High-Flying Adventures in the Stock Market

by Baker, Molly

• ISBN13: 9780471443056
• ISBN10: 0471443050
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

PRAISE FOR HIGH-FLYING ADVENTURES IN THE STOCK MARKET "A wonderful read-Baker takes you through a year in the life of a fund manager-it's so well conceived and written that you'll think you were there too. Individual investors who manage their own money should put this book in their 'portfolio.' Informative, educational, great fun."-Larry Waterhouse Jr., Chairman, TD Waterhouse Investor Services, Inc. "Most Americans know mutual funds only by their performance numbers. In High-Flying Adventures in the Stock Market, Molly Baker takes us inside the fund industry to give us a compelling and intimate look at the human drama of running a fund."-Douglas K. Sease, Editor, Wall Street Journal Books "Baker uses the eye for detail she acquired as a reporter for the Wall Street Journal to explain the high-pressure world of the money manager in laymen's terms. For those seeking a readable, inside account of the '90s historic stock market boom, this is a book to add to the portfolio."-Dana Milbank, staff writer, The Washington Post "Baker has provided an unusual perspective into the world of mutual fund management. She is a real reporter who is skilled in her understanding of what she describes and lively in her choice of episodes. The book is fun as well as informative."-Peter L. Bernstein, President, Peter L. Bernstein, Inc. author of Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk "A fantastic voyage through the mutual fund universe. Every investor should read this book."-Andrew Metrick, Assistant Professor of FinanceThe Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Author Biography

MOLLY BAKER is a freelance journalist and has worked as a reporter with the Wall Street Journal, NBC News, and the Rocky Mountain News. In addition, Ms. Baker was a financial analyst on Wall Street for CS First Boston. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and two children

Table of Contents

Prologue Scaling Mountains	1	(8)
Don't You Just Love It?	9	(28)
Dollar Days	37	(35)
Shorter Than the Life Span of a Stick of Gum	72	(26)
Where's the Pony?	98	(21)
Hurricane Season	119	(20)
Fevers of Unknown Origin	139	(23)
This Used to Be Fun	162	(21)
Do You Have a Band-Aid?	183	(23)
The Hangover Is Commensurate with the Party	206	(12)
All I Want for Christmas Is a Dot-Com IPO	218	(17)
You Can Make One Mistake, or You Can Make Two Mistakes	235	(19)
Star Light, Star Bright	254	(15)
Epilogue	269