When investors tune in to any mainstream financial news channel peruse almost any financial
blog or news article or even turn to their brokers for much-needed investment advice they are
inundated with misinformation about all the advantages-and yet never any of the downfalls-of
the latest get-rich-quick investment scheme or breakout stock du jour. Some investors will
follow the so-called investment gurus blindly (and lose their shirts in the process) while
others know better than to take the bait. But the question remains: Where can serious investors
turn to find the unbiased strategies they need to help them improve their overall investment
results? In Invest Like an Institution Michael C. Schlachter tackles this perennial question
head-on and reveals that investors looking to boost their returns without taking on added
portfolio risk can do so if they turn their attention to one of the few categories of players
in the investment arena that consistently outperforms the market: large institutional
investors. Sure average retail investors can't make the same types of blockbuster private
deals in real estate private equity or hedge funds that institutional investors use to offset
the negative impact of volatile markets. But as Schlachter demonstrates in this invaluable
resource what individual investors can do is replicate in their own portfolios the very same
diversification strategies that larger funds employ to achieve outsized long-term gains. To
that end Schlachter provides readers with the tools and road map they need to build a
portfolio that is every bit as diversified and risk-controlled as a multi-billion-dollar
institutional fund. Filled with easy-to-implement guidelines that will put individual investors
on the path to financial success without encouraging them to chase trends take on unneeded
risks or spend unnecessary fees Invest Like an Institution analyzes: - The merits of a global
portfolio versus those of a home country-biased portfolio - How newer investment trends like
fundamental indexation and enhanced indexation are used by institutional investors to
supplement a well-diversified portfolio - Why fixed income investments are not as safe as most
investors think - The best alternative asset classes that are readily available to individual
investors - And much more. If you're looking to make a small fortune in the investment world
it's fairly easy to do so: Just start with a large fortune and start chasing the latest trends
and hot advice. But if you'd rather grow your wealth in a risk-controlled manner over time
follow the proven investment advice in Invest Like an Institution which will help insure that
your investments are properly positioned for whatever befalls the market: bubbles and busts
growth and recession war and peace predictability and surprises.
