The Idle Investor

As someone naturally curious about financial markets and investing, I read The Idle Investor with interest. Shing has done an excellent job of translating bold, theoretical approaches to portfolio construction into strategies easily understood by the personal investor.Cameron Ho, Fidelity Personal Investing

A fascinating bookDan Coatsworth, Editor, Shares magazine

What should be praised about this book is that Edmund has the ability to express very difficult concepts to the layman in plain and simple English. For someone steeped in academia and quant finance this is an exceptional skill to have developed, and a credit to the years heâ??s spent getting his message across through writing and broadcasting. The Idle Investor could act as a refresher for seasoned investors, or a working template to novice passive investors. It's a brief and easily read addition to any stock market or ETF investor's library and comes highly recommended.Ed PageCroft, CEO, Stockopedia

The Idle Investor is a fantastic self-help guide for readers who would like to invest successfully in financial markets, which can often be very perplexing for both professionals and amateurs. Using concise language, Dr. Shing began by going through the key investment concepts that everyone should know. He then looked at the main risk and return characteristics in each of the major asset classes (equities, bonds, cash and property) and how you can use that knowledge to build your own winning strategies.

What I enjoyed most about the book is its clarity. Dr. Shing explained everything in simple, everyday English and highlighted the most important investing truths along the way. Towards the end of the book, he spelt out how Joe Bloggs can outperform the market in the current low interest-rate, volatile environment, only by following some simple rules of thumb.

It was a real pleasure to read this book; I actually managed to read it from cover to cover within 2 days! I believe the book is suited to both professionals and amateurs who are keen on following disciplined but effective investment strategies!

Daniel Ung, CFA, CAIA, FRM, Research & Product Design S&P DOW JONES INDICES