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Pop Finance : Investment Clubs and the New Investor Populism /

During the 1990s, the United States underwent a dramatic transformation: investing in stocks, once the province of a privileged elite, became a mass activity involving more than half of Americans. Pop Finance follows the trajectory of this new market populism via the rise of investment clubs, throug...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Harrington, Brooke (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2010]
Edición:Course Book
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • SECTION ONE. Investment Clubs and the "Ownership Society"
  • Introduction
  • 1. Stock Market Populism Investment Clubs and Economic History
  • 2. Investment Clubs as Markets in Microcosm
  • SECTION TWO. Cash and Social Currency: Performance in Investment Clubs
  • Introduction
  • 3. Group Composition and the Business Case for Diversity
  • 4. Getting Ahead versus Getting Along Decision Making in Investment Clubs
  • SECTION THREE. Aftermath and Implications
  • Introduction
  • 5. Reflections on Investing in the 1990s
  • 6. Implications and Conclusions
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index