The Alchemy of Finance

Critical Praise forThe Alchemy of FinanceThe Alchemy of Finance joins Reminiscences of a Stock Operator as a timeless instructional guide of the marketplace.--Paul Tudor JonesFrom the Foreword to the First EditionAn extraordinary . . . inside look into the decision-making process of the most successful money manager of our time. Fantastic.--The Wall Street JournalA breathtakingly brilliant book. Soros is one of the core of masters . . . who can actually begin to digest the astonishing complexity . . . of the game of finance in recent years.--EsquireA seminal investment book . . . it should be read, underlined, and thought about page by page, concept by idea. . . . He's the best pure investor ever . . . probably the finest analyst of the world in our time.-- Barton M. BiggsDirector, BKF Capital Group, Inc.Updated to include a new Preface and Introduction by Soros, and a Foreword by Paul A. VolckerGeorge Soros is unquestionably the most powerful and profitable investor in the world today. Dubbed by BusinessWeek as The Man Who Moves Markets, Soros once made a billion dollars by betting that the British pound would be devalued. Soros is not merely a man of finance, but a thinker to reckon with as well. In The Alchemy of Finance, this extraordinary man reveals the investment strategies that have made him a superstar among money managers(The New York Times).