Product DescriptionOver 200 investing tips, maxims and truisms that will save investors from learning about the market the expensive way Presenting the collective wisdom of the last 100 years, this witty and wise book provides an instant introduction into the “real” world of investing for the beginner and a reminder for those more experienced investors who may need a refresher course in the fundamentals. A serious investment book with a light touch, this handy volume is organ. . . More >>
Read instead Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, ISBN: 0471059706
Rating: 1 / 5
A VERY POOR BOOK, IN FACT I FIND READING DAILY NEWSPAPERS MORE INFORMATIVE AND ORGANIZED. NOTHING NEW NO CHARTS, NO GRAPHS ONLY GENERAL ADVISING TEXT IT IS REALLY A TV INTERVIEW RATHER THAN A BOOK. I STRONGLY ADVISE NOT TO PURCHASE
Rating: 1 / 5
As a stock market novice, I found this book relatively useless, as it assumes the reader is already familiar with esoteric terms, and already understands concepts like selling short; but the book doesn’t treat any topics in depth, either, so there’s certainly no comprehensive education here. Rather, the text consists of a series of short, 1 to 2 page chapters, each an essay covering a basic idea – like “buy low, sell high,” – many of them redundant, many just plain common sense, so it’s probably not much use to a very experienced trader, either. I think I will appreciate the book much more at an intermediate level, when I can understand what the author’s talking about, and compare it to my own practices and ideas.
I did learn what PEG ratio is and how to use it – but for more information like that I had look for another book. Unfortunately, this one doesn’t really have a recipe for HOW bulls make money, but maybe I’m just a pig anyway. But I’ve found much more useful information in Investor’s Business Daily and in “CNBC 24/7 Trading: Around the Clock, Around the World,” though it’s focused on foreign stocks.
Rating: 2 / 5
The advice in this book has stood the test of time and is still relevant and well worth following. A must for experience and novice investors a like.
Rating: 5 / 5
This is a book on the stock market told from an insiders view. It covers many different subjects on the overall stock market. It is a book of wisdom from someone who has been there and made it on the street. You will not learn how to read charts or figure out how to calculate moving averages by reading this book, but there are lessons to be learned. It could take years before the lessons are understood.
Rating: 4 / 5