“phil demuth”

"'Buy and hold' makes sense for the average investor in stocks. Even better, say Stein and DeMuth, is to buy only when prices are low and hold when prices are high, keeping accumulating savings in Treasuries while waiting for 'low' prices. They define 'low' and 'high' prices by historical experience... More

The specter of retirement is haunting the baby-boom generation. The generation that's used to having it all is suddenly finding that it doesn't have enough. Ben Stein and Phil DeMuth show you how to get back on track. They outline the steps you can take today to assure your future tomorrow. Backed u... More

As 70 million Americans reach retirement age in the next 15 years, fixed-income investing will become a sociologically inevitable megatrend. This book shows readers how to safely secure the highest possible yield from their savings.With the bursting of the stock market bubble, and after 13 rate cuts... More

Life is not lived all at once--it's lived in moments, days, months, years, and decades. This means that the financial plans and actions we all have to take to meet our responsibilities sensibly must be "organized "by years and decades. Ben Stein wrote the original guide to this subject almost a quar... More

Is Barbra Streisand a star? Is Bruce Springsteen a star? Is Sean Penn a star? Are any of the Hollywood players who endlessly complain about America (and make $20 million per picture) and say that America is a racist, imperialist country a star? Ben Stein doesn't think so. He says that the men and wo... More

Most investors spend their time worrying about selecting individual stocks and mutual funds: big mistake Modern Portfolio Theory--developed in 1952 by economics Nobel Prize winner Harry Markowitz--shows that it's more important to focus on how our securities interact as a whole. Astonishingly, most... More

On the heels of his very successful books, "How to Ruin Your Life, How to Ruin Your Love Life," and "How to Ruin Your Financial Life," Stein, in collaboration with DeMuth, comes up with surefire ways to ruin the greatest nation in the history of the human race.On the heels of his very successful boo... More

With the bursting of the stock market bubble, and after 13 rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, yields on CDs and Money Market funds tread at historic lows--a negative return after a inflation. Gone are the days when investors could earn 5 percent interest, risk-free. With smaller savings coupled with ... More

Examining anti-American rage, this book is a portrait of what is clearly wrong with the national mood, where that malady comes from, and how those who still believe in America can work in their communities and in the nation to preserve the republic.... More