The Alchemy of Finance
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The Alchemy of Finance
| Author | George Soros |
|---|---|
| Published | 1987 |
| Pages | 367 |
| Recommended | 3 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | George Soros’s account of his theory of reflexivity — how market participants’ biased views feed back into the fundamentals they are trying to price — set out alongside a real-time diary of his own trading. |
Where I heard about it
- On Jay’s investing reading list — a Google Sheet of 92 books by discipline, saved in Kyle’s Roam notes on April 15th, 2020 (Jay’s Investing Reading List). Jay’s reason: “Love the reflexivity model”
- A Goldman Sachs reading list — listed under Industry Background and Flavor on Goldman’s recommended reading list (from its careers site), shared by @F_Compounders on X, July 2025.
- Li Lu — on Li Lu’s Recommended Book List, under Value Investing, Finance, and Capitalism.
Connections
- George Soros — author.
- Also by George Soros on the same list: Soros on Soros, The Crisis of Global Capitalism.
- Goldman Sachs Recommended reading list… (tweet) — the list this came from.
What links here
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