The Battle for Investment Survival: A Classic Guide to Risk, Discipline, and Market Survival
Language: English
Published by Wilder Publications, 2010
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This book was among the first ten on investing I ever read. . . . It remains important for anyone seriously interested in capital markets, financial journalism, or even their own personal investments. --From the Foreword by Ken Fisher, CEO of Fisher Investments and Forbes columnist Loeb tells us to put all our eggs in one basket, and watch the basket. --John Rothchild, Financial Columnist, Time magazine This book is very special in my life. It is the very first Wall Street book I ever read. After reading 1,200 additional finance books, The Battle for Investment Survival's principles and concepts are still valid for consistent success. --Victor Sperandeo, Author of Trader Vic on Commodities In The Battle for Investment Survival, the turf is Wall Street, the goal is to preserve your capital at all costs, and to win is to make a killing without being killed. This memorable classic, originally written in 1935, offers a fresh perspective on investing from times past. The Battle for Investment Survival treats investors to a straightforward account of how to profit--and how to avoid profit loss--in what Loeb would describe as the constant tug-of-war between rising and falling markets.…
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- Title
- The Battle for Investment Survival: A Classic Guide to Risk, Discipline, and Market Survival
- Author
- G M Loeb
- Publisher
- Wilder Publications
- Publication year
- 2010
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1617200557
- ISBN 13
- 9781617200557
The Battle for Investment Survival is a classic Wall Street investment guide built around one central principle: protect capital first, because survival is the foundation of every successful investing career. Gerald M. Loeb writes with the hard-earned authority of a market operator rather than the distance of an academic theorist. His advice is direct, practical, and unsentimental: investors must understand risk, avoid complacency, control losses, study market behaviour, and recognise that speculation and investment both demand discipline.
First published in 1935, The Battle for Investment Survival became one of the enduring classics of American investment writing. Loeb’s approach is especially valuable because it treats the market as a field of action, judgement, and danger, not merely as a mathematical abstraction. He writes about timing, concentration, liquidity, psychology, loss control, and the necessity of adapting to changing conditions. Readers interested in stock market investing, Wall Street history, trading discipline, portfolio risk, market psychology, and classic financial advice will find a compact but serious guide to thinking clearly when money is at stake.
Gerald M. Loeb was a prominent American stockbroker, investor, financial writer, and founding partner of E. F. Hutton & Co. Drawing on decades of Wall Street experience, Loeb became known for a realistic, survival-oriented approach to investing that emphasized capital preservation, flexibility, and disciplined decision-making. His writing rejected easy promises and mechanical formulas in favour of judgement, experience, and respect for risk. In The Battle for Investment Survival, Loeb’s central message remains sharply relevant: the first duty of the investor is not to chase every possible gain, but to remain solvent, alert, and capable of acting when opportunity appears.
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