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Financial Speculation: Trading financial biases and behaviour
Gerald Ashley
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Description for Financial Speculation: Trading financial biases and behaviour
Paperback. When we deal in the financial markets, are we investing, speculating or gambling? Does it really matter what we call it? This shows that the world of finance is not an easily defined game. This book examines modern thinking on finance and risk and assesses the value of experts, economists, chartists, market gurus and analysts. Num Pages: 306 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
When we deal in the financial markets are we investing, speculating or gambling? Does it really matter what we call it? As this book shows, the world of finance is not an easily defined game. Simple labels, such as gambling and speculation, won't help us grasp the underlying forces that drive the markets. It's far more important to understand the behaviour and biases of the players - their actions and motivations are the vital components that drive everything; bubbles, crashes, huge fortunes, reckless borrowing and complex instruments and strategies, all flow from this simple fact. And the markets are not ... Read more
When we deal in the financial markets are we investing, speculating or gambling? Does it really matter what we call it? As this book shows, the world of finance is not an easily defined game. Simple labels, such as gambling and speculation, won't help us grasp the underlying forces that drive the markets. It's far more important to understand the behaviour and biases of the players - their actions and motivations are the vital components that drive everything; bubbles, crashes, huge fortunes, reckless borrowing and complex instruments and strategies, all flow from this simple fact. And the markets are not ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harriman House
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
306
Place of Publication
Petersfield, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781905641994
SKU
V9781905641994
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Gerald Ashley
Gerald Ashley is an advisor, writer and speaker on business risk and decision making. He has over thirty years experience in international finance, having worked for Baring Brothers in London and Hong Kong, and the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland. He is now Managing Director of St. Mawgan & Co which he co-founded in 2001, a London-based ... Read more
Reviews for Financial Speculation: Trading financial biases and behaviour
If one adds Gerald Ashley's innovative thinking to his track record as a successful trader and his wealth of experience in international banking, this book makes compulsive reading
David Buik, BGC Partners The author's conclusions are clearly those of someone who has worked at the sharp end of the business...a good read for any trader, or any person who ... Read more
David Buik, BGC Partners The author's conclusions are clearly those of someone who has worked at the sharp end of the business...a good read for any trader, or any person who ... Read more