The Investment Philosophers : Financial Lessons from the Great Thinkers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Everett, Ethan A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Investments--Philosophy.

Investments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (149 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2025]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Ethan A. Everett reveals the surprising lessons we can learn about investing from major philosophers. Demystifying ideas and texts that can often seem intimidating or irrelevant, he shows how philosophical concepts can be fruitfully applied to financial markets.

Contents:

The investment philosophers : financial lessons from the great thinkers

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I. Driving Forces of Markets and Morality

Chapter One. GOING SHORT IRRATIONAL EMOTIONS

Chapter Two. PHILOSOPHY IN OMAHA

Part II. Profiting from Skepticism and Cynicism

Chapter Three. NET-NET SKEPTICISM

Chapter Four. LOTTERY ARBITRAGE

Chapter Five. LUCK OF THE DRAW

Part III. Market Abstraction and Investor Identity

Chapter Six. THE LIMITS OF ABSTRACTION

Chapter Seven. BEWARE OF CARNIVAL MIRRORS

Chapter Eight. GRASPING FOR INVESTOR IDENTITY

Part IV. Money Mindsets and Market Meaning

Chapter Nine. THE ANXIETY OF HAVING MONEY

Chapter Ten. AVOIDING DESPAIR ON WALL STREET

Chapter Eleven. THE SLEEPING GIANT

Part V. Relation in the Face of Market Adaptation

Chapter Twelve. SAYING NO TO MADOFF

Chapter Thirteen. OUR FIGHT FOR MARKET MASTERY

Epilogue/Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-231-56355-8

9780231563550

OCLC:

1545123416