Ben Stein & Phil DeMuth 
The Little Book of Bulletproof Investing 
Do’s and Don’ts to Protect Your Financial Life

Investing do’s and don’ts from some of the most recognizable
voices in personal finance

It’s been a tough year for investors. Many have seen their
retirement accounts dwindle dramatically and are looking for a safe
way to protect what they have and make back some of what they’ve
lost. That’s why the bestselling author team of Ben Stein and Phil
De Muth have created The Little Book of Bulletproof Investing:
Do’s and Don’ts to Protect Your Financial Life.

When you invest, there are essential things you should do and
many things you shouldn’t. The Little Book of Bulletproof
Investing: Do’s and Don’ts to Protect Your Financial Life
addresses this issue and shows you how to utilize the fundamentals
of finance to achieve success in today’s market. This practical
guide contains proven advice on navigating today’s treacherous
financial landscape and will put you in a better position to make
more informed investment decisions.

* Includes street-smart advice for the individual investor
uncertain about their investment and retirement portfolios

* Written by a experienced team of bestselling authors whose
investment advice is accessible to everyone

* Outlines the steps you must take to protect yourself from the
financial calamities of modern life

The Little Book of Bulletproof Investing: Do’s and Don’ts to
Protect Your Financial Life offers quick, easy-to-follow,
and entertaining advice for anyone looking to get back on the right
investment track.

Table of Content

Introduction: Check In with the Control Tower 1

Chapter One The Nut Behind the Wheel: Behavioral Finance in One Lesson 11

Chapter Two Wall Street Therapy: For Good and for Evil 23

Chapter Three How Not to Invest: Kids, Don’t Try This at Home 39

Chapter Four How to Invest: It’s Not as Fun as It Used to Be 53

Chapter Five The Holy Grail of Investing: Having Your Cake and Eating It, Too 67

Chapter Six Bulletproofing Your Investments: A Recipe for Setting Up Your Tangent Portfolios 83

Chapter Seven Pulling the Trigger: Practicing Portfolio Management at Home for Fun and Profit 95

Chapter Eight Become the CEO of You, Inc.: Get Wise, Get Smart, Get (Further) Educated 107

Chapter Nine Human Capital 411: Your Personal Human Potential Movement 119

Chapter Ten Save ‘Til You Drop: Topping off Your Piggy Bank 135

Chapter Eleven Houses of Blues: Welcome to the Neighborhood of Poverty 149

Chapter Twelve Can You Still Retire Comfortably?: Retirement Was Overrated, Anyway 163

Chapter Thirteen The End Game: ‘If Something Cannot Go on Forever, It Will Stop’ 181

So Long, Farewell 197

Acknowledgments 201

About the Authors 203

About the author

BEN STEIN is a respected economist who is known to many as a movie and television personality, but has worked more in personal and corporate finance than anywhere else. He has written about finance for Barron’s, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and Fortune; was one of the chief busters of the junk-bond frauds of the 1980s; has been a longtime critic of corporate executives’ self-dealing; and has cowritten eight finance books. Stein travels the country speaking about finance in both serious and humorous ways, and is a regular contributor to CBS’s Sunday Morning, CNN, and Fox News. He was the 2009 winner of the Malcolm Forbes Award for Excellence in Financial Journalism.

PHIL DEMUTH is Managing Director of Conservative Wealth Management LLC, a registered investment advisor to high-net-worth individuals, institutions, and foundations. He has cowritten seven books with Ben Stein and has also written for the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, the Louis Rukeyser’s Mutual Funds newsletter, and the Journal of Financial Planning. His television appearances include Kudlow & Company, Glenn Beck, Squawk Box, Forbes on Fox, and Wall Street Week.