Table of Contents

Preface to the Paperback Edition 

Preface to the Hardcover Edition 

Introduction

1. General Considerations 

2. Risk and Return  

3. The Behavior of Multiple-Asset Portfolios

4. The Behavior of Real-World Portfolios

5. Optimal Asset Allocations

6. Market Efficiency

7. Odds and Ends

8. Implementing Your Asset Allocation Strategy

9. Investment Resources 

Appendix A: Becoming Your Own Portfolio Analyst 

Appendix B: Correlation Coefficients Among Asset Classes  

Glossary 

About the Author

William Bernstein (North Bend, OR) runs a website--www.efficientfrontier.com--known for its quarterly journal of asset allocation and portfolio theory, Efficient Frontier.