Successful Investing using Real Estate, Stocks and Bonds


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Chapter 5: Investment Strategies

Chapter 8: Real Estate

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 - Time and Money

Compound Interest

Geometric Progression

Grandparent Geometric Progression

Rule of 72

Add a Zero

Chapter 2 - Income Sources

All Income Earners

Employees

Self Employed

Active Business Owners

Passive Business Owners

Inheritance / Sudden Wealth / Sports person / Entertainer

Chapter 3 - Savings, Equity Building and Investing

Savings

Investing

The Power of Savings

Developing a Savings Habit

Equity Building

Chapter 4 - Investment Fundamentals

Introduction to Investing

Investment Asset Classes

U.S. Asset Class Performance

Return Volatility - 1 Standard Deviation

Dimensions of Return

The Brinson, Hood, Singer & Beebower Studies

Chapter 5 - Investment Strategies

1990 Nobel Prize for Economics

How Holding Periods Affect Volatility

Cross-Correlation / Diversification

Efficient Frontier

Chapter 6 - Value Investing

Value Investing (High Book-to-Market)

Re-Defining Investment Theory

Book-to-Market VS VAlue and Growth

International High Book-to-Market Effect

Chapter 7 - International Stocks

Global Diversification

World's Stock Markets

Emerging Markets

Chapter 8 - Real Estate

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT's)

Conditions for above Average Real Estate Returns

Individual ownership of real estate also has its disadvantages

Chapter 9 - Portfolio Design

Portfolio Design Criteria

Portfolio Design Approach

Investment Implementation

Benchmark Measurement

Bonds in a Portfolio Design

Portfolio Rebalancing

Chapter 10 - Investment Considerations

Picking Winners in Advance

Morningstar Ratings

Market Timing Strategies

Annual Fund Administration Fees

Annual Turnover Costs

Custodian Costs

Index Funds - Cost Advantage

Institutional Mutual Funds

Mutual funds - Individual Securities - Exchange Traded Funds

Chapter 11 - Investment Advisory Services

Financial Planner & Investment Advisor Services

When to go it alone

Investment Advisor Fees

Finding a Financial Planner

Index