Online Investing, Second Edition
Author: Jon D. Markman
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ISBN: 0735611238
Publisher: Microsoft Press (17 January, 2001)
Sales Rank: 49,852
Average Customer Rating: 4.06 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
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As a regular reader of financial "self-help" books, I found Markman's book not only an easy read, but also a valuable long-term resource. Too often authors profess to have found the veritable "holy grail" of investing, only to have the markets later prove their theories wrong. What Jon has done here is to empower the average investor, who is already overloaded with information, to quickly and easily glean the ingredients to building a successful portfolio with minimal work. His specific reference to resources, both at MSN MoneyCentral and also at outside research sites such as LionShares.com, point out to the reader the user most useful tools on the web, and also how to analyze and use those tools. I particularly found the ability to research what the institutional "big boys" on Wall Street were investing in (through LionShares and other sites) an incredibly valuable tool.The book is a handy refence guide and will help improve the stock-picking skills of most investors. Rather than tell us what to do, he gives us the tools to learn how to properly research and evaluate stocks ourselves; this approach alone is a welcome sigh of relief in the crowded landscape of investment guides.
A quick and enjoyable read that will enhance the skills of most reader/investors.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Beginning investors, this is a must read!
I was familiar with Mr. Markman from the MoneyCentral.msn site. Prolonged reading from a monitor and the discomfort associated with it, limited my familiarity with the author, though it was evident to me then that he had an important contribution with his SuperModel portfolios. I purchased this book primarily to learn more about his use of stock screening tools to choose stocks based on researched criteria that select stocks with excellent returns be they momentum, growth, or value. I did not anticipate the "wealth" of information this book would provide in addition to stock screening. With it I've unearthed gems of information on the internet that I was previously unaware of. ONLINE INVESTING contains information relevant to fundamental and technical analysis, analyst recommendations, bulletin boards, and more. For the beginning investor, and those investors less familiar with what the internet has to offer, this is a must read. This book is comprehensive in its scope and I believe will result in an accelerated learning curve for beginning investors. More experienced investors who may have less experience using the web should appreciate the "user friendly" manner in which he step by step takes you to a site and actually serves as a host to the site and the tools and information contained within. I wish ONLINE INVESTING could have been written sooner as I would have avoided some costly investing mistakes.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Second Rate
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.
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