The Alchemy of Finance

Reading the Mind of the Market

George Soros, Paul Tudor Jones

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John Wiley & Sons Inc
03 May 1994

International finance; Investment & securities

"Critical Praise . . .

""The Alchemy joins Reminiscences of a Stock Operator as a timelessinstructional guide of the marketplace."" —Paul Tudor Jones from the Foreword

""An extraordinary . . . inside look into the decision-makingprocess of the most successful money manager of our time. Fantastic."" —The Wall Street Journal

""A breathtakingly brilliant book. Soros is one of the core ofmasters . . . who can actually begin to digest the astonishingcomplexity . . . of the game of finance in recent years."" —Esquire

""A seminal investment book . . . it should be read, underlined, andthought about page-by-page, concept-by-idea. . . . He's the bestpure investor ever . . . probably the finest analyst of the worldin our time."" —Barton M. Biggs, Morgan Stanley

""George Soros is unquestionably the most powerful and profitableinvestor in the world today. Dubbed by Business Week as 'The Man Who Moves Markets,' Soros has made a billion dollars going up against the British pound. Soros is not merely a man of finance, but athinker to reckon with as well. Now, in The Alchemy of Finance, this extraordinary man reveals the investment strategies that have made him 'a superstar among money managers'"" —The New York Times"

By: George Soros
Foreword by: Paul Tudor Jones
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 237mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 31mm
Weight: 709g
ISBN: 9780471043133
ISBN 10: 0471043133
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 03 May 1994
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

THEORY. The Theory of Reflexivity. Reflexivity in the Stock Market. Reflexivity in the Currency Market. The Credit and Regulatory Cycle. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. The International Debt Problem. The Collective System of Lending. Reagan's Imperial Circle. Evolution of the Banking System. The ``Oligopolarization'' of America. THE REAL-TIME EXPERIMENT. The Starting Point: August 1985. Phase 1: August 1985--December 1985. Control Period: January 1986--July 1986. Phase 2: July 1986--November 1986. The Conclusion: November 1986. EVALUATION. The Scope for Financial Alchemy: An Evaluation of theExperiment. The Quandary of the Social Sciences. PRESCRIPTION. Free Markets Versus Regulation. Toward an International Central Bank. The Paradox of Systemic Reform. The Crash of '87. Epilogue. Notes.

GEORGE SOROS runs Soros Fund Management with its flagship vehicle, Quantum Fund, a Curaçao-based investment firm headquartered in Manhattan. Quantum gained 68.6% in 1992 and 61.5% in 1993, and has $6 billion in net assets. Quantum Fund also spawned several other very successful funds. In addition to being a master financier, George Soros sponsors major philanthropic efforts under the umbrella of The Soros Foundations, which operate in 22 countries and spend hundreds of millions of dollars annually.