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Summary: Second Rate
Review: This guy has cost a lot of people a lot of money in the stock market. Fortunately I wasn't one of them. And yes it was their fault instead of his. But many are seduced by his methods since the implication is that winnning stocks may be selected by purely mechanical methods. The sections that deal specifically with the internet and how to find information are ok but the infomation is easily available elsewhere. The rest is not really up to par but will probably pass most people's inspection. Please just be skeptical and wise and realize that to take advantage of mechanical stock picking schemes requires a great deal of money or a fund of some kind. Statistically one may make money on the pot but buying a highly rated subset is seldom wise.
Also, using a little money to buy the pot almost always results in unacceptable transaction costs.
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Summary: Your online investing questions answered in one book!
Review: This is the book I was looking for when I (mistakenly) ordered Trading Online by Alpesh Patel. Markman provides a complete overview of all facets of online trading and how to sift through the overwhelming volume of information available on the web and get to the good stuff!
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Summary: A Great Book!
Review: This is the most informative book I've read yet. This book will teach you how to invest in stocks or mutual funds. It will show you where to find them(stocks), how to use them and then what to do with them once you've found them. It is a must read for all serious investors.
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Summary: It's a Strong BUY
Review: This post is out of chronological order with my additional post as my intitial post was dropped somewhere at Amazon.This book was a wonderful surprise. Aware that Jon Markman is a quant I approached it with some trepidation. Being more right brain oriented, I feared endless charts, formulas, and complex mathmatical theories. However, I quickly discovered that this book is very readable, gets right to the subject at hand and would definately make me more money! Jon gives clear insight into what makes a stock move and describes, in plain english, how to find winning stocks. As a bonus, Jon's Supermodels community at MSN.com (FREE) provides an invaluable environment to help you put these ideas into action. It's certainly working for me...my Year Trader portfolio, started on Oct 29th using the techniques found in this book, is up an amazing 30.4% in just over a month! Happy Investing! Shawn Gookin
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Summary: Even my Merril Lynch broker thinks it's great
Review: Through #investor chatroom I've gained enough knowledge to do reasonably well in the market, but Markman's book, written by a journalist, rather than an economist, helps the art of investing make MUCH more sense.
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