Sometimes the book can be difficult to read due to the dialect of the era, but the ultimate messages come across loud and clear.

Sometimes the book can be difficult to read due to the dialect of the era, but the ultimate messages come across loud and clear.  Read Less

Great info for traders, helps to realize how markets move and why they move, would definitely recommend for a day trader

Great info for traders, helps to realize how markets move and why they move, would definitely recommend for a day trader  Read Less

The idea of apply speculation principles without any knowledge found serious bumps in the road after reading this book.

The idea of apply speculation principles without any knowledge found serious bumps in the road after reading this book.  Read Less

It is a direct, simple, down-to-earth book covering very important and basic points of trading.

It is a direct, simple, down-to-earth book covering very important and basic points of trading.  Read Less

Prior to 1913, there were not even any taxes on stock market profits.

Prior to 1913, there were not even any taxes on stock market profits.  Read Less

Here is a picture of the original wild and woolly wall street--before the sec, glass-steagall, restrictions on insider trading,...  Read More

Here is a picture of the original wild and woolly wall street--before the sec, glass-steagall, restrictions on insider trading, and all the other party-pooping innovations of later years.  Read Less

Interesting to compare the market of the past with today.

Interesting to compare the market of the past with today.  Read Less

Sure, the mechanism changed to more automated trading, more participants, more stocks, more options etc but the nature of our b...  Read More

Sure, the mechanism changed to more automated trading, more participants, more stocks, more options etc but the nature of our behavior, especially the public, has remained largely the same.  Read Less