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Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (Wiley Investment Classics) (平装)
by Edwin Lefèvre
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Trading, Finance, Financial markets |
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Amazon.com (MSL quote), USA
<2008-02-29 00:00>
Stock investing is a relatively recent phenomenon and the inventory of true classics is somewhat slim. When asked, people in the know will always list books by Benjamin Graham, Burton G. Malkiel's A Random Walk Down Wall Street, and Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings by Philip A. Fisher. You'll know you're getting really good advice if they also mention Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefèvre.
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator is the thinly disguised biography of Jesse Livermore, a remarkable character who first started speculating in New England bucket shops at the turn of the century. Livermore, who was banned from these shady operations because of his winning ways, soon moved to Wall Street where he made and lost his fortune several times over. What makes this book so valuable are the observations that Lefèvre records about investing, speculating, and the nature of the market itself. For example:
"It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It always was my sitting. Got that? My sitting tight! It is no trick at all to be right on the market. You always find lots of early bulls in bull markets and early bears in bear markets. I've known many men who were right at exactly the right time, and began buying or selling stocks when prices were at the very level which should show the greatest profit. And their experience invariably matched mine-that is, they made no real money out of it. Men who can both be right and sit tight are uncommon."
If you've ever spent weekends and nights puzzling over whether to buy, sell, or hold a position in whatever investment-be it stock, bonds, or pork bellies, you'll be glad that you read this book. Reminiscences of a Stock Operator is full of lessons that are as relevant today as they were in 1923 when the book was first published. Highly recommended. -Harry C. Edwards
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The Seattle Times, USA
<2008-02-29 00:00>
The most entertaining book written on investing is Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, by Edwin Lefèvre, first published in 1923. |
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William O'Neil, founder and Chairman, Investor's Business Daily, USA
<2008-02-29 00:00>
A must-read classic for all investors, whether brand-new or experienced. |
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GQ magazine, USA
<2008-02-29 00:00>
Whilst stock market tomes have come and gone, this remains popular and in print eighty years on. |
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Worth magazine , USA
<2008-02-29 00:00>
Although Reminiscences...was first published some seventy years ago, its take on crowd psychology and market timing is as timely at last summer's frenzy on the foreign exchange markets. |
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Kenneth L. Fisher, Forbes , USA
<2008-02-29 00:00>
After twenty years and many re-reads, Reminiscences is still one of my all-time favorites. |
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John Roberson (MSL quote), USA
<2008-02-29 00:00>
This is a fictional biography of Jesse Livermore, one of the greatest traders of all time. It is really charmingly written, infinitely better than you would expect for a book about markets.
What's useful in this book is the psychology you'll learn out of it. Know that most of the specifics are no longer applicable, because things like bucket shops and pools haven't been around for years. (The story ends about 80 years ago.) But his psychology is foundational to all good trading: playing the whole market, analyzing others' expectations, riding winners and cutting losers, etc. The narrative gets these points across in a skillful, almost epigrammatic way.
Know that the particulars are now non-existent, enjoy the story, and take the psychology to heart. Highly recommended. |
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