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Smarter Investing:Simpler Decisions for Better Results

Smarter Investing:Simpler Decisions for Better Results

by TimHale (Author)

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    Paperback 2006

    $3.53
Synopsis

Smarter Investing cuts through the noise of conflicting investment advice to show you how to translate your investment goals into a personal portfolio that plays the probabilities in your favour with every investment decision you make. It's easier than you think to help yourself to higher returns. What should I do with my money? It's a simple question, you'd think, but one that has generated a bewildering array of complex and costly answers. Answers which take the average investor ever more time and effort to understand and apply, and which deliver distinctly average results. Most investors spend a lot of time trying, and failing, to beat the average. Many more pay other people the professionals to try, and fail, to beat the market for them. There is a smarter way, and it's a simpler way. Instead of working hard, or paying more, to achieve average results, why not make your money work harder on your behalf? Smarter Investing will introduce you to a simple and powerful approach to investing, helping you to build an investment portfolio that suits your needs and quietly gets on with the job of generating higher returns and greater wealth. At its heart is a set of rules that cut through the noise of the investment world and put you back in control. It's all about focusing on a few key things and making decisions that improve your chances. Mixing clear principles, simple techniques and a wealth of uncommon sense, Smarter Investing will show you how to translate your personal investment goals into an investment portfolio and play the probabilities in your favour with every investment decision you make. Smarter investors know that, sometimes, less really does mean more.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 371
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall
Published: 08 Jun 2006
ISBN 10: 0273708007
ISBN 13: 9780273708001
Book Overview: Simple and effective advice on good investing for anyone who wants their money to work harder than they do.

Media Reviews
As featured in The Sunday Times: 'How to keep your head - and stay ahead. Most investors act irrationally and erratically. Are you among them? Ask yourself these searching questions from investment guru Tim Hale's new book. and find out.' '... an informative new book on investment planning.' Financial Times Tim Hale has written a book of investment wisdom and common sense for the ages. Investors who follow his simple advice will be richly rewarded John C. Bogle, Founder, Vanguard. gives readers a solid grounding in investment markets, a structured approach to portfolio building and useful practical advice...a thought-provoking text that both inexperienced and informed investors could find useful. James Teasdale, Fund Strategy magazine Delightfully clear thinking and direct advice on how investors can get better results with simpler decisions. Charles D. Ellis, Author of Winning the Loser's Game and Founder of Greenwich Associates. Amazon reviews Brilliant, 12 Jan 2007 Reviewer: Voracious reader (Hong Kong, Asia) - See all my reviews I am a senior executive who has worked in the investment industry for over 25 years and have read thousands of personal investment books in that time. I have three degrees including degrees in finance and economics and an MBA. I speak regularly on retirement saving strategies and am frequently asked to recommend books for investors, and this is my choice. Although it quotes UK examples, its advice is relevant for any investor. This book clearly summarises a huge amount of financial expertise from the most trusted academic sources in terms which can be understood by the layman. It does not 'talk down' to the reader but offers an excellent and comprehensive overview of personal investment strategy. This book offers you the best advice for building your wealth, period. It includes sound advice on how to build and execute your plan. It is well illustrated and comes with good summaries. The bibliography is excellent. I took the time to search on the internet for Mr. Hales address and personally congratulate him on this book - I have never done that before - the book is that good. Please read it, we need more people like Mr Hale to share their knowledge with the public. If you only read one book on investing make it this one, 13 Jan 2007 Reviewer: Peter Shield editor-naturalchoices.co.uk - See all my reviews Smarter Investing- simple decisions for better results by Tim Hale is the clearest, best written introduction to intelligent investing published in 2006. Hale reiterates the simple truth that the individual investor cannot beat the market over the medium term, nor should they try . What makes Hale's book so persuasive is the fact that the author spent so much of his professional life working in active fund management companies, sort of poacher turned gamekeeper. The book is well written, draws the reader step by step into quite complex arguments without resorting to jargon and technique short cuts. At the end of book both the novice and the hardened investment specialist will come away better informed and armed with the tools necessary to make your money work harder for your future. If you only ever read one book on investing this should be the one.
Author Bio
Tim Hale has spent 15 years in the active investment management industry, working for the global investment management firm of one of the world's largest investment banks, in both sales and corporate strategy roles, and now as a consultant to the industry. He is tehrfore in a unique position to be able provide real perspective on the issues that readers face as they try to get to grips with their investing. His willingness to stand up for what is in the best interests of the investor, and his true insight and understanding of the business, differentiates him from many writers in this field. Prior to his MBA at Cranfield School of Management in 1991, he worked for Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong for five years in the Corporate Banking Division in the role of Account Relationship Manager handling industrial and property related Asian multi-nationals. Tim holds an honours degree from Oxford University.