Rule Based Investing

Use rule-based investment strategies to maintain trading and investment discipline, and protect yourself from fear, greed, pride, and other costly emotions! Since the mid-1990s, assets under management in rule-based or non-discretionary hedge funds have outgrown those in discretionary or qualitative funds. Recent research shows that rule-based funds have outperformed discretionary funds on a risk-adjusted basis over the past 30 years, and have especially outperformed during recent financial crises. This is the first comprehensive guide to designing and applying these sophisticated strategies. Combining academic rigor and practical applications, it explains what rule-based investment strategies are, how to construct them, and how to distinguish bad ones from good ones. Unlike any other guide, it systematically covers every facet of the topic, including Forex, rates, emerging markets, equity, volatility, and other key topics. Credit Suisse head of global strategy and modeling, Chiente Hsu, covers carry, momentum, seasonality, and value-based strategies; as well as the construction of portfolios of rule-based strategies that support diversification. Replete with realistic examples, this book will be a valuable resource for everyone concerned with effective investing, from traders to specialists in applied corporate finance.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The clearest and best book out there to get you on the path to riches. This one’s special!”—Jim Cramer, host of CNBC’s Mad Money “Great tools for anyone wanting to dabble in the stock market.”—USA Today Phil Town is a very wealthy man, but he wasn’t always. In fact, he was living on a salary of $4,000 a year when some well-timed advice launched him down a highway of investing self-education that revealed what the true “rules” are and how to make them work in one’s favor. Chief among them, of course, is Rule #1: “Don’t lose money.” In this updated edition to the #1 national bestseller, you’ll learn more of Phil’s fresh, think-outside-the-box rules, including: • Don’t diversify • Only buy a stock when it’s on sale • Think long term—but act short term to maximize your return • And most of all, beat the big investors at their own game by using the tools designed for them! As Phil demonstrates in these pages, giant mutual funds can’t help but regress to the mean—and as we’ve all learned in recent years, that mean could be very disappointing indeed. Fortunately, Rule #1 takes readers step-by-step through a do-it-yourself process, equipping even the biggest investing-phobes with the tools they need to make quantum leaps toward financial security—regardless of where the market is headed.

This book is a compilation of recent articles written by leading academics and practitioners in the area of risk-based and factor investing (RBFI). The articles are intended to introduce readers to some of the latest, cutting edge research encountered by academics and professionals dealing with RBFI solutions. Together the authors detail both alternative non-return based portfolio construction techniques and investing style risk premia strategies. Each chapter deals with new methods of building strategic and tactical risk-based portfolios, constructing and combining systematic factor strategies and assessing the related rules-based investment performances. This book can assist portfolio managers, asset owners, consultants, academics and students who wish to further their understanding of the science and art of risk-based and factor investing. Contains up-to-date research from the areas of RBFI Features contributions from leading academics and practitioners in this field Features discussions of new methods of building strategic and tactical risk-based portfolios for practitioners, academics and students

I wrote this book to give beginners some simple actionable easy to use investment and trading ideas for writing their own rule based trading plan which will give them an edge over the competition in the live financial markets. All of the techniques presented in this book are simple enough for total beginners with zero experience to use in order to begin making money right away. If you’re already ready investing and trading live and are struggling or losing money the techniques in this book can help you to turn you’re trading around. The live markets are a harsh and challenging environment to work in to say the least and the better tools you have the more money you will make. The simple strategies in this book are not for the weak minded and will challenge you to go against everything you may have studied thus far in your trading career. The methods in this book can be used as a baseline and if employed properly will give any trader some ideas on how to build their own rule based trading plan which is unique to their style of investing and trading. This book will be a valuable resource for beginner investors and traders who wish to expedite their learning curve and begin making money from investing and trading right away versus spending a lot of valuable education time and perhaps losing a lot of hard earned money from not having composed a rule based trading plan, the idea is to start small and build on success. The concepts presented in this book work on any market in any time frame and are not hard to employ and build into a working rule based plan that makes money consistently and will also help you to avoid the stress as well as the fear and greed which are inherent of working in this business and is a must read for any brand new self-directed investor and trader. The only thing you are in control of in the live market is how much money you don’t lose and investing and trading with a rule based plan is the edge you’ll need to compete with the top traders in the world.

