100 Minds That Made the Market (Fisher Investments Press) -- Free PDF Ebook Download

Free PDF Ebook Download Paperback: 448 pages Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (August 24, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 047013951X ISBN-13: 978-0470139516 Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 1.2 x 9.1 inches From Library Journal Fisher (Wall Street Waltz, Contemporary Bks., 1987), the author of the "Portfolio Strategy" column in Forbes magazine, here presents a collection of brief (three- to four-page) biographies of individuals who made notable contributions to American finance. Fisher's list of 100 embraces both the successes and the failures, with Chapter 7 devoted to "Crooks, Scandals, and Scalawags." Fisher opted to include only deceased figures, and all but a handful are Americans. Many of them (e.g., Vanderbilt, Morgan, Gould) will be familiar to all readers; others (such as Evangeline Adams, a fortune-teller who made market predictions for rich and famous clients) are less prominent but more entertaining to read about. This informative book achieves its stated purpose of being "fun." Recommended for libraries with large popular business collections; less suitable for reference purposes. Mark McCullough, Ohio Northern Univ. Lib., Ada Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Review "…trawl through the biographies of those who have made the markets move for some of the right – and wrong – reasons." (FT's Investment Adviser, Monday 18th February 2008)