Index
72(t) rule
401(k) accounts:
allocations and
replaces DB pension plans
withdrawal penalties
403(b)s
457s
Admiral Class
Age:
allocations for retirement account
stock/bond allocation and
Agency conflict
American Funds
Amgen
Amygdalae
Analogies
Annuity
variable
See also Social Security, delaying
Anxiety. See Fear
Asia:
equity returns
financial crisis
See also specific countries
Asset allocation
examples in practice
overemphasis on classes
Assets under management (AUM)
AT&T
Auction-rate securities
Bankruptcy rates
Barclay’s
Bartiromo, Maria
Bazacle mill
Berkshire Hathaway
Bid-ask spreads
Black box techniques
Black swans
BlackRock Inc.
Blodget, Henry
Bogle, John C.
Bonds:
allocation and
classes vs. stock classes in last decade
inflation and long-term return
low-cost funds
order of payoffs
T-bills and notes
See also specific type
Booth, David
Brazil, economic growth
BRIC countries:
expected return
favored by brokerages and mutual fund companies
See also Brazil; China; India; Russia
Brokerage houses
Buffett, Warren
Business Week
Capital Group Companies
Capital markets, development of
Cap-weighting
Caterpillar Inc.
Cerebral cortex
Certificates of deposit (CDs)
Children, financial futures of
China, economic growth
Citron, Robert L.
Clements, Jonathan
CNBC
Collateral
College, saving for
Commissions:
agency conflict and
broker
mutual funds and
Commodities futures
Confidence. See Overconfidence
Corporate bonds, risk premium of
Crash of 1929
Data mining
“The Death of Equities,”
Debt financing
Defined-benefit (DB) pension plan
Defined-contribution (DC) plans
Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA)
Discounted Dividend Model
Diversification
mutual funds and
myths about
risk and
Dividends, U.S. stocks
Dollar cost averaging (DCA)
Dot-com stocks:
bust
initial public offering (IPO) and agency conflict
overemphasis on historical returns and
Double-bottoms
Dow 36,000, 20,
Dow Jones Industrial Average
Dutch East India Company (VOC)
East India Company
Edleson, Michael
Efficient frontier
Efficient market hypothesis (EMH)
Einstein, Albert
Ellis, Charles
Emergency fund
Emerging markets
allocations and
FTSE All-World Index
nations, favored by brokerages and mutual fund companies
Emotional responses:
See Fear; Greed; Overconfidence; Reflective vs. reflexive action
Entertainment, desire for
Envy
Equipoise point
Ernst, Harry
Ex post, vs. ex ante strategies
Exchange-traded fund (ETF)
Barclays
international REITs and
for taxable account
Expected returns:
bonds
vs. future returns
stocks
See Gordon Equation
ExxonMobil
Fama, Eugene
Fear
Fidelity funds
Fidelity Investments
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
“Financial shape,” staying in good
Financial Times Stock Exchange indexes (FTSE)
Fisher, Irving
Flexner Report
Ford
Foreign stocks
allocations and
Gordon Equation and
indexing and
The Four Pillars of Investing
Fraud, indicators of
French, Kenneth
Fund managers, cautions concerning
Future returns. See Expected returns, vs. future returns
Galbraith, John Kenneth
General Electric, longevity of
Gold stocks
Good company/good stock fallacy
Gordon Equation
buying vs. renting homes
intrinsic value of stock and
randomness and
for U.S. stocks
Graham, Benjamin
Graham, John
Grant, James
Great Depression:
historical understanding of
returns during
volatility
Great Man Theory of Investing
Greed
Growth stocks, lower returns
Harvey, Campbell
Head-and-shoulders patterns
Hedge funds
High-yield bonds
Historical record:
Investment Theory and
overemphasis on
Hot hands phenomenon
Housing market:
renting vs. buying
retirement and
See also Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
Human (employment) capital
Imputed rental value
Indexed investing, explained
India, economic growth
Inflation
Initial public offerings (IPOs)
dot-com
The Intelligent Asset Allocator
Interest:
coupon
rates in history
Internal rates of return (IRR)
Intrinsic value, stock
Investment Company Act of 1940
Ip, Greg
IRA:
allocations and
for retirement account
withdrawal penalties
iShares
Japan
outperforming Europe and U.S.
rebalancing and
Job portfolio, See human capital
Johnson, Edward C.
