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Edwin Lefèvre

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Name: Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Brand: Polyglot Publishing
SKU: b2f7adbe-b13c-b56b-57be-521636b759b8
Price: 40.99 EUR
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Author: Edwin Lefèvre

Original publication: 1923
Bilingual edition: June 12, 2026
Pages: 629
Difficulty: ★★☆
Genres: Biography and Autobiography, Economics
Translated from: English

Book summary

Larry, a keen observer of financial markets, recounts his journey in the speculative universe where intuition, strategy, and composure are essential. He describes his successes, his mistakes, and the psychological mechanisms that influence investment decisions. Through his experiences, he reveals the invisible rules that govern markets and human behavior. This narrative offers a concrete immersion into speculation, emphasizing discipline and lucidity. The author proposes a direct and pragmatic reflection on risk, opportunity, and self-mastery.

The plot

A boy who predicts stock prices. At 14, Larry writes stock prices on the board of a brokerage office. He sees that they often move in the same way.

The world of the book

New York’s stock market around 1900. Wall Street, the street of the Stock Exchange, is the center of money in America. Here people buy and sell shares in companies: stocks. Their prices change every minute, and the…

The author

Edwin Lefèvre. Edwin Lefèvre was born in 1871 in Colón, Panama. As a child, he moved to the United States, where he trained as a mining engineer. But at 19, he chose journalism. In New York, he wrote about the stock…

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