A random walk down Wall Street: the time-tested strategy for successful investing

Part one. Stocks and their value. Firm foundations and castles in the air ; The madness of crowds ; Speculative bubbles from the sixties into the nineties ; The explosive bubbles of the early 2000s

Part two. How the pros play the biggest game in town. Technical and fundamental analysis ; Technical analysis and the random-walk theory ; How good is fundamental analysis? The efficient-market hypothesis

Part three. The new investment technology. A new walking shoe: modern portfolio theory ; Reaping rewards by increasing risk ; Behavioral finance ; New methods of portfolio construction: smart beta and risk parity

Part four. A practical guide for random walkers and other investors. A fitness manual for random walkers and other investors ; Handicapping the financial race: a primer in understanding and projecting returns from stocks and bonds ; A life-cycle guide to investing ; Three giant steps down Wall Street.

Preface --

Acknowledgements from earlier editions --

Stocks and their value --

How the pros play the biggest game in town --

The new investment technology --

A practical guide for random walkers and other investors --

Epilogue --

Index.