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The Art of Speculation, Original Classic Edition
by Philip L Carret
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Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• Classic
  This is one of the books that I decided to re-read. There is a little something for everyone in this book. Technical analysis, fundamental analysis, investing and speculation. The thing that really strikes me about books like this that were written 70-80 years ago is how true they are today. Sure, when the author writes about railroads, you may have to replace that with optical equipment today, but the premise and outcomes are the same. If you want some perspective of what things were like in the 30s, with... more info

• An abbreviated Graham & Dodd
  There is alot to this book that makes the reader think...the beginning chapters on what is speculation and what is gambling, I found invaluable. As a full time trader I needed someone to explain to me why I wasn't just a river boat gambler, or for that matter why all the Brokerage & Banks weren't either, and Mr Carret did beautifully, putting speculation in its proper place in the trade annals of all mankind.
  The bulk of the book gives one a short course in Graham & Dodd valuation & why the... more info

• Why is this a classic? Please help...
  There are good bits and bad bits to Phillip Caret's classic. The bits on balance sheets, P&Ls and what makes the difference between investment and speculation are very good. His style is tight and unambiguous. The message is clear. The bad side is that I found it boring and not at all the 24-carat prose that is claimed in the introduction.

  Wiley has many great books in its Investment Classics series. This isn't one of them.

• I'm very disappointed...
  When I think of a classic then I think of something that holds true regardless of time. This book is a bit outdated (it was written in 1930). A third of the book is concerning the analysis of mining and railroad companies.

  Plus the book was very rudimentary in its writings. Not really a book on speculation as an introductary book for a 1930's investor. In my opinion not worthy of the term "Classic"

  If you want a true classic read "Reminences of a Stock Operator" This is a true classic with truths that... more info

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