The Mind of Wall Street - Hardcover

Leon Levy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1587991764 ISBN 13: 9781587991769

Publisher: Texere Publishing,US, 2003

Synopsis

Book by Levy, Leon, Linden, Eugene

About this title

About the Author:

Leon Levy began his career on Wall Street in 1948 and over the next five decades became a major figure in investment circles, helping to create Oppenheimer Mutual Funds (of which he remains chairman) and Odyssey Partners. He is also the president and founder of the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College and the president of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University. He lives in New York City. Eugene Linden is a contributor for Time magazine and the author of seven previous books, most recently, The Future in Plain Sight. He lives in Nyack, New York. Alan Abelson was the editor of Barron's from 1981-1993 and writes the weekly column, "Up and Down Wall Street."

From Publishers Weekly:

This well-written investment book delivers both adventure and financial insight, offering an intriguing theory that blends economic fundamentals with a keen understanding of the stock market's many moods. Levy, a legendary Wall Street investor with more than 50 years of experience and the founder of Oppenheimer Funds, certainly has a firm intellectual grasp on the inner workings of the stock market, but also sees its psychological dynamic. He fleshes out this analysis of the markets and the economy from the 1950s to today with amusing and exciting financial stories. Early in his career, Levy piggybacked on corporate raids run by J. Paul Getty and Sy Scheuer. After helping to found Oppenheimer and later, Odyssey Partners, he had the capital to lead the way. He explains each investment story step-by-step, from initial research to acquiring positions and influence, fighting through defenses and counterattacks, and finally cashing out years later, usually-but not always-at a handsome profit. Interwoven throughout the financial dramas are character vignettes, autobiographical sketches, anecdotes and thoughtful digressions on Levy's philanthropy, social theories and market theories.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Texere Publishing,US
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1587991764
• ISBN 13: 9781587991769
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240