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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press; illustrated edition edition (14 Jan 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0691091943
  • ISBN-13: 978-0691091945
  • Product Dimensions: 27.9 x 22.4 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 179,281 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Matthew Lynn, Financial Times

The evidence produced by Mr. Dimson and his colleagues is striking. . . A provocative lesson.


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At the very least, this [book] suggests that the recent blind adherence to the cult of the equity needs to be questioned and that the strategic weighting of bonds in institutional portfolios should be increased.
(Philip Coggan Financial Times )

A model of how investor research should be carried out. . . . Like most great books, Triumph of the Optimists has us saying 'Wow!' and 'Unbelievable!' with startling regularity. . . . This is a book that belongs on every investor's bookshelf.
(Victor Niederhoffer and Laurel Kenner, "Money" columnists msn.com )

Connoisseurs of financial history will find plenty to enjoy in Triumph of the Optimists. . . . The evidence produced by Mr. Dimson and his colleagues is striking, [and]. . . these issues are more than just academic. . . . A provocative lesson.
(Matthew Lynn Financial Times )

By far the most important investment book in years. . . .It is the best and most complete source of data yet available. . . . If you spend an hour with it and don't learn anything worth the price then you're truly lousy at learning about markets. . . Right now, buying this book makes more sense than buying stocks.
(Ken Fisher Bloomberg Money )

A brilliant new book.
(Jason Zweig Time )

Our favorite book on global stock market performance. . . . [It] epitomizes outstanding investment research. . . . Unless intelligent life is discovered on another planet and a stock market is found to have been operating there for some centuries, it is unlikely that much new data can be brought to bear on the issue of long-run stock returns. Triumph of the Optimists may well be the last word on the subject for some time to come.
(Active Trader magazine )

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5.0 out of 5 stars A must reading for investors, 14 May 2003
By Dr Marek Makowski (Laxenburg, Austria) - See all my reviews
The book provides a lot of data, which investors should be aware of before making a rational decision. The book does not provide any advices on investments strategies, so it is not biased towards any of them. However, a rational evaluation of markets and strategies for long term investments needs to be based on a comprehensive understanding of the data. The books provides not only the data for last 101 years for all important markets, but also basic analysis of some of these data. The only weak point I noticed is the time granuality of some of the data (e.g. yields and stddev) which are presented for decades. Yearly (or better monthly) data would provide a better basis for a more comprehensive analysis.

The book is a must reading for investors, especially those being depressed by the market developments in last three years.

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