Engines That Move Markets is a comprehensive history of
market-shaping industries and their impact on how we invest today. Now
in its second edition, this modern investing classic highlights the
history of industrial development and its impact on investors. By
exploring key technological advances of the past and what they meant for
investors - including electricity, the railroad, the telephone, the
computer and more - it provides vital insights on how to appraise the
new technology companies of the future. A complete and deeply researched
history of industries and investing, the book is filled with fascinating
and instructive details, including how Thomas Edison lost control of his
company, the impact of the Standard Oil breakup, the early days of the
wireless industry, and the course of the computer and internet
revolution. Investors looking for industry-shaping investments will
undoubtedly use Engines That Move Markets as their guide. This revised
and updated second edition is the most definitive and comprehensive
version yet.