{"product_id":"the-idle-investor-how-to-invest-5-minutes-a-week-and-beat-the-professionals-9780857193810","title":"The Idle Investor: How to Invest 5 Minutes a Week and Beat the Professionals","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 simple strategies to earn high returns and beat the professionals\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWould you like to use a simple, low-risk investing system that beats market indexes and fund manager performance over the long term, but requires only a few minutes of your time each month? Does it sound like a lot of hard work? It's not - even the laziest investor can achieve it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Idle Investor\u003c\/i\u003e includes three straightforward DIY strategies for long-term investing. All you have to do is follow the simple rules. Each method requires only a limited amount of your time and they all make use of easily accessible, low-cost funds. The reasons why the strategies work and everything else you need to know to put them into practice is explained clearly, with numerous worked examples. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe three strategies are: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. The Bone Idle Strategy: \u003c\/b\u003e Part of your portfolio is allocated to shares and part is allocated to bonds, with adjustments only required twice a year. The rest of the time you do nothing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. The Summer Hibernation Strategy: \u003c\/b\u003e For part of the year your portfolio is allocated to shares and for part of the year it is allocated to bonds. Once again, adjustments to the portfolio are only required twice per year. The rest of the time you do nothing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Multi-Asset Trending Strategy: \u003c\/b\u003e A simple trend-following method determines whether to hold your portfolio in shares or bonds. For this strategy you will need to check your investments and make adjustments once a month. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEven on the very few occasions each year when action is required - twice a year for strategies 1 and 2, and once a month for strategy 3 - you'll only spend a few minutes checking your portfolio and making simple changes. The activity levels range from yearly rebalancing, for the laziest investor, through to monthly reallocation, for those who are more active. How much you do depends on how lazy you are feeling. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTesting the three Idle Investor strategies for the period 1990 to 2012 resulted in average annual returns of up to 28%. Compare this to a buy-and-hold approach of investing in UK shares, which would have delivered 8.5% per year over the same period, and you can see that being idle doesn't mean being unsuccessful! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf you are looking for a straightforward investing method that lets you get on with your life while your money grows in the background, then become an Idle Investor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edmund Shing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harriman House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780857193810\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdmund Shing is a Global Equity portfolio manager at BCS Asset Management, focusing on a combination of high-level investment themes and fundamental stock-picking. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEdmund has previously worked at Barclays Capital (as Head of European Equity Strategy), BNP Paribas (as a Prop Trader), Julius Baer, Schroders and Goldman Sachs over a 19-year career in financial markets based in Paris and London. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe also holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Birmingham. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou can follow him on Twitter @TheIdleInvestor and his website - featuring regular market commentary and investing thoughts - can be found at www.idleinvestor.com.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harriman House","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42935371071603,"sku":"9.78086E+12","price":30.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_fc7ef0ba-178f-4ce0-bc15-a174627c547a.jpg?v=1742909114","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-idle-investor-how-to-invest-5-minutes-a-week-and-beat-the-professionals-9780857193810","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}