A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing - Softcover

"Not more than half a dozen really good books about investing have been written in the past fifty years. This one may well belong in the classics category." "Talk to 10 money experts and you're likely to hear 10 recommendations for Burton Malkiel's classic investing book, now in its 10th edition." "A Random Walk has set thousands of investors on a straight path since it was first published in 1973. Even if you read the book then or more recently, a refresher course is probably in order... A lucid mix of the theoretical and the pragmatic." "If one of your New Year's resolutions is to improve your personal finances, here's a suggestion: Instead of picking up one of the scores of new works flooding into bookstores, reread an old one: A Random Walk Down Wall Street." "Almost every list of must-read investment books... includes Malkiel's Random Walk." "An engagingly written and wonderfully argued tome." "Imagine getting a week-long lesson on investing from someone with the common sense of Benjamin Franklin, the academic and institutional knowledge of Milton Friedman and the practical experience of Warren Buffett. That's about what awaits you in the latest edition of this must-read by Burton Malkiel." "A must-read for any investor."

Especially in the wake of the financial meltdown, readers will hunger for Burton G. Malkiel's reassuring, authoritative, gimmick-free, and perennially best-selling guide to investing. With 1.5 million copies sold, A Random Walk Down Wall Street has long been established as the first book to purchase when starting a portfolio. In addition to covering the full range of investment opportunities, the book features new material on the Great Recession and the global credit crisis as well as an increased focus on the long-term potential of emerging markets. With a new supplement that tackles the increasingly complex world of derivatives, along with the book's classic life-cycle guide to investing, A Random Walk Down Wall Street remains the best investment guide money can buy.