Truth of the Stock Tape. A study of the stock and commodity markets with charts and rules for successful trading and investing.

GANN, William Delbert.

Published by New York: Financial Guardian Publishing Co., 1923

About this Item

First edition of this guide to investing by the renegade financial trader, remembered for his dubious investment advice based on geometry, astronomy, astrology, and ancient mathematics. This, his second book, is a guide to reading the fluctuations of stock ticker tape and adjusting investments accordingly. Although derided by professional traders, Gann's pronouncements were eagerly followed by amateur investors during the 1920s boom, who sought meaning and strategy amid rising prices and market fever. "Gann's works are the subject of much controversy. True believers abound and still follow many of his arcane methods of forecasting, which emphasise timing, rather than price or volume, cycles, vibrations. what is evident is that, in certain circles, his work and life are as much revered today as they were fifty or more years ago" (Dennistoun, p. 128). Christopher Dennistoun, Bubbles, Booms and Bursts, 2007. Octavo. Portrait frontispiece. Original purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Ink correction to publisher's imprint on title page. Cloth a little sunned and soiled, edges slightly spotted. A very good copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Truth of the Stock Tape. A study of the stock and commodity markets with charts and rules for successful trading and investing.
• Publisher: New York: Financial Guardian Publishing Co., 1923
• Edition: 1st Edition