Keynes and the Market: How the World's Greatest Economist Overturned Conventional Wisdom and Made a Fortune on the Stock Market - Hardcover

Walsh, Justyn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 047028496X ISBN 13: 9780470284964

Publisher: Wiley, 2008

Synopsis

Keynes and the Market is an entertaining guide to John Maynard Keynes- amazing stock market success. It weaves the economist's value investing tenets around key events in his richly lived life. This timely book identifies what modern masters of the market have taken from Keynes and used in their own investing styles-and what you too can learn from one of the greatest economic thinkers of the twentieth century. If you want to profit in today's turbulent stock market the techniques outlined here will put you in a better position to succeed.

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Review

"...provides an opportunity to reflect on what made Mr Keynes arguably the most astute observer of the investment game" (Financial Times FTfm, Mon 17th November) "...a book celebrating [Keynes'] performance as a spectator." (The Mail on Sunday, November 16th 2008) "Justyn Walsh's book is entertaining" (Financial World, December 2008) "This is not a quick-fix, how-to-do-it book, but rather a series of snapshots of different aspects of his approach" (Independent on Sunday, November 30th 2008) "...this fine book explores Keynes the investor...a lively discussion of his investment activities and judgements." (Wilmott.com/blogs, February 3rd 2009) "...fascinating" (LRP, April 2009)

From the Back Cover

Keynes and the Market

NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE ORIGINAL VALUE INVESTOR

John Maynard Keynes--acclaimed economist, statesman, and writer--was one of the few men to master the financial markets in practice as well as in theory. His six key investment principles, refined over decades of investing, represent a straightforward and time-tested system for exploiting the periodic irrationality of stock markets.

Keynes and the Market examines the secrets behind Keynes' incredible stock market success. A determined foe of conventional wisdom in all spheres of his life, Keynes' unorthodox approach anticipated the investment philosophies of some of the world's most successful investors, including the legendary Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway. Having comprehensively overthrown many of the confident conclusions of classical economics, Keynes' heretical views on financial markets--supported by insights from the emerging discipline of behavioral finance--now provide the basis for yet another Keynesian revolution.

In this entertaining and informative book, Justyn Walsh reveals how the everyday investor can profit from the stock market techniques of one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 047028496X
• ISBN 13: 9780470284964
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 212