The All-Season Investor

The author offers practical straightforward guidance to modern methods of asset allocation. Explains why each stage in the business cycle--including recession--has its profitable investment strategy and provides various techniques for tracking the cycle in order to choose appropriate investments. A "must-have" for investors seeking guidance for the unknown changes ahead. Diversification: The Medicine for Sleepless Nights.

Securities in the Asset Allocation Mix.

Mutual Funds.

The Power of Compounding.

Manage Risk, and the Profits Take Care of Themselves.

The Business Cycle and Asset Allocation.

Tracking the Typical Cycle.

Asset Allocation as the Cycle Unwinds.

Tracking the Stages: Market Action.

Tracking the Stages: Business Cycle Benchmarks.

Gold and the Business Cycle.

Allocating Assets for Your Personal Investment Objectives.

Conclusion.

Appendices.

Index.

Martin J. Pring is publisher of the highly regarded newsletter, The Pring Market Review. A frequent contributor to Barron's and other leading investment periodicals, he is the author of The All-Season Investor, the bestselling Technical Analysis Explained, and a number of other books on interest rates, international investing, and commodities and futures.