- Paperback: 289 pages
- Publisher: Harriman House Publishing; 2nd Revised edition edition (18 May 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1905641990
- ISBN-13: 978-1905641994
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.7 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 705,969 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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If one adds Gerald Ashley's innovative thinking to his track record as a successful trader and his wealth of experience in international banking, this book makes compulsive reading. --David Buik, BGC Partners
It's rare to find a good book on trading biases and behavior but Gerald Ashley has written a first-rate book on the subject and the latest edition has been updated marvelously... The last thing I wanted to do this summer was read another finance book but that's precisely what I did when I got Mr. Ashley's book in the mail. I could not put it down--instead of pondering about useless models and 'trading' secrets he dutifully set out to demythologize finance, writing a highly instructive and engaging work full of colorful historical personalities, market anecdotes, and useful lessons that will definitely make you a better trader... Mr. Ashley provides a fresh assessment of the core principles that have ruled finance for decades and plucks the most useful elements to shows us what really drives the market in booms and busts... If you want to mature as a trader this is the book for you. --Max Zeledon, Seeking Alpha
It's rare to find a good book on trading biases and behavior but Gerald Ashley has written a first-rate book on the subject and the latest edition has been updated marvelously... The last thing I wanted to do this summer was read another finance book but that's precisely what I did when I got Mr. Ashley's book in the mail. I could not put it down--instead of pondering about useless models and 'trading' secrets he dutifully set out to demythologize finance, writing a highly instructive and engaging work full of colorful historical personalities, market anecdotes, and useful lessons that will definitely make you a better trader... Mr. Ashley provides a fresh assessment of the core principles that have ruled finance for decades and plucks the most useful elements to shows us what really drives the market in booms and busts... If you want to mature as a trader this is the book for you. --Max Zeledon, Seeking Alpha
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When we deal in the financial markets, are we investing, speculating or gambling? Does it really matter what we call it? As this book shows, the world of finance is not an easily defined game. Simple labels, such as gambling and speculation, won't help us grasp the underlying forces that drive the markets. It's far more important to understand the behaviour and biases of the players - their actions and motivations are the vital components that drive everything; bubbles, crashes, huge fortunes, reckless borrowing and complex instruments and strategies, all flow from this simple fact. And the markets are not just an external object, to be studied dispassionately under a microscope. How we act within our inner self, and apply our own set of risk and reward values to the seeming chaos of the market, is absolutely crucial. Clearly whatever games that are going on in the market are also going on inside our heads. In this fully updated and revised edition, Gerald Ashley gets to the heart of the financial markets. He draws on a wealth of revealing and instructive market insights, stories and anecdotes, challenges all the tired cliches about speculation, and slaughters many of the outdated sacred cows of finance. The book ranges across all the major asset classes, looks at past masters of the art, examines modern thinking on finance and risk, and assesses the value of experts, economists, chartists, market gurus and analysts. Simple examples are used to explain how the basic tools of finance fit together and how to profit in this often complex and unforgiving landscape. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6HracKTyEQ
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A must read for all those who trade the markets.,
This review is from: Financial Speculation: Trading Financial Biases and Behaviour (Paperback)
I have read countless books on trading over the years, and I feel this is up there with the very best of them. Ashley describes trading as it really is and markets as they really are, blowing away a number of myths and misconceptions. Furthermore he keeps the subject simple and interesting with anecdotes, allegories, useful insights, and a sprinkling of good old English scepticism. The book is not overly heavy, which is where far too many of these type books fall down, which itself echoes one of Ashley's themes; less is sometimes more.
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This review is from: Financial Speculation: Trading Financial Biases and Behaviour (Paperback)
Gerald Ashley's book is an excellent book for anyone who wishes to get a broader understanding of the REAL market forces at work by exploring the psychology behind trading. No chart, no graph, no simple moving average, no amount of analysis can capture the thinking behind complex trading choices, Gerald's book goes a long way to showing why and how the reader can benefit from this insight.
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An Insider's View,
By Turnips (London, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Financial Speculation: Trading Financial Biases and Behaviour (Paperback)
Financial Speculation is an insiders view of financial markets and investing.
It explains what is really going on in the markets, why it is so difficult to beat them and how retail investors are fleeced by financial advisors. It will change the way you view any financial report on TV, the internet or in magazines and newspapers. If you're serious about investing - or have "professionals" do it for you this book is seriously worth reading. To my mind it's right up there with classics such as The Intelligent Investor and a Random Walk Down Wall Street. Apart from about 20 pages in the middle - which can be skipped - it's also an easy read.
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