The key to being rich is learning how to become rich first. Everyone has their own idea of what it means to be rich and have financial freedom and the information How to Build a Winning Rule Based Trading Plan will start you on your journey to getting what it is you want from trading. This book will get you on the fast track to knowledge about what it takes to become financially independent so that you can live free and make an income from anywhere in the world you wish to be. Use How to Build a Winning Rule Based Trading Plan as an overview or a guide if you will, for what to study and learn first to become consistently profitable from investing and trading as a self-directed beginner. This book is written to provide straightforward, easy to understand and easy to apply advice, tips and techniques that can be the backbone of any self-directed beginner traders success in the financial markets. The key is to construct, implement then stick to a core strategy that is rule based, and if you wish to become wealthy, this is the only way to do it during both ups and downs in the markets. There is a lot to know and learn and I give you concise information as to what to learn first and what to look for as far as further information is concerned and where to look for it. I tell you only the most critical things to learn first because those are absolutely the most important and the ones that will make you unlimited amounts of money right away if you do them. You are the only one making you do this business so don’t you owe it to yourself to study the right information and do the best education and training you can right from the first day? The alternative of not doing it right from the start is your trading account will get FUBAR and no one wants that now right? By following the advice and information in How to Build a Winning Rule Based Trading Plan you can greatly cut down the long learning curve there is in this business and put yourself on the fast track to making an unlimited income for yourself from anywhere in the world. That’s the best business in the world to be in isn’t it?

Investing with the Trend provides an abundance of evidence for adapting a rules-based approach to investing by offering something most avoid, and that is to answer the “why” one would do it this way. It explains the need to try to participate in the good markets and avoid the bad markets, with cash being considered an asset class. The book is in three primary sections and tries to leave no stone unturned in offering almost 40 years of experience in the markets. Part I – The focus is on much of the misinformation in modern finance, the inappropriate use of Gaussian statistics, the faulty assumptions with Modern Portfolio Theory, and a host of other examples. The author attempts to explain each and offer justification for his often strong opinions. Part II – After a lead chapter on the merits of technical analysis, the author offers detailed research into trend analysis, showing how to identify if a market is trending or not and how to measure it. Further research involves the concept of Drawdown, which the author adamantly states is a better measure of investor risk than the oft used and terribly wrong use of volatility as determined by standard deviation. Part III – This is where he puts it all together and shows the reader all of the steps and details on how to create a rules-based trend following investment strategy. A solid disciplined strategy consists of three parts, a measure of what the market is actually doing, a set of rules and guidelines to tell you how to invest based upon that measurement, and the discipline to follow the strategy

After reading this entire book you will have increased your knowledge of the financial markets and trading industry so you can make more knowledgeable decisions in the future. The idea is to keep your process and rule based plan simple so you can understand what you are doing and can make educated decisions, if you keep it simple it will be. You will evolve as an investor and trader as you continue to learn and uncover your strengths and weaknesses. The information I have to give you in How to write a Rule Based Trading Plan as a Beginner Trader will give you some basics of what you need to be successful in making money by investing and trading in any of today's financial markets. This business gives you the chance to make money every single trading day no matter where you are in the world; as long as there is Wi-Fi or internet there you can make money if you trade with a rule based plan! Isn’t that the kind of business you would like to be in? Use How to write a Rule Based Trading Plan as a Beginner Trader as an overview or a guide, if you will, for what to include in your rule based trading plan to become consistently profitable from trading. I give you concise information as to what you could include in your trading plan although it will need to be your own plan for whatever you are trading and only you can decide what to ultimately include in the trading plan. I tell you only the most critical things to include because those are absolutely the most important and the ones that will make you money right away. How to write a Rule Based Trading Plan as a Beginner Trader provides straightforward, easy to understand and easy to apply advice, tips and techniques that can be the backbone of any trader’s success in the financial markets no matter what market you’re working in.