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Step 1: Active Investor

  QoW 61 Sept 11, 2009 "Smartest" Book Author Reveals
Active Management Folly 		Dan Solin Step 1  
  QoW 60 Sept 4, 2009 IFA's Position on Investing Mark Hebner Step 1  
  QoW 47 Feb 9 , 2009 Risk: A Primer Charles Ellis Step 1  
  QoW 46 Jan 12, 2009 Draw the Line in '09 John C. Bogle Step 1
  QoW 40 Nov 18 , 2008 Don’t Try This At Home
 William Bernstein Step 1
  QoW 30 Aug 11 , 2008 A 12-Step Program For Stockolics
 Bill Miller Step 1
  QoW 21 May 27, 2008 "So who still believes markets don't work? Apparently it is only the North Koreans, the Cubans and the active managers."
 Rex Sinquefield Step 1
  QoW 14 Apr 07, 2008 “Surprise! The returns reported by mutual funds aren't actually earned by mutual fund investors.”
 John C. Bogle Step 1

Step 2: Nobel Laureates

  QoW 53 Apr 22, 2009 Testing Market Efficiency Mark T. Hebner Step 2  

Step 3: Stock Pickers

  QoW 54 May 08, 2009 Cramer Fact Check Dan Solin Step 3  
  QoW 12 Mar 26, 2008 "A thing is worth only what someone else will pay for it."
Latin Truism Step 3
  QoW 9 Mar 03 , 2008 “If there's 10,000 people looking at the stocks and trying to pick winners, one in 10,000 is going to score, by chance alone..."
 Merton Miller Step 3  

Step 4: Time Pickers

  QoW 55 May 29, 2009 How to Ruin a Good Thing Warren Buffett Step 4  
  QoW 29 Aug 01 , 2008 Lessons From Benjamin Graham
Benjamin Graham Step 4
  QoW 4 Jan 28 , 2008 "There are two kinds of investors, be they large or small: those who don't know where the market is headed, and those who don't know that they don't know..."
William Bernstein Step 4
  QoW 2 Jan 14 , 2008 "The Clairvoyant Society of London will not meet Tuesday due to unforeseen circumstances."
Burton Malkiel Step 4

Step 5: Manager Pickers

  QoW 63 Oct 26, 2009 The Case of the Fallen Fiduciary Mark Twain Step 5  
  QoW 62 Oct 2, 2009 False Discoveries of the Elusive Alpha David Swensen Step 5  
  QoW 58 July 9, 2009 Oops, He Did It Again! Robert Soros Step 5  
  QoW 52 Apr 3, 2009 Hedge Funds: A Fool’s Errand Fred Schwed Jr. Step 5
  QoW 45 Jan 02, 2009 Oh, How the Mighty Fall Peter Cohan Step 5
  QoW 44 Dec 22, 2008 You’re a Mean One, Mr. Madoff
 Burton Malkiel Step 5
  QoW 43 Dec 12, 2008 Last One In Has a Rotten Nest Egg
The Financial Press Step 5
  QoW 18 May , 2008 "Some fiduciary boards... do not adequately understand the true returns, risk and cost associated with investment in hedge funds."
Stanford Graduate School of Business Step 5
  QoW 17 Apr 28 , 2008 "How can individuals find managers who can beat the street?"
 Jack Meyer Step 5
  QoW 13 Mar 31, 2008 “Who's the bigger fool? The fool, or the fool who follows him?”
 Ben Kenobi Step 5
  QoW 11 Mar 17, 2008 “We conclude that hedge funds are far riskier and provide much lower returns than is commonly supposed.”
 Burton G. Malkiel Step 5
  QoW 1 Jan 07, 2008 "You will almost never find a fund manager who can repeatedly beat the market. It is better to invest in an indexed fund that promises a market return but with significantly lower fees."
John C. Boogle Step 5

Step 6: Style Drifters

Step 7: Silent Partners

  QoW 48 Feb 27 , 2009 Where Have All the Returns Gone? Mark Hulbert Step 7  
  QoW 34 Sept 12 , 2009 What Are You Paying for Your 401(k)? Michael C. Keenan Step 7
  QoW 19 May 12, 2008 "Fiduciaries should strongly consider index funds as an alternative to actively managed funds..."
 Michael C. Keenan Step 7
  QoW 16 Apr 21 , 2008 “Many 401(k)-style plans charge hidden fees that can cut deeply into worker's retirement savings..."
 George Miller Step 7
  QoW 15 Apr 14 , 2008 “None of my clients are taxable... Once you introduce taxes, active management probably has an insurmountable hurdle....”
Theodore Aronson Step 7
  QoW 6 Feb 11 , 2008 "For most investors, tax loss harvesting is one of the most important ways to reduce tax liability now and in the future."
 Mark T. Hebner Step 7

