Peter Krass – The Book of Investing Wisdom

The Book of Investing Wisdom

The Book of Investing Wisdom is an anthology of 46 essays and speeches from the most successful, well-known investors and financiers of our time. In their own words, these legends of Wall Street share their best investment ideas and advice. You’ll hear from Bernard Baruch on stock market slumps, Peter Bernstein on investing for the long term, Joseph E. Granville on market movements, John Moody on investment vs. speculation, Otto Kahn on the New York Stock Exchange and public opinion, William Peter Hamilton on the Dow theory, and Leo Melamed on the art of futures trading, to name just a few.

Offering practical advice, strategic wisdom, and intriguing history, The Book of Investing Wisdom will inspire and motivate everyone from the professional money manager to the do-it-yourself investor to the business student.

Table of Contents

I. The Nuts and Bolts of Analysis

1. “Track Record is Everything” by Warren E. Buffett
2. “The People Factor” by Philip Fisher
3. “The Study of the Stock Market” by Henry Clews
4. “The Valuation of Listed Stocks” by Arnold Bernhard
5. “The Danger of Retrospective Myopia” by Paul F. Miller, Jr.
6. “Get Smart… and Make a Fortune” by Jim Rogers
7. “Stalking the Ten Bagger” by Peter Lynch

II. Attitude and Philosophy

8. “Can Ink Blots Tell You Whether You Are the Type Who Will Make a Lot of Money in the Market?” by Adam Smith
9. “Do It Yourself Investing” by Ellen Douglas Williamson
10. “Investment versus Speculation” by John Moody
11. “A Mandate for Fund Shareholders” by John C. Bogle
12. “Wall Street Millionaires” by B. C. Forbes
13. “The Wall Street Dream Market” by Fred Schwed, Jr.

III. Strategy

14. “Contrary Opinion in Stock-Market Techniques” by Edward C. Johnson II
15. “Is Investing for the Long-term Theory or Just Mumbo Jumbo?” by Peter L. Bernstein
16. “The Time-Tested Maxims of the Templeton Touch” by Sir John Templeton
17. “Grand Slam Hitting” by Mario Gabelli
18. “Importance of Correct Timing” by Gerald M. Loeb
19. “When Speculation Becomes Investment” by Phillip Carré

IV. Market Cycles

20. “Booms and Busts” by Charles H. Dow
21. “The Dow Theory” by William Peter Hamilton
22. “Three Different Stock Market Movements” by Roger W. Babson
23. “Does a Stock Market Slump Mean a Business Slide-Off?” by Bernard M. Baruch
24. “A Fundamental Strength” by Abby Joseph Cohen
25. “Market Movements” by Joseph E. Granville
26. “The Importance of Special Knowledge” by Arthur Crump
27. “Elvis, Frankenstein, and Andy Warhol” by Robert R. Prechter

V. Views from the Inside

28. “The Stock Exchange” by W. W. Fowler
29. “The Stock Exchange as a Stabilizing Factor in American Business” by Edward H. H. Simmons
30. “The New York Stock Exchange and Public Opinion” by Otto Kahn
31. “A Declaration of Policy” by Charles E. Merrill and E. A. Pierce
32. “Investing Hedge—Funds style” by Michael H. Steinhart
33. “The Last Frontier” by Laura Peterson

VI. Lessons from Notorious Characters

34. “Daniel Drew on Wall Street” by Bouck White
35. “In Defense of the Stock Exchange” by Richard Whitney
36. “Professions of a Short-Termer” by T. Boone Pickens
37. “Michael Milkin, Meet Zuel Avery” by James Grant

VII. Crash and Learn

38. “The Haunting Spectre (1907)” by Frank A. Vander Lip
39. “Vanished Billions (1929)” by Edwin Lefevre
40. “The Wall Street Investor (1962)” by J. Paul Getty
41. “After Black Monday (1987)” by George Soros

VIII. Beyond Your Average Blue Chip

42. “The Art of Futures Trading” by Leo Melemet
43. “How to Win Big and Lose Small” by Stanley Crowe
44. “The Art of Hedging” by Benjamin Graham
45. “Selling Short: It’s Not Un-American” by Martin E. Zweig
46. “Trump Cards: The Elements of the Deal” by Donald J. Trump

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