Index Investing For Dummies

Russell Wild, MBA, an expert on index investing, is a fee-only financial planner and investment advisor and the principal of Global Portfolios. He is the author or coauthor of nearly two dozen nonfiction books.

• Introduction 1Part I: The (Mostly) Nonviolent Indexing Revolution 7Chapter 1: What Indexing Is and Isn’t 9Chapter 2: A Short History of the Index and Index Investing 19Chapter 3: Why Indexing Works — and Works So Darned Well 33Chapter 4: Why Everyone Isn’t Indexing 45Chapter 5: A New Era Begins: ETFs and Alternative Indexes 59Part II: Getting to Know Your Index Fund Choices 73Chapter 6: The Basic Index Investing Components 75Chapter 7: Investing in Stock Indexes: Your Gateway to Growth 95Chapter 8: Investing in Bond Indexes: Protecting Your Principal 133Chapter 9: Diversifying Your Portfolio with Commodity, REIT, and Other Indexes 151Part III: Drawing a Blueprint for Your Index Portfolio 171Chapter 10: Finding a Happy Home for Your Money 173Chapter 11: Developing Your Broad Investment Goals 185Chapter 12: Fine-Tuning Your Index Selections 197Chapter 13: Mixing and Matching Passive and Active Investing 209Chapter 14: Making Your Final Investment Decisions 225Chapter 15: A Bevy of Sample Index Portfolios 233Part IV: Ensuring Happy Returns 245Chapter 16: Buying and Holding: Boring, But It Really Works 247Chapter 17: Seeking Additional Assistance from Professionals Carefully 259Part V: The Part of Tens 269Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Deal with the Temptation to Beat the Market 271Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Screw Up a Perfectly Good Index Portfolio 277Chapter 20: Ten Q & As with John Bogle, Father of Index Investing 281Part VI: Appendixes 287Appendix A: A Select List of Index Mutual Funds 289Appendix B: A Select List of Exchange-Traded Funds 297Appendix C: Helpful Web Resources for the Smart Index Investor 315Index 321

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