A History of the Global Stock Market: From Ancient Rome to Silicon Valley

It helps give a perspective of current market conditions and an idea of how far markets can travel in either direction.

I rarely write reviews on books. I rarely read books more than once, and I am certain I will read this one again. Negatives It has a couple relatively minor errors. The first half is somewhat tedious with many names and events that are not well-known. Positives I was hooked by the second half. I’ve not found any other comprehensive history of the stock market. Simply put… this is a must-read for anyone working in the realm equity markets (financial advisors, stock analysts, investment bankers, etc.). My personal thanks to the author for painstakingly putting this together.

The content of this book is extensive. It contains many interesting facts about the history of the stock market and its ups and downs. I recommend this work to anyone looking to establish and understanding of the history of the stock market, especially the London stock exchange.

If you want to have a nice overview with some amount of depth on the history of the stockmarket, then look no further because this book does exactly that. It helps show a clear picture on the effects that the stock markets had on their individual nations, in addition also the effects they have had on the international markets. This book will truly leave a lasting impression.

Had fun reading it, the history was great. Would have been a bit better if language was a bit more simpler. Some parts were quite complex to understand. But over all it was worth reading.

It was interesting at first and had some interesting tidbits that could be gleamed throughout the book...but overall I found myself lost too much of the time. It gets pretty technical as the book goes on. The back 2/3 of the book gradually became increasingly technical to the point it was hard not to find your eyes glazing over economic/stock jargon for pages at a time. Unless you have at least a decent working knowledge of economics and the stock market going in you'll likely be lost...similar to myself.

Interesting reading for anyone who likes history and economics.

Worth reading

Le livre est dure, gris et froid. Somme toute, bien écrit, il révèle un passé d'un point de vue économique supérieur et présente l'ensemble des passages importants de Rome à Silicon Valley.

When He talks about the 15 century, he goes on how transferable I.O.U were the First primitive form of paper money, when China already had paper money since at least 10 th century.(Page 14) At the beginning of the book he quotes Greenspan as saying " If i dont talk about the Stock Market people wont Inderstand its Importance" I mean can i really trust the intellectual honesty tives of a man who got paid to wrote a favourable piece about Charles Keating. Also why would layman withouz knowledge about the markets listen to Alan Greenspan? Otherwise it had a lot of interesting facts for layman, and for them its a good book. But for others dont expect a deeply researched book with new insights.