Recently, I was sent a review copy of Rich Brother, Rich Sister, by Robert and Emi Kiyosaki. You may recognize Robert Kiyosaki’s name from the popular Rich Dad, Poor Dad series. And, that may be this book’s biggest challenge: to find its audience despite being associated with the Rich Dad juggernaut. People [...]
Recently, I was sent a copy of Stock Trader’s Almanac 2009 for review. Honestly, I didn’t know what to expect when I opened it. I’d heard of these books before, but had never flipped through one. Probably the word `Almanac’ turns me off. Makes me think of farmers (sorry, farmers) and [...]
I recently received a copy of Outsmart!: How to Do What Your Competitors Can’t, by Jim Champy, for review. I initially thought it was going to be a clone of books like “Built to Last,” as it is a book about business excellence, and company stories are profiled. Though there are some [...]
Why do I love books by Alexander Elder? Here’s the second sentence in Sell and Sell Short (Wiley Trading):
“That cute puppy bouncing up and down in your living room will some day become an old, decrepit dog whom you will have to drive to the vet’s office to put it out of its misery.”
True [...]
A couple weeks ago, I was given a review copy of the new book by Stephen T. McClellan: Full of Bull: Do What Wall Street Does, Not What It Says, To Make Money in the Market. Here is my review:
Much of the text is autobiographical anecdotes about what it’s like to be an analyst. [...]
I remember, towards the end of my college “career,” a classmate gave me a chance to go in with him to get some Red Hat IPO shares at their initial offering price (around $15 I think). I don’t remember how he managed to get that arrangement, or why the subject even came up; I [...]
I’ve heard a lot of people swear by How To Make Money In Stocks: A Winning System in Good Times or Bad, 3rd Edition, so I read it this weekend. (yeah, after two books reviews this weekend it’d be hypocritical of me to post a weekend non-reading entry, so I’ll skip it)
I thought How [...]
This weekend I read: Just One Thing: Twelve of the World’s Best Investors Reveal the One Strategy You Can’t Overlook. Like an idiot, based on the title, I thought the book was about one thing that twelve great investors agreed on. In fact, it’s individual chapters written by twelve different people, each about [...]
At the risk of this blog becoming idempotent’s gambling journal, I wanted to mention that in the last week I have become infatuated with poker (limit hold ‘em in particular). I’ve read somewhere that lots of traders are also avid poker players, and now I know why! It’s an uncannily familiar feeling when [...]
I’ve read a few more trading-related books in the last few weeks that I thought I’d share. For the most part, these are about traders and trading, rather than “how to beat the stock market” type books. I think, having mastered the basics of trading, these are the best kind to read. [...]