Product Description
by Larry E. Swedroe (Author)
Create a winning portfolio by understanding the realities of modern investing
In Enrich Your Future: The Keys to Successful Investing, prolific author and investor Larry Swedroe shines light on the foundation of modern investing, enabling readers to create winning portfolios through simple yet effective strategies. Through a combination of analogies, personal anecdotes, and empirical evidence from peer reviewed journals, the book clearly explains how to play the winner's game, instead of simply following the crowd, speculating, and making brokers and fund families wealthy in the process.
The book begins by first explaining how to put your portfolio on the right path, then how to keep a steady course during market uncertainty, when many investors fall victim to human nature, lose perspective, and make incorrect investment decisions based on fear and greed.
In this book, readers will learn:
- How prices of securities are established and why it's so difficult to outperform on a risk-adjusted basis
- How to navigate various key decision points when designing your portfolio
- How to develop a conceptually sound investment strategy and reach your financial goals faster
- How playing the winner's game in investing will improve the quality of your life as well.
Revealing the true nature of the modern financial market and changing the way readers approach investing in general, Enrich Your Future: The Keys to Successful Investing is an essential guide for individual investors and financial advisors seeking to make more informed and prudent investment decisions.
Front Jacket
Enrich Your Future: The Keys to Successful Investing sets out to forever change the way you think about investing and how markets work. Writing for individual investors and financial advisors, prolific investor and author Larry Swedroe shares a lifetime of stories to provide investors with the hard evidence they need to stop them from throwing their hard-earned money away, making brokers and fund families wealthy in the process--and instead start playing the winner's game.
The book begins by first explaining how to set a better course for your investments, then how to stay the course when market uncertainty forces other investors to lose perspective and make incorrect investment decisions based on fear and greed. In this book, readers will learn:
- How markets really work, how prices of securities are established, and why it's so difficult to outperform on a risk-adjusted basis
- The key decisions you have to make when designing your portfolio (fewer than you may think)
- How human nature leads us to make investment mistakes--and how being educated will help you avoid them
- How to develop a winning yet simple long-term investment strategy that takes less energy but puts you on a path to reach your financial goals faster
Explaining how markets really work, changing the way readers approach investing and the nature of the market, and imparting sufficient knowledge to begin to make more informed and prudent investment decisions, Enrich Your Future: The Keys to Successful Investing is a must-read for individual investors and financial advisors looking to cut through the noise and successfully establish lifelong wealth.
Back Jacket
PRAISE FOR ENRICH YOUR FUTURE
"This delightfully written primer uses popular stories, many from the sports world, to provide wise investment strategies and insightful tips for avoiding ruinous financial mistakes."
-- Burton G. Malkiel, author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street, 50th Anniversary Edition
"I own all of Mr. Swedroe's many books. This one is my favorite."
-- Taylor Larimore, author of The Bogleheads' Guide to the Three-Fund Portfolio
"Another winning book from Larry Swedroe. I recommend it especially to people managing their own retirement accounts. Larry shows that simple low-cost investing is the only winning strategy."
-- Jane Bryant Quinn, author of How to Make Your Money Last: The Indispensable Retirement Guide
"Enrich Your Future is a masterful collection of wisdom and insight by Larry Swedroe. Swedroe weaves a tapestry of short stories that effortlessly convey the profound principles of successful investing and once again distills complex financial concepts into simple, actionable advice. Whether you are a seasoned investor or just starting your financial journey, this book is a must-read. Larry's unique ability to demystify the world of finance makes Enrich Your Future an invaluable guide for anyone seeking to build a secure and prosperous financial future."
--Bill Schultheis, author of The Coffeehouse Investor
Author Biography
LARRY E. SWEDROE is head of financial and economic research for Buckingham Wealth Partners. A prolific writer and contributor to multiple national outlets, he has authored eight books, co-authored nine others, and was among the first authors to publish a book explaining the science of investing in layman's terms.
