A random walk down Wall Street
Subtitle: the time-tested strategy for successful investing
By: Burton G. Malkiel
Edition: Rev. and updated ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 489
ISBN-13: 9780393340747
Copyright date: 1975
Subjects: Random walks (Mathematics); Stocks; Investments
Description: Using the dot-com crash as an object lesson in how not to manage your portfolio, this is a gimmick-free, irreverent and informative guide to navigating the turbulence of the market and managing investments with confidence.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Firm foundations and castles in the air; title: The madness of crowds; title: Stock valuation from the sixties through the nineties; title: The biggest bubble of all : surfing on the internet; title: Technical and fundamental analysis; title: Technical analysis and the random-walk theory; title: How good is fundamental analysis?; title: A new walking shoe : modern portfolio theory; title: Reaping reward by increasing risk; title: Behavioral finance; title: Potshots at the efficient-market theory and why they miss; title: A fitness manual for random walkers; title: Handicapping the financial race : a primer in understanding and projecting returns from stocks and bonds; title: - A life-cycle guide to investing; title: Three giant steps down Wall Street.