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published
July 29th 2003
(first published 1988)
by Wiley
binding
Paperback, 416 pages
isbn
0471445495
(isbn13: 9780471445494)
description
New chapter by Soros on the secrets to his success along with a new Preface and Introduction.
New Foreword by renowned economist Paul Volcker
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New Foreword by renowned economist Paul Volcker
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Read in March, 2009
I just finished listening to this the first time. I'll most likely listen to it again to further learn from Soros. I see him as an important investment leader to understand and I see much more right than wrong in his predictions of the current financial market.
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Read in January, 2005
One of the first book i ever read in finance... very powerful
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Read in April, 2008
Pretty deep stuff .. but more of a philosophy treatise than a dry finance text ... the title is the giveaway .. Alchemy means that finance and market are a strange irrational science .. forget the fundamentals ... even though GS is routinely vilified by many fellow conservatives for his political leanings and activities, he is an impressive writer and thinker who any serious studen of markets should read
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04/02/08
Arthur
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Hard to understand from the intial pages since Soros does not do a good job of laying out the principle thesis. However I like what he says about the "participant afffecting outcome". This turns the theory of the anthropologists and "objective" minded scholars on it's face. Nothing can be objective in the pure sense - except abstract physics and mathematics!
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Read in January, 2004
His real-time documenting of his trades makes for an interesting read, but overall I couldn't finish this book because I'm not that interested in finance.
His 'markets are reflexive' theory is an easy lesson to learn and you don't need the whole book to teach you that. Still, if I ever get back into finance I'll try and finish it off.
His 'markets are reflexive' theory is an easy lesson to learn and you don't need the whole book to teach you that. Still, if I ever get back into finance I'll try and finish it off.
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Read in January, 2008
So I thought I could tap into Soros' genius by reading this book...but my cursory knowledge of finance could not keep me afloat through a complicated discussion of his perspective. I didn't finish the book (it probably deserves more stars), but came away w/ some meditations on group behaviors.
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12/03/08
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Read in June, 2006
Read this over the summer in Belgrade (or possibly right before). Dharma Bums was a good companion peice that made it accessible
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Read in January, 1992
this was good until it got to the core ideas that underpin his philosoph and then i could not understand how his ideas mapped out.
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