Wolfinger M.D. Create your own hedge fund: increase profits and reduce risk with ETFs and options

Wiley trading series. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2005, - 253 p.This book covers: Hedging (Finance). Stock options. Exchange traded funds. The methodology taught in this book does not guarantee profits. But it does present an investing strategy that increases your chances of being a successful investor. That investment method involves:
Asset allocation: Determine the portion of your assets to be invested in the stock market and in other asset classes, such as bonds, cash equivalents, real estate, collectibles, and so forth. The methods discussed here are limited to working with the funds allocated to investing in the stock markets of the world.
Diversification: Using the teachings of modern portfolio theory, you build a portfolio of stock market investments. Building an appropriate, diversified portfolio (diversification reduces risk) is much easier to accomplish than you might believe. You’ll learn to use the modern version of the traditional mutual fund, the exchange traded fund, as the backbone of your portfolio.
Stock options: We’ll explode the myth that options are dangerous. This versatile investment tool can be used conservatively and intelligently to enhance the performance of your stock market portfolio. You’ll learn to adopt an easy-to-understand options strategy that both enhances performance and reduces risk even further.
You can easily learn to manage your own portfolio better and more efficiently than professional money managers. Instead of paying someone else to provide for your future financial security, you get to own and operate your own mutual fund — really a hedge fund.