shamlet76
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Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds
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historical manias explained
03/05/2011
"i very much enjoyed the first three chapters - style of writing and subject matter. i think the book is well-researched. but i felt like i was slogging through the rest of it because the style of writing changed to chapters by subject matter. i wished that he would have picked just a couple of in Read more...
Jesse Livermore: World's Greatest Stock Trader
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the experience of the greatest bear in the stock market 1900
02/12/2011
"this book combines the insights of livermore with the chaos in his personal life. i'm not sure that you can combine the bare genius with a lifetime of living without the chaos. he read prices of sector/stocks like some people read music. it appeared to me that he lived alone in his head but alwa Read more...
Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques, Second Edition
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excellent overview, good commentary with examples
01/02/2011
"this is a standard in japanese candlestick charting. i felt the author was knowledgeable and he was able to explain some of the finer points. strongly recommended."
Ugly Americans: The True Story of the Ivy League Cowboys Who Raided the Asian Markets for Millions
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the ugly americans was ugly and poorly explained the story
12/12/2010
"i am almost done with this book, just a few more pages. but i was very disappointed with it. the book doesn't really tell the meat of the story. if it was about the cheating, the inside information, that might be more interesting. instead, it seems to be about the personal life of an assistant Read more...
An American Hedge Fund: How I Made $2 Million as a Stock Operator & Created a Hedge Fund
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accurate picture, i think, warts and all
11/26/2010
"i enjoyed this book and read it in a few days. well, i had to. i had checked it out of the library, got intereted in another book, and somehow this wound up under my bed. about the time that the library said they were going to charge me for it, i found the book. i had to read it very quickly. Read more...
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