A Guidebook for Today's Asian Investor : The Common Sense Guide to Preserving Wealth in a Turbulent World.

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Understanding the Money Markets -- Chapter 2: Understanding the Fixed Income Markets -- The Argument for Investing in Fixed Income Instruments -- Risks in the Bond Markets -- Credit Ratings and Issuer Risk -- Interest Rate Risk -- How Likely Is a Default in the Global Bond Market? -- Chapter 3: Understanding Equity Markets -- Time Horizon -- Diversification Usually Works in Your Favor When Selecting Equities for Your Investment Portfolio -- Price Volatility -- Chapter 4: Derivatives and Structured Products -- Using Options in the Money Market Segment of Your Investment Portfolio -- Using Options with the Bond or Fixed Income Portion of Your Portfolio -- Using Options with the Equity Portion of Your Portfolio -- Chapter 5: The Key to Investing Wisely -- Have a Time Horizon -- Set Your Own Internal Risk Tolerance Level -- Have a Return Expectation -- Have a Yardstick for Managing Investment Success -- Don't Put All Your Eggs in One Basket -- Chapter 6: Three Useful Concepts to Investing Wisely -- Understanding Systemic Risk vs. Non-systemic Risk -- The Concept of Correlation -- Understanding the Concept of Standard Deviation -- Chapter 7: Building an Investment Portfolio -- Building a Conservative or Income Risk Portfolio -- Building a Balanced or Moderate Risk Portfolio -- Building an Aggressive or Growth Risk Portfolio -- Chapter 8: Understanding International Indices and Exchange Traded Funds -- Understanding ETFs -- Chapter 9: Understanding Benchmarking -- Applying the Concept of Benchmarking to Your Investment Process -- Benchmark by Type -- Benchmark by Geography -- Assessing the Usefulness of Benchmarks -- Chapter 10: Investing in the Future: The Glass Is Half Full -- Continued Globalization of Investment Choices.

Continued Proliferation of Hi-tech Investment Gadgetry that Brings Information to the Individual Investor -- Continued Threat of Global Conflicts and New and Different Market Risks -- Greater Effort by All Governments to Collect Taxes and Erect Tax Compliance Legislation -- Continued Opportunities to Grow One's Wealth! -- Index.

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