
The Inner Game of Investing
Access the Power of Your Investment Personality
Derrick Niederman(Author)
Wiley (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 21. May 1999
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-471-31479-0 (ISBN)
Description
Unlike other investment books that dole out one brand of advice toa potentially diverse readership, this unique book guides you toyour own best personal strategy by showing you what types of stocksfit your individual style. Written in a witty and engaging style bysecurities analyst and long-time financial columnist DerrickNiederman, The Inner Game of Investing reveals the Seven StockMarket Personalities: The Bargain Hunter, The Visionary, TheContrarian, The Sentimentalist, The Skeptic, The Trader, and TheAdventurist. You will be amazed to see how your own psychologicalattributes and predispositions interact with the market and howthey may be blinding you to both habitual mistakes and goldenopportunities.
Niederman's invaluable insights extend into other aspects ofinvesting, including widely held, but often misguided beliefs aboutthe irrationality and efficiency of the market, the psychologicalnuances of dealing with market professionals, and the generalpsychology of analyzing stocks.
The Inner Game of Investing shines a light into areas of yourpersonal investment process. This is one book that could change theway you invest and raise your stock market skills to a level younever thought possible.
Niederman's invaluable insights extend into other aspects ofinvesting, including widely held, but often misguided beliefs aboutthe irrationality and efficiency of the market, the psychologicalnuances of dealing with market professionals, and the generalpsychology of analyzing stocks.
The Inner Game of Investing shines a light into areas of yourpersonal investment process. This is one book that could change theway you invest and raise your stock market skills to a level younever thought possible.
Reviews / Votes
"How-to-invest books normally put me to sleep, but DerrickNiederman comes at the subject with such freshness and wit that Igot hooked--and stayed that way right straight through." --Carol J.Loomis, Board of Editors, Fortune Magazine"Put down the Wall Street Journal and look in the mirror, saysNiederman. The key to successful investing isn't knowing the p/eratio of General Motors. It's knowing yourself. This is fascinatingstuff."--John Rothchild, author of The Bear Book and A Fool and HisMoney
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
501 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-31479-0 (9780471314790)
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Other editions
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Book
04/2001
Wiley
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Person
DERRICK NIEDERMAN is a mathematician turned securities analyst and financial writer. His credits include a PhD in mathematics from MIT and articles in a wide variety of financial publications, most recently as a contributing editor at Worth magazine. He is the author of This Is Not Your Father s Stockpicking Book: Profiting from the Hidden Investment Clues Found in Everyday Life. As a gamesman, Niederman is a former national squash champion and a life master in duplicate bridge.
Content
Introduction.
The Bargain Hunter.
The Visionary.
The Contrarian.
The Sentimentalist.
The Skeptic.
The Trader.
The Adventurist.
The Psychology of Analyzing Stocks.
Dealing with Others.
Investing in Real Life.
Index.
The Bargain Hunter.
The Visionary.
The Contrarian.
The Sentimentalist.
The Skeptic.
The Trader.
The Adventurist.
The Psychology of Analyzing Stocks.
Dealing with Others.
Investing in Real Life.
Index.