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Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds and Confusion de Confusiones

By: Martin S. Fridon
Narrated by: Victor Bevine
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"The market never ceases to befuddle and beguile. These two venerable works are fixtures on the short lists for most valuable books on the securities markets, and investors continue to cherishthem." (From the introduction by Martin S. Fridson managing director, Merrill Lynch & Co. author of Investment Illusions)

Exploring the sometimes hilarious, sometimes devastating impact of crowd behavior and trading trickery on the financial markets, this book brilliantly combines two all-time investment classics. Extraordinary Popular Delusions and Confusión de Confusiones take us from Tulipmania in 1634-when tulips actually traded at a higher price than gold - to the South Sea "bubble" of 1720, and beyond. Securities analyst and author Martin Fridson guides you on a quirky, entertaining, and intriguing journey back through time.

Chosen by the Financial Times as Two of the Ten Best Books Ever Written on Investment 

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A fascinating book that combines stories of astounding human behaviour, with insight into some interesting pieces of history.
The explanations and commentary around it were very useful for me.

Very interesting

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The historical stories here are well enough told and with plenty of colourful erudition. Inevitably the language is somewhat antiquated given the era they were written in, (and in the case of "Confusion", translated from Portuguese). I enjoyed the brisk runtime since I like the history aspect of the two works, and because both are classics of finance and psychology. But if you want a comprehensive history of the manias and panics described here, you're probably better of seeking a more modern work.

The narrator is fine, though the cadence is a little slow for my taste.

Definitely a period piece.

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