The Sector Strategist: Using New Asset Allocation Techniques to Reduce Risk and Improve Investment Returns

by Timothy J. McIntosh

Overview

Using Asset Allocation to Reduce Risk and Boost Investing Returns

Presenting a revolutionary new investment philosophy that redefines how we view sector investing, The Sector Strategist challenges long held ideas about how this unique area of finance operates. Misconceptions, such as the belief that international stocks provide diversification, are preventing investors from making the most of the opportunities for financial growth that sectors provide, and the book presents practical, applicable evidence that a better, more profitable option is available. Additionally, the book hopes to give readers an opportunity to improve returns and protect retirement assets by providing a wide range of techniques and tools designed to optimize wealth that the author has developed over the last decade.

• Designed to help investors avoid the often inaccurate assumptions made by "experts" which promote typical asset allocation
• Written by Timothy McIntosh, investment expert and founder of SIPCO/Strategic Investment Partners, whose firm's stock portfolio has earned five-star returns from Morningstar annually since 2003
• Contains easy-to-apply tools for wealth protection and growth that have been proven successful during the market fluctuations of 2002 and 2008

The history and opportunities afforded by sectors have been written about at length, but no book has broken with tradition so radically, and with such success, as The Sector Strategist.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781118239797
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	03/02/2012
Series:	Wiley Finance , #773
Sold by:	JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

TIMOTHY J. MCINTOSH is the Chief Investment Officer of Strategic Investment Partners, LLC and its affiliate, SIPCO. He has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, USA Today, Investment Advisor, Fortune, Barron's, and the St.Petersburg Times. McIntosh has been named one of the top investment advisors for doctors in the country by Medical Economics magazine in 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2011.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

CHAPTER 1 The Return Dilemma 5

CHAPTER 2 Sector Allocations 29

CHAPTER 3 The Health Care Sector 51

CHAPTER 4 The Energy Sector 73

CHAPTER 5 The Consumer Staples Sector 89

CHAPTER 6 The Technology Sector 107

CHAPTER 7 The Financial Sector 125

CHAPTER 8 Bonds, REITs, and Commodities 145

CHAPTER 9 Fundamental Analysis 163

CHAPTER 10 The Selection Process 185

CHAPTER 11 The Right Allocation 197

Endnotes 209

About the Author 213

Index 215

Editorial Reviews

"For investors going the ETF or mutual fund route, it provides turnkey portfolios. For those who want to be stock pickers, it describes how to winnow down a list of stocks to find the most promising candidates." (Seeking Alpha, May 2012)

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