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Investing-the commitment of resources to achieve a return-affects individuals, families, companies, and nations, and has done so throughout history. Yet until the sixteenth century, investing was a privilege of only the elite classes. The story behind the democratization of investing is bound up with some of history's most epic events. It is also a tale rich with lessons for professional and everyday investors who hope to make wiser choices.
This entertaining history doubles as a sophisticated account of the opportunities and challenges facing the modern investor. It follows the rise of funded retirement; the evolution of investment vehicles and techniques; investment misdeeds and regulatory reform; government economic policy; the development of investment theory; and the emergence of new investment structures. Norton Reamer and Jesse Downing map these trends and profile the battle between low cost index and exchange-traded funds, on the one hand, and the higher-fee hedge funds and private equity, on the other. By helping us understand this history and its legacy of risk, Reamer and Downing hope to better educate readers about the individual and societal impact of investing and ultimately level the playing field.
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Investment
A privilege of the power elite -- The democratization of investment -- Retirement and its funding -- New clients and new investments -- Fraud, market manipulation and insider trading -- Progress in managing cyclical crises -- The emergence of investment theory -- More new investment forms -- Innovation creates a new elite
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Investment
An expansive analysis of investing triumphs and failures, with a discussion of what investing will (and should) look like in the future.
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Investment
Investing—the commitment of resources to achieve a return—affects individuals, families, companies, and nations, and has done so throughout history. Yet until the sixteenth century, investing was a privilege of only the elite classes. The story behind the democratization of investing is bound up with some of history's most epic events. It is also a tale rich with lessons for professional and everyday investors who hope to make wiser choices.This entertaining history doubles as a sophisticated account of the opportunities and challenges facing the modern investor. It follows the rise of funded retirement; the evolution of investment vehicles and techniques; investment misdeeds and regulatory reform; government economic policy; the development of investment theory; and the emergence of new investment structures. Norton Reamer and Jesse Downing map these trends and profile the battle between low cost index and exchange-traded funds, on the one hand, and the higher-fee hedge funds and private equity, on the other. By helping us understand this history and its legacy of risk, Reamer and Downing hope to better educate readers about the individual and societal impact of investing and ultimately level the playing field.
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Investment
A privilege of the power elite -- The democratization of investment -- Retirement and its funding -- New clients and new investments -- Fraud, market manipulation and insider trading -- Progress in managing cyclical crises -- The emergence of investment theory -- More new investment forms -- Innovation creates a new elite
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Progress in Managing Cyclical Crises
WE CANNOT CONSIDER INVESTMENT without placing it in the context of the prevailing economic environment. Every element affecting successful or failed investment activity is tied to economic support or obstruction. Economic developments condition the whole atmosphere in which investments grow and prosper. Without the support of economic nourishment, it is rarely feasible for investment plans to flourish.
The focus of this chapter is chiefly on comparing the effects of the policy response to two major economic shocks: the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Great Recession of 2007–2009. Although the precursors to and the characteristics of the Great
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INTRODUCTION
IN THE WAKE of the global financial crisis of 2007–2009, investment was on people’s minds. From the fraud perpetrated by Bernie Madoff, to the mortgage crisis of 2007 and 2008 and the inadequate yields on “safe” bonds, it seemed as if no part of the economy had been more unsuccessfully managed or regulated than the part related to investing for our families’ futures. And yet, in the ensuing years, the stock market was making new highs, borrowing money had never been cheaper, the credit and operating weaknesses of many industries were being corrected, and a sick economy seemed to
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A Privilege of the Power Elite
THIS BOOK EXPLORES THE HISTORICALLY dramatic development of the democratization of investment. Simply put, this means that a much larger proportion of the population in advanced societies has been able to participate meaningfully in the enterprise of investment. This process of democratization has transpired as a result of several fundamental changes: the advent of collective ownership through the modern corporate form and public markets; the spread of investable surpluses beginning with the Industrial Revolution; the development of the concept of retirement, motivating the need for sizable savings; the enhancement of the regulatory environment that aided the leveling of the playing
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