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Summary: The Brain's the best there is!
Review: Along with Haines and Kernan, they have a very entertaining show. I normally do not trade off of their information, but it always keeps me up to date. And, I think Faber has proven himself as a great investigative reporter.It is a good book, and gives good insight into the inner-workings of Wall Street. There is a lot of good education on how the "big boys" operate - hedge funds, investment banks, etc. All in all, a good read. Kernan
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Summary: A revealing book for the average investor
Review: David Faber is one of my favorite reporters on CNBC. He always seems sincere in his reporting, and his book conveys the same sincere no-nonsense advice for the average investor. As other reviewers have said, this is not an investment book that will make you money. However, it's a book written from a journalist's perch in an engaging and irreverent tone, and injects a healthy dose of skepticism that will save you money for sure in your investing. I highly recommend it to any individual investor, again not as a "how to make money" book, but as a "how to avoid getting taken" book. Keep it up David!
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Summary: Something For Everyone
Review: Decades from now, when historians want to get a better understanding of what Wall Street was like at the turn of the 21st century, they won't need to look much further than The Faber Report. Faber's book paints an amazingly clear and comprehensive picture of today's investment climate, giving the reader gobs of insight into the inner workings of the Street. The book has something for everyone; whether you're a novice investor trying to navigate the world of mutual funds or a hedge fund manager with a penchant for short selling, you'll find it eminently useful. (And if you happen to be the New York state attorney general looking for a blueprint to prosecute Jack Grubman and the rest of Wall Street, you'll find the book very worthwhile!) While the book covers investing basics with exceptional clarity (it has a paragraph on the P/E ratio that is one of the best I've seen), it also contains some headier material that more sophisticated investors will find helpful (his 12 point checklist for uncovering financial shenanigans is a keeper). It's difficult to write a book that is both entertaining and instructive, but Faber has pulled it off in spades.
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Summary: Decent read, but not worth $
Review: Explaining how analyists work and their associated confilcts of interest is very interesting stuff. However, this book doesn't really offer advice to investors on how to invest intelligently. In the end, this is a decent book with some good info on how the street works, but its not worth $. I dont plan on re-reading this one in the near future.
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Summary: Decent read, but not worth $
Review: Explaining how analyists work and their associated confilcts of interest is very interesting stuff. However, this book doesn't really offer advice to investors on how to invest intelligently. In the end, this is a decent book with some good info on how the street works, but its not worth $. I dont plan on re-reading this one in the near future.
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Summary: People are hard on Faber...
Review: I found the book entertaining. It is not something that will make you money, but it does reveal some innerworkings of Wall Street. Joe Kernan and Faber entertain me in the morning, but I don't look to them to make me any money. That is the way I approached this book also. ...
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Summary: Faber is a mouthpiece for the very people he condemns...
Review: let's cut to the chase: FABER IS A JOURNALIST WHO HAS NEVER IN HIS LIFE EARNED A LIVING AT TRADING OR INVESTING...he's a mouthpiece for the same SHAM that he condemns, the analysts on Wall St. and CNBC...the guy doesn't know jack about taking money out of the markets but he's got one big mouth about how to do it doesn't he? just another con artist who supported the bull on the way up, just like the other jokers and over-coiffed buffoons on CNBC...now that people are turning against Wall St., Faber is jumping on the band wagon, getting his "viewpoints" from the opinion polls, not from experience... anybody can write a book ABOUT the markets...save your money and find somebody who has actually traded them and earns a living at it..."brain"? hardly...remember, this guy is a JOURNALIST NOT A FINANCIAL PROFESSIONAL... take it from me, someone who's been trading for 15 years while Faber has been TALKING ABOUT IT for 15 years...there is NOTHING in this book that will help you take one thin dime out of the market...
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Summary: The Brain's the best there is!
Review: There's no one better in the world of financial reporting than David Faber. As a member of the media, I could only wish to be as connected, informed, and intelligent as he is. But most importantly, he's the best there is when it comes to sifting through the b.s. that has plagued Wall Street over recent years. This book is almost uncanny, in that it was written months before the dominant financial headlines that rocked the markets in the summer of 2002. We get the warnings about Worldcom, Imclone, and so on, well before anyone else does. Plus, he tells the reader where they can find raw data, what to look for, and the signs that a stock is trouble. Not really a "How to Invest" book, but rather, a "How to Be Informed" book. This book is a must-read. Faber tells it like it is. He was right in the 1990s when he warned on CNBC about the over valued Internet stocks, and time proved him right. By reading this book, you'll understand what to look for the next time Wall Street starts blowing a bubble.
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Summary: Faber is a Joe Kernan want-a-be!
Review: This book is a joke! It is written for an investor with little or no market knowledge. Faber's background is marginal at best to be writing a book of much indepth material. Second fiddle relief pitcher at Institutional Investor and now sitting in Kernan's shadow has caused Faber to get a little antsy come up with a book to turn the light his way a little. Remember, Sue Herera wrote a book about women on wall street and then Ron Insana came out with his. Both of these were a joke as well with very little insight. But, what do you expect from CNBC reporters? Low IQ's, poor quality of reporting! Just look at CNN!
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