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The author granted some of the most famous insiders on Wall Street the protection of anonymity in order to procure their deepest and most frank views on the operation of the market. This book paints a startling portrait of how the prejudices of six different types of players-fundamentalists, insiders, cyclists, traders, efficient market believers, and transformational idea adherents-influence the market. Smith explains how new trends interact with these psychologies and draws a remarkable picture of how market behavior is inherently more human than technical.

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My absolute favorite new investment book should be read by anyone eager to make a million in the market, Success and Survival on Wall Street: Understanding the Mind of the Market. . . . Smith has come up with a taxonomy of the Wall Street species.--Robert Barker Business Week

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Charles W. Smith is professor and chair of sociology at Queens College, CUNY. The Mind of the Market, his earlier work, was an Alternative Selection of the Book of the Month Club and Fortune Book Club. Market Values in American Higher Education, Smith’s next work, is due out in the Spring of 2000.

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