Aired 09/13/08 Several unconventional portfolio strategies now in wide application figure among Rob Arnott’s pioneering innovations: tactical asset allocation, global tactical asset allocation, tax-advantaged equity management, and fundamental indexation, among others. An intrepid entrepreneur, Rob has built and led three major asset management firms, serving along the way as equity strategist for Salomon Brothers. He established Research Affiliates® in 2002 as a research-intensive asset management firm, focused on building cutting-edge new products, and bringing them to the marketplace through affiliations wherever possible. With a product menu ranging between sub-advisory services, asset management products, and software models, Research Affiliates® sub-advises the first global asset allocation product to actively tap alternative markets beyond conventional stocks and bonds. A widely published financial thinker, Rob has been a frequent contributor to leading financial journals and books. He has served as editor of the Financial Analysts Journal, and has published more than 100 articles in the FAJ, the Journal of Portfolio Management, the Harvard Business Review, and other respected journals. Rob lectures frequently, has served as a visiting professor of finance at UCLA, and has served on the product advisory board of the Chicago Board Options Exchange and two other exchanges. "The Fundamental Index: A Better Way to Invest" is Robert's latest book. The Fundamental Index examines a new approach to indexing that can overcome the structural return drag created by traditional capitalization-based indexing strategies, and in so doing, enhance the performance of your portfolio. Throughout this book, Robert Arnott and his colleagues outline this breakthrough strategy and explain how it can be used to improve investment returns, typically at lower risk and lower cost than most conventional investments. http://www.rallc.com/index.htm