When the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Athletics to clinch the 1958 American League pennant, Yankees manager Casey Stengel famously remarked that “I realize I couldn’t have done it without the players.” This book, too, was a long and considerable effort, and would not have been possible without the important contributions of many people other than the authors.

For their views on the investment management industry, we thank James MacLachlan, Laurence Siegel, Ted Aronson, and Barton Waring. Behind the scenes at Epoch Investment Partners, Lilian Quah brought our attention to crucial academic research and wrote up the Epoch Core Model, David Pratter crunched invaluable numbers, while Huma Bari deftly juggled schedules, paperwork, and personalities. At our publisher, John Wiley & Sons, Christina Verigan and Susan Cooper brought the manuscript together, while Vincent Nordhaus and Bill Falloon kept us on track toward production.

And most important, we give a special shout-out to the employees of Epoch Investment Partners--who collectively define our culture, carry out our investment philosophy, and are the heart of innovating and evolving the firm to the next level.

Thanks to all of you.