The Money Game
Adam Smith (Author)
Hailed by the New York Times Book Review as the best book there is about the stock market, this timeless classic by the creator and host of the Emmy Award-winning TV show Adam Smith's Money World is still relevant more than forty years later 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. According to the author, the key to making wise, lucrative investments is knowing ourselves. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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
1 online resource
9781497652712, 1497652715
968045265
Cover Page; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; I. You: Identity : Anxiety : Money; 1. Why Did the Master Say "Game"?; 2. Mister Johnson's Reading List " ... the dominant note of our time is unreality."; 3. Can Ink Blots Tell You Whether You Are the Type Who Will Make a Lot of Money in the Market?; 4. Is the Market Really a Crowd?; 5. You Mean That's What Money Really Is?; 6. What Are They in It For?; A. Cuddling Comsat; B.I Want to Be Loved for Myself; C. Was I Dumb! Was I Dumb! Kick Me!; D. IBM as Religion: Don't Touch, Don't Touch; E. The Broker as Witch-Doctor F. Can I Tell Rosalind? Can I Tell Harriet?G. They Make Me Do Everything Wrong; 7. Identity and Anxiety; 8. Where the Money Is; 9. Mr. Smith Admits His Biases; II. It: Systems; 10. Can Footprints Predict the Future?; 11. What the Hell Is a Random Walk?; 12. Computers and Computeers; 13. But What Do the Numbers Mean?; 14. Why Are the Little People Always Wrong?; III. They: The Pros; 15. The Cult of Performance; 16. Lunch at Scarsdale Fats'; 17. Losers and Winners: Poor Grenville, Charley, and the Kids; 18. Timing, and a Diversion: The Cocoa Game IV. Visions of the Apocalypse: Can It All Comb Tumbling Down?19. My Friend the Gnome of Zurich Says a Major Money Crisis Is On Its Way; 20. If All the Half Dollars Have Disappeared, Is Something Sinister Gaining on Us?; V. Visions of the Millennium: Do You Really Want to Be Rich?; 21. The Purposive Investor; About the Author; Copyright Page