The Index Fund Solution

Evans and Malkiel use jargon-free language to describe the different types of index funds available and explain how to choose wisely and allocate assets effectively among stocks, bonds, and cash.

Contents

Introduction

Part 1:

Index Funds Versus Non-Index Funds

1. An Unlikely Beginning

2. The Emperor Has No Clothes

3. Smoke, Mirrors, and Crystal Balls

4. What?s Performance?

5. Fund Returns: Index Versus Non-Index

6. Does the Past Predict?

7. Why Can?t Non-Index Funds Do Better?

8. A Noble Invention

Part 2:

The Five Giant Steps to Wealth

9. Giant Steps 1 and 2: Planning

10. Investing for Retirement

11. Giant Step 3: Build Your Portfolio

12. Giant Step 4: Cut Taxes

13. Giant Step 5: Don?t Tinker, Don?t Wait

14. An Update on Index Funds, with Model Index Portfolios

Index