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Engines That Move Markets Alasdair Nairn

Engines That Move Markets By Alasdair Nairn

Engines That Move Markets by Alasdair Nairn


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Summary

Experienced investment professional Sandy Nairn offers a comprehensive and fascinating account of the important technological developments of the 20th century--including the railroad, computer, telephone, electricity and more--and how investors over time viewed these advancements.

Engines That Move Markets Summary

Engines That Move Markets: Technology Investing from Railroads to the Internet and Beyond by Alasdair Nairn

A comprehensive history of market-shaping industries and their impact on how we invest today This engaging book highlights the history of industrial development and its impact on investors. Today's investors will learn about past approaches to technological advances such as-electricity, the railroad, the telephone, the computer, and much more-while gaining insights on how to appraise the "new technology" companies of the future. This complete and well researched history of industries and investing wouldn't be complete without a look at: how Thomas Edison lost control of his company, the impact of the Standard Oil breakup, the early days of the wireless industry, and the changing face of the computer industry today. Investors looking for industry-shaping investments will undoubtedly use Engines That Move Markets as their guide.

Engines That Move Markets Reviews

"This book has much wisdom, and much that could be learned by investors or companies plannning to back new technologies." (Financial Times, 25 March 2002)

About Alasdair Nairn

ALASDAIR (Sandy) NAIRN is Chief Investment Officer of the Scottish Widows Investment Partnership in Edinburgh, responsible for the management of over $130 billion in assets. Prior to this, he spent over ten years with the Templeton organization, most recently based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, where he was director of global equity research. Nairn holds a bachelor's degree in economics and engineering, and a PhD in economics.

Table of Contents

Foreword by: Sir John Templeton. Author's Introduction. Acknowledgments. Chapter 1 Making Tracks: The Industrial Revolution, Canals, and Railways. Chapter 2 Breaking Out: The Story of the U.S. Railroads. Chapter 3 Investing at the Speed of Sound: How the Telephone Changed Everything. Chapter 4 Lighting Up: Edison and the Electric Lamp. Chapter 5 Digging Deep: The Search for Oil. Chapter 6 Driving Forward: The History of the Automobile. Chapter 7 Making Waves: The Story of Wireless, from Marconi to Baird. Chapter 8 Making It Count: From Adding Machines to Mainframes. Chapter 9 Processing Power for All: The Rise of the PC. Chapter 10 The Internet: How Time-Share Computing Became a Reality. Chapter 11 The Pathology of Technology Investing. Notes. Index.

Additional information

GOR002074926
9780471205951
0471205958
Engines That Move Markets: Technology Investing from Railroads to the Internet and Beyond by Alasdair Nairn
Used - Very Good
Hardback
John Wiley & Sons Inc
2002-02-04
512
N/A
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