A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing (Twelfth Edition)
A Best Book For Investors Pick by the Wall Street Journal’s “Weekend Investor” Whether you’re considering your first 401k contribution, contemplating retirement, or anywhere in between, A Random Walk Down Wall Street is the best investment guide money can buy. In this new edition, Burton G. Malkiel shares authoritative insights spanning the full range of
A classic updated I read this classic in its first edition 38 years ago just after completing a graduate degree in economics, and was captivated. The Efficient Market Hypothesis which it expounds was in its infancy. Index mutual funds had not yet been invented. There was much chatter about “crowd psychology” and the like, but Behavioralism as a distinct academic discipline applied to stock price movements had not yet evolved. And of course, no personal computers.Now the tenth edition…
A good foundational book for investing. AND easy to understand. I am a beginning investor, and with so much information out there Im sure you could do well learning on your own. But I feel that this books points you in good directions and gives historical evidence on why you might choose the authors direction when investing in your hard earned money. I wish I had read this earlier although im still quite young. The updated version is suggested although im sure the books foundational ideas were just as relevant then as they are now.
Great for beginners Someone told me to read this if you are unfamiliar with the stock industry and want to learn more. It is an easy read and I find it very interesting. There are tips in here that I would not even think of on my own. I hope to continue to learn more and become successful at trading stocks.Please let me know if my review helped in your decision making process one way or the other. =)