The author reveals his own investment strategies in this text, as well as providing a theoretical and practical account of current financial trends. He explores the boom-bust cycle, the role of money and credit, mergers and acquisitions, the international debt crisis and much more.

Critical Praise . . .

"The Alchemy joins Reminiscences of a Stock Operator as a timelessinstructional guide of the marketplace."
—Paul Tudor Jones from the Foreword

"An extraordinary . . . inside look into the decision-makingprocess of the most successful money manager of our time. Fantastic."
—The Wall Street Journal

"A breathtakingly brilliant book. Soros is one of the core ofmasters . . . who can actually begin to digest the astonishingcomplexity . . . of the game of finance in recent years."
—Esquire

"A seminal investment book . . . it should be read, underlined, andthought about page-by-page, concept-by-idea. . . . He's the bestpure investor ever . . . probably the finest analyst of the worldin our time."
—Barton M. Biggs, Morgan Stanley

"George Soros is unquestionably the most powerful and profitableinvestor in the world today. Dubbed by Business Week as 'The Man Who Moves Markets,' Soros has made a billion dollars going up against the British pound. Soros is not merely a man of finance, but athinker to reckon with as well. Now, in The Alchemy of Finance, this extraordinary man reveals the investment strategies that have made him 'a superstar among money managers'"
—The New York Times