Biography
Martin Fridson, CFA, is, according to the New York Times, “one of Wall Street’s most thoughtful and perceptive analysts.” The Financial Management Association International named him its Financial Executive of the Year in 2002. In 2000, Fridson became the youngest person ever inducted into the Fixed Income Analysts Society Hall of Fame. He has been a guest lecturer at the graduate business schools of Babson, Columbia, Dartmouth, Duke, Fordham, Georgetown, Harvard, MIT, New York University, Notre Dame, Rutgers, and Wharton, as well as the Amsterdam Institute of Finance. Fridson's writings have been praised widely for their humor, rigor, and utility. He holds a BA in history from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Even investors who operate exclusively in public markets can benefit from the book’s thoughtful and sometimes unconventional takes.
Henry Kaufman shows that he was an innovator in the analysis of financial markets.
Evan L. Jones’s vantage point as a manager of managers brings invaluable insight to the most vital issues facing investment professionals.
The editors are to be commended for creating a genuinely valuable resource for wealth management specialists.
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The New Stock Market is a truly impressive achievement.
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