The Go-Go Years "The Go-Go Years is not to be read in the usual manner ofWall Street classics. You do not read this book to see our presentsituation reenacted in the past, with only the names changed. Youread it because it is a wonderful description of the way thingswere in a different time and place." --From the Foreword by Michael Lewis The Go-Go Years is the harrowing and humorous story ofthe growth stocks of the 1960s and how their meteoric rise caused amultitude of small investors to thrive until the devastating marketcrashes in the 1970s. It was a time when greed drove the market andfast money was being made and lost as the "go-go" stocks surged andplunged. Included are the stories of such high-profilepersonalities as H. Ross Perot who lost $450 million in one day,Saul Steinberg's attempt to take over Chemical Bank, and the fallof America's "Last Gatsby," Eddie Gilbert. Praise for The Go-Go Years "Those for whom the stock market is mostly a spectator sportwill relish the book's verve, color, and memorableone-liners." --New York Review of Books "Please don't take The Go-Go Years too much for granted:as effortlessly as it seems to fly, it is nonetheless an unusuallycomplex and thoughtful work of social history." --New York Times "Brooks's great contribution is his synthesis of all theelements that made the 1960s the most volatile in Wall Streethistory . and making so much material easily digestible for theuninitiated." --Publishers Weekly "Brooks ... is about the only writer around who combines athorough knowledge of finance with the ability to perceive behindthe dance of numbers 'high, pure, moral melodrama on the themes ofpossession, domination, and belonging.'" --Time
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The 1960s was one of Wall Street's most speculative eras. Brooks chronicles this era while educating readers about the take-off growth sprees of Wall Street's 1960s and the crashes of the 1970s, reminding investors that Wall Street has always been a source of hope, havoc, and hyperbole.
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Climax: The Day Henry Ross Perot Lost $450 Million. Fair Exchange: The Year the Amex Delisted the Old GuardRomans. The Last Gatsby: Recessional for Edward M. Gilbert. Palmy Days and Low Rumblings: Early Warnings Along WallStreet. Northern Exposure: Early Warnings Along Bay Street. The Birth of Go-Go: The Rise of a Proper Chinese Bostonian. The Conglomerateurs: Corporate Chutzpah and CreativeAccounting. The Enormous Back Room: Drugs, Fails, and Chaos Among theClerks. Go-Go at High Noon: The View from Trinity Church. Confrontation: Steinberg/Leasco vs. Renchard/Chemical Bank. Revelry Before Waterloo: The Time of the Great GarbageMarket. The 1970 Crash: To the Edge of the Abyss. Saving Graces: The Invisible Samaritans of Wall Street. The Go-Go Years. Notes on Sources. Index.
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Praise for The Go-Go Years "Those for whom the stock market is mostly a spectator sport will relish the book's verve, color, and memorable one-liners." —New York Review of Books "Please don't take The Go-Go Years too much for granted: as effortlessly as it seems to fly, it is nonetheless an unusually complex and thoughtful work of social history." —New York Times "Brooks's great contribution is his synthesis of all the elements that made the 1960s the most volatile in Wall Street history . . . and making so much material easily digestible for the uninitiated." —Publishers Weekly "Brooks . . . is about the only writer around who combines a thorough knowledge of finance with the ability to perceive behind the dance of numbers 'high, pure, moral melodrama on the themes of possession, domination, and belonging.'" —Time
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Climax: The Day Henry Ross Perot Lost $450 Million. Fair Exchange: The Year the Amex Delisted the Old Guard Romans. The Last Gatsby: Recessional for Edward M. Gilbert. Palmy Days and Low Rumblings: Early Warnings Along Wall Street. Northern Exposure: Early Warnings Along Bay Street. The Birth of Go-Go: The Rise of a Proper Chinese Bostonian. The Conglomerateurs: Corporate Chutzpah and Creative Accounting. The Enormous Back Room: Drugs, Fails, and Chaos Among the Clerks. Go-Go at High Noon: The View from Trinity Church. Confrontation: Steinberg/Leasco vs. Renchard/Chemical Bank. Revelry Before Waterloo: The Time of the Great Garbage Market. The 1970 Crash: To the Edge of the Abyss. Saving Graces: The Invisible Samaritans of Wall Street. The Go-Go Years. Notes on Sources. Index.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780471357551
Publisert
1999-11-11
Utgiver
Vendor
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Vekt
651 gr
Høyde
238 mm
Bredde
161 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
384

Forfatter
Foreword by

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JOHN BROOKS was an award-winning New Yorker staff writer and author of several critically acclaimed explorations of business and Wall Street, including Once in Golconda (a Wiley Investment Classic), The Games Players, Business Adventures, and The Fate of the Edsel.