The Art of Asset Allocation : Asset Allocation Principles and Investment Strategies for any Market

An accessible guide to portfolio-enhancing asset management in bull or bear markets

Asset allocation is a crucial and continually popular topic among investors of all types. The Art of Asset Allocation is a practical, hands-on guide that shows finance professionals and individual investors how to achieve an asset balance designed to thrive in a wide range of financial market environments. David Darst, author of the highly acclaimed The Complete Bond Book, provides a comprehensive framework for using asset allocation principles in bull, bear, or non-trending markets. This complete asset allocation guide contains:

• Differences between tactical and strategic asset allocation--and the advantages of each
• Effective tools for determining asset allocation strategies
• Asset class descriptions and historical risk and return statistics for all major asset classes
• Rebalancing guidelines
• Investor behavior analysis
• Practical financial worksheets, charts, and other illustrative tools
• An annotated guide to traditional and Internet-based information sources