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[Book Summary] A Fundamental Approach to Personal Investment by David Swensen
Overview: Sources of Return
* Capital markets provide three tools for investors to generate returns: asset allocation, market timing, and security selection.
* Asset Allocation: long-term decision regarding the proportion of assets that an investor chooses to place in particular asset classes.
* Market Timing: deviations from the long-term asset-allocation targets. It represents