Martin Pring – The Investors Guide to Active Asset Allocation

SYNOPSIS:

The Investor’s Guide to Active Asset Allocation gives you the background and analytical tools required to take full advantage of the opportunities found in asset allocation, sector rotation, and the business cycle.

Martin Pring, a renowned technical analyst and best-selling author, wrote a book that explains why certain asset categories perform better or worse during different phases of the business cycle.

Pring shows you how to apply active asset allocation, rotating among sectors and major markets as the business cycle stage changes, to develop optimum allocation strategies. Exchange traded funds are the best vehicle for asset allocation rotation since they are easily traded and have more flexibility than mutual funds. Depending on the business cycle stage, he offers specific guidelines for what sectors to be in.

THE INVESTOR’S GUIDE TO ACTIVE ASSET ALLOCATION PROVIDES YOU WITH PROVEN INVESTING EXPERTISE ON:

Money management has basic principles.

The prices of bonds, stocks, and Commodities are driven by the business cycle.

There are six business cycle stages.

Technical tools can help identify trends.

Things are put into a long-term perspective.

The ten market sectors fit into the rotation process using easy-to- follow indicators and models.

Each of the six stages has individual sectors and groups.

There is asset allocation for specific stages.

The CD-ROM contains additional information that will help you execute the strategies described in the book. Live links to useful web sites that contain a wide-ranging library of ETFs, database sources, historical data files in excel format, and a collection of historical multi-colored PowerPoint charts can be found here.

An essential tool for improving your analytical skills, The Investor’s Guide to Active Asset Allocation shows you how to move from a passive to an active allocation model and explains the link between business cycle and stock market cycle for more effective trading and investing.