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Francis H. Yee has a Bachelor in Business Administration with a major in Finance. He has always been interested in the stock market and how it behaves. He bought his first stocks in a private business at age 15 and made his first public stock trade at 23.
As the dad of two children, he’s made saving money and investing for them a high priority. Over many years of investing, he has made some wise choices and he’s made many mistakes. But he’s learned from both. Mr. Yee’s observations and experience give him the insight to stock market patterns and the investor behaviors that create them.
He has exploited those observations and developed investment tactics within a fundamentally sound long-term investment strategy.
Reviewed by Jack Magnus for Readers' Favorite
The Stock Market is Predictable: Exploit Proven Seasonal Patterns for Higher Returns is an investment primer written by Francis Yee. Yee’s book is written for the individual investor, and it provides enough information to also assist those who have considered investing. He discusses the different types of investment opportunities such as stocks, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds. Yee also gives guidelines on how to select a company to invest in. This discussion takes the reader from considering an investment opportunity through the steps of determining if the stock is worth investing in and takes into account the products, the company’s financial health, management issues and borrowing patterns. He recommends becoming familiar with investment literature, sites and articles, and indicates which ones he relies on. Registration type is another subject discussed which deals with the tax status of each type of investment and whether the invested monies are pre-taxed or post-taxed. Then, Yee discusses how the market is predictable and how managing your money during certain times of the year can make a difference in your long-term profits.
I’ve never done any investing apart from having a 401K and one disastrous investment in a ‘sure thing’ that went south, and have always wondered if the right amount of knowledge and training could make investing work. Francis Yee’s primer, The Stock Market is Predictable, was a perfect introduction to investing for me. Yee writes in a clear, explanatory and never overly technical manner, and the progression from general information to more complex subjects is accomplished smoothly. His discussions of loads, fees, and other hidden costs alone was invaluable and well-worth the cost of the book. I’m quite impressed by this book and am a lot more knowledgeable about investing than I was before.