Step 8: Riskese

  QoW 59 Aug 3, 2009 Probability in Motion Warren Weaver Step 8  
  QoW 41 Nov 26, 2008 Are We There Yet?
 Burton Malkiel Step 8
  QoW 39 Nov 3 , 2008 Free Markets are Doing Their Job
 Marlena I. Lee Step 8
  QoW 27 Jul 16 , 2008 Nobody Told Me There’d Be Days
Like These
 John Lennon Step 8
  QoW 25 Jun 30 , 2008 “Some investments do have higher expected returns than others. Which ones? Well, by and large they’re the ones that will do the worst in bad times.”
 William F. Sharpe Step 8
  QoW 23 Jun 12 , 2008 "For a long career full of breakthroughs that have advanced our understanding of financial markets, and his early fundamental work on efficient markets, we are proud to have Professor Fama as the first recipient of this prestigious award."
Richard C. Green Step 8
  QoW 20 May 19, 2008 "When you look at the results on an after-fee, after-tax basis over reasonably long periods of time, there's almost no chance that you end up beating the index fund."
 David F. Swensen Step 8
  QoW 7 Feb 18 , 2008 “Some investments do have higher expected returns than others. Which ones? Well, by and large they’re the ones that will do the worst in bad times.”
 William F. Sharpe Step 8
  QoW 3 Jan 21 , 2008 "The average long-term experience in investing is never surprising, but the short-term experience is always surprising..." Charles Ellis Step 8

Step 9: History

  QoW 57 July 1, 2009 Socialism, So What? Mark Hebner Step 9  
  QoW 49 Mar 7 , 2009 Where's the Market Going? Michael Edesess Step 9  
  QoW 42 Dec 05, 2008 Financial Fear Factor Franklin D. Roosevelt Step 9
  QoW 35 Sept 17 , 2008 Fallen Market Perspectives
Jeremy J. Siegel Step 9
  QoW 32 Aug 29 , 2008 Should You Invest in Down Markets?
 Benjamin Graham Step 9
  QoW 28 Jul 25 , 2008 Value of Long-term Equity Investing
James Pardoe Step 9
  QoW 10 Mar 11, 2008 “Historically, the stock market is like a gambling casino with the odds in your favor. Over the long pull, stocks are given something like nine and a half to ten percent compounded per year..."
Burton G. Malkiel Step 9
  QoW 8 Feb 25, 2008 “The only thing new in this world is the history you don't know.”
 Harry S. Truman Step 9

Step 10: Risk Capacity

  QoW 38 Oct 20 , 2008 The Resilience of Capitalism
Mark T. Hebner Step 10
  QoW 37 Oct 6, 2008 The 40-Year Old Lesson Harry Markowitz Step 10
  QoW 36 Sept 26 , 2008 Should You Be Worried About Your Investments?
 Mark T. Hebner Step 10
  QoW 5 Feb 04, 2008 "Our favourite holding period is forever."
 Warren Buffett Step 10

Step 11: Risk Exposure

  QoW 33 Sept 05, 2008 Commodities: A Cautionary Tale
Matt, Krantz Step 11
  QoW 31 Aug 18 , 2009 It's Not Easy Bein' Green Kermit the Frog Step 11
  QoW 26 Jul 03 , 2009 The Smartest 401(k) Book You'll Ever Read Dan Solin Step 11
  QoW 24 Jun 20 , 2008 “Investors acquiring commodity futures in expectations of higher returns, lower risk, and improved inflation protection are making bets...”
Truman A. Clark Step 11
  QoW 22 Jun 04, 2008 "A good portfolio is more than a long list of good stocks and bonds..."
Harry Markowitz Step 11

Step 12: Invest and Relax

  QoW 56 June 12, 2009 Stop the Insanity Albert Einstein Step 12  

  QoW 51 Mar 27 , 2009 A Special Message From Mark Hebner Mark Hebner Step 12  

  QoW 50 Mar 19 , 2009 Naked Truths Warren Buffett Step 12  
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