Practical Speculation

PART ONE: MUMBO JUMBO AND MOONSHINE.

1. The Meme.

2. Earnings Propaganda.

3. The Hydra Heads of Technical Analysis.

4. The Cult of the Bear.

5. "We Are Number One" Usually Means "Not Much Longer".

6. Benjamin Graham: Mythical Market Hero.

7. News Flash: Computer Writes Stock Market Story!

PART TWO: PRACTICAL SPECULATION.

8. How to Avoid Spurious Correlations.

9. The Future of Returns.

10. The Periodic Table of Investing.

11. When They Swing for the Fences, We Run for the Exits.

12. Boom or Bust?

13. Market Thermodynamics.

14. Practical Market Lessons from the Tennis Court.

15. The Fine Art of Bargaining for an Edge.

16. An Amiable Idiot in the Biotechnology Revolution.

17. Earnings Impostors.

18. Finale.

Afterword.

Notes.

Index.