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Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds and Confusin de Confusiones

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds and Confusin de Confusiones

Fridson, Martin S. Cfa
MacKay, Charles
Marketplace Books

Paperback

Series: Marketplace Book, Book 9

EconomicsMarketingGeneral Sociology

Publisher Price: $39.95

ISBN10: 0471133124
ISBN13: 9780471133124
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: Dec 15 1995
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.57
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.52 Depth: 8.49
Language: English
The market never ceases to befuddle and beguile. These twovenerable works are fixtures on the short lists for most valuablebooks on the securities markets, and investors continue to cherishthem. -From the Introduction by Martin S. Fridson ManagingDirector, Merrill Lynch & Co. Author of InvestmentIllusions

Exploring the sometimes hilarious, sometimes devastating impact ofcrowd behavior and trading trickery on the financial markets, thisbook brilliantly combines two all-time investment classics.Extraordinary Popular Delusions and Confusión de Confusionestake us from Tulipmania in 1634-when tulips actually traded at ahigher price than gold-to the South Sea bubble of 1720, andbeyond. Securities analyst and author Martin Fridson guides you ona quirky, entertaining, and intriguing journey back throughtime.

Chosen by the Financial Times as Two of the Ten Best Books EverWritten on Investment

Critical Praise . . .

This is the most important book ever written about crowdpsychology and, by extension, about financial markets. A seriousstudent of the markets and even anyone interested in the extremesof human behavior should read this book! -Ron Insana, CNBC

In combining 'Extraordinary' with 'Confusion, ' the result is notextraordinary confusion. Instead, with clarity, the book sears intomodern investor minds the dangers of following the crowd. -GregHeberlein, The Seattle Times

You will see between its staid lines (written in ye olde Englishand as ponderable as Buddha's navel) that, despite what the mediasays, nothing really important has changed in the financial marketsin centuries. -Kenneth L. Fisher, Forbes

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