Q&A With Martin Sosnoff, Author Of Master Class For Investors

Q&A With Martin Sosnoff, Author Of Master Class For Investors by Gene Taft - Republished with permission.

Question: You’ve written two previous books, starting with Humble on Wall Street forty years ago. Why did you decide to write MASTER CLASS FOR INVESTORS almost thirty years after your last book, the classic Silent Investor, Silent Loser?

A: I wanted to deal with the theme of perception vs. misperception and its consequences for investors, states and countries. This is a variation on George Soros’ concept of reflexivity, how the consensus is always wrong and then re-congeals into an updated consensus, trying to correct its misconceptions, belatedly, only to be wrong, again, six to twelve months ahead.

Q: Did you have a particular audience in...