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The Power of Passive Investing: More Wealth with Less Work

ISBN: 978-0-470-59220-5
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288 pages
December 2010
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Foreword vii

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xix

Part I The Active Versus Passive Debate 1

Chapter 1 Framing the Debate 3

Chapter 2 Early Performance Studies 15

Chapter 3 The Birth of Index Funds 33

Chapter 4 Advances in Fund Analysis 41

Chapter 5 Passive Choices Expand 61

Chapter 6 Portfolios of Mutual Funds 79

Part II Chasing Alpha and Changing Behavior 93

Chapter 7 The Futility of Seeking Alpha 95

Chapter 8 Active and Passive Asset Allocation 117

Chapter 9 Changing Investor Behavior 133

Part III The Case For Passive Investing 155

Chapter 10 The Passive Management Process 157

Chapter 11 The Passive Case for Individual Investors 175

Chapter 12 The Passive Case for Charities and Personal Trusts 193

Chapter 13 The Passive Case for Pension Funds 211

Chapter 14 The Passive Case for Advisors 221

Glossary 233

Notes 245

About the Author 253

Index 255

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