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The Detective and the Investor: Uncovering Investment Techniques from Legendary Sleuths (Hardcover)

by Robert G. Hagstrom (Author) "Between my freshman and sophomore years in college, I worked as a bellhop in a hotel in downtown Nashville..." (more)
Key Phrases: twelve times earnings, great detectives, behavioral finance, Father Brown, Sherlock Holmes, Wall Street (more...)

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". . . Robert Hagstrom's analogies of great detectives' thought processes with financial analysis are both fun to read and intelligible." -- Otto Penzler, owner, Mysterious Book Shop and Editor, Best American Mystery Stories of the Year

"Mr. Hagstrom . . . bypasses the intimidating jargon of portfolio theory . . . makes learning about investing as compelling as reading a good mystery." -- Christopher Davis, CEO, Davis Selected Advisers

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New York Times best-selling author, Robert Hagstrom argues that more than ever before the analytical tools displayed by the best fictional detectives are in fact high-level decision-making tools that can be learned and applied in the investment world. In fact, these skills are desperately needed to counter the market hype that has developed over the past decades.

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Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Texere; 1 edition (October 31, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1587991276
ISBN-13: 978-1587991271
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.7 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,490,039 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Between my freshman and sophomore years in college, I worked as a bellhop in a hotel in downtown Nashville. Read the first page

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twelve times earnings, great detectives, behavioral finance, cash earnings

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Father Brown, Sherlock Holmes, Wall Street, Conan Doyle, Auguste Dupin, Jonathan Laing, Nero Wolfe, The Blue Cross, Edgar Allan Poe, Marie Roget, Santa Fe Institute, Michael Dell, Boscombe Valley, Edna Buchanan, Father O'Connor, Michael Mauboussin, New York, Night Watch, Professor Washington, The Secret Garden, Baker Street, Frontiers of Finance, John Turner, Security Analysis, Chinese Wall

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2.0 out of 5 stars Clueless, August 3, 2006

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This review is from: The Detective and the Investor: Uncovering Investment Techniques from the Legendary Sleuths (Paperback)

The idea behind this book is that traits of good crime detectives will also be traits of good investment analysts.

This is done by giving small samples of some of literature's greatest detectives. Then you are to apply the traits you see in the markets.

Mystery lovers will be disappointed. As you are never given enough information to solve the detective's mysteries. Nor are you even given the solution as that would spoil your need to read the original. You instead get choppy pieces that don't really shed much light on anything.

Investors will also be disappointed. You are told such wisdom as do your own investigations, look at all the clues, keep an open mind, etc. No one could argue with such logic, however what did you learn from such things that you did not already know?

There are little or no ideas on where to look in the market for opportunity. There are no strategies discussed that have not been covered in dozens of other books.

It is not that I doubt what the author is saying. It is that I do not believe much is said that any reader would not already know. Of course knowing is different than doing, so perhaps someone would read this book and say "Oh yeah, he is right I should not rely on stock analysts" or "Hmmm market psychology would be a good thing to look into".

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