Winning the Mental Game on Wall Street: The Psychology and Philosophy of Successful InvestingJohn Magee, W.H.C. Bassetti This book is the new edition of John Magee's classic General Semantics of Wall Street. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE BIG GAME | 5 |
BLACK MAGIC | 9 |
THE VILLAIN | 13 |
THE BLIND | 17 |
OUT OF THE DARKNESS | 21 |
THE CAMERA | 23 |
THE PRIMARY RECEPTORS | 29 |
POSITIVE FEEDBACK | 213 |
WHAT IS VALUE? | 219 |
ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS | 227 |
TWO PRACTICAL QUESTIONS FOR EVERYDAY USE | 233 |
BALDERDASH UNLIMITED | 239 |
WE CANT GET IT ALL | 245 |
THE TRUTH THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH | 249 |
INTERLUDE | 251 |
A STARTING POINT | 33 |
ONETOONE | 37 |
OF MAPS | 41 |
DATING THE MAP | 47 |
BRINGING DATA UPTODATE | 51 |
THE 26 LEAD SOLDIERS | 53 |
MAPS OF MAPS | 57 |
THE PIGEONHOLES | 61 |
THE LABELS | 65 |
NOT QUITE THE SAME | 71 |
UP AND DOWN THE LADDER | 73 |
SIMILARITIESAND DIFFERENCES | 75 |
BEYOND THE WORLD OF THINGS | 81 |
THE MEANINGS WE ATTACH TO MAPS | 89 |
MAPS WITHOUT TERRITORIES | 93 |
AN EXCEEDINGLY COMPLEX MACHINE | 97 |
LAYERS OF AWARENESS | 103 |
TIME BINDING | 111 |
STOP LOOK LISTEN | 115 |
CONTRADICTIONS | 121 |
LETS NOT BE TOO ANTHROPOCENTRIC | 133 |
SANITY MUST BE ACHIEVED | 137 |
THE THINKING PROCESS | 141 |
THE VAGUENESS OF THE HIGH ABSTRACTIONS | 147 |
TO ME | 149 |
EITHEROR | 153 |
THE DANGEROUS NATURE OF DICHOTOMY | 159 |
THREEVALUED ORIENTATIONS | 163 |
MULTIVALUED SYSTEMS | 167 |
INFINITEVALUED SYSTEMS | 171 |
THE GREEKS HAD A PHRASE FOR IT | 175 |
IMPERFECT INFORMATION | 183 |
WHY DOES IT HURT SO MUCH? | 189 |
PROFITS CAN BE PAINFUL TOO | 197 |
PREDICTING THE FUTURE | 201 |
THE METHOD OF PREDICTION | 203 |
HUNTING | 207 |
DATED DATA | 255 |
BUY GOOD SOUND STOCKS | 259 |
IM ONLY INTERESTED IN INCOME | 265 |
BUT STILL I INSIST ON MY DIVIDENDS | 269 |
PUT THEM AWAY IN THE BOX AND FORGET THEM | 273 |
THAT OLD DEVIL MARGIN | 277 |
NOT JUST A MARKET OF STOCKS | 281 |
CORRELATIONS AND CAUSES | 285 |
THE FUNDAMENTALS | 293 |
ACCRUED VS REALIZED | 297 |
UP IS BETTER THAN DOWN | 303 |
THE UPANDDOWN OF IT | 311 |
POLITICS AND ECONOMICS | 315 |
A VARIETY OF DEVICES | 321 |
CAN ANY MAN PREDICT THE FUTURE? | 327 |
THE METHOD OF EVALUATION | 333 |
BUILDING THE METHOD | 337 |
THE METHOD IS BUILT FROM THE BARE BONES | 341 |
PUTTING THE METHOD TO WORK | 345 |
HABIT CAN BE A PITFALL | 347 |
CHAIN AND FLASH REACTIONS | 351 |
NUMBERS CAN BE PITFALLS | 353 |
THE WONDERFUL CURVES | 357 |
LOSSES CAN BE PITFALLS | 361 |
PROFITS CAN BE PITFALLS | 365 |
COMMON SENSE CAN BE A PITFALL | 369 |
THE PIG WATCHERS | 373 |
THE LIMITS OF PREDICTION | 377 |
IS THE MARKET A GAME? | 383 |
THE PURELY MATHEMATICAL ODDS | 387 |
THE STRATEGY OF YOUR OPPONENT | 391 |
THE PAYOFF | 397 |
FRACTIONIZING VS MAXIMIZING | 403 |
ACCENTUATE THE NEGATIVE | 409 |
NET LONGTERM GAINS | 413 |
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