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The Motley Fool's Investing Without a Silver Spoon: How Anyone Can Build Wealth Through Direct Investing

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They DId Not Hold Up In The Crash
Excellent resource of information.
Helped me start saving!
Comprehensive and concise, too
Lots of good info

The Motley Fool's Investing Without a Silver Spoon: How Anyone Can Build Wealth Through Direct Investing
Jeff Fischer
Manufacturer: Motley Fool
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Dispelling the myth that it takes big money to make big money, Motley Fool writer Jeff Fischer champions direct investing, showing how individual investors can build substantial wealth with relatively small outlays of cash. Starting with as little as $50, an investor can purchase stock directly from a company, thereby avoiding intermediary charges incurred by using a broker. Fischer then explains how money compounds so that even small monthly investments can become significant nest eggs. In a section titled "How Do I Become a Millionaire?" he lists several ways to do so: "Begin with $500, save $1,200 annually, or $100 a month, and earn 15% per year. In 33 years, you'll have over $1 million." Or "Begin broke, save $2,400 a year, or $200 monthly, earn the stock market's historic 11% annual return, and in 36 years you'll have more than one million clams." Fischer presents basic investing principles here--a little over time becomes a lot--but like a typical Fool, he does so in a lighthearted, easy-to-understand fashion. The bulk of the book (300-plus pages), however, focuses on listings for more than 1,000 direct-investment plans, including company contact information, investing schedules, minimum and maximum investment amounts, and miscellaneous selling info. (For example, Roslyn Bancorp Inc.: "Sells within 10 bus. days, by mail, at avg. price, for $10 + comm.") A good resource for the cash-light beginning investor. --Rob McDonald

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Jeff Fischer, manager of The Motley Fool's DRP (dividend reinvestment plan) portfolio, explains why direct investing is a cost-effective method for investors of all levels. He provides step-by-step instructions for getting started and guidance on everything from selecting great stocks to handling related taxes.

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They DId Not Hold Up In The Crash.......2003-01-16

They loved Enron at the peak. Their methods are questionable.

Excellent resource of information........2001-07-09

The first third of this book is detailed information about how to analyze stock numbers, ratios, etc. That's quite valuable information and key to developed a system of analysis to figure out the stocks in which you want to invest.

What surprised me was the *rest* of the book! They compiled a comprehensive list of hundreds and hundreds of companies which have dividend reinvestment and related plans. This made calling those companies for more info so easy! So easy to get started with investing my savings for the long term. BUY THIS -- you won't regret it.

Helped me start saving!.......2000-08-21

Great book for a starting investor who wants to save money on brokerage fees! I had zero knowledge on DRIP's and DSP's. This book helped me get started setting up an account and in picking a company to invest in long-term. This is the best investing book I have ever read. Jeff Fischer's writing style is comprehensable and fun to read. I loved it!

Comprehensive and concise, too.......1999-09-27

This book covers everything to get started in the stock market with whatever money you have, and it's concise enough too that it doesn't waste your time with extra words. A very finely written book. The investment plan information in the appendix is nice to have in print.

Lots of good info.......1999-09-14

Lots of good info about basic investing for beginners, but the last half of the book is a list of all companies which offer DSPs or DRiPs and anyone can find this out for themselves as it is a matter of public record.

Hopscotch...or why children are the better day traders

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Hopscotch...or why children are the better day traders
Matthias Thoma
Manufacturer: Trafford Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Winning the Day Trading Game: Lessons and Techniques from a Lifetime of Trading (Wiley Trading)

ASIN: 1412002516
Release Date: 2006-07-06

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This book presents you with a new and fresh approach to the usually very technical and boring subject of direct-access trading. The Author's "Keep It Simple Stupid" approach enables you to learn about the Securities industry and, more important, the life as a professional trader with ease. You receive an entertaining insight on the Author's perspective. To round things up you are introduced to the very strategy that gave this book its name Hopscotch, of which the Author claims that it so easy to apply that even a child could be successful with it. A brief excursion into various other trading strategies and an extensive Appendix with explanations about Technical Analysis and Industry lingo give the book a neat balance between entertaining and educating its reader.

Technical Analysis for Direct Access Trading: A Guide to Charts, Indicators, and Other Indispensable Market Analysis Tools

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A waste of money at any price
Ek dam Ala!
great guide book!
thanks mate!
nice job!!!

Technical Analysis for Direct Access Trading: A Guide to Charts, Indicators, and Other Indispensable Market Analysis Tools
Rafael Romeu , and Umar Serajuddin
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Companies
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Binding: Hardcover

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More than any other, the direct access trader depends on a keen knowledge of technical analysis--charts, oscillators, price, and volume--to determine optimal entry and exit points. Technical Analysis introduces basic charts, screens, and analysis, and covers popular analytic systems including price, volume, and volatility; support and resistance; and relative strength and trends. It also explains how to combine technical and fundamental analysis for taking advantage of the best aspects of each.

