Chapter 6: 1993 - 1998: Bonds Are Flat; Stocks Do Well; And the Climate Is . . .; Beware of Good Yields; What Is Risk? (Part 2); Are Stocks Too High?. - Taxes - Choose Your Poison: Old Tax Return versus Proposed Tax ReturnSocial Security by the Numbers; Social Security Revisited: A Plan to Fix It; Economics and Why Election 2000 Is Important; How to Choose a Money Manager; Chapter 8: 2002 - 2006: Back to Normal, a Normal We Haven't Seen since 1965; Consumer Spending; Foreign Investing; The Fad, Recession, and Getting Back to Normal; How Much Money Are You Willing to Lose for a Theory?; Chapter 9: 2007: Where To from Here?; A Final Word; Appendix A: A Topical Guide to; Appendix B: Reading List for Life and Investment Fundamentals 101; Notes. - Praise for Ron's Road to Wealth""Long-term investors will learn much from Ron Muhlenkamp's thoughtful reflections on what he has learned about investing over a thirty-year period of successful practice.""--Milton Friedman""Ron Muhlenkamp has thought long and hard and successfully about investments for many years. He has learned not to be misled by the distortions that inflation brings to normal returns. He has also learned the important understanding that volatility is not the risk that should concern long-term investors. His book will help readers to do better.""--Alla
Emner
Sjanger
Dewey
ISBN
0470137525. - 9780470137529

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