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Index
Cover
About the Author
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgments
A Note on Performance Calculations
Introduction: Financial Floundering
CHAPTER ONE: Why Markets Baffle Us
The Zero-Validity Environment
Coin Toss Forecasting
Evidence of Inability
Paging Peter Perfect
What We Think versus What Is Real
Executive Summary of This Chapter
CHAPTER TWO: Harnessing Fluctuation
The 3 Percent Signal
Volatility Is Opportunity
Retreat to the Index
Nudging the Coin Toss Line
Reactive Rebalancing
Executive Summary of This Chapter
CHAPTER THREE: Setting a Performance Goal
What’s a Good Performance?
Gauging Fluctuations Against Our Goal
Executive Summary of This Chapter
CHAPTER FOUR: What Investments to Use
Small Companies for Growth
Bonds for Safety
The Performance Advantage
Beating the Heroic Holding
Beating Dollar-Cost Averaging
30 Down, Stick Around
Variations on the Plan
Executive Summary of This Chapter
CHAPTER FIVE: Managing Money in the Plan
Starting with a Large Cash Balance
Your Living, Breathing Bond Balance
Keep a Bottom-Buying Account
Adjusting Your Bond Balance as You Grow Older
Pulling It All Together
Executive Summary of This Chapter
CHAPTER SIX: The Plan in Action
The Quarterly Procedure
Little Expenses Are a Big Deal
Tax Considerations
Individual Retirement Accounts
Typical Brokerage Accounts
Employer Retirement Accounts
The Plan Works Where You Work
Executive Summary of This Chapter
CHAPTER SEVEN: The Life of the Plan
The Setup
Year 1
Year 2
Years 3–7
Years 8–9
Years 10–13
Analysis
Executive Summary of This Chapter
CHAPTER EIGHT: Happy Signaling
APPENDIX 1: Mark’s Plan
APPENDIX 2: Tools
APPENDIX 3: Rights and Permissions
APPENDIX 4: The Kelly Letter
INDEX
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