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"Stocks for the Long Run" offers solid strategies for long-term investment success, showing investors how to understand and interpret the movements of the market over time. The book provides a detailed description of market performance since 1802 and an examination of the economic, political and fiscal changes that affect the…

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Professional investors troop to Wharton School to sit at the feet of professor Siegel and learn about why stocks – or shares – should be the bedrock of any investment strategy for the very obvious reason that it’s the best way to capitalise on the steady growth of the American economy. And by implication, other growing economies. If you haven’t got skin in the game, you’re on the sidelines. A dry book unless you have an intellectual interest in investment, it is nevertheless extremely thought-provoking and enlightening. It’s been through several editions and is routinely updated to reflect the latest…

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