The Intelligent Portfolio: Practical Wisdom on Personal Investing from Financial Engines

The Intelligent Portfolio draws upon the extensive insights of Financial Engines―a leading provider of investment advisory and management services founded by Nobel Prize-winning economist William F. Sharpe―to reveal the time-tested institutional investing techniques that you can use to help improve your investment performance. Throughout these pages, Financial Engines’ CIO, Christopher Jones, uses state-of-the-art simulation and optimization methods to demonstrate the often-surprising results of applying modern financial economics to personal investment decisions.

CHRISTOPHER L. JONES is Chief Investment Officer and Executive Vice President of Investment Management for Financial Engines. Working closely with founder William F. Sharpe, Jones built and led the team of experts in finance, economics, and mathematics that developed the financial methodology for Financial Engines’ personalized investment advice and management services. Jones has led the investment management function at Financial Engines for more than a decade. He holds an MS in business technology, an MS in engineering-economic systems, and a BA in quantitative economics, all from Stanford University.

FINANCIAL ENGINES, INC., is a leading provider of personalized investment advisory and management services to investors in workplace retirement plans. The company provides advisory services to more than 6.8 million employees, including workers at 109 Fortune 500 companies. In addition, Financial Engines manages more than $16 billion in defined contribution assets for individual employees as of year-end 2007. All advisory services are provided by Financial Engines Advisors L.L.C., an independent registered investment advisor and subsidiary of Financial Engines, Inc. Financial Engines does not receive compensation based on the investments it recommends.