A random walk down Wall Street : the time-tested strategy for successful investing / Burton G. Malkiel.

Includes index.

Stocks and their value. Firm foundations and castles in the air -- The madness of crowds -- Speculative bubbles from the Sixties into the Nineties -- The explosive bubbles of the early 2000s -- How the pros play the biggest game in town. Technical and fundamental analysis -- Technical analysis and the random-walk theory -- How good is fundamental analysis? The efficient-market hypothesis -- The new investment technology. A new walking shoe: modern portfolio theory -- Reaping reward by increasing risk -- Behavioral finance -- Is "smart beta" really smart? -- A practical guide for random walkers and other investors. A fitness manual for random walkers and other investors -- Handicapping the financial race: a primer in understanding and projecting returns from stocks and bonds -- A life-cycle guide to investing -- Three giant steps down Wall Street -- Supplement: How pork bellies acquired an Ivy League suit: a primer on derivatives.

Newly revised and updated with information on exchange-traded funds and investment opportunities in emerging markets, a trusted investment guide is filled with core insights and expert advice on stocks, bonds, money markets, real estate investment trusts, home ownership and more. --Publisher's description.