Canto, Victor A.
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : FT Press, c2007.
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Victor A. Cantos Cocktail Economics uses simple, plain-English explanations and real-world analogies to teach todays most proven, profitable investment strategies. Canto reveals exactly how the economy affects marketsand how to 2read3 business cycles so you can profit from every shift in the business cycle. Among the topics covered: using elasticity to invest in the right industries and companies investing internationally in the age of globalization transforming price data into usable market 2signals3 anticipating the impact of regulations and taxation and more. One step at a time, Canto shows you how to define your benchmark portfolio, then use above-average asset allocation to 2tilt towards success.3 From start to finish, Cantos focus is practical, and his goal is simple: outstanding investment results. – Publisher.
- Introduction : the above-average opportunity — Ch. 1. buy-and-hold connection : investing fundamentals, courtesy of the American homeowner, the American dream — or reality? — Ch. 2. Leaping the transaction-cost hurdle : sometimes it’s easy, other times it’s not — Ch. 3. Dressing appropriately for the stock market : the potential payoffs of a switching strategy — Ch. 4. Catch elasticity if you can : an introduction to industry behavior — Ch. 5. Putting high-beta to work : industry-based portfolio strategies — Ch. 6. California is a country : an introduction to the location effect — Ch. 7. … and France is a state : how to invest internationally in the age of globalization — Ch. 8. Pipelines to our investment returns : how we get what we want, in the amount we want, and when we want it — Ch. 9. Who are you? : investor profiles and the case for asset allocation — Ch. 10. Your benchmark portfolio … and beyond — Ch. 11. Turning smoke into signals : how to make the most out of price data — Ch. 12. Making hay while the sun shines : the case for predicting, forecasting, and timing — Ch. 13. fight is on : how to invest properly relative to regulations, inflation, and taxation — Ch. 14. Ending the never-ending debate : active vs. passive investing and why you can take both sides — Ch. 15. rational walk down wall street : darting between passive and active when the odds are in your favor — Ch. 16. Alpha bets : the case for hedge funds and a Greek letter you’ll want in your portfolio — Ch. 17. Tilting toward success : a step-by-step guide to above-average asset allocation.
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