Updated with a new chapter that draws on behavioral finance, the field that studies the psychology of investment decisions, the bestselling guide to investing evaluates the full range of financial opportunities.

An introduction the the basics of investing presents ten rules designed to promote long-term financial success and security.

Presents an informative guide to financial investment, explaining how to maximize gains and minimize losses and examining a broad spectrum of financial opportunities, from mutual funds to real estate to gold.

An informative guide to successful investing, offering a vast array of advice on how investors can tilt the odds in their favour.

Tracking the latest risks and rewards on Wall Street, the perennial bestseller offers reliable investment advice for the new century.

In the newest edition of his best-selling investment guide, Burton G. Malkiel maps a clear path through the dizzying array of new financial instruments in this era of high-risk investing. Now more than ever, this sure-footed, irreverent, and vastly informative volume is an indispensable "best buy" for personal money management. In A Random Walk Down Wall Street you will discover how to beat the pros at their own game and learn a user-friendly long-range investment strategy that tailors investors' financial objectives to their particular incomes at any age. New material covers the dynamic but risky markets in futures and options, takes a shrewd look at derivative-type securities, and offers strategies to reduce the tax bite from investment earnings.

The best investment guide money can buy, with over 1.5 million copies sold, now fully revised and updated. In today’s daunting investment landscape, the need for Burton G. Malkiel’s reassuring, authoritative, and perennially best-selling guide to investing is stronger than ever. A Random Walk Down Wall Street has long been established as the first book to purchase when starting a portfolio. This new edition features fresh material on exchange-traded funds and investment opportunities in emerging markets; a brand-new chapter on “smart beta” funds, the newest marketing gimmick of the investment management industry; and a new supplement that tackles the increasingly complex world of derivatives.