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Book SynopsisCAPITAL IDEAS Capital Ideas traces the origins of modern Wall Street, from the pioneering work of early scholars and the development of new theories in risk, valuation, and investment returns, to the actual implementation of these theories in the real world of investment management.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments.
Introduction: The Revolution in the Wealth of Nations.
PART I: SETTING THE SCENE.
Chapter 1. Are Stock Prices Predictable?
PART II: THE WHOLE AND THE PARTS.
Chapter 2. Fourteen Pages to Fame.
Chapter 3. The Interior Decorator Fallacy.
Chapter 4. The Most Important Single Influence.
PART III: THE DEMON OF CHANCE.
Chapter 5. Illusions, Molecules, and Trends.
Chapter 6. Anticipating Prices Properly.
Chapter 7. The Search for High P.Q.
PAR IV: WHAT ARE STOCKS WORTH?
Chapter 8. The Best at the Price.
Chapter 9. The Bombshell Assertions.
Chapter 10. Risky Business.
Chapter 11. The Universal Financial Device.
PART V: FROM GOWN TO TOWN.
Chapter 12. The constellation.
Chapter 13. The Accountant for Risk.
Chapter 14. The Ultimate Invention.
PART VI: THE FUTURE.
Chapter 15. The View form the Top of the Tower.
Notes.
Bibliography and Other Sources.
Name Index.
Subject Index.
