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Summary: 100 BEST INTERNET STOCKS
Review: Eagerly waiting for 5/12 release date,............ I was most disapointedwhen it arrived. It's basically a rating book that was outmoded the moment it was written.
Pre-publicity buzz occured on CNN, 4/28/2000 IFFF there is any "meat", it's in the first 50 pages: the author breaks up the 'net into 9 conceptual categories.
A public portfolio, updated [20 min delay] all day/every day is viewable .................
Said Top 10 Picks portfolio is down 21.8% since pre-pub buzz date of 4/28/2000, well after the bubble bursting 'net carnage was underway.
After reading the first 50 pps, the rest of the book is a system of parallel ratings via "stars" and LITTLE comment supporting why each was selected to represent the first 9 chapters conceptual groundwork. Furthermore, NO, NADA, ZIP historical pricing information is available in its pages, including the IPO price. Yet a cut-line on the cover brags about "Includes Complete 1999 Returns." No discussion of IPO price or the critical first 30 days of trading price range when supposedly no stock shorting can occur, and no underwriting institutional "rating annoucement" can be made. Omitting both of these basics per "pick"is fiduciarily irresponsible!
Save your money, thumb through at the browser desk with a notepad in hand,.................... No one in their right mind should buy this book. The last 90 picks are just to take up space and make the book look thick.
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Summary: Better book exists elsewhere
Review: I agree with Peggy, this book doesn't have much meat even just for surveying the internet stocks landscape. "100 Best Internet Stocks to Own" by Greg Kyle does a much better job in this respect by providing more information on each company's background, major turn points of stock prices in their history, analysis of business challenges as well as opportunities. More informative and more insightful. Put these two books side by side, you'll notice the difference in no time.
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Summary: This Book has nothing to do with Gene Wilder the Actor!
Review: It struck me as odd why Gene Wilder would be interested in Internet Stock - maybe it was his hobby, or perhaps in the passing years he had found himself a whole new career via his computer. But no.
Amazon have credited Mr Wilder incorrectly as being the co-author of this work; they even have it linked to his DVD's and his (genuine) writing. You wouldn't know this unless you opt to go look at a huge scan of the book's cover where all will be revealed to you: the co-author is Gene WALDEN.
Poor Mr. Walden, his one claim to fame snatched cruelly from his hands by a typographical error. Never mind. With any luck, Amazon will credit you playing Willy Wonka.
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Summary: A reader from New York...
Review: Peggy Mannix has completely missed the point (and value) of Walden's latest book, and apparently didn't read his introduction. Yes, many of the stocks have gone down in value due to the correcting marketplace, but the point of the book is to provide guidance for those of us who want to include Internet companies as a part of our portfolios. I found the discussion about the many facets of the Internet marketplace extremely helpful in understanding how the new economy operates. As the title says, these stocks are "for the long run." If you're looking for get rich quick picks, look elsewhere. If you're looking for solid advice about incorporating internet stocks into your portfolio, Walden's book can be of tremendous help.
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Summary: Peggy's Follow-up Review-3 years later
Review: The Dot.com has dot.bombed--and this cipher selection stands as mute testimony to the reality that these two "rang the bell at the top" of the internet bubble by rushing this embarrasing collation into print. Of their "Top 10" THREE are no longer in business, or are barely able to stay listed on exchanges, and the other 7 are equally ugly. When Walden wrote his self-aggrandizing review, he stated there would be the potential for a 75% swing DOWN in a stock. HE A) wrote that after the bottom fell out of internet stocks, B) failed to warn that the "upper number" was closer to 98% swing down, not 75%, and C) failed to give eBay its due, a very very successful internet stock "to own." And they BOTH missed PayPal, the young internet upstart--in business when they wrote this tout, who blew eBay's Billpoint in house payment service plumb off the race track as well. Those who want to know what to short and when to short should be the only ones to buy Walden's advisory books...he's rung the bell at the top more than once by his cookie cutter, rush to press, just as the "game" is over and the momentum players surge to a new gambit tack. A review of his titles bears out this historic reality.
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Summary: Peggy's Follow-up Review-3 years later
Review: The Dot.com has dot.bombed--and this cipher selection stands as mute testimony to the reality that these two "rang the bell at the top" of the internet bubble by rushing this embarrasing collation into print. Of their "Top 10" THREE are no longer in business, or are barely able to stay listed on exchanges, and the other 7 are equally ugly. When Walden wrote his self-aggrandizing review, he stated there would be the potential for a 75% swing DOWN in a stock. HE A) wrote that after the bottom fell out of internet stocks, B) failed to warn that the "upper number" was closer to 98% swing down, not 75%, and C) failed to give eBay its due, a very very successful internet stock "to own." And they BOTH missed PayPal, the young internet upstart--in business when they wrote this tout, who blew eBay's Billpoint in house payment service plumb off the race track as well. Those who want to know what to short and when to short should be the only ones to buy Walden's advisory books...he's rung the bell at the top more than once by his cookie cutter, rush to press, just as the "game" is over and the momentum players surge to a new gambit tack. A review of his titles bears out this historic reality.
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Summary: Better book exists elsewhere
Review: What a find! This book lays out in clear, easy to understand terms the important points of Internet investing. I learned the ins and outs of how to invest in Internet stocks, and was able to get a real understanding of the key sectors of the Internet economy. The profiles of these 100 top companies were concise and well-written, as I've come to expect from Gene Walden's other 100 Best Stock books. And the tables and graphs in each profile provided a good perspective on the 100 companies. It's the best source yet for Internet investing! I would recommend it for any investor who wants to make big money in the Internet market.
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