Keynes and the Market: How the Worlds Greatest Economist Overturned Conventional Wisdom and Made a Fortune on the Stock Market

Keynes and the Market: How the World’s Greatest Economist Overturned Conventional Wisdom and Made a Fortune on the Stock Market......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
The Worldly Philosopher......Page 14
Enter the Hero......Page 16
A Privileged Boy......Page 17
The Cambridge Idyll......Page 18
An India Man......Page 19
The Bloomsbury Rebellion......Page 20
The Uncivil Servant......Page 22
A Carthaginian Peace......Page 24
Disestablished......Page 25
The Lapsed Apostle......Page 28
The Speculation Racket......Page 30
The Economist and the Showgirl......Page 32
In Gold We Trust......Page 33
Compound Interest Machines......Page 34
A Devotee of the Cult......Page 35
Gotham A-Go-Go......Page 36
Nothing but Blue Sky......Page 38
The Collective Mind......Page 40
The Price Is Right......Page 41
The Pike in the Carp-Pond......Page 43
Safety in Numbers......Page 44
Nietzsche Market......Page 45
Mob Rule (Sometimes)......Page 46
Pass the Parcel......Page 47
Running of the Bulls......Page 49
The Music Stops......Page 52
Nightmare on Wall Street......Page 54
Prophet Warning......Page 55
The Canary in the Coal Mine......Page 56
Carpe Diem......Page 57
The Croakings of a Cassandra......Page 59
Into the Daylight......Page 62
Casting Out the Money Changers......Page 64
A New Wisdom......Page 65
Bowling Over the Frock Coats......Page 66
The General Theory......Page 68
Money Matters......Page 69
Spender of Last Resort......Page 70
The Mark of Keynes......Page 72
What Goes Up.........Page 74
The Uncertainty Principle......Page 76
My Indecision Is Final......Page 77
Jumping at Shadows......Page 78
Confidence Trick......Page 80
State of Emergency......Page 81
A Sentimental Education......Page 82
Flowering Inferno......Page 84
The Dangers of Democracy......Page 86
Outrunning the Bear......Page 87
Bipolar Bears (and Bulls)......Page 89
Buffy the Empire Slayer......Page 90
Far From the Madding Crowd......Page 92
The Prodigal Son......Page 93
The Damn’d South Sea......Page 96
Nullius in Verba......Page 98
The Economist and the $100 Bill......Page 100
The Weighting Game......Page 101
Bargain Hunting......Page 103
Eyes Forward......Page 104
Virtue Rewarded......Page 105
The Fall of the Nous of Ussher......Page 108
Omission Possible......Page 109
Origins of the Specious......Page 110
Girl in the Gorilla Suit......Page 112
Fingers and Toes Investing......Page 113
The Half-Empty Glass......Page 114
Pick-a-Number......Page 116
A Bird in the Hand......Page 117
Maintaining an Edge......Page 118
Apples for Peanuts......Page 120
Fashion Victim......Page 122
The Perils of Popularity......Page 123
Backing the Right Horse......Page 124
Fear Factor......Page 126
Groceries, Not Perfume......Page 127
Kissing Toads......Page 128
Monopoly Money......Page 130
Minority Report......Page 131
Buy on the Sound of Cannons......Page 133
Lonesome in the Crowd......Page 134
Homage to Catatonia......Page 138
Whirlpools of Speculation......Page 139
Time on Your Side......Page 141
Errors of Commission......Page 142
Capital Punishment......Page 143
To Have and to Hold......Page 145
A Fugitive from the Law of Averages......Page 148
Basket Case......Page 149
If You Can Beat Them, Don’t Join Them......Page 151
Keeping It Simple......Page 152
Searching for Holes in the Baskets......Page 153
Waiting for a Fat Pitch......Page 154
Crossing the Jordans......Page 156
Eggs in a Couple of Baskets......Page 157
Loading Up......Page 158
The Stock Market Stoic......Page 160
Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There.........Page 162
Do-It-Yourself......Page 163
Going for It......Page 164
Debt-Defying......Page 166
Mind Control......Page 167
Guilt-Edged Securities......Page 169
Pride Goeth before Destruction.........Page 170
Forewarned, Forearmed......Page 171
The Establishment Rebel......Page 172
Every Crowd Has a Silver Lining......Page 173
Stock Market Jujitsu......Page 175
The Investment Principles......Page 176
Investment Performance......Page 178
The Chest Fund......Page 179
The Positives......Page 180
The Negatives......Page 181
The Wheel Turns......Page 183
Laid to Rest......Page 185
Relative Monetary Values......Page 188
References......Page 189
Index......Page 214
Acknowledgments......Page 224
About the Author......Page 226