A Random Walk Down Wall Street
A Princeton economist's classic case that most investors are better off with low-cost, diversified index funds.
Biography
Burton G. Malkiel is an American economist and professor emeritus at Princeton University. A Random Walk Down Wall Street (1973) has been updated many times.
Main ideas and philosophy
Malkiel argues that markets are hard to beat consistently, so low-cost index funds suit most investors.
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