Finance Author Helps Investors Prepare for Next Bear Market

SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass. - June 20, 2014 - PRLog -- Tim Higgins, Co-author of Unconventional Investing, Alternative Strategies Beyond Just Stocks & Bonds and Buy & Hold introduces strategies that allow investors to play defense as well as offense with their investment portfolios, and why it is more important than ever to consider these options.

Covered in the book are topics including (but not limited to):

Why the conventional wisdom of buying and holding a balanced portfolio is potentially dangerous.
Potential effects of national debt, deficits, and quantitative easing.
Specific mutual funds and self-managed strategies that may help you avoid the next 2008-type bear market.

"Unconventional Investing gives you the superior intelligence needed to avoid the pitfalls of buy-and-hold investing. It clearly explains how the Federal Reserve's policies created a world that's riskier than ever. It shows you how to make sure your 401(k) is truly diversified to protect yourself in this new environment. Best of all, it even gives you great examples of funds that you can buy tomorrow."

--  Kimberly Amadeo, author of Beyond the Great Recession: What Happened and How to Prosper and U.S. economy expert for About.com

Tim Higgins is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Practitioner and Chartered Financial Consultant.  He is also the author of Pay for College Without Sacrificing Your Retirement.  His book Unconventional Investing was written with friends, family, and the average investor in mind.