"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 cherish them." -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 Confusion 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 Critical Praise ..."This is the most important book ever written about crowd psychology and, by extension, about financial markets. A serious student of the markets and even anyone interested in the extremes of human behavior should read this book!" -Ron Insana, CNBC "In combining 'Extraordinary' with 'Confusion,' the result is not extraordinary confusion. Instead, with clarity, the book sears into modern investor minds the dangers of following the crowd." -Greg Heberlein, The Seattle Times "You will see between its staid lines (written in ye olde English and as ponderable as Buddha's navel) that, despite what the media says, nothing really important has changed in the financial markets in centuries." -Kenneth L. Fisher, Forbes
Charles Mackay, L.L.D., was a Scottish journalist in the nineteenth century. He received an honorary law degree from Glasgow University and was a renowned poet and songwriter.
Joseph de la Vega was a businessman and poet residing in seventeenth-century Amsterdam. He lived in a community of Portuguese Jews whose ancestors had fled the Spanish Inquisition.
Martin S. Fridson is a Managing Director at Merrill Lynch & Co., and a member of Institutional Investor's All-America Research Team. He is the author of Financial Statement Analysis, Second Edition and Investment Illusions, both published by Wiley. Fridson also serves on the editorial board of Financial Analysts Journal.
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初读之下,我立刻被作者那种近乎手术刀般精准的洞察力所震撼。他对于人类群体心理的剖析,如同剥洋葱一般,层层递进,深入骨髓。那些看似荒谬、不可理喻的集体行为,在作者的梳理下,竟展现出一种惊人的逻辑性和可预测性。他不仅仅是记录现象,更是在挖掘驱动这些现象背后的深层人性弱点——贪婪、恐惧、盲从,以及那种与生俱来的对“确定性”的渴望与错觉。阅读过程中,我数次停下来,陷入沉思,反思自己生活中那些曾经不自觉参与的“狂热”时刻。这种自我审视的痛苦与清醒,是任何肤浅的娱乐性读物都无法给予的,它迫使你直面自己作为社会一员的局限性。
评分这本书的叙事风格极其流畅,尽管主题深沉严肃,但行文绝不晦涩。作者巧妙地运用了大量的历史案例作为支撑,那些关于郁金香狂热、南海泡沫的生动描述,仿佛一幕幕精彩的戏剧在我眼前上演。他的笔触时而犀利如剑,直指人性的幽暗角落;时而又带着一丝悲悯的哲思,让人在批判的同时,又不免感到一丝同情。语言的组织极具张力,长句的铺陈与短句的戛然而止交替出现,极大地增强了阅读的节奏感和代入感。可以说,作者是一位杰出的“故事讲述者”,他把枯燥的社会学和心理学理论,转化成了引人入胜的史诗篇章,让即便是对历史不甚了解的读者也能轻松领略其中的精髓。
评分这本书的装帧设计简直是一场视觉盛宴,那种厚重感和历史的沧桑感扑面而来,让人在翻开第一页之前就已经被深深吸引。纸张的选择很有质感,墨水的印刷清晰有力,每一个字母、每一个标点都仿佛承载着某种沉甸甸的意义。我特别喜欢封面那种略带复古的烫金工艺,在不同的光线下会折射出微妙的色彩变化,让人忍不住想一遍遍地摩挲。它不仅仅是一本书,更像是一件精心打磨的艺术品,摆在书架上都显得熠熠生辉,彰显着阅读者不凡的品味。每次拿起它,都有一种仪式感油然而生,仿佛自己正在进入一个精心构建的、充满历史回响的知识殿堂。这种对实体书形态的极致追求,在如今这个数字阅读大行其道的时代,显得尤为珍贵和难能可贵。
评分读完合上书本,那种回味无穷的感觉非常强烈,它不像读完一本畅销小说,看完后就将故事束之高阁。这本书更像一位沉静的导师,它在你心中埋下了一颗种子,关于审慎、关于独立思考的重要性。在如今信息爆炸、情绪化传播成为常态的社会,它给予了最及时的警示:保持怀疑,警惕被“群体光环”所裹挟。我发现自己走路时都会不自觉地放慢脚步,对那些铺天盖地的“共识”多加推敲。这本书的力量不在于它告诉你什么结论,而在于它教会你如何去质疑,如何用理性的光芒去驱散那片集体无意识的迷雾,这才是它真正无价的馈赠。
评分更令人称道的是,这本书所蕴含的跨学科的广度。它绝非局限于单一领域的研究,而是将历史学、经济学、社会心理学乃至神经科学的观察熔于一炉。当你沉浸其中时,会清晰地感受到作者搭建了一个庞大的分析框架,用以解释为何在不同的时代、不同的文化背景下,人类总是在重复相似的错误。这种宏大的视野,让你跳出了眼前的具体事件,站在一个更高的维度去审视人类文明的螺旋式前进与后退。它提供了一种看世界的“滤镜”,一旦你戴上这副滤镜,你会发现周遭世界中的许多看似孤立的事件,其实都遵循着同一套底层运行的法则,这无疑极大地拓宽了我的认知边界。
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