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A random walk down Wall Street : the time-tested strategy for successful investing

Title
A random walk down Wall Street : the time-tested strategy for successful investing / Burton G. Malkiel.
Author
Malkiel, Burton Gordon.
Publication
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2011.

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Description
445 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
An informative guide to financial investment discusses the current high-tech boom, explains how to maximize gains and minimize losses, and examines a broad spectrum of financial opportunities, from mutual funds to real estate to gold.
Subject
  • Investments
  • Stocks
  • Random walks (Mathematics)
Note
  • Includes index.
  • Edition statement from jacket.
Contents
Stocks and their value. Firm foundations and castles in the air ; The madness of crowds ; Speculative bubbles from the sixties into the nineties ; The explosive bubbles of the early 2000s -- How the pros play the biggest game in town. Technical and fundamental analysis ; Technicalanalysis and the random-walk theory ; How good is fundmental analysis? -- The new investment technology. A new walking shoe: modern portfolio theory ; Reaping reward by increasing risk ; Behavioral finance ; Potshots at the efficient-market theory and why they miss -- A practical guide for random walkers and other investors. A fitness manual for random walkers ; Handicapping the financial race: a primer in understanding and projecting returns from stocks and bonds ; A life-cycle guide to investing ; Three giant steps down Wall Street.
Call Number
JBE 18-518
ISBN
  • 9780393081435 (hc)
  • 0393081435
LCCN
2010041866
OCLC
650219766
Author
Malkiel, Burton Gordon.
Title
A random walk down Wall Street : the time-tested strategy for successful investing / Burton G. Malkiel.
Imprint
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2011.
Edition
Rev. and updated ed.
Research Call Number
JBE 18-518
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