Front matter
Reading edition
CONTENTS
The Purpose of This Book
The Human Element in Stock Market Transactions
The Pernicious Influence of the Stock Ticker
The Disconcerting Effect of Sudden Losses and Gains
Retired Business Men in the Stock Market
Stock Market Transactions Apart from Gambling
The Stock Market Produces a New Phenomenon—turns World-wide Disaster Into Local Prosperity
Nobody Loves a Bear
Frenzied Speculation is the Rankest Form of Gambling; It is a Perilous Indulgence
The Dangers of Inverted Pyramids
The Lure of the Copper Boom—and Bogus Securities
The Perils of Over-acquisitiveness—the Human Element in Speculation
They All Resolve, But They All Go Back
A New Knight-errant in Speculation
Some Signs are Comprehendible; Others Are Hard to Interpret
None are so Blind As Those Who Refuse to See—none So Foolish as Those Who Scoff at Wise Counsel
Even the Stock Market Has Its Farcical Side
Speculators are Slaves of Sentiment
There is but One Way to Beat the Stock Market; There are Many Ways of Being Beaten by it
The Stock Exchange is a Monument of Business Integrity
Books Teach Wisdom, But Experience is a More Practical Instructor
Whims and Fallacies in Speculation
Problems Defying Present Solution are Better Deferred to the Future
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SPECULATION
