Goals-based portfolio theory / Franklin J. Parker.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Story of the Idea: How Goals-Based Portfolio Theory Came to Be -- A Theoretical Foundation -- Allocating Wealth Across Goals and Across Investments -- Allocating Wealth Through Time -- Real Markets, Real Risk, Real Portfolios -- Insurance Through a Goals-Based Lens -- Impact Investing -- Taxes and Rebalancing -- Goals-Based Reporting -- Fragility Analysis of Goals-Based Inputs -- Human Risks -- Prudent Investing with High-Variance Assets: An Experimental Chapter -- As a Bridge Between Normative and Behavioral Finance -- The Future Structure of Wealth Management Firms -- Endnote: Some Final Thoughts.

"This book is about using that ecosystem to accomplish financial goals-it is a better map (hopefully!). But, to really understand how and why goals-based investing is different, we must first understand goals-based investors-that is, those real people who have real things they want to achieve in their very real lives. People do not enter this jungle for the fun of it, at least not usually. People enter this jungle hoping to come out the other side better off-to improve their lives and secure their future"-- Provided by publisher.