Lessons from Tulipomania

This is a story from the book Zulu Principle written by Jim Slater.

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In the early seventeenth century, many people in Holland were collecting tulips to such an extent that it was proof of bad taste for a man of fortune to be without a rare tulip bulb collection. The desire to possess tulip bulbs spread to the Dutch middle classes. By the year 1636, the demand for rare tulip bulbs increased so much that regular marts for their sale were established on the Stock Exchange in many of the principal cities. 

Book Review #35: The Zulu Principle: Jim Slater

This is the review of the book 'The Zulu Principle - Making Extraordinary Profits from Ordinary Shares'. This book is written by Jim Slater. 

There are two ways by which an investor can make money in the market. Invest either in stocks or in bonds. Zulu principle is all about focus. So at the outset, the author informs us that this book will focus on the former (investing in stocks) and will ignore the latter. 

The first edition of this book was published in 1992, the author outlines the objectives of this book which is to explain five methods by which an investor can make money by investing in stock market. 

The five methods are to invest in: