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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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