Professor Russell Napier has been an adviser on asset allocation to global investment institutions for over 25 years. He is author of Anatomy of The Bear: Lessons From Wall Street’s Four Great Bottoms and Keeper of the Library of Mistakes, a business and financial history library based in Edinburgh. He has founded and runs a course called A Practical History of Financial Markets and also an online marketplace (ERIC) for the sale of high-quality investment research to institutions. Russell is Chairman of the Mid Wynd International Investment Trust.

Brilliant...a must-read

• Foreword by Merryn Somerset Web Preface to the New Edition Introduction Part I August 1921 The road to August 1921 The course of the Dow - 1896-1921 Living with the Fed - A whole new ball game (I) Structure of the market in 1921 The stock market in 1921 The bond market in 1921 At the bottom with the bear - Summer 1921 Good news and the bear Price stability & the bear Liquidity and the bear The bulls and the bear Bonds and the bear Part II July 1932 The road to July 1932 The course of the Dow - 1921-29 Living with the Fed - A whole new ball game (II) The course of the Dow - 1929-32 Structure of the market in 1932 The stock market in 1932 The bond market in 1932 At the bottom with the bear - Summer 1932 Good news and the bear Price stability and the bear Liquidity and the bear The bulls and the bear Bonds and the bear Roosevelt and the bear Part III June 1949 The road to June 1949 The course of the Dow - 1932-37 The course of the Dow - 1937-42 The course of the Dow - 1942-46 The course of the Dow - 1946-49 Structure of the market in 1949 The stock market in 1949 The bond market in 1949 At the bottom with the bear - Summer 1949 Good news and the bear Price stability and the bear Liquidity and the bear The bulls and the bear Bonds and the bear Part IV August 1982 The road to August 1982 The course of the Dow - 1949-68 The course of the Dow - 1968-82 Structure of the market in 1982 The stock market in 1982 The bond market in 1982 At the bottom with the bear - Summer 1982 Good news and the bear Price stability and the bear Liquidity and the bear The bulls and the bears Bonds and the bear Conclusions - Strategic - Tactical - Then and now Epilogue: Russell Napier, 2007 Bibliography Table of figures Acknowledgements

Professor Russell Napier has been an adviser on asset allocation to global investment institutions for over 25 years. He is author of Anatomy of The Bear: Lessons From Wall Street’s Four Great Bottoms and Keeper of the Library of Mistakes, a business and financial history library based in Edinburgh. He has founded and runs a course called A Practical History of Financial Markets and also an online marketplace (ERIC) for the sale of high-quality investment research to institutions. Russell is Chairman of the Mid Wynd International Investment Trust.

Brilliant...a must-read

• Foreword by Merryn Somerset Web Preface to the New Edition Introduction Part I August 1921 The road to August 1921 The course of the Dow - 1896-1921 Living with the Fed - A whole new ball game (I) Structure of the market in 1921 The stock market in 1921 The bond market in 1921 At the bottom with the bear - Summer 1921 Good news and the bear Price stability & the bear Liquidity and the bear The bulls and the bear Bonds and the bear Part II July 1932 The road to July 1932 The course of the Dow - 1921-29 Living with the Fed - A whole new ball game (II) The course of the Dow - 1929-32 Structure of the market in 1932 The stock market in 1932 The bond market in 1932 At the bottom with the bear - Summer 1932 Good news and the bear Price stability and the bear Liquidity and the bear The bulls and the bear Bonds and the bear Roosevelt and the bear Part III June 1949 The road to June 1949 The course of the Dow - 1932-37 The course of the Dow - 1937-42 The course of the Dow - 1942-46 The course of the Dow - 1946-49 Structure of the market in 1949 The stock market in 1949 The bond market in 1949 At the bottom with the bear - Summer 1949 Good news and the bear Price stability and the bear Liquidity and the bear The bulls and the bear Bonds and the bear Part IV August 1982 The road to August 1982 The course of the Dow - 1949-68 The course of the Dow - 1968-82 Structure of the market in 1982 The stock market in 1982 The bond market in 1982 At the bottom with the bear - Summer 1982 Good news and the bear Price stability and the bear Liquidity and the bear The bulls and the bears Bonds and the bear Conclusions - Strategic - Tactical - Then and now Epilogue: Russell Napier, 2007 Bibliography Table of figures Acknowledgements