The Go-Go Years provides insight into what has changed in the markets and what will forever be the same in human nature. They look back to those who have fallen in earlier times and wonder how long the good fortune will last. You read it because it is a wonderful description of the way things were in a different time and place.'Yet many investors today are still moved by greed and fast money. 6 hours ago &0183 &32 'This isn’t the first go-round of foot-dragging by a Trump in this case. You do not read this book to see our present situation re-enacted in the past, with only the names changed. Much has been written about the 1960s, but few books have captured what really happened on Wall Street during these fateful years.'In the end,' writes Michael Lewis in the introduction, 'The Go-Go Years is not to be read in the usual manner of Wall Street classics. Go-Go Years C, Author(s)-John Brooks, Publisher-John Wiley & Sons Inc, ISBN-9780471357551, Pages-384, Binding-Hardback, Language-English, Publish Year-1999. This was the decade of the youth revolution, growth and performance concepts, gunslingers, and mutual funds-a decade that witnessed the advent of newissue stocks, creative accounting, Chinese money, and conglomerates. Summary: This classic of the 1960s bull market offers a cautionary tale for today's investor of the personalities, markets, events, and trends that drove stocks up throughout the 1960s and made millionaires of many-until the inevitable crash of 1970.The Go-Go Years is the story of a pivotal era in American financial history.

The Go-Go Years by John Brooks