Riding the Bull, Beating the Bear

Riding the Bull, Beating the Bear offers a simple, straightforward market timing technique. Using his extensively researched and back-tested Y-Process method, Edward Yanis shows investors how they can improve their portfolio performance-by doing one simple calculation every week. With a minimum of work, readers can benefit from a buy-and-hold, index oriented philosophy, and at the same time, preserve capital by getting out of the market before prolonged dips. For readers who don't want to get bogged down in complex investing strategies, Riding the Bull, Beating the Bear provides a low-intensity, active management style that is easy to learn and even easier to implement.

Contents

Preface.

Introduction.

Part One : The Novice Investor's First Venture Into The Stock Market

Accumulating Wealth Begins with Six Simple Tenets.
For the Prudent Investor Is It Stocks or Bonds?
Mutual Funds -- The Ideal Investment for Beginners.

Part Two : Assisting The Intermediate Investor To Become A More Effective Manager At Wealth Building

The Psychology of Investing.
Benchmarking: Going Beyond the S&P 500 Stock Index.
Why Indexing Makes Sense.

Part Three : Teaching Sophisticated Investors The Judicious Use Of The Y-Process

Beating the Bear.
The Schools of Strategic Investing.
The Y-Process: A Stock Market Strategy for Sophisticated Investors.
The Y-Process Managed S&P 500 Consistently Outperforms the Market.
The Devil Is In the Details.
Stretch Your Gains: Reach for Higher Returns.

Epilogue

Appendix A: S&P 500 Index for the 1940s.
Appendix B: S&P 500 Index for the 1950s.
Appendix C: S&P 500 Index for the 1960s.
Appendix D: S&P 500 Index for the 1970s.
Appendix E: S&P 500 Index for the 1980s.
Appendix F: S&P 500 Index for the 1990s.

Notes
Glossary
About the Author.
Index