GANN, William Delbert.

£750 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

Truth of the Stock Tape. First edition of this guide to investing by the renegade financial trader, remembered for his dubious investment advice based on geometry, astronomy, astrology, and ancient mathematics. This, his second book, is a guide to reading the fluctuations of stock ticker tape and adjusting investments accordingly.Although derided by professional traders, Gann's pronouncements were eagerly followed by amateur investors during the 1920s boom, who sought meaning and strategy amid rising prices and market fever. "Gann's works are the subject of much controversy. True believers abound and still follow many of his arcane methods of forecasting, which emphasise timing, rather than price or volume, cycles, vibrations... what is evident is that, in certain circles, his work and life are as much revered today as they were fifty or more years ago" (Dennistoun, p. 128).

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