One of the stock market classics that should be on every speculator’s bookshelf is Edwin Lefevre’s Reminiscences of a Stock Operator. Written in 1923, you may assume its contents have scant application to the more sophisticated traders of today. That assumption could not be farther from the truth, for while technology may change and access to information may level the playing field in many respects, human nature hasn’t changed, especially when it comes to managing risk and the uncertainty associated with it.
While I could list many pertinent Lefevre quotes here, one that affects all of us in one way or another is the following.
