Bull: A History Of The Boom, 1982-2004

Zusatztext "Striking...has a lot of the writing pizzazz lacking in 'Origins of the Crash'" Informationen zum Autor Maggie Mahar is the author of Bull! A History of the Boom and Bust, 1982–2004 , a book Paul Krugman of the New York Times said "makes a devastating case against the contention that the market is almost perfectly efficient." In his 2003 annual report, Warren Buffett recommended Bull! to Berkshire Hathaway's investors. Before becoming a financial journalist in 1982, when she began to write for Money magazine, Institutional Investor , the New York Times , Bloomberg , and Barron's , Mahar was an English professor at Yale University. She lives in New York City. Klappentext In 1982, the Dow hovered below 1000. Then, the market rose and rapidly gained speed until it peaked above 11,000. Noted journalist and financial reporter Maggie Mahar has written the first book on the remarkable bull market that began in 1982 and ended just in the early 2000s. For almost two decades, a colorful cast of characters such as Abby Joseph Cohen, Mary Meeker, Henry Blodget, and Alan Greenspan came to dominate the market news. This inside look at that 17-year cycle of growth, built upon interviews and unparalleled access to the most important analysts, market observers, and fund managers who eagerly tell the tales of excesses, presents the period with a historical perspective and explains what really happened and why. Zusammenfassung In 1982! the Dow hovered below 1000. Then! the market rose and rapidly gained speed until it peaked above 11!000. Noted journalist and financial reporter Maggie Mahar has written the first book on the remarkable bull market that began in 1982 and ended just in the early 2000s. For almost two decades! a colorful cast of characters such as Abby Joseph Cohen! Mary Meeker! Henry Blodget! and Alan Greenspan came to dominate the market news. This inside look at that 17-year cycle of growth! built upon interviews and unparalleled access to the most important analysts! market observers! and fund managers who eagerly tell the tales of excesses! presents the period with a historical perspective and explains what really happened and why. ...

Product details

• Authors: Maggie Mahar
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.10.2004
• EAN: 9780060564148
• ISBN: 978-0-06-056414-8
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 205 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Personal finance, Economics, History of specific companies / corporate history, Investment and securities, Management and management techniques, Risk assessment, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Economics / General, ECONOMICS: HISTORY, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Finance / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Investments & Securities / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Investments & Securities / Stocks, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Corporate & Business History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Corporate Finance / Private Equity, Finance and the finance industry, Economics / History