Johnson, Edward C.
Junk bonds. See High-yield bonds
Keynes, John Maynard
Laws. See Legislation
Legg Mason Value Trust
Legislation:
borrowers vs. lenders
lax security laws
Limbic system
The Little Book of Main Street Money
Load fees
Loan capital, development of
Longevity insurance
Long-Term Capital Management (LCTM)
Luck, vs. skill
Madoff, Bernard
Malkiel, Burton G.
Market collapse of 1929-1932
Markowitz, Harry
Marx, Karl
McCain, John
Mean reversion
Mean-Variance Analysis
Mean variance optimization (MVO)
Meeker, Mary
Meriwether, John
Merrill Lynch
Merton, Robert
Mesopotamia
Microsoft
Miller, William
Momentum
Money market
Monte Carlo analysis
Morningstar Inc.,
down markets and
survivorship bias
Mortgage-backed securities
Mutual funds:
advantages of
cautions about
domestic equity
emerging markets
foreign developed markets
index fund
created
rationalizations against
low-cost international equity
performance and ownership structure
privately owned
self-interest and
Narratives
need to suppress
See also Analogies
Nasdaq, dot-com bust and
Netflix
Newsletters
Norway, housing market
Nuclei accumbens
Odean, Terry
Overconfidence
Paris Bourse
Pascal, Blaise
Pascal’s Wager
under-consuming and
rebalancing and
saving and
Social Security and
Passive investing, explained
Pattern seeking behaviors
Pecking order
Pensions
Philanthropy
Plexus Group
Portfolios
allocations
stock asset classes
stocks and bonds
preliminaries to building a
Present value
Prestiti
Prudential-Bache
Raleigh, Sir Walter
A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Best and Latest Investment Advice Money Can Buy
Randomness, relishing
Real estate investment trusts (REITs):
allocations and
for beginners
annual returns
dividend payouts
Gordon Equation and
international
iShares and
recent risks of and
for taxable account
See also Housing market
Realized returns
Rebalancing
Recency
Reflective vs. reflexive action
Regulations, lack of in investing world
Rentals. See Imputed rental value
Representativeness. See Analogies
Reptilian brain
Retirement accounts:
assets divided between taxable and
getting rich vs. being comfortable
housing market and
Returns. See also Risk and return
Risk:
aversion myopia
diversification and
measuring
premium, shrinking
and return:
history of
overview
present time
selling to control
tolerance
age and
experience and
Roman Empire, interest rates
Roulette tables
Russell 2000
Russia:
bond default
war and economy
S&P 500
declines in 2007-2008
dividends since 1871
dot-com bust and
down markets and
inflation and
risk assessment and
Samuelson, Paul
Sanborn, Robert
Saving:
DCA and value averaging
over-
as a preliminary to portfolio
Scholes, Myron
Schultheis, Bill
Schwed, Fred
Sears
Security Analysis
Self-delusion
Self-esteem
Share dilution
Sinquefield, Rex
Small stocks:
dot-com bust and
higher returns
indexing and
Social Security
delaying
South Sea Bubble
Spreads, mutual funds and
St. Petersburg exchange
Standard deviation (SD), risk assessment and
Standard Oil
Statistics, successful investing and
Stocks:
classes
danger of overemphasizing
declines in 2007-2008
development of
financing
inflation and
picking:
dangers of
EMH and
vs. indexed and passive approaches
risk and
See also Expected returns, stocks; specific type
Structured investment vehicles
Survivorship bias
Surz, Ron
Sutton, Willie
Taleb, Nassim Nicholas
Tax efficiency
Taxable accounts:
allocations for
assets divided between retirement and
Taxes: See tax efficiency
Tech stocks, overemphasis on historical returns and
Technical analysts
Templeton, John
Thrift Savings Plan
Total stock market
Tracking error
Transparency
Treasury bills, notes, bonds
Gordon Equation and
vs. notes and bonds
vs. stock classes in last decade
yield
Turnover
Under-consuming
University of Chicago
Value averaging
Value stocks:
dot-com bust and
higher returns
Vanguard
500 Index Fund
creation of
indexing performance
share classes
Variable annuity (VA)
Venice, development of securities markets
Volcker, Paul
Vonnegut, Kurt
Wal-Mart
Wellington Management Company
World index
World War I
World War II
Zweig, Jason