Capital ideas : the improbable origins of modern Wall Street /
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| Author / Creator: | Bernstein, Peter L. |
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| Imprint: | New York : John Wiley & Sons, [2005?] |
| Description: | xi, 340 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5820883 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Revolution in the Wealth of Nations
- Part I. Setting the Scene
- 1. Are Stock Prices Predictable?
- Part II. The Whole and the Parts
- 2. Fourteen Pages to Fame
- 3. The Interior Decorator Fallacy
- 4. The Most Important Single Influence
- Part III. The Demon of Chance
- 5. Illusions, Molecules, and Trends
- 6. Anticipating Prices Properly
- 7. The Search for High P.Q.
- Part IV. What Are Stocks Worth?
- 8. The Best at the Price
- 9. The Bombshell Assertions
- 10. Risky Business
- 11. The Universal Financial Device
- Part V. From Gown to Town
- 12. The Constellation
- 13. The Accountant for Risk
- 14. The Ultimate Invention
- Part VI. The Future
- 15. The View from the Top of the Tower
- Notes
- Bibliography and Other Sources
- Name Index
- Subject Index
