Buy and Hold Is Dead: How to Make Money and Control Risk in Any Market -- Contents -- Preface The Comfort Zone -- Managing Risk Is Not a Choice, It Is a Requirement -- Rule-Based Strategies Are Integral -- The Ultimate Goal -- Think Outside of the Box -- The Comfort Zone Lies Ahead -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: The Investment Rate -- Economics Is All About People -- The Relationship Between Market Trends and Economic Cycles -- A Leading Indicator -- New Money Drives the Market -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Keep It Simple, Sweetheart -- An Example: Interest Rates -- Don't Listen to the Noise -- Encountering Roadblocks -- Back to Economics 101 -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Brackish Investors and Their Impending Doom -- Predicting the Future -- A Bad Idea -- The First Line of Defense -- Protection from the Mistakes of the Government -- Protection from Big Brokers and Money Managers -- Brokers Are in It to Make Money! -- Don't Be a Brackish Investor -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Golden Handcuffs -- The Path to the Comfort Zone Starts Here -- Start with the Basics -- Recognize Potential Pitfalls -- The Emotional Ties Levied by Big Brokers -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Since When Has Losing Less Become a Winning Strategy? -- Diversification Does Not Protect Against Broad Market Declines -- Conservative Stocks Fall, Too -- Risk Control Is Our Responsibility, Not Theirs -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Redefining Balance -- It Is a Lifestyle -- Excuses Result in Losses -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Contemporary Darwinism -- Natural Selection in Modern Economies -- Corporations and Governments Are Different -- Adapting to Contemporary Darwinism -- Summary -- Chapter 8: A Proactive Aversion -- The First Step Is the Hardest -- The Right Lifestyle and Mindset -- Proactive Strategies: The Only Ones That Work -- Corporate and Government Missteps -- Proactive Strategies Control Risk.

Summary -- Chapter 9: Embracing Independence -- Proactive Strategies -- The Third Major Down Period in U.S. History -- Taking Advantage of the Turmoil That Lies Ahead -- Just Give Them a Chance -- Having the Upper Hand -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Ahead of the Curve -- Reshaping and Rebuilding -- Boot Camp -- Developing Strategy Without the Noise -- Cash Is King-Sometimes -- Opportunities Abound -- Summary -- Chapter 11: 2009: Return to Parity -- Measuring Immediate Demand Ratios -- The Return to a Declining Curve -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Personal Balance Sheet -- Identify Personal Hazards -- Make a List and Check More Than Twice -- The Things We Do Wrong Correct Themselves -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Every Day Is a Tuesday -- Our Model Works Effectively Every Day -- Plan in Advance and Never Diverge from the Plan -- Interpreting News Events Is Not Necessary -- Turn Missed Opportunities into Realized Gains -- Anticipate Market Reactions and Be Right Most of the Time -- Summary -- Chapter 14: The Game Plan -- Starting the Analysis -- The Tortoise versus the Hare -- It Is Not Rocket Science -- Keeping It Simple: The Daily Routine -- Using Data Points to Make Trading Plans -- Developing an Actionable Array -- Starting a Personal Journal -- Summary -- Chapter 15: Oscillation Cycles -- Technical Analysis Defines Trading Strategies -- The Architect of Strategy -- Combining the Patterns -- Summary -- Chapter 16: The Golden Sequence -- Added Value -- Summary -- Chapter 17: Rule-Based Trading Strategies -- Differentiating the Strategies -- The Six Proactive Strategies -- Strategy 1: Featured Stock of the Day -- Strategy 2: Stock of the Week -- Strategy 3: Strategic Plan -- Strategy 4: Day Trading Strategy -- Strategy 5: Swing Trading Strategy -- Strategy 6: Lock and Walk Strategy -- Pick a Strategy That Fits -- Summary -- Chapter 18: Automated Trading.

Trend Tracker -- Integrating the Strategy -- Using Trend Tracker to Manage Wealth -- Benefits of Trend Tracker -- The Process of Using Trend Tracker -- Keep It Simple with Trend Tracker -- Summary -- Chapter 19: A Greater Depression -- Debt Is a Major Issue -- What if I Am Wrong? -- Summary -- Final Thoughts: Welcome to the Comfort Zone -- Appendix: A Real-Life Example -- About the Author -- Index.