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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814296203321

Autore

Gray Wesley R.

Titolo

DIY financial advisor : a simple solution to build and protect your wealth / / Wesley R. Gray, PhD, Jack R. Vogel, PhD, and David P. Foulke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-119-12490-5

1-119-12491-3

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Collana

Wiley Finance Series

Disciplina

332.024

Soggetti

Portfolio management

Families - Economic aspects

Wealth - Management

Investment advisors

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part 1 Why You Can Beat the Experts; Chapter 1 Are Experts Trying Too Hard?; Why Do We Rely on Experts?; What Are the Experts' Incentives?; Are Experts Worthless?; The Expert's Hypothesis; Summary; Notes; Chapter 2 Simple Models Typically Beat the Experts; The Evidence Shows...²; A Study of All the Studies; What if Experts Have the Model?; But Investing Is Different, Right?; Why Experts Fail to Beat Models; Summary; Notes; Chapter 3 Experts Are Biased and Overconfident; The Biased Brain; Summary; Notes

Chapter 4 Experts Tell Us Stories, Not FactsStory-Based Investing; Evidence-Based Investing; The Recap: Why Experts Fail; Why Not Use Models?; Summary; Notes; Part 2 How You Can Beat the Experts; Chapter 5 A Framework for Investment Decisions; Assessing an Advisor is Difficult; The FACTS Framework; We've Got the FACTS: Now What?; Summary; Notes; Chapter 6 A Simple Asset Allocation Model That Works; Asset Allocation; A Simple Asset Allocation Model That Works; But Which Assets Do We Choose?; Summary; Notes; Chapter 7 A Simple



Risk Management Model That Works

A Simple Risk Management Model That WorksHow Does ROBUST Work?; Summary; Risk Management Research (For Geeks Only); Notes; Chapter 8 Simple Security Selection Models That Work; Value Investing; Momentum Investing; A Simple Momentum Model That Works; Combining Value and Momentum; International Stocks; Get `Er Done; Summary; Notes; Chapter 9 The Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Solution; Exploring a Simple Equal-Weight Five Asset Class Model; Enhancing the Ivy 5 Concept; Finish Strong: The Ultimate DIY Solution; Get `Er Done; Notes; Chapter 10 Some Practical Advice

Three Reasons We Will Not Be a DIY InvestorThree Reasons You Might Fail; But Don't Lose Hope!; Is DIY the Only Solution?; Notes; Appendix: Analysis Legend; About the Companion Website; About the Authors; Index; EULA

Sommario/riassunto

DIY Financial Advisor: A Simple Solution to Build and Protect Your WealthDIY Financial Advisor is a synopsis of our research findings developed while serving as a consultant and asset manager for family offices. By way of background, a family office is a company, or group of people, who manage the wealth a family has gained over generations. The term 'family office' has an element of cachet, and even mystique, because it is usually associated with the mega-wealthy. However, practically speaking, virtually any family that manages its investments-independent of the size of the investment pool-c