This book is fourteen years in the making, and more people deserve my gratitude than space would allow.

First among them is my wife, who saw the importance of this book long before the stock market jargon became standard fare on the news.

High also on my list are my associates who patiently endured my distraction by this project.

Special thanks to the many lone voices who have been criticized for sounding the alarms early on, and their attempts to "reason" the market deserve more credit that will ever be received!

But folks let me be honest now!

My biggest credit goes to the Greater Fool Theory ...

The theory that makes a fool buy something for no other reason than the belief that he will be able to sell it to some other greater than himself fool ...

For a higher price!