15. The Little Book That Saves Your Assets: What the Rich Do to Stay Wealthy in Up and Down Markets

By David M. Darst
(Wiley—$19.95)

The author is a managing director at Morgan Stanley. In the latest in Wiley's "little book" series of investing titles, he considers "the art and science of asset allocation" and getting the right mix of stocks, bonds, cash, gold, real estate, and more.