Where Are the Customers' Yachts? or a Good Hard Look at Wall Street：or A Good Hard Look at Wall Street

图书标准信息

• 作者 Fred Schwed 著；Peter Arno 绘
• 出版社 Wiley
• 出版时间 2006-01
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780471770893
• 定价 233.70元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 208页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

"OnceIpickeditupIdidnotputitdownuntilIfinished....WhatSchwedhasdoneiscapturefully-indeceptivelycleanlanguage-thelunacyattheheartoftheinvestmentbusiness."
--FromtheForewordbyMichaelLewis,BestsellingauthorofLiar'sPoker"...oneofthefunniestbookseverwrittenaboutWallStreet."
--JaneBryantQuinn,TheWashingtonPost"Howgreattohaveareissueofahilariousclassicthatprovesthemorethingschangethemoretheystaythesame.Onlythenameshavebeenchangedtoprotecttheinnocent."
--MichaelBloomberg"It'samazinghowwellSchwed'sbookisholdingupafterfifty-fiveyears.Abouttheonlythingthat'schangedonWallStreetisthatcomputershavereplacedpencilsandgraphpaper.Otherwise,thebasicsarethesame.Theinvestor'sneedtobelievesomebodyismatchedbythefinancialadvisor'sneedtomakeaniceliving.Ifoneofthemhastobedisappointed,it'sboundtobetheformer."
--JohnRothchild,Author,AFoolandHisMoney,FinancialColumnist,TimemagazineHumorousandentertaining,thisbookexposesthefollyandhypocrisyofWallStreet.ThetitlereferstoastoryaboutavisitortoNewYorkwhoadmiredtheyachtsofthebankersandbrokers.Naively,heaskedwhereallthecustomers'yachtswere?Ofcourse,noneofthecustomerscouldaffordyachts,eventhoughtheydutifullyfollowedtheadviceoftheirbankersandbrokers.Fullofwisecontrarianadviceandofferingatruelookattheworldofinvesting,inwhichbrokersgetrichwhiletheircustomersgobroke,thisbookcontinuestoopentheeyesofinvestorstotherealityofWallStreet.

【作者简介】

FredSchwedJr.wasaprofessionaltraderwhogotoutofthemarketafterlosingabundleinthe1929stockmarketcrash.Yearslater,hepublishedabestsellingchildren'sbookentitledWacky,theSmallBoy,andthenwentontowriteWhereAretheCustomers'Yachts?

【目录】

Introduction by Jason Zweig  

Foreword to the 1995 Edition by Michael Lewis  

Introduction to the 1955 Bull Market Edition  

Ⅰ Introduction—"The Modest Cough of a Minor Poet"  

  THE VALIDITY OF FINANCIAL PREDICTIONS THE PASSIION FOR PROPHECY

  WHEN THE BULL JUMPED OVER THE MOON

Ⅱ Financiers and Seers  

  BIG BANKING-NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT SOME ASSISTANT TYCOONS

  THE FRUIT ON THE BLOSSON OF THOUGHT WALL STREET SEMANTICS CHARTISTS

  THE PAY THE DIFFICULTIES OF “EARNING”MONEY

  AN ART WITHOUT A MUSE

  A LITTLE APTITUDE TEST

Ⅲ Customers—That Hardy Breed

  VARIETILS OF CUSTOMERS

  HOW TO GET CUSTOMERS

  MARGIN

  WHAT TO DO WHEN THE DAM BURSTS 

  SOME CASE HISTORIES AND A DIAGNOSIS

  CHURNING MONEY AS A CAREER  

Ⅳ Iinvestment Trusts—Promises and Performance  

Ⅴ The Short Seller—He of the Black Heart  

Ⅵ Puts, Calls, Straddles, and Gabble  

Ⅶ The "Good" Old Days and the "Great" Captains  

Ⅷ Investment—Many Questions and a Few Answers  

Ⅸ Reform—Some Yeas and Nays  

About the Author