This work offers a summary of the book "BEATING THE MARKET, 3 MONTHS AT A TIME: A Proven Investing Plan Everyone Can Use" by Gerald Appel and Marvin Appel.

Gerald Appel is publisher of Systems and Forecasts, an investment newsletter. He is also founder of Signalert, an investment advisory firm with more than $300 million in client assets under active management.

Marvin Appel is CEO of Appel Asset Management Corporation and Vice President of Signalert. Dr. Appel currently serves as the editor of Systems and Forecasts.

In Beating the Market, 3 Months at a Time, they argue that savvy, active investing works. Instead of handing all your money over to a financial planner or investing everything in a mutual fund and hoping for the best, you should become a self-sufficient investor.

The key to making it happen is actually quite simple: they advise you to follow 5 steps in order to manage your investments so well that you end up beating the market.

Beating the Market, 3 Months at a Time offers well researched strategies that are likely to increase you investment returns significantly while reducing risks associated with buying, hoping, and holding. A must read for investors (experienced or not).