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Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Edwin Lefèvre

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Paper book: €30.99

Digital: €6.99

Original publication
1923
Monolingual
12 June 2026
Pages
785
Difficulty
Medium
Genres
Biography and Autobiography, Economics
Moods
Get ahead in life, Meet a real life
Translated from
English

Book summary

As a young boy, Larry Livingston starts out in a brokerage house, chalking up stock prices on a board. He becomes one of the greatest speculators on Wall Street, and tells of his strokes of genius, his bankruptcies, and everything his mistakes taught him about the markets and about himself.

A cult book among traders and investors, still read for its lessons on risk, patience and keeping your emotions in check.

Told in the first person, like a long conversation, it is easy to read in the language you are learning.

The plot

Un băiat care prevede prețurile de la Bursă. La 14 ani, Larry scrie prețurile acțiunilor pe tabla unei agenții de bursă. Vede că deseori se mișcă la fel.

The world of the book

Bursa din New York pe la 1900. Wall Street, strada Bursei, este centrul banilor în America. Aici se cumpără și se vând părți din companii: acțiunile. Prețurile lor se schimbă în fiecare minut, iar telegraful le trimite…

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