The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio

Sound, sensible advice from a hero to frustrated investors everywhere

William Bernstein's The Four Pillars of Investing gives investors the tools they need to construct top-returning portfolios??without the help of a financial adviser. In a relaxed, nonthreatening style, Dr. Bernstein provides a distinctive blend of market history, investing theory, and behavioral finance, one designed to help every investor become more self-sufficient and make betterinformed investment decisions. The 4 Pillars of Investing explains how any investor can build a solid foundation for investing by focusing on four essential lessons, each building upon the other. Containing all of the tools needed to achieve investing success, without the help of a financial advisor, it presents:

Practical investing advice based on fascinating history lessons from the market
Exercises to determine risk tolerance as an investor
An easy-to-understand explanation of risk and reward in the capital markets

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-10-2009; If you only read one investment book, it should be this; I'm a huge fan of whatever you call this type of investing - strategic asset allocation, buy and hold (and rebalance), passive investing, asset class investing, etc. Essentially not active investing (where active management is some form...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-19-2009; This Is The Book I Recommend To All Of My Friends; Here's a quick statistic for you. In 2008 Morningstar tracked 11,585 stock mutual funds. In 2008 11,584 of those funds had negative returns. Crazy huh?In any given year most mutual funds underperform the market in general. Add to...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-16-2009; Great book, but skip chapter 1-2 and come back to them if you find them difficult; This is a wonderful book that will save you a huge amount of money. I can't add much to the reviews that have already been written, except for one thing: If you get bogged down reading the first two chapters, skip them and go to...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-23-2009; Ignore that it was published in 2002; This book starts by explaining risk and return from a historical perspective, from the middle ages to present day. The concept of bonds, stocks, then the market as a whole is gradually introduced. Great perspective.It also teaches...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-10-2009; If you only read one investment book, it should be this; I'm a huge fan of whatever you call this type of investing - strategic asset allocation, buy and hold (and rebalance), passive investing, asset class investing, etc. Essentially not active investing (where active management is some form...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-16-2005; don't time the market -- except when it crashes; I won't do a complete review here as there are many good ones including the recent ones by Fourie, Love, and Mongle. My copy is now for sale -- I'll copy a couple of tables before it goes but beyond that I don't see unique value here....; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-24-2006; Condemned to mediocrity; I smell a straw-man. The author is trying to sell you a book. Obviously none of us will replicate the index exactly because we don't live for 300 years and, if my heirs blow my fortune, that's no skin off my nose anyway.The long term...; read full review | report as inappropriate