The Greatest Trades of All Time: Top Traders Making Big Profits from the Crash of 1929 to Today

188 Pages·2011·1.96 MB·English

by  Vincent W. Veneziani

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The Greatest
Trades of
All Time
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The Greatest
Trades of
All Time
Top Traders Making Big Profits
from the Crash of 1929 to Today
VINCENT W. VENEZIANI
JohnWiley&Sons,Inc.
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Veneziani,VincentW.,1986–
Thegreatesttradesofalltime:toptradersmakingbigprofitsfromtheCrash
of1929totoday/VincentW.Veneziani.
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Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
ISBN978-0-470-64599-4(cloth);ISBN978-1-118-13462-7(ebk);
ISBN978-1-118-13463-4(ebk);ISBN978-1-118-13464-1(ebk)
1.Speculation–History. 2.Stocks–History. 3.Investors–History. 4.Business
cycles–History. I.Title.
HG6041.V46 2011
332.63’2280973–dc23
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