Asset Rotation: The Demise of Modern Portfolio Theory and the Birth of an Investment Renaissance

Asset Rotation: The Demise of Modern Portfolio Theory and the Birth of an Investment Renaissance

by Matthew P. Erickson
Released July 2014
Publisher(s): Wiley
ISBN: 9781118779194

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Book description

An all-weather, tactical approach to asset management utilizing Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)

In Asset Rotation, portfolio management pioneer Matthew P. Erickson demonstrates a time-tested approach to asset management that has worked throughout the history of capital markets, in good times and bad. Providing investors with strong participation in rising markets, but more importantly with a discipline to reduce participation in prolonged declines. Over time this revolutionary approach has yielded superior returns, with significantly reduced levels of risk; providing the engine for true, long-term sustainable growth.

The investment world as we know it has changed, and the paradigm has shifted. What has worked in the past may no longer work in the future. No longer may bonds be regarded as a safe haven asset class, as for the first time in generations, investors in fixed income face losses as interest rates rise from historical all-time lows. For those adhering to a conventional Modern Portfolio Theory based investment approach to asset management, what was once regarded as safe and stable, may very well soon become our greatest impediment.

Asset Rotation provides investors with a practical solution for today's real world problems. This tactical approach to asset management provides us with concrete proof that there is indeed a better way.

We are standing on the precipice of an Investment Renaissance. What was previously impossible, is now possible. Find out how.

  • Presents an easy-to-understand price momentum-based approach to investing

  • Illustrates the benefits of asset rotation

  • Offers a systematic approach for securing a sound financial future

  • Provides further insights as to how to customize your own asset rotation portfolio

    • Matthew Erickson gives investors a hands-on resource for how to navigate an increasingly difficult investment landscape, by providing them with keen insights into the most rapidly growing segment of the investment markets.

    Table of contents

    1. Acknowledgments
    2. Prologue: David & Goliath
    3. Preface: We Stand on the Precipice of an Investment Renaissance
    4. Chapter 1: Taking the 30,000-Foot View
      1. The Individual Investor
      2. The Individual Investor
      3. Ockham’s Razor
      4. Our Current Economic Landscape
      5. The Bottom Line
    5. Chapter 2: When the Paradigm Shifts
      1. A Primer on Modern Portfolio Theory
      2. The Treasury Run
      3. Losing Money in Bonds
      4. The Bottom Line
    6. Chapter 3: Shooting Stars
      1. The Persistence of Manager Performance
      2. The Bottom Line
    7. Chapter 4: Beyond the Stars
      1. The Cost of Investing
      2. Identifying Risk
      3. Assessing the Investment Environment
      4. The Bottom Line
    8. Chapter 5: The Landscape Has Changed
      1. The ETF: What Is It?
      2. A Brief History
      3. The Use of ETFs in a Portfolio
      4. The Bottom Line
    9. Chapter 6: Challenging Convention
      1. A Time-Tested Approach
      2. The 2000s
      3. The 1990s
      4. The 1980s
      5. The 1970s
      6. The 1960s
      7. The 1950s
      8. The 1940s
      9. The Great Depression
      10. From the Great Depression to Today
      11. The Bottom Line
    10. Chapter 7: Building a Better Mousetrap
      1. Building a Better Mousetrap
      2. The 1990s
      3. The 2000s
      4. From 2010 to
      5. 23 Years: 1999–2012
      6. Going Toe to Toe with the Best
      7. The Bottom Line
    11. Chapter 8: Choose Your Own Adventure
      1. Choose Your Own Adventure
      2. Additional Factors to Consider: Eligible Risk Assets
      3. Additional Factors to Consider: Eligible Flight to Safety/Fixed-Income Assets
      4. Additional Factors to Consider: Criteria for Investment Selection
      5. Creating a Scoring System
      6. Required Due Diligence
      7. The Bottom Line
    12. Chapter 9: The Anatomy of Change
      1. Benchmarking Success
      2. The Four Seasons
      3. When Equity Markets Rise
      4. When Equity Markets Fall
      5. When Equity Markets Move Sideways
      6. When Equity Markets Move Sideways with Volatility
      7. The Bottom Line
    13. Chapter 10: Letting Go of Your Crutch
      1. Citius, Altius, Fortius
      2. Asset Rotation as a Core Approach
      3. Baby Steps
      4. Supplementing Either Equities or Fixed Income
      5. Adopting a Core/Satellite Approach
      6. The Bottom Line
    14. Chapter 11: The Road Ahead
      1. The Bottom Line
    15. About the Author
    16. Index
    17. End User License Agreement

    Product information

    • Title: Asset Rotation: The Demise of Modern Portfolio Theory and the Birth of an Investment Renaissance
    • Author(s): Matthew P. Erickson
    • Release date: July 2014
    • Publisher(s): Wiley
    • ISBN: 9781118779194