内容简介
"Themarketneverceasestobefuddleandbeguile.Thesetwovenerableworksarefixturesontheshortlistsformostvaluablebooksonthesecuritiesmarkets,andinvestorscontinuetocherishthem."-FromtheIntroductionbyMartinS.FridsonManagingDirector,MerrillLynch&Co.AuthorofInvestmentIllusionsExploringthesometimeshilarious,sometimesdevastatingimpactofcrowdbehaviorandtradingtrickeryonthefinancialmarkets,thisbookbrilliantlycombinestwoall-timeinvestmentclassics.ExtraordinaryPopularDelusionsandConfusiondeConfusionestakeusfromTulipmaniain1634-whentulipsactuallytradedatahigherpricethangold-totheSouthSea"bubble"of1720,andbeyond.SecuritiesanalystandauthorMartinFridsonguidesyouonaquirky,entertaining,andintriguingjourneybackthroughtime.ChosenbytheFinancialTimesasTwooftheTenBestBooksEverWrittenonInvestmentCriticalPraise..."Thisisthemostimportantbookeverwrittenaboutcrowdpsychologyand,byextension,aboutfinancialmarkets.Aseriousstudentofthemarketsandevenanyoneinterestedintheextremesofhumanbehaviorshouldreadthisbook!"-RonInsana,CNBC"Incombining'Extraordinary'with'Confusion,'theresultisnotextraordinaryconfusion.Instead,withclarity,thebooksearsintomoderninvestormindsthedangersoffollowingthecrowd."-GregHeberlein,TheSeattleTimes"Youwillseebetweenitsstaidlines(writteninyeoldeEnglishandasponderableasBuddha'snavel)that,despitewhatthemediasays,nothingreallyimportanthaschangedinthefinancialmarketsincenturies."-KennethL.Fisher,Forbes
作者简介
MartinS.FridsonisaManagingDirectoratMerrillLynch&Co.,andamemberofInstitutionalInvestor'sAll-AmericaResearchTeam.HeistheauthorofFinancialStatementAnalysis,SecondEditionandInvestmentIllusions,bothpublishedbyWiley.FridsonalsoservesontheeditorialboardofFinancialAnalystsJournal.CharlesMackay,L.L.D.,wasaScottishjournalistinthenineteenthcentury.HereceivedanhonorarylawdegreefromGlasgowUniversityandwasarenownedpoetandsongwriter.JosephdelaVegawasabusinessmanandpoetresidinginseventeenth-centuryAmsterdam.HelivedinacommunityofPortugueseJewswhoseancestorshadfledtheSpanishInquisition.