TheStreet.com Guide to Smart Investing in the Internet Era : Everything You Need to Know to Outsmart Wall Street and Select Winning Stocks

Customer Reviews

The book is quite readable. Although it conveys some useful information, it is not as dry as many books on investing. Each chapter is actually penned by a different author, but the text flows well from subject to subject. It reads more like a lengthy magazine article than a book. Although the informal and almost conversational tone of the prose makes for light and quick reading, the authors do convey some practical advice. The book is full of references to various websites (and not just their website, street.com) for researching stocks. Although this is extremely useful for the internet-savvy investor, it may tend to date this book. I suspect it will become less useful as it becomes farther away from its publication date. It covers the major aspects of fundamental analysis well, and has a particularly good chapter on when to sell a stock (and its relative tax implications), which is often missing from comparable investment books. Although it touches upon technical analysis and charting, the discussion is very superficial and is better addressed in other references.

Overall, it's a useful book and even somewhat fun to read. It is by no means comprehensive and probably not the only investing book you'll ever need. But as an amateur investor with a moderate amount of experience, I found enough to justify the purchase price and even enjoyed reading it too.

It is definetly not a "how to get rich quick in the market" book, but rather an orderly presentation of the skills you need to develop and useful techniques that will make you a successful investor. Must read for new but serious investors, very good review for the old hands.

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