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The Zurich Axioms

Max Gunther

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The Zurich Axioms is Max Gunther's set of speculative rules about risk, greed, and when to leave a bet. ChartClub lists the 6 October 2020 Harriman Classics paperback. The axioms are a philosophy. They are not a tested trading method, and the stories of Swiss bankers getting rich are the book's claims.

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Author
Max Gunther
Audience
Intermediate
Publisher
Harriman House
Year
2020
Pages
192

Key takeaways

  • The axioms are a philosophy of speculation. ChartClub does not treat the riches in the stories as verified results.
  • This record is the 2020 Harriman Classics paperback, not a separate listing of the 1985 edition.
Harriman House lists this paperback as ISBN 9780857198631, 6 October 2020, 192 pages, in the Harriman Classics imprint. The stored cover is the publisher's image for that ISBN. It includes a new foreword by James P. O'Shaughnessy. ChartClub is not listing a separate record for the 1985 original. The major and minor axioms tell the reader how to think about risk, hope, and forecasts. Some of them argue with ordinary investment advice. That disagreement is the point of the book. It is not evidence that the axioms produced the fortunes the introduction describes. There is no position size, no market, and no audit of results in the listing. Read it as a risk essay. Do not treat it as a manual.

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  • risk
  • decision-making

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