Calling the Turns: Why Market Timing Is So Hard - April 2015

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Your Money and Your Brain: How the New Science of Neuroeconomics Can Help Make You Rich. New York: Simon & Schuster. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Philip Lawton is responsible for content marketing. Earlier in his career he was head of the Certificate In Investment Performance Measurement (CIPM®) program at CFA Institute; a vice president at State Street Investment Analytics, where he managed client service for the Independent Consultants Cooperative; a vice president at Citibank, where he was responsible for providing performance measurement reports to U.S.

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