The Wall Street Journal Complete Money and Investing Guidebook (The Wall Street Journal Guidebooks) |
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| Title: | The Wall Street Journal Complete Money and Investing Guidebook (The Wall Street Journal Guidebooks) |
| Author: | Dave Kansas |
| Publisher: | Three Rivers Press |
| Type: | Book / Paperback |
| Publication Date: | 27 December, 2005 |
| ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0307236994 / 9780307236999 |
| List Price: | $14.95 |
| You Save: | $4.78 |
| Amazon Price: | $10.17 |
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Product Description
Unravel the Mysteries of the Financial Markets—the Language, the Players, and the Strategies for Success
Understanding money and investing has never been more important than it is today, as many of us are called upon to manage our own retirement planning, college savings funds, and health-care costs. Up-to-date and expertly written, The Wall Street Journal Complete Money and Investing Guidebook provides investors with a simple—but not simplistic—grounding in the world of finance. It breaks down the basics of how money and investing work, explaining:
• What must-have information you need to invest in stocks, bonds, and mutual funds
• How to see through the inscrutable theories and arcane jargon of financial insiders and advisers
• What market players, investing strategies, and money and investing history you should know
• Why individual investors should pay attention to the economy
Written in a clear, engaging style by Dave Kansas, one of America’s top business journalists and editor of The Wall Street Journal Money & Investing section, this straightforward book is full of helpful charts, graphs, and illustrations and is an essential source for novice and experienced investors alike.
Get your financial life in order with help from The Wall Street Journal.
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Customer Reviews:
• Enjoyable; Wide But Not Deep; Some Errors In First Edition
01 August, 2008
I am 50 pages into the first edition (2005). It's an enjoyable read because I love the subject area, but its lack of depth makes it a little unsatisfying, and it does contain errors.
Was it worth $11? Yes. Is it a good introduction for a novice? Yes, but it's only a first step and you'll need deeper more specialized knowledge to actually invest/trade/work in the markets.
In the introduction, on page 7, the contents are sold as good for slipping into dinner party conversation. The errors in the first 50 pages do not, however, give me confidence about the next 150 pages. Don't use this (first edition) at a dinner party with market professionals unless you want to break the ice by asking about the errors.
I would be happy to buy the second or higher edition to give as a gift to a friend or family member (assuming these and any other errors are cleaned), but I would not give the first edition.
Examples of errors in first 50 pages:
First example: the discussion of ticker symbols on page 36 may have been correct 20 years ago, but not now. NASDAQ stocks are no longer restricted to four-letter symbols, and five-letter symbols are not necessarily primarily listed overseas (look at CA, or PWX, or CMCSA as counter examples). Second example: the definition of a "growth stock" on page 26 is just plain wrong; I almost coughed my lunch up when I read it. I showed it to two CFAs in my office who each laughed out loud. Third example: in the discussion of the dividend payment timeline on page 35 and 37 the "date of record" has been confused with the "ex-dividend date." Even after correcting that, the discussion is still misleading.
A WEEK LATER: OK, I kept reading. No more blatant errors. Kansas does talk about Growth versus Value (pp 139-140) and that sounds much more sensible than his earlier analysis. I do, however, find his description of options (pp178-181) to be too light. I know it is complicated, but you cannot really compare profitability from owning 100 shares to profitability from owning an option on 100 shares unless you also compare all that to profitability from investing the same amount in each alternative. Contrary to his assertion (page 180), I would feel much happier owning the stock and watching it drop (mabye lose 50%) than owning the call option and watching it expire worthless (lose 100%)---because I would be thinking of having the same investment in each.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Easy Introduction For Laymen To Wall Street
26 September, 2008
This book should be required reading for *everyone*. After 12 years of public school and 4+ years of college, I still didn't know exactly what the NYSE was for, what an investment bank was, what was the difference between stocks and commodities, and so forth. Yet these things comprise some of the basic building blocks of our economy, and have made big news recently. This book is a painless, easy-to-read introduction for someone like me who doesnt read the WSJ or have an MBA in finance.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Investing Guidebook
24 October, 2009
This is a very basic review of investing for only the least informed. At the same time those with limited knowledge will find it hard to read. It lacks detail and as a result, lacks in-depth explanations that could clarify many of the areas that are covered. Specifically the section on Options trading was very poor. There are few "teaching" moments that you would expect to find in a "Guidebook".
- Amazon Customer Review
• Good Investment Guide
18 March, 2010
I found this book to be a fairly good investment guide. It was easy to read and explained all the terms and investment in's and out's in a way that even I could understand. If you are looking for an easy to understand guide to Wall Street terminology and investment pointers, this is a good place to start. While investment books are not really my genre, I found that I could actually read through this one cover to cover. Most of these types books make my eyes glaze over, but this one kept things simple and straight forward. A good book for people like me who are not financial gurus.
Dr. Bohdi Sanders, author of Wisdom of the Elders
- Amazon Customer Review
• Great
16 February, 2009
No complaints. Shipped on time, book was in great condition, exactly what I needed.
- Amazon Customer Review
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