Stocks for the Long Run or In Search of Excellence

Stocks for the Long Run: The Definitive Guide to Financial Market Returns & Long-Term Investment Strategy

Author: Jeremy J Siegel

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO HIGH-RETURN, LOW-RISK EQUITIES-NOW UPDATED TO COVER GLOBAL STOCKS AND ETFS

Stocks for the Long Run set a precedent as the most complete and irrefutable case for stock market investment ever written. Now, this bible for long-term investing continues its tradition with a Fourth Edition featuring updated, revised, and new material that will keep you competitive in the global market and up-to-date on the latest index instruments.

Wharton School professor Jeremy Siegel provides a potent mix of new evidence, research, and analysis supporting his key strategies for amassing a solid portfolio with enhanced returns and reduced risk. In a seamless narrative that incorporates the historical record of the markets with the realities of today's investing environment, the Fourth Edition features:

• A new chapter on globalization that documents the how the emerging world will soon overtake the developed world and how it impacts the international economy
• An extended chapter on indexing that includes fundamentally-weighted indexes, which have historically offered better returns and lower volatility than their capitalization-weighted counterparts
• Insightful analysis on what moves the market and how little we know about the sources of big market changes
• A sobering look at behavioral finance and the psychological factors that can lead investors to make irrational investment decisions

A major highlight of this new edition of Stocks for the Long Run is the chapter on global investing. With the U.S. stock market currently holding less than half of the world's equity capitalization, it's risky for investors not todiversify abroad. This updated edition shows you how to create an “efficient portfolio” that best balances asset allocation in domestic and foreign markets and provides thorough coverage on sector allocation across the globe.

Stocks for the Long Run is essential reading for every investor and advisor who wants to fully understand the market - including its behavior, past trends, and future influences - in order to develop a prosperous long-term portfolio that is both safe and secure.

Interesting book: Every Landlords Tax Deduction Guide or Leadership Presence

In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies

Author: Thomas J Peters

The now classic volume that became an immediate bestseller as well as a landmark business book. "One of those rare books on management that are both consistently thought-provoking and fun to read."--Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal

Exuberant and absorbing . . . one of those rare books on management that are both consistently thought-provoking and fun to read.

New York Times Books of the Century, reviewed March 6, 1983 - Fran R. Schumer

. . .[H]ighly readable and sensible. . .finds the secret of business success not in the head but in the heart. . .[through] respect for the individual, devotion to service and attention to the customer.

The Wall Street Journal

Exuberant and absorbing . . . one of those rare books on management that are both consistently thought-provoking and fun to read.

Fran R. Schumer

. . .[H]ighly readable and sensible. . .finds the secret of business success not in the head but in the heart. . .[through] respect for the individual, devotion to service and attention to the customer. -- New York Times Books of the Century, reviewed March 6, 1983

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments

Special Acknowledgment.- David G. Anderson

Preface

Introduction

PART 1: THE SAVING REMNANT

1 Successful American Companies

PART II: TOWARD NEW THEORY

2 The Rational Model

3 Man Waiting for Motivation

PART III: BACK TO BASICS

4 Managing Ambiguity and Paradox

11 Simple Form, Lean Staff

12 Simultaneous Loose-Tight Properties

Notes

Index