Figuring It Out
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Figuring It Out

Sixty Years of Answering Investors' Most Important Questions

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Figuring It Out

Sixty Years of Answering Investors' Most Important Questions

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About This Book

An indispensable collection of essays from one of the investment world's leading lights

In Figuring It Out: Answers to the Most Difficult Investment Questions, world-renowned investing and finance guru Charles D. Ellis delivers a robust collection of incisive essays on an array of perennial and contemporary investing issues, from the rise and fall of performance investing to a compilation of essential investing guidelines.

In the book, you'll also find eye-opening discussions of:

  • Whether bonds are an appropriate investment vehicle for long-term investors
  • The costs of excessive liquidity in the typical portfolio
  • The characteristics of successful investment firms, and how to spot them

A can't-miss resource for the everyday retail investor, author Charles Ellis draws on a lifetime of distinguished client service in the financial markets to reward readers with common-sense and accessible advice that deserves to be followed by anyone with an interest in maximizing their investment returns over the long haul.

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Publisher
Wiley
Year
2022
ISBN
9781119898962
Edition
1
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Investments & Securities
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Foreword
  7. Note on the Text
  8. Introduction
  9. 1 The Changing Game
  10. 2 The Loser's Game
  11. 3 The Winners' Game
  12. 4 The Winner's Game II
  13. 5 The Rise and Fall of Performance Investing
  14. 6 Seven Rules for More Innovative Portfolio Management in an Age of Discontinuity
  15. 7 Will Success Spoil Performance Investing?
  16. 8 To Get Performance, You Have to Be Organized for It
  17. 9 Investing Success in Two Easy Lessons
  18. 10 The End of Active Investing?
  19. 11 In Defense of Active Investing
  20. 12 Murder on the Orient Express: The Mystery of Underperformance
  21. 13 Best Practice Investment Committees
  22. 14 Levels of the Game
  23. 15 An Invitation to Winning
  24. 16 Small Slam!
  25. 17 A Lesson from Seaside Cemetery
  26. 18 Tommy Armour on Investing
  27. 19 Ted Williams' Great Lessons for Investors
  28. 20 Symptoms and Signs
  29. 21 Lessons from the Warwick and Château Chambord
  30. 22 Investment Management Fees Are Higher Than We Think
  31. 23 Computer People May Be Planning a Revolution
  32. 24 Characteristics of Successful Investment Firms
  33. 25 A New Paradigm of Investment Management
  34. 26 Lessons on Grand Strategy
  35. 27 Pension Funds Need MORE Management MANAGEMENT
  36. 28 The Significance of 65
  37. 29 Where Were We?
  38. 30 Hard Choices: Where Are We Now?
  39. 31 Bonds for Long-Term Investors?
  40. 32 What Role Should Bonds Play?
  41. 33 Too Much Liquidity Will Cost You
  42. 34 Letter to My Grandkids: 12 Essential Investing Guidelines
  43. 35 Miss Sally's Attic
  44. 36 Ben Graham: Ideas as Mementos
  45. 37 The Corporate Tax Cut
  46. 38 Repurchase Stock to Revitalize Equity
  47. 39 Anti-Trust, Bank Mergers, and the PNB Decision
  48. Index
  49. End User License Agreement