The Edge of Chaos - Financial Booms, Bubbles,Crashes & Chaos
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Spanning two centuries and across three continents (Europe, America and Asia), the author provides a fascinating history on some famous and not so famous financial events. Beginning with the 1720s Mississippi and South Sea Companies to the great global crashes of 1929 and 1987, Bernice Cohen provides us with a strategy for tracking market trends and cycles, and protecting our investments against the next financial crash.
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Acknowledgements.
Preface.
Introduction: Crashes in Context.
SETTING THE SCENE.
A Cascade of Crashes.
The Search for the Irrational Investor.
Chaos Rules.
Profitable Chaos.
The Chaos Route to Profits.
THE BUBBLES OF 1720.
The Build-Up to the Bubbles.
Mississippi Madness.
The South Sea Fiasco.
The Aftermath.
MODERN BUBBLES AND CRASHES.
1929 and All That.
1987 - The Global Crash.
Japanese Bubbles.
Bonds, Bears and Butterflies.
An Alphabet Alert.
Bibliography.
Index.
