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Overview"What the experts are saying about INVESTMENT ILLUSIONS ""One of the most entertaining, readable, and well-informed books onpersonal investing that I have seen. With erudition and wit,Fridson takes aim at the shibboleths, sacred cows, and snakeoilsalesmen of the personal investing industry. Investment Illusionsis a practical and engaging 'how-not-to' guide."" --Stuart C.Gilson, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, HarvardUniversity. ""Investment Illusions presents much good financial advice and agreat deal of financial history, especially recent financialhistory, in an easy-to-read style. I enjoyed it."" --Harry M.Markowitz, Nobel Laureate in Economics, Marvin Speiser Professor ofFinance and Economics, Baruch College. ""Once in a while, you read a book which makes you think, 'I wishI'd read this book ten years ago.' Investment Illusions is such abook. I found it highly entertaining as well as instructive--thekind of book you pass on to a friend."" --Richard Lehmann,President, Bond Investors Association. ""Illusions can seem tangible and yet be fallacious. As usual, MartyFridson uncovers minefields in some of the most importantinvestment fundamentals in a clever and intuitive fashion."" --TonyKao, Director of Investment Research, General Motors InvestmentManagement Corporation." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Martin S. FridsonPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 14.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.10cm Weight: 0.344kg ISBN: 9780471155515ISBN 10: 0471155519 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 29 March 1996 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock Table of ContentsPartial table of contents: WHY BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD INVESTMENT STRATEGIES. It's Lonely at the Top. Gambler's Blues. NUMBERS RACKETS. Out of the Blue. The Missing Link. SMOKE AND MIRRORS. How to Run a Boiler Room. Pass the Trash. FOR YOUR (MIS)INFORMATION. Missing Records. The Art of Plain Talk. DEFICIENT MARKET HYPOTHESES. Slow But Not So Steady. Foreign Matter. Bibliography. Index.ReviewsAuthor InformationMARTIN S. FRIDSON is a Managing Director at Merrill Lynch & Co.and a member of Institutional Investor's All-America Research Team.He is the author of Financial Statement Analysis, Second Editionand the editor of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madnessof Crowds and Confusión de Confusiones, both published byWiley. Mr. Fridson also serves on the editorial board of FinancialAnalysts Journal. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |