A Decade of Delusions

Frank K. Martin 지음

Wiley 2011년 04월 18일 출간

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The proven strategies rational investors require for success in an irrational marketWhen the dot-com and real estate bubbles of the 1990s and 2000s burst, few were spared the financial fallout. So, how did an investment advisory firm located in Elkhart, Indiana-one of the cities hit hardest by the economic downturns-not only survive, but also thrive during the highly contagious speculative pandemics. By remaining rational. In A Decade of Delusions: From Speculative Contagion to the Great Recession, Frank Martin founder of Elkhart, Indiana's Martin Capital Management offers a riveting and real-time insider's look at the two bubbles, and reflects on how investors can remain rational even when markets are anything but.Outlines strategies the average investor can use to wade through the endless news, information, and investment advice that bombards themDescribes the epidemic of market speculation that gradually infects feverish investorsDetails how investors can spare themselves the emotional devastation and accompanying paralysis resulting from shocking financial lossesInvestors are still reeling from the instability in the market. A Decade of Delusions: From Speculative Contagion to the Great Recession provides the information investors need to achieve safety, liquidity, and yield.

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Foreword.Preface.Chapter 1 Lead Us Not into Temptation.May Reason Prevail.Patience and Persistence.The Dean of Wall Street Revisited.The Investor's Dilemma.It's a Numbers Game.The Supremacy of Earnings.'Stealth Compensation'.Conclusion.Chapter 2 Techno Babble, Techno Bubble.A Tale of Two Markets.Back to the Future?Warren Buffett on the Stock Market.Is the Internet the Answer?What's a Long-Term Investor to Do?Investment Redefined.Chapter 3 'Pop!!'.com.Risk: No Longer an Afterthought.Investment Strategy: Is It Time for Technology?Is There a Snowball Rolling Our Way, Gathering Mass and Speed?The Art/Science of Managing Risk.Baby Boomers: Whither Goest Thou?The Internet and IPO Frenzy.Fool's Gold.Goliaths Slain.Chapter 4 Swimming against the Current.Prelude to Our Investment 'Strategy'.Interest Rates: It Had Better Be Uphill from Here.The Power of Popular Delusions.The Mind of Crowds.Investment Consultants: The Great Middleman Myth.Chapter 5 Limbo World: How Low Can You Go?Investment Strategy.The Reckoning.Sober in the Morning.Bottoms Up.The Margin-of-Safety Paradox.Waiting Patiently for Those Hanging Curves.Chapter 6 Only Fools Rush In.The Rogues Gallery, 2003 Vintage.Making Progress in the Post-Bubble Environment.How Did We Get Here in the First Place?The Apogee of the Mutual-Fund Boom.The Great Abdication of Fiduciary Responsibility: The Defined-Contribution Plan.Where the Buck Really Stops.Chapter 7 Expanding Concern: A Bigger Bubble?Maybe the Markets Are Not Random?A Short History of Financial Euphoria.Fully Deluded Earnings: Penance(?) in the Cuff-Links Cooler.Run for the Roses: Of Pawns, Guinea Pigs … and 'Retail Investors'.'Swing, You Bum!'Marathon Endurance.Chapter 8 What History Teaches.Free Markets: Popular Delusions and the Madness of

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저자(글) Frank K. Martin

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Frank K. Martin, CFA, founded Martin Capital Management in 1987 after twenty years of experience in municipal finance and, later, mergers and acquisitions. Martin's post-secondary degrees are from Northwestern University and Indiana University. He resides in northern Indiana with his wife, Marsha. He has three adult children. Additional biographical information can be found at www.mcmadvisors.com.