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Names: Malkiel, Burton Gordon, author.

Title: A random walk down Wall Street : the time-tested strategy for successful investing / Burton G. Malkiel.

Description: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019] | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018042154 | ISBN 9781324002185 (hardcover)

Subjects: LCSH: Investments. | Stocks. | Random walks (Mathematics)

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