“Bernstein has become a guru to a peculiarly '90s group: well-educated, Internet-powered people intent on investing well—and with minimal 'help' from professional Wall Street.”<br><b>--Robert Barker, BusinessWeek</b><p>William Bernstein is one of today's most unlikely financial heroes. A practicing neurologist, he used his self-taught investment knowledge and research to build a popular investor's website. Now, in the plain-spoken The Intelligent Asset Allocator, he shows independent investors how to build a diversified portfolio—without the help of a financial advisor. A breath of fresh air for investors tired of overly technical investment tomes, this book will help investors:<ul><li>Learn the risk/reward characteristics of various investment types<li>Understand and apply portfolio theory for an improved risk/reward ratio<li>Sharpen their focus, and take control of their investment programs</ul><b>William Bernstein</b> runs a website—www.efficientfrontier.com—known for its quarterly journal of asset allocation and portfolio theory, Efficient Frontier.