IBD's Take On Timing The Market: Part One Of A Series
Posted on December 06, 2012 at 17:30 PM EST
In one corner, you have conventional wisdom and many experts like Burton Malkiel. In the other corner, you have IBD's founder and chairman, William O'Neil, and plenty of other experts. These two sides disagree in a fundamental way over whether or not one can time the market. Malkiel's book, "A Random Walk Down Wall Street," states that there's "no point in following any technical trading rule for the timing of purchases or sales. A simple policy