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  • Written by: Adam Smith
  • Narrated by: David Rapkin
  • Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
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Hailed by the New York Times Book Review as "the best book there is about the stock market," this timeless classic by the creator and host of the Emmy Award-winning TV show Adam Smith's Money World is still relevant more than 40 years later.

This essential book takes listeners to the Street to learn about the intricacies of money and how the stock market impacts every area of our lives. According to the author, the key to making wise, lucrative investments is knowing ourselves. In witty, easily accessible language, he shares pithy insights about the role of intuition and the psychology of guilt, arguing that there is no substitute for information. Smith's Irregular Rules shatter common myths and misconceptions, revealing why nothing works all the time and illustrating how greed and fear fuel the market. Listeners will learn about the safest types of investing, the key to following market trends, and how to capitalize growth, gleaning tips on stock movers, winners and losers, and much more. Peppered with entertaining and prescient anecdotes, The Money Game analyzes who makes the really big money and explores the meaning of our desire to become rich. From selling short and buying long to Wall Street's crowd mentality, from what constitutes a random walk to why timing is everything, this is the definitive portrait of the Street, then and now.

©1967, 1968, 1976 Adam Smith; This edition published in 2015 by Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. (P)2015 Audible, Inc.

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Too much talk, too little content

I struggled to finish this book, and I've still got an hour and a half left to listen to, but I just can't endure it. This was a pain I put myself through because a dear friend of mine recommended the book to me. He thought it offered timeless advice on crowd behavior and its influences on the stock market. And I do grant that the writer offers a few warnings worth heeding (such as: don't fixate on profits while neglecting to spend on your family's needs.) He illustrates his points through storytelling, but his stories waste the reader's time as he indulges himself in boasting ad nauseam of his wise judgement in contrast to his acquaintances and colleagues who make simple minded snap decisions of. He's particularly dismissive of women and their motives and intelligence. He uses dismissive clichés such as "the pretty little thing at the table next to us." If you decide to give this book a listen, you'll hear that the narrator does an excellent job, interpreting the writer's snide and superior attitude, and this makes the book even more painful to listen to.

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