Praise for The Perfect Portfolio "Today''s markets are rife with challenges that confound novice and professional investors alike. Thankfully, The Perfect Portfolio provides the type of ''outside the box'' thinking that can enable individual investors to not only cope with these challenges but also to view them as profit-making opportunities." -Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, The Money Coach (from the Foreword) To achieve long-term success in today''s market, you can''t place your faith totally in financial "experts" who are far too often salespeople first and objective advisers second. You must take personal control of your hard-earned savings and build a portfolio that gives you a realistic chance of earning returns that enable you to meet the investing goals you really want to achieve in life. That''s why Leland Hevner-President of the National Association of Online Investors (naoi.org) and a longtime educator in the financial field-has created The Perfect Portfolio. This reliable resource outlines Hevner''s proven investment approach, known as the Perfect Portfolio Methodology (PPM), and shows you how to use it to thrive in today''s challenging market conditions. Divided into three comprehensive parts, The Perfect Portfolio will enable you to: * Build a powerful and efficient portfolio using nine asset classes instead of the traditional three * Completely avoid the complexities of analyzing individual stocks and mutual funds * Virtually eliminate company risk from your portfolio * Use amazing new Web-based tools to enhance and automate your trading activities * Easily design a portfolio that matches your investing style and thrives in any market condition * And much more This is not the stuff of your average investing book. The author is not simply putting a new "spin" on the outdated investing concepts being taught today. He is providing nothing less than a dramatically new portfolio design model and a revolutionary approach to the entire field of personal investing. And this bold challenge to the status quo is long overdue! With The Perfect Portfolio as your guide, you will realize that investing does not need to be as complicated as the financial services industry would like you to believe. You will learn a simple methodology for building a portfolio that can produce incredible returns with minimal risk. You will be empowered to take personal control of your investments. It''s time to start your new life as a confident investor.

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InhaltsangabeToday's world of personal investing is not a friendly place. Individuals are assaulted with an unending barrage of financial news, "expert" advice, investing tools, trading systems, and more, to the point where they are overwhelmed. As a result, most people simply entrust their portfolios to third-party advisers and, in doing so, lose control of their financial security. Nobody is more familiar with this situation than author Leland Hevner. As President of the National Association of Online Investors (naoi.org) and a longtime educator in this field, he understands that to succeed in today's chaotic markets you don't need more news, advice, or analysis tools. Instead, you need a completely new and simpler approach to building an effective portfolio on your own-one that includes updated investing concepts and dramatically new ways of looking at the market. That's why he created The Perfect Portfolio. Written in a straightforward and accessible style, this reliable resource shows you, step by step, how to use a revolutionary approach to investing called the Perfect Portfolio Methodology (PPM). Developed by Hevner over the course of his successful career and based on input from hundreds of individual investors, the PPM allows you to capture incredible returns under any market condition without exposing yourself to unacceptable risk or requiring you to devote an extraordinary amount of time to the investing process. The journey to creating your unique Perfect Portfolio is divided into three parts: * Part I reveals the problems faced by today's investors, outlines a new approach for solving them, and gets you started by showing how to design the Core Segment-or foundation-of your Perfect Portfolio * Part II details how to "supercharge" your Perfect Portfolio's returns by adding a Target Market Segment consisting of five newly defined asset classes * Part III illustrates how you can bring the Core and Target Market Segments together to form a Perfect Portfolio that meets your unique investing profile and current market conditions This is a book that financial advisers will not want you to read. Why? Because it takes them out of the loop by empowering you to make informed and profitable investing decisions on your own. The Perfect Portfolio places the power to control your wealth firmly in your hands, where it belongs. The Perfect Portfolio is more than just a book. It also includes a supplemental online component you can access via the Web at www.perfectportfoliobook.com. The use of this resource is not required to take full advantage of the book's content, but the information and tools presented in the online component can enhance your overall learning experience.

Leseprobe

Preface. Using the Supplemental Online Component. Acknowledgments. Part I. The Problem, The Solution and Getting Started. Chapter 1. The Woeful State of Personal Investing Today - The View from Main Street. Chapter 2. The Perfect Portfolio Methodology - A Revolutionary Approach to Creating A Superior Portfolio. Chapter 3. Building a Core Portfolio Segment - Establishing a Firm Foundation. Part II. Supercharging Your Portfolio with Target Market Investing. Chapter 4. Building a Target Market Portfolio Segment - Five Asset "Building Blocks" That Will Supercharge Your Portfolio. Chapter 5. Adding Gold to the Portfolio - An Investment with Intrinsic Value. Chapter 6. Adding Energy to the Portfolio - An Asset That Runs the World''s Economy. Chapter 7. Adding Agricultural Commodities to the Portfolio - The Staples of Life As A Staple of Your Portfolio. Chapter 8. Adding Real Estate to the Portfolio - Considering a Truly Unique Asset. Chapter 9. Adding Emerging Markets to the Portfolio - Exploring the World for Extraordinary Returns. Part III. Creating and Working with Your Perfect Portfolio. Chapter 10. Designing and Modeling Your Perfect Portfolio-Building A Portfolio For Your Unique Needs. Chapter 11. Implementing, Monitoring and Managing Your Portfolio - Keeping Your Portfolio On Course In Changing Conditions. Chapter 12. Maximizing the Potential of Your Perfect Portfolio- Transforming Involvement Into Wealth. Summary. Reviewing, Teaching and Experiencing the Perfect Portfolio Methodology. Appendix. An Example PPM Building Block Trading Plan. About the Author. Index.