Yes, You Can Time the Market [Hardcover]

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.

Chapter One
The Impossibility of Market Timing 1

Chapter Two
The Power of Price 9

Chapter Three
The Price/Earnings Ratio 29

Chapter Four
Dividend Yields and Market Timing 51

Chapter Five
Fundamental Value 69

Chapter Six
Bonds, Price-to-Cash Flow, Price-to-Sales 87

Chapter Seven
Combining Factors for Superior Returns 103

Chapter Eight
Using Market Timing 135

Chapter Nine
Looking Forward: A Note of Caution 165

Appendix 179

Bibliography 183

Index 187

Arriving a few years too late to slap some reality into the legions of day traders suckered by the stock market gold rush, TV game show host Stein's latest is still a smart, commonsense guide to investing. Stein and DeMuth's primary dispute is with the old adage that one can never tell when the market is going to go up or down, something they attempt to disprove with a wealth of lÃ+