The Edge of Chaos
Subtitle: Financial Booms, Bubbles, Crashes and Chaos
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: May 2, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9780471969075
Subjects: Chaos theory; International finance; Investment & securities; History; Economics (General); Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Stock exchanges; Investments & Securities - General; Economics - Microeconomics; Business & Economics / Investments & Securities; Chaotic behavior in systems; Financial crises; Speculation
Description: Spanning two centuries and across three continents (Europe, America and Asia), the author provides a fascinating history on some famous and not so famous financial events. Beginning with the 1720s Mississippi and South Sea Companies to the great global crashes of 1929 and 1987, Bernice Cohen provides us with a strategy for tracking market trends and cycles, and protecting our investments against the next financial crash.