Yes, You Can Be a Successful Investor!--Reaching for Yield in Today's Market.Yes, You Can Be a Successful Investor!--Reaching for Yield in Today's Market [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ben Stein Benjamin Jeremy Stein (born November 25, 1944) is an American writer and commentator, Emmy Award-winning actor, comedian, and game show host. He was also formerly a lawyer, law professor, and White House speechwriter. He is the son of noted economist and writer Herbert Stein. and Phil DeMuth Yes, that Ben Stein. The host and subject of the comedic game show Win Ben Stein's Money Win Ben Stein's Money was an American television game show that ran from July 28 1997 to May 8 2003 on Comedy Central. It featured three contestants who competed in a general knowledge trivia contest to win the grand prize of $5,000 from the show's host, Ben Stein. has been writing about finance for Barron's and The Wall Street Journal for decades, and has written three self-help books about personal finances. He was also one of the chief busters of the junk bond junk bond, a bond that involves greater than usual risk as an investment and pays a relatively high rate of interest, typically issued by a company lacking an established earnings history or having a questionable credit history. frauds of the 1980s. Phil DeMuth has also written for the abovementioned a·bove·men·tioned adj. Mentioned previously. n. The one or ones mentioned previously. journals, and is the president of a company in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. that advises very rich people on how to handle all that coin. All this is to say that the authors would seem to know what they are talking about. Their slim, 220-or-so page volume includes chapters on bond investing, stocks for income, preferred stocks, real estate investment trusts and other related topics, all with a lot of graphs and charts to drive the point home. There are even some blank pages at the back for your own investment notes. Cover art courtesy Raincoast Books. |
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