About this title: In Just 18 Months, Nicolas Darvas Turned $25,000 into Over $2 Million... This is How He Did It... ...and How You Can Do it Too! With just fifty pounds sterling to his name, at the age of 23, Nicolas Darvas fled his native Hungary using a forged exit visa, to escape the Nazis. A dancer by trade, he toured nightclubs and other venues, making a living as a performer. While on tour in 1952, a Toronto nightclub offered Darvas $3000 worth of stock in a Canadian mining company, instead of his normal cash payment. He accepted the offer, and within two months, made an $8000 profit. When this happened, ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: American Research Council
Date Published: 1960
Description: A good reading copy only. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. Book has tanning or browning due to normal aging process. -, Hard Cover, Good / Good. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: A Lyle Stuart Book by Carol Publishing Co, New York
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780818403965ISBN:0818403969
Description: Not Issued jacket. 1994 Lyle Stuart book paperback in FINE condition; no dust jacket as issued. Very tight binding; square; no spine or hing crease; no edge wear; clean, bright pages; no marks. 198 p. (2843) read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: WWW. Bnpublishing. com
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9789562914536ISBN:9562914534
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. (A27_5/9)Book is in good condition. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 124 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Carol Publishing Corporation
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780818403965ISBN:0818403969
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Ever so slight shelf wear, otherwise like new. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 197 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: 1st Printing 1961
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: A Dell Book, New York
Date Published: 1960
Description: No Illustrations. Very Good. No Jacket. PICTORIAL PAPERBACK COVER, LIGHT SHELFWEAR TO EDGES. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT. read more
Edition: First Dell Printing, March 1961
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Dell Publishing, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1960
Description: Good Plus Plus. No Jacket. 6 1/2 X 4 1/4. Cover creased, spine, edges and corners good. Binding firm and straight. No detracting wear, for age. If seeking a copy for reference, research, analysis, application or just enjoyment, this is the one, a nice working copy. Pages are browning, tight and clean. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dell
Date Published: 1961
Description: Good+ Tight, uncreased spine, some cover and edge wear, and no markings. Lightly tanning pages. "The famous dancer turned financial wizard. " Non-Fiction. (#81431) read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Lyle Stuart, Secaucus, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780818403965ISBN:0818403969
Description: Good Very Plus Plus. No Jacket. 8 1/4 X 5 1/2. Covers, spine, edges and corners good. Binding firm and straight. No conspicuous wear. Very insignificant penciling. If seeking a copy for reference, research, analysis, application or just enjoyment, this is the one, nice working copy. Pages are bright, tight and clean, minor edge soiling. 198 pages. read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: American Research Council
Date Published: 1960
Description: Good/Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Later printing hardcover with owners personal stamp on the front endpages several times but text unmarked, dustjacket has some wear and a few tears to spine and back, in brodart mylar covering. read more
"I read this one on a flight. I admire how he admits his horrible mistakes. It didn't take him very long to come up with a disciplined system that made him wealthy. His method is eerily similar to a system developed later by William J. O'Neil."
"This book is very entertaining. I especially liked reading about Darvas' miserable investing performance prior to developing his 'system'. Darvas made $2 million during a huge bull market, and while risking a large percent of his portfolio. Thus, it's unwise to try to emulate his money management strategy. Still, it's great fun to read.
Darvas' system was basically to follow trending stocks in rapidly growing industries. This is probably still a sound method. Darvas did not have any charts, so he kept track of prices in his head. He never shorted stocks, and bought on a breakout above resistance.
Everyone's natural tendency is to play down their failures and play up their successes, but Darvas is brutally honest about his cluelessness when he first started investing in stocks. Read and enjoy."
"I've actually read this twice. Once, as a bit of fiction. And then a second time, calling up charts of the companies he mentions and trying to make sense of it.
The one thing I can tell you is this: shut off CNN/CNBC and get used to reading charts of whole market sectors and individual companies in tandem. That's what works: find the pulse and read it to the exclusion of all else. Everything you need to know is already there, in the charts."
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