Book and free e-newsletter by Ben Warwick debunks the popularity of mutual fund investing and offers cutting-edge strategies to help increase the return of your portfolio.
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Searching for Alpha
The Quest for Exceptional Investment Performance

This latest book and free e-newsletter by Ben Warwick debunks the popularity of mutual fund investing and offers cutting-edge strategies to help people increase the return of their portfolio, while also tantalizing the reader with amusing facts, historical insights and characters from great modern literature.

Can anyone win the investing game? Considering the small number of mutual funds that produce market-beating returns, the task may seem nearly impossible. Even so, there remains an elite group of investment professionals who manage to produce market-beating returns, year after year. What is their edge?

Their edge is defined as alpha (), which represents that portion of an investment fund’s return that is generated solely by the skills of the portfolio manager. Investors, traders and speculators alike have searched for a dependable source of alpha for as long as there have been financial markets.

How much of this search is art, and how much is science? The answer to this and other questions can be found within this provocative and highly entertaining book. Some of the topics covered in Searching for Alpha include the following:

• The three reasons why the mutual fund industry will always under-perform the overall stock market.
• The well-known economist who, by comparing the stock market to a "beauty contest," made a fortune as a speculator.
• How a highly successful football betting scheme can be utilized to profitably trade stocks.
• How to profit from commonly observed frailties in human behavior.
• The commonalties between catching monkeys in India and avoiding taxes on investments in the U.S.
• The profit potential of value stocks for the next decade.

Say goodbye to dry investment theory and hello to a rich and wonderful cast of characters. Who can resist the one-armed mechanic who single-handedly changed the business of U.S. oil production, or the pacifist who pioneered the explosives industry? Where else could you find the likes of Beethoven, Dom Perignon, and the mathematician who stopped Napoleon’s advancing army dead in its tracks? Searching for Alpha cleverly combines these colorful figures with cutting edge financial theories, bringing both to life in a refreshingly educational manner. Get a glimpse with these excerpts and view the book's Table of Contents for even more details.

This website offers additional information on the topics covered in Searching for Alpha. The site will be updated regularly, and we offer a free newsletter to those interested in keeping abreast of current changes in the investment world.

In keeping with the premise of Alpha, we are also dedicated to promoting those things that enrich and add value to our lives. Please take a moment to explore our site! Our Links Page is wonderful resource for the curious. Ever heard the seagulls on the New Bedford Whaling Museum or used The Skeptic’s Dictionary? Are you tired of only reading what is on the Bestseller’s list? Have a look at unusual titles listed under More Books. We hope that you will be both surprised and delighted by your journey.

       

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