CAPITAL IDEAS Capital Ideas traces the origins of modern Wall Street, from the pioneering work of early scholars and the development of new theories in risk, valuation, and investment returns, to the actual implementation of these theories in the real world of investment management.

Acknowledgments. Introduction: The Revolution in the Wealth of Nations. PART I: SETTING THE SCENE. Chapter 1. Are Stock Prices Predictable? PART II: THE WHOLE AND THE PARTS. Chapter 2. Fourteen Pages to Fame. Chapter 3. The Interior Decorator Fallacy. Chapter 4. The Most Important Single Influence. PART III: THE DEMON OF CHANCE. Chapter 5. Illusions, Molecules, and Trends. Chapter 6. Anticipating Prices Properly. Chapter 7. The Search for High P.Q. PAR IV: WHAT ARE STOCKS WORTH? Chapter 8. The Best at the Price. Chapter 9. The Bombshell Assertions. Chapter 10. Risky Business. Chapter 11. The Universal Financial Device. PART V: FROM GOWN TO TOWN. Chapter 12. The constellation. Chapter 13. The Accountant for Risk. Chapter 14. The Ultimate Invention. PART VI: THE FUTURE. Chapter 15. The View form the Top of the Tower. Notes. Bibliography and Other Sources. Name Index. Subject Index.

CAPITAL IDEAS "What a fantastic book!" —John C. Bogle, Founder of The Vanguard Group, Inc. Capital Ideas traces the origins of modern Wall Street, from the pioneering work of early scholars and the development of new theories in risk, valuation, and investment returns, to the actual implementation of these theories in the real world of investment management. Starting with the French mathematician Louis Bachelier—who wrote about the unpredictability of stock prices in the early 1900s—Bernstein brings to life a variety of brilliant academics who have contributed to modern investment theory over the years: Harry Markowitz, who wrote about optimizing the tradeoff between risk and rewardWilliam Sharpe, who shook the pillars of the investment establishment by asserting that the market cannot be beatenFischer Black, Myron Scholes, and Robert Merton, who paved the way for the creation of financial derivatives and new ways of controlling riskFranco Modigliani and Merton Miller, who extolled the central role of arbitrage in determining the value of securities Filled with in-depth insights and timeless advice, Capital Ideas reveals how the unique contributions of these talented individuals profoundly changed the practice of investment management as we know it today.

Acknowledgments. Introduction: The Revolution in the Wealth of Nations. PART I: SETTING THE SCENE. Chapter 1. Are Stock Prices Predictable? PART II: THE WHOLE AND THE PARTS. Chapter 2. Fourteen Pages to Fame. Chapter 3. The Interior Decorator Fallacy. Chapter 4. The Most Important Single Influence. PART III: THE DEMON OF CHANCE. Chapter 5. Illusions, Molecules, and Trends. Chapter 6. Anticipating Prices Properly. Chapter 7. The Search for High P.Q. PAR IV: WHAT ARE STOCKS WORTH? Chapter 8. The Best at the Price. Chapter 9. The Bombshell Assertions. Chapter 10. Risky Business. Chapter 11. The Universal Financial Device. PART V: FROM GOWN TO TOWN. Chapter 12. The constellation. Chapter 13. The Accountant for Risk. Chapter 14. The Ultimate Invention. PART VI: THE FUTURE. Chapter 15. The View form the Top of the Tower. Notes. Bibliography and Other Sources. Name Index. Subject Index.