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  • The Alchemy of Finance

  • By: George Soros
  • Narrated by: Grover Gardner
  • Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (139 ratings)

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The Alchemy of Finance

By: George Soros
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
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Summary

George Soros is unquestionably the most powerful and profitable investor in the world today. Dubbed by BusinessWeek as "The Man Who Moves the Markets," Soros has made a billion dollars going up against the British pound. Now, in The Alchemy of Finance, he shares the investment strategies he uses to read the mind of the market.
©1987, 1994 by George Soros (P)2000 by Penton Overseas, Inc. Published by Penton Overseas, Inc. and Audio Scholar, Inc.
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Critic reviews

"An extraordinary...inside look into the decision-making process of the most successful money manager of our time. Fantastic." ( Wall Street Journal)
"Breathtakingly brilliant." ( Esquire)

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super interesting.

for those who want the norm to be challenged and a more flexible outlook on life and investing.

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Surprisingly good

for all the soros haters this book is selfufilling. ironic or reflexitivity.... perhaps the same thing. thanks GS.

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Somewhat disappointing..

I am hoping that a second and third review of the text will enable me to draw out a clearer idea of how to apply Soros' wisdom. Maybe I am lacking this ability.

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Thought inceptions

very open and revealing. George lets see wander around in his mind without restrictions, the inception of every thought detailed and explained. inviting you into his world without forcing you to accept and impressively aware it may not be of value to you.

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Good

Sometimes hard to understand. It's good in overall. I would suggest different person to reading

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Great read

Very interesting read with a good insight into georges thinking on reflexivity in various markets

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Chaos

Soros' reflexivity (wederkerigheid) can be viewed as a characteristic of chaos/complexity. It shows the fault in economic theory in a most salient way.

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boring book

really boring without the possibility of extrapolating to real life. it's a famous book only bc the author is famous, but does not add to general knowledge

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Abridged and poor narrator

This is a classic from Soros and I keep a hardcopy in my bookshelf. Audible version is abridged and the narration is bad that it bores me to sleep after 5 mins

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Not full book

This audiobook isn’t the full book. So much is missing. Very disappointed. Why would they do that?

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