The Alchemy of finance / George Soros; foreword by Paul A. Vockler.

By:

Soros, George, 1930-

Contributor(s):

Volcker, Paul A. (Paul Adolph), 1927-2019

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Wiley investment classicsPublication details: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2003 Description: xx, 391 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:

0471445495
9780471445494

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

HG 4515 S714a 2003

Contents:

Machine derived contents note: Foreword to the New Edition by Paul A. Volcker. -- Foreword to the First Edition by Paul Tudor Jones II. -- New Preface. -- New Introduction. -- Part One: Theory -- 1. Reflexivity in the Stock Market. -- 2. Reflexivity in the Currency Market. -- 3. The Credit and Regulatory Cycle. -- Part Two: Historical Perspective. -- 4. The International Debt Problem. -- 5. The Collective System of Lending. -- 6. Reagan?s Imperial Circle. -- 7. Evolution of the Banking System. -- 8. The "Oligopolarization" of America. -- Part Three: The Real-Time Experiment. -- 9. The Starting Point: August 1985. -- 10. Phase 1: August 1985-December 1985. -- 11. Control Period: January 186-July 1986. -- 12. Phase 2: July 1986-November 1986. -- 13. The Conclusion: November 1986. -- Part Four: Evaluation. -- 14. The Scope for Financial Alchemy: An Evaluation of the Experiment. -- 15. The Quandary of the Social Sciences. -- Part Five: Prescription. -- 16. Free Markets Versus Regulation. -- 17. Toward an International Central Bank. -- 18. The Paradox of Systemic Reform. -- 19. The Crash of '87. -- Epilogue. -- Notes. -- Appendix.

Summary: Eminent investor and philanthropist Soros reveals the investment strategies that have guided his career. According to Soros, "the belief that financial markets tend toward equilibrium and it is only government interference that prevents them from assuring the best allocation of resources...[is] both false and misleading." The book was first published in 1987.

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'New preface and introduction' -- cover.

Machine derived contents note: Foreword to the New Edition by Paul A. Volcker. --
Foreword to the First Edition by Paul Tudor Jones II. --
New Preface. --
New Introduction. --
Part One: Theory --
1. Reflexivity in the Stock Market. --
2. Reflexivity in the Currency Market. --
3. The Credit and Regulatory Cycle. --
Part Two: Historical Perspective. --
4. The International Debt Problem. --
5. The Collective System of Lending. --
6. Reagan?s Imperial Circle. --
7. Evolution of the Banking System. --
8. The "Oligopolarization" of America. --
Part Three: The Real-Time Experiment. --
9. The Starting Point: August 1985. --
10. Phase 1: August 1985-December 1985. --
11. Control Period: January 186-July 1986. --
12. Phase 2: July 1986-November 1986. --
13. The Conclusion: November 1986. --
Part Four: Evaluation. --
14. The Scope for Financial Alchemy: An Evaluation of the Experiment. --
15. The Quandary of the Social Sciences. --
Part Five: Prescription. --
16. Free Markets Versus Regulation. --
17. Toward an International Central Bank. --
18. The Paradox of Systemic Reform. --
19. The Crash of '87. --
Epilogue. --
Notes. --
Appendix.

Eminent investor and philanthropist Soros reveals the investment strategies that have guided his career. According to Soros, "the belief that financial markets tend toward equilibrium and it is only government interference that prevents them from assuring the best allocation of resources...[is] both false and misleading." The book was first published in 1987.

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