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by ValtteriL 272 days ago
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefèvre (1923)
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How do you like it?
I'm 3/4 through it.

It's been quite entertaining to read how he went from picking off bucket shops to going bust on Wall Street and how he proceeded from there. Old-fashioned writing that goes straight to the point.

His art-like approach to speculation is refreshing after spending time on /r/quant. I cannot say if any of his high-level speculation wisdom hold water anymore, though.

Would recommend!