There is no way to identify the very best strategies for all times, all markets, and all types of taxable and tax-deferred investment accounts.

This book explores alternatives to just ‘buying and holding,’ using only asset allocation as your defense against bad markets.

Don’t forget it took the U.S. economy nearly 25 years to recover from the Great Stock Market Crash of 1929. As of December 31, 2015, the Japanese Nikkei average is still down to less than half of its peak 26 years prior.