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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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