The book of investing wisdom - Peter Krass

Charles H. Dow, Benjamin Graham, George Soros, Peter Lynch, WarrenBuffett, Mario Gabelli, and Donald Trump. You won't find a seminaror lecture anywhere that boasts a panel quite like this-a group ofthe great stock-pickers and market gurus, both past and present,brought together to instruct you on the art of investing. The Bookof Investing Wisdom offers you a unique insight into how theseprofessionals and many others achieved financial success throughintelligent investing-all from the comfort of your armchair. Neverbefore have the writings of such a large and diverse group ofbrilliant investors been collected between the covers of a singlebook.

The Book of Investing Wisdom is an anthology of 46 essays andspeeches from the most successful, well-known investors andfinanciers of our time. In their own words, these legends of WallStreet share their best investment ideas and advice. You'll hearfrom Bernard Baruch on stock market slumps, Peter Bernstein oninvesting for the long term, Joseph E. Granville on marketmovements, John Moody on investment vs. speculation, Otto Kahn onthe New York Stock Exchange and public opinion, William PeterHamilton on the Dow theory, and Leo Melamed on the art of futurestrading, to name just a few.

For easy reference, the 46 essays featured in The Book of InvestingWisdom are organized into eight categories, covering the nuts andbolts of analysis, investing attitude and philosophy, investingstrategies, market cycles, views from the inside, lessons fromnotorious characters, insights from the Great Crashes, and advicebeyond your average blue chip. Each essay is preceded by a briefintroduction that provides intriguing and insightful backgroundinformation about its author's life and career, and places theessay in historical perspective. Significant statements, inspiringthoughts, and even quirky bits of wisdom have been highlightedthroughout the book to call attention to each contributor's mostmemorable ideas.

Offering practical advice, strategic wisdom, and intriguinghistory, The Book of Investing Wisdom will inspire and motivateeveryone from the professional money manager to the do-it-yourselfinvestor to the business student.

PETER KRASS is a freelance writer and editor living in Connecticut.He contributes regularly to Investor's Business Daily. His otherbooks include The Book of Leadership Wisdom: Classic Writings byLegendary Business Leaders and The Book of Business Wisdom: ClassWritings by the Legends of Commerce and Industry, also availablefrom Wiley.