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A waste of money at any price.......2005-02-20

I tried very hard not to be predisposed against this book just because it was written by two academics. But once I started reading, it was impossible to ignore the fact that this title reads like a bad college textbook. The worst section here is that on moving averages, which suggests how to identify trends by deriving some equations related to the moving averages. This is complete with fancy looking formulas with epsilons and everything, and yet after all that no useful trading recommendations whatsoever are suggested. "For example, the technician will use a rule that if the price falls 10% below the moving average, it probably is not a whipsaw". This is a totally ridiculous commentary for trading at any time frame.

The reason my rating goes beyond just plain bad and into 1 star territory is that, in addition to providing negligable trading advice throughout, there were two sections that gave recommendations that are entirely the opposite of correct. In the section on support and resistance, the authors advocate selling at resistance points, and suggest that one will go broke if you always buy at resistance and sell at support. This is completely wrong; really great stocks will hover at resistance and then blow right through it on the upside, while poor stocks will linger around support for a while and then crash right through it hard. Buying at support and selling at resistance will put you on the wrong end of both of these. Read about the strategies of a great trader like Jesse Livermore to learn the right way to do things, which is to buy at the top end of the resistance point as the stocks breaks out and then sell it if falls to support.

Second example: "Say the CEO of Coke died in a plane crash along with the formula. Coke stock would plummet, right? But technical analysis would not pick that up". This shows the authors have a basic misunderstanding of TA: of course it would pick this up. You'd get a clear as could be gap down followed by a downward breakout in this sort of situation, a kindergarten market technician could tell you something bad had happened and that you should sell via the chart without even hearing the news. That's the basic premise behind technical analysis, and the fact that the authors don't even understand that fits right in with the rest of this dissapointing book.

Ek dam Ala!.......2002-02-13

This book is really good.A must buy...and a good gift for a friend.

great guide book!.......2001-07-27

A great example of its kind -- I've read several books looking for one both knowledgeble and entertaining and this certainly fits the bill. If you are trying to do research or learn more about the practice of trading, this is very helpful. It presents a comprehensive (and comprehensible) guide to the world of direct access trading. Good job!

thanks mate!.......2001-07-27

very handy book for reference. we are trying to use some of the helpful hints for our portfolio management.

nice job!!!.......2001-07-18

this was very helpful!!!!

The Online Business Setup, Direct Marketing, Amazon Sales for Stock Photography and Footage Businesses

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The Online Business Setup, Direct Marketing, Amazon Sales for Stock Photography and Footage Businesses
J Bowman J Orr
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2004 surplus gain should hit double-digits; hurricanes, tsunami losses offset by strong underwriting results, stock market surge.(Another Perspective): ... & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management

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2004 surplus gain should hit double-digits; hurricanes, tsunami losses offset by strong underwriting results, stock market surge.(Another Perspective): ... & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management
Frederick S. Towsend
Manufacturer: The National Underwriter Company
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Release Date: 2006-07-14

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This digital document is an article from National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management, published by The National Underwriter Company on February 28, 2005. The length of the article is 609 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: 2004 surplus gain should hit double-digits; hurricanes, tsunami losses offset by strong underwriting results, stock market surge.(Another Perspective)
Author: Frederick S. Towsend
Publication: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 28, 2005
Publisher: The National Underwriter Company
Volume: 109 Issue: 8 Page: 24(1)

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The Online Business Setup, Direct Marketing, Amazon Sales for Stock Planning Tips Businesses

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The Online Business Setup, Direct Marketing, Amazon Sales for Stock Planning Tips Businesses
J Bowman J Orr
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STOCK SUMMARY.(Arkansas business' securities prices, week of May 17, 2001)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included): An article from: Arkansas Business

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STOCK SUMMARY.(Arkansas business' securities prices, week of May 17, 2001)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included): An article from: Arkansas Business

Manufacturer: Journal Publishing, Inc.
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This digital document is an article from Arkansas Business, published by Journal Publishing, Inc. on May 21, 2001. The length of the article is 800 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: STOCK SUMMARY.(Arkansas business' securities prices, week of May 17, 2001)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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Date: May 21, 2001
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Volume: 18 Issue: 21 Page: 27

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Did short sellers help push down Acxiom Stock?(Axciom Corp endures massive losses in stock prices): An article from: Arkansas Business

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Did short sellers help push down Acxiom Stock?(Axciom Corp endures massive losses in stock prices): An article from: Arkansas Business
Jon Parham
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This digital document is an article from Arkansas Business, published by Journal Publishing, Inc. on September 6, 1999. The length of the article is 890 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Did short sellers help push down Acxiom Stock?(Axciom Corp endures massive losses in stock prices)
Author: Jon Parham
Publication: Arkansas Business (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 6, 1999
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