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Synopsis: "The best book there is about the stock market and all that goes with it." -The New York Times book Review
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Table of Contents: CONTENTS
Preface to the Vintage Edition 1
I. YOU: IDENTITY - ANXIETY - MONEY
1. Why Did the Master Say "Game"? 11 2. Mister Johnson's Reading List ". . . the dominant note of our time Is unreality." 21 3. Can Ink Blots Tell You Whether You Are the Type Who Will Make a Lot of Money in the Market? 35 4. Is the Market Really a Crowd? 43 5. You Mean That's What Money Really Is? 50 6. What Are They in It For? 55 A. Cuddling Comsat B. I Want to Be Loved for Myself C. Was I Dumb! Was I Dumb! Kick Mel 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 69 8. Where the Money Is 85 9. Mr. Smith Admits His Biases 90
II. IT: SYSTEMS
10. Can Footprints Predict the Future? 109 11. What the Hell Is a Random Walk? 127 12. Computers and Computeers 146 13. But What Do the Numbers Mean? 155 14. Why Are the Little People Always Wrong? 168
III. THEY: THE PROS
15. The Cult of Performance 177 16. Lunch at Scarsdale Fats' 189 17. Losers and Winners: Poor Grenville, Charley, and the Kids 196 18. Timing, and a Diversion: The Cocoa Game 212
IV. VISIONS OF THE APOCALYPSE: CAN IT ALL COME TUMBLING DOWN?
19. My Friend the Gnome of Zurich Says a Major Money Crisis Is On Its Way 227 20. If All the Half Dollars Have Disappeared, is Something Sinister Gaining on Us? 236
V. VISIONS OF THE MILLENNIUM: Do You REALLY WANT TO BE RICH?
21. The Purposive Investor 249
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