The Battle for Investment Survival, G. M. Loeb
The Battle for Investment Survival, G. M. Loeb
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The Battle for Investment Survival

Author: G. M. Loeb

Narrator: Scott R. Pollak

Unabridged: 9 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/03/2020

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

"This book was among the first ten on investing I ever read. . . . It remains important for anyone seriously interested in capital markets, financial journalism, or even their own personal investments." —From the Foreword by Ken Fisher, CEO of Fisher Investments and Forbes columnist
"Loeb tells us to put all our eggs in one basket, and watch the basket." —John Rothchild, Financial Columnist, Time magazine
"This book is very special in my life. It is the very first Wall Street book I ever read. After reading 1,200 additional finance books, The Battle for Investment Survival's principles and concepts are still valid for consistent success." —Victor Sperandeo, Author of Trader Vic on Commodities
In The Battle for Investment Survival, the turf is Wall Street, the goal is to preserve your capital at all costs, and to win is to "make a killing without being killed." This memorable classic, originally written in 1935, offers a fresh perspective on investing from times past. The Battle for Investment Survival treats investors to a straightforward account of how to profit—and how to avoid profit loss—in what Loeb would describe as the constant tug-of-war between rising and falling markets. This audio edition is deftly narrated by Scott R. Pollak, narrator of Benjamin Graham and David Dodd's timeless best-seller, Security Analysis.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Joseph

A good read. Some of the key take aways for me: (a) actively switching stocks (b) cut loss and let the profit run (c) purchasing power of money decreases with time/ inflation (d) open interest in Buying may just mean exactly the opposite - i.e. it allows meaningful selling to take place Don't expect for......more

Goodreads review by Spencer

This is the best, most common sense book on investing I have ever read. In my 20 plus year career as a financial adviser this is the book that I would give to anyone interested in learning about the market. It speaks about how markets work, not buy an index fund.......more

Gerald Loeb was a well-known Wall Street profile for over 40 years. As a partner of the investment bank E.F. Hutton he broked stocks, but more importantly, he invested his own and other investors money. On top of all, he wrote popular columns in Barron’s and Wall Street Today about his investment st......more

Goodreads review by Michael

The stock market does not change from one era to one another. Sure, the actual stocks that people are trading on the exchanges change names, but the behavior of the market remains the same because human nature does not change. People will always have fear and greed. Loeb will also encourage us to co......more

Goodreads review by Peter

Written in another time when high frequency trading and shadow banking hadn't been thought of and even they had of, the technology did not exist to apply them. That said, the advice in this book is as valid today as it was the day it was penned. Never, but never take a loss of greater than 10% and ge......more