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Market Sense and Nonsense
How the Markets Really Work (and How They Don't)
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See moreBestselling author, Jack Schwager, challenges the assumptions at the core of investment theory and practice and exposes common investor mistakes, missteps, myths, and misreads When it comes to investment models and theories of how markets work, convenience usually trumps reality.
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Bestselling author, Jack Schwager, challenges the assumptions at the core of investment theory and practice and exposes common investor mistakes, missteps, myths, and misreads.
When it comes to investment models and theories of how markets work, convenience usually trumps reality. The simple fact is that many revered investment theories and market models are flatly wrong—that is, if we insist that they work in the real world. Unfounded assumptions, erroneous theories, unrealistic models, cognitive biases, emotional foibles, and unsubstantiated beliefs all combine to lead investors astray—professionals as well as novices.
In this engaging new book, Jack Schwager, bestselling author of Market Wizards and The New Market Wizards, takes aim at the most perniciously pervasive academic precepts, money management canards, market myths, and investor errors. Like so many ducks in a shooting gallery, Schwager picks them off, one at a time, revealing the truth about many of the fallacious assumptions, theories, and beliefs at the core of investment theory and practice.
This book offers readers:
- A compilation of the most insidious, fundamental investment errors the author has observed over his long and distinguished career in the markets.
- Insight into the fallacies underlying many widely held academic precepts, professional money management methodologies, and investment behaviours.
- A sobering dose of real-world insight for investment professionals and a highly readable source of information and guidance for general readers interested in investment, trading, and finance.
- Coverage of both traditional and alternative investment classes, discussing both basic and advanced topics.
- In the style of his best-selling Market Wizard series, Schwager presents material pertinent to professionals, yet writes in a style that is clear and accessible to the layman.
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Jack D. Schwager's Market Sense and Nonsense is highly regarded for its insightful analysis of investment strategies. The book is praised for offering valuable advice to anyone with an investment portfolio, with a special mention for its clear explanation of why leveraged exchange-traded funds can be disappointing. It's also noted for being full of practical, common-sense advice for investors.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781118494561
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 07 December 2012
Country: United States
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Contributors:
- Foreword by Joel Greenblatt
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 31.0mm
Width: 163.0mm
Height: 231.0mm
Weight: 544g
Pages: 368
About the Author
JACK D. SCHWAGER is a recognized industry expert on futures and hedge funds and the author of the widely acclaimed Market Wizards and Schwager on Futures book series. He is currently the co-portfolio manager for the ADM Investor Services Diversified Strategies Fund, a portfolio of futures and FX managed accounts. He is also an advisor to Marketopper, an India-based quantitative trading firm. Previously, Mr. Schwager was a partner in the Fortune Group, a London-based hedge fund advisory firm, which specialized in creating customized hedge fund portfolios for institutional clients, and also spent over twenty years as a director of futures research for some of Wall Street's leading firms.
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