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Revolutionary times call for revolutionary action! More than a
dozen legendary Wall Street watchdogs share their innovative
approaches to investing, playing by their own rules and building stable
wealth for the long run.

"Leonardo de Vinci once said, ‘Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.' My ultimate objective is to help you wade through all of the financial nonsense that is so pervasive today and allow you to simplify your life. There should be no bad news when it comes to your money, if you have the proper long-term strategy in place. Free capital markets prevail if you use them wisely and harness their power."-JAMES WHIDDON

These days, it takes a creative thinker-not hype or conventional wisdom from Wall Street loyalists-to navigate America's financial landscape. Radio show host and widely respected JWA Financial Group founder James Whiddon has devoted his career to bucking the trends, nixing what he calls "the tyrants of Wall Street" and their "willing accomplices" in other institutions, especially the federal government. Now culling the best advice from the financial world's most accomplished investors, as well as his own time-tested lessons, he presents a profitable alternative to the roller-coaster in THE INVESTING REVOLUTIONARIES (McGraw-Hill; Hardcover; May 1, 2009; ISBN: 978-007-162394-0; $27.95).

Drawing on top interviews conducted by Whiddon, on "The Investor Revolution," THE INVESTING REVOLUTIONARIES puts powerful knowledge in the hands of every investor, featuring these topics and venerable names:

• Vanguard founder John Bogle and Nobel Prize-winning economist Edmund Phelps on the truth about capitalism, accompanied by free market common sense with former Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President and CEO Bob McTeer, and a discussion of emerging markets with Kauffman Foundation Vice President Bob Litan

• A short course on big markets, with wise words from Dimension Fund Vice President Weston Wellington, University of Chicago Professor of Economics Eugene Fama, and other luminaries

• What everyone needs to know about investing behavior, featuring renowned psychologists such as Barry Schwartz and renowned economists such as Richard Thaler

• The myth of active management and oversight in Wall Street's methods, with numerous eye-popping examples of pundits who proved to be pushovers

• Around the world with the gurus of global investing, including PIMCO's CEO Mohamed El-Erian; Marvin Zonis, a political economist with more than 40 years of experience in Middle Eastern affairs; and others.

• Jane Bryant Quinn, John Stossel, Wharton School Professor of Finance Jeremy Siegel, and others on little-known aspects of the investing world

• Plus: The D.U.M.B. Funds, the oil problem, China, why stocks are safer than bonds, the problem with index funds and exchange-traded funds, selling low and crying high, tax rates, and much more

In an era of complex theories and conflicting sound bites, this is the ultimate source for clear-eyed advice. Providing a platform for some of the world's most successful free-thinkers to reveal what works-and why market volatility does not have to be the Achilles heel of a portfolio-THE INVESTING REVOLUTIONARIES reads like a conference of the financial world's great minds. Each of them underscores a resounding theme: You CAN increase your wealth and assets over the long term without relying on misleading factors touted by the Wall Street establishment.

With conversations from authoritative headliners who have never shied away from controversy, this book will surely spark important dialogues while liberating individual investors. For anyone who has been burned by old-school brokers, THE INVESTING REVOLUTIONARIES is an invitation to truly independent wealth.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

James N. Whiddon is founder and CEO of JWA Financial Group, Inc., and a host of the popular talk radio show, "The Investing Revolution." He was named one of Dallas's Best Financial Planners, and his firm has been named a "Wealth Master" by Bloomberg Wealth Management five years running. His money-management wisdom has been featured in a variety of media outlets, including CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, and the Chicago Tribune. Nikki Knotts was Vice President of Communications for JWA and is now a strategic public-relations consultant for financial planning firms. The authors live in Dallas.

THE INVESTING REVOLUTIONARIES
By James N. Whiddon with Nikki Knotts
McGraw-Hill • Hardcover • ISBN: 978-007-162394-0 • $27.95 • May 1, 2009