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 : Free Press ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, c1992. |
| Description: | xi, 340 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Finance Securities industry -- United States Finance. New York (State) -- New York -- Wall Street. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1313670 |
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