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90% Of The Success Of A Mutual Fund Has More To Do With The Markets Concurrent Overall Trend Direction Than The Funds Stock Selection, Research, Or Trading Skills.


DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c43625) has announced the addition of The 90% Solution: Higher Returns, Less Risk to their offering.

An innovative way to invest in today's markets

The 90% Solution challenges the mainstream financial worlds steadfast promotion of "buy and hold" as the end-all in professional asset management. Filled with in-depth insight and fresh advice, this book explores the good, the bad, and the ugly of traditional investment management, while outlining the virtues of (and some suggestions for) alternative investing. In The 90% Solution, author and financial expert David Rogers examines this successful investment approach in detail. He explains that 90% of the success of a mutual fund, for instance, has less to do with the funds stock selection, research, or trading skills and more to do with the markets concurrent overall trend direction. Readers will discover that, in statistical terms, the fund is the dependent variable and the overall market is the independent variable. Therefore, investors who want to outperform Outperform

An analyst recommendation meaning a stock is expected to do slightly better than the market return.

Notes:
Exact definitions vary by brokerage, but in general this rating is better than neutral and worse than buy or strong buy.
 the market averages must harness the power of the market to enhance returns and more effectively manage risk.

About the author

David Rogers is founder and Chief Investment Officer of Watauga Equity Management, a registered investment advisory firm in Blowing Rock, North Carolina Blowing Rock is a town in North Carolina, situated in both Caldwell and Watauga counties. The population was 1,418 at the 2000 census. However, during the summer the town's population increases to about 10,000. , that specializes in active asset allocation Asset Allocation

The process of dividing a portfolio among major asset categories such as bonds, stocks or cash. The purpose of asset allocation is to reduce risk by diversifying the portfolio.
 strategies using indexed and leveraged mutual funds. He is also a Senior Financial Writer for CCG CCG Chicago
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 and Strategic Communications, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . Mr. Rogers has nearly thirty years experience in the investment industry and has held advisory, research, trading, and sales positions for regional and national firms. Rogers has become well known for his skill in establishing the probability of overall stock market direction and, since 1994, has specialized spe·cial·ize  
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1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study.

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 in portfolio construction using mid-, small-, and micro-cap companies, from both "value" and "growth" perspectives. He has nearly 30 years experience in the investment industry.

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