100 Minds That Made The Market(ISBN=9780470139516)
From Library Journal Fisher (Wall Street Waltz, Contemporary Bks., 1987), the authorof the "Portfolio Strategy" column in Forbes magazine, herepresents a collection of brief (three- to four-page) biographies ofindividuals who made notable contributions to American finance.Fisher's list of 100 embraces both the successes and the failures,with Chapter 7 devoted to "Crooks, Scandals, and Scalawags." Fisheropted to include only deceased figures, and all but a handful areAmericans. Many of them (e.g., Vanderbilt, Morgan, Gould) will befamiliar to all readers; others (such as Evangeline Adams, afortune-teller who made market predictions for rich and famousclients) are less prominent but more entertaining to read about.This informative book achieves its stated purpose of being "fun."Recommended for libraries with large popular business collections;less suitable for reference purposes. Mark McCullough, Ohio Northern Univ. Lib., Ada Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refersto
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