Cocktail Economics : Discovering Investment

Victor A. Canto's Cocktail Economics uses simple, plain-English explanations and real-world analogies to teach today's most proven, profitable investment strategies. Canto reveals exactly how the economy affects markets and how to "read " business cycles so you can profit from every shift in the business cycle. Among the topics covered: using elasticity to invest in the right industries and companies; investing internationally in the age of globalization; transforming price data into usable market "signals "; anticipating the impact of regulations and taxation; and more. One step at a time, Canto shows you how to define your benchmark portfolio, then use above-average asset allocation to "tilt towards success. " From start to finish, Canto's focus is practical, and his goal is simple: outstanding investment results.

Victor A. Canto is Chairman and Founder of La Jolla Economics, an economic consulting firm located in La Jolla, California. He served as tenured Associate Professor of Finance and Business Economics at the University of Southern California (USC), and as Visiting Professor at both the Universidad Central del Este (Dominican Republic) and UCLA.

Foreword	p. xii
Preface	p. xvii
Introduction: The Above-Average Opportunity	p. xxi
The Buy-and-Hold Connection: Investing Fundamentals, Courtesy of the American Homeowner, the American Dream-or Reality?	p. 1
Leaping the Transaction-Cost Hurdle: Sometimes It's Easy, Other Times It's Not	p. 19
Dressing Appropriately for the Stock Market: The Potential Payoffs of a Switching Strategy	p. 31
Catch Elasticity If You Can: An Introduction to Industry Behavior	p. 47
Putting High-Beta to Work: Industry-Based Portfolio Strategies	p. 67
California Is a Country: An Introduction to the Location Effect	p. 83
...And France Is a State: How to Invest Internationally in the Age of Globalization	p. 99
Pipelines to Our Investment Returns: How We Get What We Want, in the Amount We Want, and When We Want It	p. 113
Who Are You? Investor Profiles and the Case for Asset Allocation	p. 131
Your Benchmark Portfolio. . .and Beyond	p. 145
Turning Smoke into Signals: How to Make the Most Out of Price Data	p. 157
Making Hay While the Sun Shines: The Case for Predicting, Forecasting, and Timing	p. 173
The Fight Is On: How to Invest Properly Relative to Regulations, Inflation, and Taxation	p. 195
Ending the Never-Ending Debate: Active vs. Passive Investing and Why You Can Take Both Sides	p. 217
A Rational Walk Down Wall Street: Darting Between Passive and Active When the Odds Are in Your Favor	p. 233
Alpha Bets: The Case for Hedge Funds and a Greek Letter You'll Want in Your Portfolio	p. 247
Tilting Toward Success: A Step-by-Step Guide to Above-Average Asset Allocation	p. 265
Index	p. 291
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