The Money Game
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (822 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00VSLI6NI |
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| Number of Pages | : | 197 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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In witty, easily accessible language, he shares pithy insights about the role of intuition and the psychology of guilt, arguing that there is no substitute for information. From selling short and buying long to Wall Street’s crowd mentality, from what constitutes a random walk to why timing is everything, this is the definitive portrait of the Street, then and now.. Peppered with entertaining and prescient anecdotes, The Money Game analyzes who makes the really big money and explores the meaning of our desire to become rich. Readers will learn about the safest types of investing, the key to following market trends, and how to capitalize growth, gleaning tips on stock movers, winners and losers, and much more. “The best book there is about the stock market”—timeless investing basics by the host of the Emmy Award–winning show Adam Smith’s Money World (The New York Times Book Review). This essential book takes readers to the Street to learn about the intricacies of money and how the stock market impacts every area of our lives. Smith’s Irregular Rules shatter common myths and misconceptions, revealing why nothing works all the time and illustrating how greed and fear fuel the market. According to the author, the key to making wise, lucrative investments is knowing ou
He is a lively and ingeniously witty writer who never stoops to acerbity. "This is a modern classic." —Paul A. His thorough knowledge of financial affairs gives his observations a great degree of authenticity. But the joy of reading this book comes from his delightful sense of humor. None of the solemn, sacred cows of Wall Street escapes debunking." —Library Journal. Samuelson, First American Nobel Prize Winner in Economics"The best book there is about the stock market and all that goes with it." —The New York Times Book Review"Anyone whose orientation is toward where the action is, where the happenings happen, should buy a copy of The Money Game and read it with due diligence." —Book World" 'Adam Smith' is a veteran observer and commentator on the events and people of Wall Street
"Dated, but good for professionals" according to Mec. "Adam Smith" wrote this book in the 1960s when men were men and he could unashamedly compare stock markets to women. The book is full of contemporary references that are so dated that Wikipedia has trouble with them. Anyone remember Franz Pick, Brunswick, the Gnomes of Zurich, the advertising slogan of E. F. Hutton? (Okay, I remember all these, but only hazily). With the advent of discount brokers, many of the stories about broker-customer relationships have been irrelevant for decades.Also, not one word about the man who came out of this era with the best record: Warren Buffett. Sometimes it's hard to recogni. Your Grandfather's "Liars Poker" J. Edgar Mihelic, MBA Every generation, a writer and their books pop up that show the back end of Wall Street and its ilk running back to Bagehot’s “Lombard Street”. There was then Livermore’s Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, and Schwed’s “Where Are the Customers' Yachts?” The generation before me had Michael Lewis and his “Liar’s Poker.” You may say that he is contemporary, since he is still writing, but that book made his name, and he hasn’t worked on the street since. He’s more of an outsider now – in fact, “Liar’s Poker” just got a. A Treasure Trove Of Market and Trading Lessons J.livermore If you’re wondering why “Adam Smith” is in quotations, it’s because the name is the pseudonym adopted by the author who wrote The Money Game, a 1967 market classic. In the author’s own words, the book is about “image and reality and identity and anxiety and money” — everything that makes up markets…Here’s some of “Smith’s” teachings:"You and I know, that one day the orchestra will stop playing and the wind will rattle through the broken window panes… We are all at a wonderful party, and by the rules of the game we know that a
'Adam Smith' is also the author of Supermoney and Powers of Mind. But as W. . Samuelson, First American Nobel Prize Winner in Economics."Everyone who is anyone in U.S. Somerset Maugham said about an unforgettable Mondrian abstraction: 'It looks as though you had only to take a ruler, a tube of black paint and a tube of red, and you could do the thing yourself. Goodman), is a modern-day classic. "The Money Game