Smarter Investing:Simpler Decisions for Better Results - Softcover

Hale, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0273708007 ISBN 13: 9780273708001

Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall, 2006

Synopsis

Smarter Investing cuts through the noise of conflicting investment advice to show you how to translate your investment goals into a personal portfolio that plays the probabilities in your favour with every investment decision you make.  It’s easier than you think to help yourself to higher returns.

 

“What should I do with my money?” It’s a simple question, you’d think, but one that has generated a bewildering array of complex and costly answers. Answers which take the average investor ever more time and effort to understand and apply, and which deliver distinctly average results.

Most investors spend a lot of time trying, and failing, to beat the average. Many more pay other people – the professionals – to try, and fail, to beat the market for them. There is a smarter way, and it’s a simpler way.  Instead of working hard, or paying more, to achieve average results, why not make your money work harder on your behalf?  

Smarter Investing will introduce you to a simple and powerful approach to investing, helping you to build an investment portfolio that suits your needs and quietly gets on with the job of generating higher returns and greater wealth.  At its heart is a set of rules that cut through the noise of the investment world and put you back in control. It’s all about focusing on a few key things and making decisions that improve your chances.

Mixing clear principles, simple techniques and a wealth of uncommon sense, Smarter Investing  will show you how to translate your personal investment goals into an investment portfolio and play the probabilities in your favour with every investment decision you make.

Smarter investors know that, sometimes, less really does mean more.

 

About this title

Review

As featured in The Sunday Times: 'How to keep your head - and stay ahead. Most investors act irrationally and erratically. Are you among them? Ask yourself these searching questions from investment guru Tim Hale's new book. and find out.'

'... an informative new book on investment planning.' Financial Times

"Tim Hale has written a book of investment wisdom and common sense for the ages.  Investors who follow his simple advice will be richly rewarded" John C. Bogle, Founder, Vanguard.

"gives readers a solid grounding in investment markets, a structured approach to portfolio building and useful practical advice...a thought-provoking text that both inexperienced and informed investors could find useful." James Teasdale, Fund Strategy magazine

"Delightfully clear thinking and direct advice on how investors can get better results with simpler decisions." Charles D. Ellis, Author of "Winning the Loser's Game" and Founder of Greenwich Associates.

Amazon reviews

Brilliant, 12 Jan 2007

Reviewer: Voracious reader (Hong Kong, Asia) - See all my reviews

I am a senior executive who has worked in the investment industry for over 25 years and have read thousands of personal investment books in that time. I have three degrees including degrees in finance and economics and an MBA.

 

I speak regularly on retirement saving strategies and am frequently asked to recommend books for investors, and this is my choice. Although it quotes UK examples, its advice is relevant for any investor.

 

This book clearly summarises a huge amount of financial expertise from the most trusted academic sources in terms which can be understood by the layman. It does not 'talk down' to the reader but offers an excellent and comprehensive overview of personal investment strategy. This book offers you the best advice for building your wealth, period. It includes sound advice on how to build and execute your plan.

 

It is well illustrated and comes with good summaries. The bibliography is excellent.

 

I took the time to search on the internet for Mr. Hales address and personally congratulate him on this book - I have never done that before - the book is that good. Please read it, we need more people like Mr Hale to share their knowledge with the public.

 If you only read one book on investing make it this one, 13 Jan 2007

Reviewer: Peter Shield "editor-naturalchoices.co.uk" - See all my reviews

     "Smarter Investing- simple decisions for better results " by Tim Hale is the clearest, best written introduction to intelligent investing published in 2006. Hale reiterates the simple truth that the individual investor cannot beat the market over the medium term, nor should they try.......What makes Hale's book so persuasive is the fact that the author spent so much of his professional life working in active fund management companies, sort of poacher turned gamekeeper. The book is well written, draws the reader step by step into quite complex arguments without resorting to jargon and technique short cuts. At the end of book both the novice and the hardened investment specialist will come away better informed and armed with the tools necessary to make your money work harder for your future.

 If you only ever read one book on investing this should be the one.

 

From the Back Cover

[ BACK JACKET]

 

Simple and effective advice on investing for anyone who wants their money to work harder than they do.

“An excellent step-by-step guide to the basics, as well as the complexities, of personal investment.  This book gives you what you need to plan your investment strategy with confidence and sleep easy at night.”

 

Matthew Hunt, Chief Investment Officer and Principal of Prospect Wealth Management

 

“This book is a ‘must read’ for anyone with personal, trust or pension assets to invest.”  

     

Mark R. Richardson, Former CEO and CIO Chase Asset Management Inc.

 

“Smarter Investing reflects the uncomplicated yet innovative approach to understanding investing that Tim adopts in his consulting and training work – unlike many, this book will make a difference to you.”

 

Cornelia Kiley, Former Managing Director, Head of Institutional Distribution, Columbia Management, Bank of America

"A long overdue tool in individual money management.  Like an in-depth, one-on-one meeting with an investment advisor, except in simple, logical terms.  Smarter Investing focuses on what truly matters: meeting your financial goals.”

 William G. Dessoffy, CFA, Regional Director, Private Banking, New York

“Professionals, with some justification, like to give the impression that investing is an extremely complex activity.  This book destroys that illusion and shows how reasonably intelligent individuals can adopt commonsense procedures to generate better returns.”

Ian Orton, Editor, TheWealthNET.com and Wealth Management

‘What should I do with my money?’ A simple enough question, you might think, but one with a bewildering array of complex – and often costly – answers. Many investors spend a lot of time trying,  yet failing, to beat the markets, and switching their investments from one ‘opportunity’ to the next. Many more end up paying other people – investment professionals – to try to beat the markets for them – yet the majority of them fail to deliver.  There is a smarter way, and it’s a simpler way. Smarter Investing introduces you to a simple and powerful set of rules for successful investing, helping you to build an investment portfolio that suits your needs, stays the course when markets get rough and quietly gets on with the job of generating  better results.

 

Whatever your investment goals, Tim Hale’s no-nonsense guide gives you the clear principles, simple techniques and the inside knowledge you need to achieve them.

 

Edition details

• Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0273708007
• ISBN 13: 9780273708001
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 392