Here is the sound, sensible advice from a hero to frustrated investors everywhere. William Bernstein's "The Four Pillars of Investing" gives investors the tools they need to construct top-returning portfolios - without the help of a financial adviser. In a relaxed, nonthreatening style, Dr. Bernstein provides a distinctive blend of market history, investing theory, and behavioral finance, one designed to help every investor become more self-sufficient and make better-informed investment decisions. "The 4 Pillars of Investing" explains how any i…

"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." -Robert Barker, "BusinessWeek". 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 o…