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So many financial books focus on anecdotal evidence without diving into the data or dive into the data and formulas and quickly lose their audience and become boring

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In there the authors present some simple methodologies that touch the essential elements of investing asset allocation risk management and security selection

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The hardcore individual investors that this book should appeal to will likely find a lot of value here but the complete solution presented is not all that easy to follow or implement

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For the casual investors who picked this up on the basis of the title “diy financial advisor” thinking that this would truly be something they could do themselves they are very likely to be lost halfway through the book

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Unfortunately it is not always the case in the real world

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Facing this fact is main reason to begin taking charge of your investments and save the fees expenses and taxes that eat up your capital

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They begin with basic portfolio models review different industry standards like the ivy 5 strategy and then end by advocating an allocation model which emphasizes value and momentum investing within a diversified portfolio combined with a simple yet proven risk management rule

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The key to their approach is to keep it simple yet the method is not simplistic