Bull!: 144 Stupid Statements from the Market's Fallen Prophets

by Greg Eckler, Laura MacDonald, L.M. MacDonald

o "We're going to reach the point where stocks are correctly priced, and we think that's 36,000." -James Glassman, best-selling authoro "Not even Greenspan can stop the Internet economy." -Larry... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0740736124
• ISBN13: 9780740736124
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Hilarious and important

This book chronicles the hype, promotion, conflicts of interest and outright lying by the financial media, pundits and corporate leaders. It also shows the serious recriminations for the few analysts and brokers who went against the market madness of the late '90s. On any financial bulletin board today, "strong buys" issued by the large brokerages are normally perceived as a sure sign that they want to dump stock on the naive small investor. I trade the stock market almost daily, and eshew all the major media new sources - the hype, no matter how absurd, never ends. This small book confirms my worst, cynical beliefs. Read it and laugh, read it and weep.

A VALUABLE RECORD OF THE MANIA

The authors have performed a valuable service in providing this record of the mania.I predict it will occupy the same position in future study of stock market history of this period as has a similar account of the 1920s experience.(Surprisingly there's already enough new material associated with the 2003 stock market rally for a sequel)

From Bill Fleckenstein's July 30th column

To end on a lighter note, folks should sprint and do whatever it takes to get their hands on a new book titled Bull! 144 Stupid Statements From the Market's Fallen Prophets , written by Greg Eckler and L. M. Mac Donald. Greg is a longtime reader of the Rap, but that's not the basis for my enthusiasm. Rather, this is one of those rare finds that's not too long, right on point, hilarious and well-written. It's an easy-to-read history of quotes from many of the mania's pundits, complete with follow-up comments by Eckler and Mac Donald that at times had me laughing so hard I literally cried. I promise you, whatever the effort to obtain this book will be well worth it.

A great guide to bad advice, corruption and scandals

After the 1929 crash a book was published of all the outrageous forecasts in the years before. Bull! has the same idea except that it adds photos and graphs. I'm not sure which is more shocking... the quotes or the aftermaths. Bookviews: "There is no comfort in having lost your shirt in the stock market these passed few years, but there are lots of laughs and cautionary wisdom in Bull!" Loved it!

This book is really funny.... no bull!

I stumbled across this book at my friend's house and spent the next hour laughing myself silly. Page after page of predictions gone bad, corruption galore and lots of bad market advice from some very familiar faces from the bubble. If you're watching the Nasdaq climb up and are starting to think about getting back into the market, read Bull! just to remind yourself that those stock market stars are not only fallible, they're sometimes stupid. Graphs and photos make for fast, easy read. Hilarious!