Very popular opinions, but are they accurate assumptions or merely, as Charles Mackay wrote in 1841, extraordinary popular delusions?

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The book is called Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds.

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The Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Maddness of Crowds by Charles MacKay should be mandatory reading for advisers and clients, said Randy Carver, senior vice president at Raymond James.

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