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    Yes, You Can Time the Market!
    Yes, You Can Time the Market!
    Yes, You Can Time the Market!
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    Yes, You Can Time the Market!

    By Ben Stein and Phil Demuth

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    Economist, actor, author, and former quiz show host Ben Stein teamed up with investment psychologist Phil DeMuth to examine a century of stock market data and discovered a profound and original investment truth: Yes, you can time the market! In their instant investment classic Yes, You Can Time the Market!, Stein and DeMuth show investors simple, readily available measurements that tell them when it's time to invest in stocks, bonds, real estate, or cash. Written for the investor who wants to preserve capital and build wealth steadily, this book offers prudent, bedrock advice for anyone who can no longer afford to play games with their money.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWiley
    Release dateMay 13, 2003
    ISBN9780471456797
    Yes, You Can Time the Market!
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    Ben Stein

    Ben Stein is a respected economist who is known to many as a movie and television personality. He has written about finance for Barron's, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Fortune, and he is a regular contributor on CBS's Sunday Morning, CNN, and Fox News. One of the chief busters of the junk-bond frauds of the 1980s, he has been a longtime critic of corporate executives' self-dealing and has co-written eight books about finance.

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