The life story of one of Wall Street s greatest legends. Ninety three year old Roy Neuberger started trading just seven months before the 1929 crash, where he made a killing. He s never had a losing year and still trades every day while at the helm of his revered money management firm, Neuberger and Berman. The life story of one of Wall Street's greatest legends. Ninety-three year old Roy Neuberger started trading just seven months before the 1929 crash, where he made a killing. He's never had a losing year and still trades every day while at the helm of his revered money management firm, Neuberger and Berman. 1 The Roots of Joy 1(16) Beginnings 3(3) We Move to New York 6(1) My Family 7(3) Education and My Love Affair with Tennis 10(2) Business and the Arts at B. Altman 12(5) 2 Paris in the Twenties 17(14) The Beginning of My Wanderlust 19(2) Back to Paris 21(1) Cafe des Deux-Magots 22(3) In Cannes on the Tennis Circuit 25(1) The Arts in Paris 26(1) Berlin and Vienna 27(2) Vincent van Gogh 29(2) 3 From Boulevard St. Germain to Wall Street: The Panic of 1929 31(10) Halle & Stieglitz 33(2) Managing Money--My Own 35(1) Hedging with Radio 36(1) The Panic 37(4) 4 After the Panic 41(8) 1929 versus 1987 43(1) Lessons from the Panic 44(2) Richard Whitney and the 10 Percent Rule 46(2) Suicide and the Panic 48(1) 5 Making Money in Hard Times 49(10) Managing Other People's Money 51(1) Trading in the 1930s 52(3) My Client List Grows 55(1) A Decade at Halle & Stieglitz 55(4) 6 Starting a Family 59(10) Courting the Elegant Marie Salant 61(2) The Newlyweds 63(1) Marie's Family 64(3) The Next Generation 67(2) 7 Launching Neuberger & Berman 69(16) World War II 71(2) Opening Our Office 73(1) Robert Berman 74(2) Our Partners 76(4) The Arrival of the Computer 80(2) Economics 82(1) The Romance of Wall Street 83(2) 8 Guardian: The Mutual Fund Comes of Age 85(20) The Origin of Mutual Funds 87(1) The Beginning of Guardian 88(2) Guardian Today 90(2) Philosophies of Guardian 92(2) Quantum Gains: AT&T, Minute Maid, and Coca-Cola 94(3) Guardian's Board 97(2) T. Rowe Price 99(1) Closed-End Investment Trusts 100(2) Serving Smaller Investors 102(3) 9 A Collection Blossoms 105(28) Fulfilling a Dream 107(1) Influence of Duncan Phillips 107(2) Starting My Collection: Guy Maccoy, Peter Hurd, and Nelson Rockefeller 109(2) Collecting Milton Avery 111(3) From Collector to Donor 114(3) The Whitney Museum of American Art 117(1) American Federation of Art 118(5) Metropolitan Museum of Art 123(2) The Hoving Years 125(3) Metropolitan Honorary Trustee 128(2) The Art Pendulum Swings 130(1) A Museum in My Future 131(2) 10 Creating the Neuberger Museum of Art 133(18) A Mysterious Offer 135(1) Meeting with Rockefeller 136(1) Art Collector Joseph Hirshhorn 137(1) My Reply to Rockefeller 138(1) Rockefeller the Politician 139(2) Building the Museum 141(1) Opening the Museum 142(3) The Purchase College Foundation 145(1) Funding the Museum 146(2) Celebrating the Rockefellers 148(2) A Wise Investment 150(1) 11 Ten Principles of Successful Investing 151(34) 1. Know Thyself 154(2) 2. Study the Great Investors 156(9) 3. Beware of the Sheep Market 165(1) 4. Keep a Long-Term Perspective 166(4) 5. Get In and Out in Time 170(3) 6. Analyze the Companies Closely 173(3) 7. Don't Fall in Love 176(1) 8. Diversify, but Don't Hedge Alone 177(2) 9. Watch the Environment 179(4) 10. Don't Follow the Rules 183(2) 12 Reflections at Age 94 185(22) What the Future May Hold 187(1) The Neuberger Foundation 188(3) Exercise and Longevity 191(2) Ethical Culture 193(2) What Government Can Do 195(4) Spotting a Future President 199(3) The Economy Rules the Election 202(1) The Impact of War 203(2) A Little Reading Goes a Long Way 205(2) Epilogue So Far, So Good 207(3) About the Connables 210(1) Index 211