A Random Walk Down Wall Street [Paperback]

Not more than half a dozen really good books about investing have been written in the past fifty years. This one may well belong in the classics category. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

You'll learn a lot but you won't feel you're working. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

...a most entertaining and useful book... --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

"There are two types of books about investing: those that treat their readers like simpletons and those that assume they are comfortable with Boolean algebra. And there is A Random Walk Down Wall Street." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Offering advice on how to maximize gains and minimize losses, the author of this guide shows how to analyze and rate the potential for stock, bonds, money market funds, property and tangible assets. New material in this edition covers the dynamic but risky markets in futures and options. The book also examines derivative-type securities, and offers strategies to reduce taxes on investment earnings. Malkiel aims to debunk common stock market myths, and his "Life Cycle Guide to Investing" offers help to readers in adjusting their investment portfolios to key variables.

Revised Edition. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Burton G. Malkiel is the Chemical Bank Chairman's Professor of Economics at Princeton University. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.