Extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds and Confusión de confusiones

Author(s)

• Mackay, Charles
• Penso de la Vega, Josef
• Fridson, Martin S.

Bibliographic Information

Extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds and Confusión de confusiones

Martin S. Fridson, editor

（Wiley investment classics）

John Wiley, c1996

• : cloth
• : pbk

Note

``Extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds, by Charles Mackay was originally published in 1841 under the title, Memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions. The present edition includes only the chapters dealing directly with speculation and financial markets.''

``Confusión de confusiones has been repritned in cooperation with Harvard University. The original manuscript is part of the Kress Library of Business and Economics at Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.Portions descriptive of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange selected and translated b Profesor Herann Kellenbenz.''

Each part has special t.p.

Special t.p. of 2nd part:Confusión de confusiones. Joseph de la Vega, 1688

Description and Table of Contents

Description

"The market never ceases to befuddle and beguile. These twovenerable works are fixtures on the short lists for most valuablebooks on the securities markets, and investors continue to cherishthem." -From the Introduction by Martin S. Fridson ManagingDirector, Merrill Lynch & Co. Author of InvestmentIllusions Exploring the sometimes hilarious, sometimes devastating impact ofcrowd behavior and trading trickery on the financial markets, thisbook brilliantly combines two all-time investment classics.Extraordinary Popular Delusions and Confusion de Confusionestake us from Tulipmania in 1634-when tulips actually traded at ahigher price than gold-to the South Sea "bubble" of 1720, andbeyond. Securities analyst and author Martin Fridson guides you ona quirky, entertaining, and intriguing journey back throughtime. Chosen by the Financial Times as Two of the Ten Best Books EverWritten on Investment Critical Praise . . . "This is the most important book ever written about crowdpsychology and, by extension, about financial markets. A seriousstudent of the markets and even anyone interested in the extremesof human behavior should read this book!" -Ron Insana, CNBC "In combining 'Extraordinary' with 'Confusion,' the result is notextraordinary confusion. Instead, with clarity, the book sears intomodern investor minds the dangers of following the crowd." -GregHeberlein, The Seattle Times "You will see between its staid lines (written in ye olde Englishand as ponderable as Buddha's navel) that, despite what the mediasays, nothing really important has changed in the financial marketsin centuries." -Kenneth L. Fisher, Forbes

Table of Contents

In the Realm of the Senseless. Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds. Confusion de Confusiones.

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Details

• NCID: BA27200547
• ISBN:
  • 0471133094
  • 0471133124
• LCCN: 95052629
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 214 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : AZ999
  • NDC9 : 338.1
  • NDC9 : 331.8
  • DC20 : 001.9
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Impostors and imposture
  • LCSH : Swindlers and swindling
  • LCSH : Occultism -- Early works to 1900
  • LCSH : Delusions
  • LCSH : Social psychology
  • LCSH : Investments -- Psychological aspects
  • LCSH : Stock exchanges -- Psychological aspects
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA27200616