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(Paperback - Revised)
A comprehensively updated edition of an essential guide to stock market investing
For over a decade, Jason Kelly has provided investors with the insider knowledge and time-tested strategies they need to maximize their investment programs. This thoroughly updated edition of The Neatest Little Guide to Stock Market Investing includes:
• Kelly's Maximum Midcap Strategy, an innovative investment program that consistently outperforms the market
• Real-life examples of investment strategies that paid big dividends
• Tips from master investors like Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, and Bill Miller
An accessible, intelligent, and highly effective approach to investing, The Neatest Little Guide to Stock Market Investing is an invaluable resource for investors everywhere.
Jason Kelly wrote about a variety of topics, from computers to finance, before finding his niche in the stock market.
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December 26, 2008:
The book is written well, and contains a good synthesis of the wisdom from investment gurus like Warren Buffett, Benjamin Graham, and Bill O'Neil. Some people say that there is "nothing original" in this book; but I'd prefer a good round-up of proven techniques from real gurus rather than an unproven brand new "idea".
But I'd like to inject a note a realism. Just because these techniques have worked for some successful investors in the past, it doesn't mean that you will make them work in the future.
It all sounds so simple:
1) The stock market has been the best place to invest historically. [I say: but not over the last 10 years]
2) If you can find a ten-bagger stock you can turn $10,000 into $100,000 in a single investment. Re-invest the $100,000 in another ten-bagger and you have $1,000,000 after two trades! [I say: It's possible; but don't confuse 'possible' with 'probable'.]
3) All you need to do is find a sound company, with great products, with good growth potential, which is currently undervalued for some reason. [I say: determining that a company is undervalued based on its fundamental ratios is not proven beyond doubt by my own recent research.]
When reading any stock market book, even a good one like this, I think that a degree of healthy scepticism is a good thing. Learn from the masters, but don't assume that you can replicate them.
Tony Loton, author --
"Stock Fundamentals On Trial: Do Dividend Yield, P/E and PEG Really Work?"
"DON'T LOSE MONEY!: (in the Stock Markets)"
I Also Recommend: Don'T Lose Money! (In The Stock Markets), Stock Fundamentals on Trial.
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December 12, 2008:
Very helpful. I would also recommend taking a look at: StressFreeTraders com
Especially for beginners who need to focus on simple ways to make it in the stock market