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Don't try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can't be done except by liars.

Bernard Baruch

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Bernard Baruch
Age: 94 †
Born: 1870
Born: August 19
Died: 1965
Died: June 20
Banker
Economist
Entrepreneur
Financier
Politician
Stockbroker
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Camden
South Carolina
Bernard M. Baruch
Bernard Baruch
B. M. Baruch
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