The Nature of Risk: Stock Market Survival and the Meaning of Life. Justin Mamis
The Nature of Risk: Stock Market Survival and the Meaning of Life Justin Mamis ebook pdf
Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
Language: English
Page: 247
ISBN: 0201577704, 9780201577709
From Kirkus Reviews
A veteran Wall Streeter, Mamis argued for technical (as opposed to fundamental) analysis of stock prices in When to Sell (1977) and How to Buy (1982). In the charmingly existential text at hand, however, he goes well beyond his demandingly interpretive discipline to reflect on larger issues. To achieve success in either life or the market, Mamis points out, individuals must act before they know enough, meaning there are hazards involved. He observes, for instance, that investors who hesitate may catch only the last 20% of a bull move and thus assume a disproportionate share of risk. Among other problems, the author notes, those under pressure (i.e., at risk) often let emotion determine their responses. Since experience instills concern as well as confidence, he says, many people (having been coerced into socially acceptable behavior patterns since childhood) become paralyzed at critical junctures in their personal and financial lives. Taking as a given the premise that ``the market climbs a wall of worry,'' Mamis advises readers to trust their intuition (not instincts) whether trading equities, falling in love, or engaging in other more or less gainful pursuits. Incurring informed risks, he asserts, can prove a liberating proposition whose reward is not necessarily a payoff, but a balance. By this, Mamis means the satisfaction that accrues from playing a game (or role) to win, rather than not to lose, from start to finish. In addition to an abundance of Zen-like pronouncements (e.g., ``death is the extreme of risk''; ``like sex, money distorts our senses''), he offers a full measure of contrarian counsel on a wealth of subjects--from gold (a commodity Mamis cites as an impotent hedge during recent market breaks) through indexing (an investment approach that reduces responsibility without curbing risk) and diversification (a system ``designed to protect the dumb''). Thought-provoking perspectives on the market and life as tests that never end. -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
About the Author
After serving as Assistant Director of the NYSE Floor Department, Justin Mamis founded and edited The Professional Tape Reader in 1972, selling it in 1977 to its current editor with thoughts of retirement. Instead he spent several years as an "upstairs" Member-Trader for Phelan, Silver, an NYSE specialist firm and subsequently settled into his roles as market advisory letter writer, forecaster, and philosopher on behalf of Wertheim & Co., and then Gordon Capital. He then became Senior Vice President and Chief Market Technician at Hancock, where he wrote his weekly Mamis Letter. Quotes from the Mamis Letter appear frequently in Barron's and The Wall Street Journal and his often heretical and usually grumpy comments can be heard from time to time on CNBC. Among his credentials he has been voted for several consecutive years to the Institutional Investor "All-Star Team" in the categories of Market Timing and Market Technician. Justin continues to write his market letter and do forecasting and philosophizing.
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