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Red Joker Rules: The 35 Rules of Gambling That All Investors Should Know
Author(s): Holland Pat (Author)
- Publisher: Harriman House
- Publication Date: February 23, 2010
- Language: English
- Print length: 154 pages
- ISBN-10: B003ATPRRY
- ISBN-13: 9780857190178
Book Description
“Gambling is investing, and investing is gambling,” says the Red Joker.
Both situations begin with a common pool of money. The pool is distributed among those who have created it on the basis of a series of events that are partly controllable. Through a mixture of skills, self-control and sheer luck, some of those who have created it will receive more than others.
There is no inherent difference between sifting through a horse’s prospects of winning a race and a company’s prospects of returning regular profits. There is no inherent difference in deciding whether to raise the betting on a particular hand of cards and deciding whether a property is a good or bad buy.
But there is a world of difference between the pace of gambling and the pace of investing. A gambler faces as many investment situations in a week as an investor does in a lifetime. The rules are the same, but the gambler is in a situation where he can learn the rules very quickly.
This is a book of advice from the gambler to the investor – The Red Joker Rules.
Both situations begin with a common pool of money. The pool is distributed among those who have created it on the basis of a series of events that are partly controllable. Through a mixture of skills, self-control and sheer luck, some of those who have created it will receive more than others.
There is no inherent difference between sifting through a horse’s prospects of winning a race and a company’s prospects of returning regular profits. There is no inherent difference in deciding whether to raise the betting on a particular hand of cards and deciding whether a property is a good or bad buy.
But there is a world of difference between the pace of gambling and the pace of investing. A gambler faces as many investment situations in a week as an investor does in a lifetime. The rules are the same, but the gambler is in a situation where he can learn the rules very quickly.
This is a book of advice from the gambler to the investor – The Red Joker Rules.
