Investing Demystified: How to Invest Without Speculation and Sleepless Nights (Financial Times Series)

Don’t spend your time worrying whether you can beat the markets: you don’t need to beat them to be a successful investor. By showing you how to build a simple and rational portfolio and tailor it to your specific needs, __Investing Demystified__ will help you generate superior returns. With his straightforward and jargon-free advice, Lars Kroijer simplies the often complex world of finance and tells you everything you need to know – and everything that you don’t need to worry about – in order to make the most from your investments. In __Investing Demystified__ you will: • Discover the mix of stocks, bonds and cash needed for a top performing portfolio • Learn why the most broadly diversi\_ ed and simplest portfolio makes the most sense • Understand the right level of risk for you and how this affects your investments • Find out why a low cost approach will yield bene\_ ts whilst leaving you with a higher quality portfolio • Understand the implications of tax and liquidity This book offers a much needed dose of realism to investors: accept that you can't outperform the market and learn how to put together a portfolio suited to your time and attitude to risk. Don't spend your time worrying whether you can beat the markets: you don't need to beat them to be a successful investor. By showing you how to build a simple and rational portfolio and tailor it to your specific needs, Investing Demystified will help you generate superior returns. With his straightforward and jargon-free advice, Lars Kroijer simplies the often complex world of finance and tells you everything you need to know - and everything that you don't need to worry about - in order to make the most from your investments. In Investing Demystified you will: Discover the mix of stocks, bonds and cash needed for a top performing portfolio Learn why the most broadly diversi_ ed and simplest portfolio makes the most sense Understand the right level of risk for you and how this affects your investments Find out why a low cost approach will yield bene_ ts whilst leaving you with a higher quality portfolio Understand the implications of tax and liquidity

Don’t spend your time worrying whether you can beat the markets: you don’t need to beat them to be a successful investor. By showing you how to build a simple and rational portfolio and tailor it to your specific needs, Investing Demystified will help you generate superior returns.

With his straightforward and jargon-free advice, Lars Kroijer simplies the often complex world of finance and tells you everything you need to know – and everything that you don’t need to worry about – in order to make the most from your investments.

In Investing Demystified you will:

• Discover the mix of stocks, bonds and cash needed for a top performing portfolio

• Learn why the most broadly diversi_ ed and simplest portfolio makes the most sense

• Understand the right level of risk for you and how this affects your investments

• Find out why a low cost approach will yield bene_ ts whilst leaving you with a higher quality portfolio

• Understand the implications of tax and liquidity

"Don't spend your time worrying whether you can beat the markets: you don't need to beat them to be a successful investor. By showing you how to build a simple and rational portfolio and tailor it to your specific needs, Investing Demystified will help you generate superior returns. With his straightforward and jargon-free advice, Lars Kroijer simplies the often complex world of finance and tells you everything you need to know - and everything that you don't need to worry about - in order to make the most from your investments. In Investing Demystified you will: * Discover the mix of stocks, bonds and cash needed for a top performing portfolio * Learn why the most broadly diversi_ ed and simplest portfolio makes the most sense * Understand the right level of risk for you and how this affects your investments * Find out why a low cost approach will yield bene_ ts whilst leaving you with a higher quality portfolio * Understand the implications of tax and liquidity." --Publisher description In Investing Demystified you will: Discover the mix of stocks, bonds and cash needed for a top performing portfolio ; Learn why the most broadly diversified and simplest portfolio makes the most sense ; Understand the right level of risk for you and how this affects your investments ; Find out why a low cost approach will yield benefits whilst leaving you with a higher quality portfolio ; Understand the implications of tax and liquidity