Sheen T. Kassouf (11 August 1928 – 10 August 2005) was an economist from

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known for research in

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. In 1957 he married Gloria Daher in Brooklyn, New York. Kassouf received a

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in economics from

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(1965) and was later professor of economics at

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. Together with

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he co-authored the book ''Beat the Market'' in 1967.

Publications

* Kassouf, S. T. ; Thorp, E. O., ''Beat the Market: A Scientific Stock Market System'',

Access to all published works - UCI Department of Economics

References

External links

Sheen Kassouf Page - UCI Department of Economics
1928 births 2005 deaths Economists from California Financial economists Columbia University alumni University of California, Irvine faculty American economics writers American male non-fiction writers 20th-century American economists 20th-century American male writers {{US-economist-stub