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Bull! : a history of the boom, 1982-1999 : what drove the breakneck market--and what every investor needs to know about financial cycles / Maggie Mahar.
Lippincott Library HG4572 .M245 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mahar, Maggie.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Securities industry--United States--History--20th century.
- Securities industry.
- Stock exchanges.
- History.
- Wall Street (New York, N.Y.)--History--20th century.
- Wall Street (New York, N.Y.).
- United States.
- Stock exchanges--United States--History--20th century.
- Business cycles.
- Stock Market Bubble, 1995-2000.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 486 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : HarperBusiness, [2003]
- Summary:
- A cautionary tale for what lies ahead, "Bull!" is an unsentimental history of the bull market that drew more Americans into the risky world of stocks than ever before.
- Contents:
- Henry Blodget xvii
- Chapter 1 The Market's Cycles 3
- Chapter 2 The People's Market 17
- Beginnings (1961-89)
- Chapter 3 The Stage is Set (1961-81) 35
- Chapter 4 The Curtain Rises (1982-87) 48
- Chapter 5 Black Monday (1987-89) 61
- The Cast Assembles (1990-95)
- Chapter 6 The Gurus 81
- Chapter 7 The Individual Investor 102
- Chapter 8 Behind the Scenes, in Washington 123
- The Media, Momentum, and Mutual Funds (1995-96)
- Chapter 9 The Media: CNBC Lays Down the Rhythm 153
- Chapter 10 The Information Bomb 175
- Chapter 11 AOL: A Case Study 193
- Chapter 12 Mutual Funds: Momentum versus Value 203
- Chapter 13 The Mutual Fund Manager: Career Risk versus Investment Risk 217
- The New Economy (1996-98)
- Chapter 14 Abby Cohen Goes to Washington; Alan Greenspan Gives a Speech 239
- Chapter 15 The Miracle of Productivity 254
- The Final Run-Up (1998-2000)
- Chapter 16 "Fully Deluded Earnings" 269
- Chapter 17 Following the Herd: Dow 10,000 288
- Chapter 18 The Last Bear Is Gored 304
- Chapter 19 Insiders Sell; the Water Rises 317
- A Final Accounting
- Chapter 20 Winners, Losers, and Scapegoats (2000-03) 333
- Chapter 21 Looking Ahead: What Financial Cycles Mean for the 21st-Century Investor 353.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [385]-457) and index.
- ISBN:
- 006056413X
- OCLC:
- 52478391
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