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Book: Irrational Exuberance :: Robert Kiyosaki|Books :: Book
Date: Thursday, 08 January, 2009 :: 04:04
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Irrational Exuberance
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Manufacturer: Broadway Books
Release Date: 2006-05-09
Studio: Broadway Books
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Summary: Great Book for the Times
Date: 2008-12-06 - 
Comment: This book tries to get at the heart of what causes bubbles. Schiller is honest that there is no one cause that can be purely attributed the to building of a financial bubble nor does he contend that the bursting of a bubble can be predictable. He uses examples from all the major stock market crashes from the past century. Part of focus is on the media and its influence on the generals public attitude towards various asset classes, mostly stocks and housing. Its a great reference to have if you think another bubble is on the verge of building as the book cites repeated themes that can be seen in the media that occurred in other bubble creation.
Great read. Won't get your rich (at least now) because we just missed one of the largest bubbles ever to be seen in housing. However, if humans are still running the world for the next 50 years be assured we'll have some more bubbles to come.
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Summary: This phrase will live in infamy
Date: 2008-07-19 -
Comment: Great book based on the phrase spoken by Greenspan to try and slow down the economy.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Summary: not much food
Date: 2008-04-14 - 
Comment: not much food in the book overall..a very shallow and general talk, but i found it interesting to see his comments (p220) on the interest rate and other potential risks in the mortgage market back in 2005. some of the points he mentioned are indeed drivers of the recent subprime meltdown
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Summary: Bubbles and crises
Date: 2008-04-11 - 
Comment: Last year in my country you can see some commercials in the TV inviting to invest in Mutual Funds, and I believe lots of people turned to that. The problem is that the very next year, beginning in January, the housing bubble burst and we know the rest of the story. Although this book was written before that, the book remain valid at explaining the particular behavior of the markets in these moments of furor, the "irrational exuberance", and the panic that follows it. In my opinion the book is a good investigation of the markets, you can see the author analyzing all the factors involved, including sociological and psicological (this make the book a little slow). Is good to invest in the financial system, but in awareness of its possible behavior.
Summary: Invested more than ten dollars?
Date: 2007-07-18 -
Comment: If you have Invested more than ten dollars in the share market or real estate than you should read this book.
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