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The Beardstown Ladies Little book of Investment Wisdom

Investment Wisdom at 9.1% returns??? Gimme a break!

The Beardstown Ladies' Little Book of Investment Wisdom

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ASIN: 0786863730

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The Beardstown Ladies Little book of Investment Wisdom.......2006-11-27

Well, here is your polar oposite view of the other comment on this book. I found it wonderful! These are not Wall Street MBA's giving you advise. These are everyday people trying to figure out how to invest their money. Over time, the Ladies have done pretty well! If you find them a bit brash, okay! A small price to pay to get their wisdom. Buy the book!

Investment Wisdom at 9.1% returns??? Gimme a break!.......1998-09-27

Irrelevant one-liners and drawings from a bunch of underperforming pseudoinvestors with a superiority complex, written in a condescending grandmotherly tone. It was hard to keep a straight face while reading it. Save the wear and tear on your nerves by not reading this book. I didn't buy it, neither should you.

Investment Gurus: A Road Map to Wealth from the World's Best Money Managers (Selection of Money Book Club)

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good investor interview book - inspiring
By far the best "Interviews with Money Managers" book
Very amusing!
Highly Recommended!
worthwhile

Investment Gurus: A Road Map to Wealth from the World's Best Money Managers (Selection of Money Book Club)
Peter J. Tanous
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It sometimes seems as if there were as many different investment styles in practice today as stocks in which to invest, with virtually every one of them--styles as well as stocks--offering varying levels of appeal to various people. Professional investment consultant Peter J. Tanous has come to understand this after three decades in the field, and in Investment Gurus, he presents a wide range of tactics and strategies that have been developed by acknowledged stock-picking experts. At the heart of this book are Tanous's interviews with 18 top money managers and academics, including Mario Gabelli, William F. Sharpe, Peter Lynch, Laura J. Sloate, and Merton Miller. The book concludes with "Your Roadmap to Wealth," which summarizes the success factors common to each of the money managers interviewed and suggests ways to develop an "intelligent personal investment plan." --Howard Rothman

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good investor interview book - inspiring .......2007-01-12

provokes thinking about investment opportunities all around you

By far the best "Interviews with Money Managers" book.......2003-06-12

Tanous's effort is far superior to the other collections of interviews with money managers. Most books of this sub-genre fall into two categories, depending on the author. The first type of author is usually a journalist who knows little about the disciplines of stock picking and running investment funds, and you are usually hard pressed to find any new insight in their books, because they don't know how to ask their subjects the really insightful questions. The second type, which I'll call the John Train style, has a sophisticated investor/fund consultant doing the interviews, and can often produce real insight from the interviewees. The problem with many of these books, and Train's in particular, is that the author is often not trying to interview the successful money managers. Instead, authors like Train are often trying to play gotcha! with their interviewees, subjecting them to asinine questions and frequently diverging from the topics that made you buy their book in the first place. The Money Masters by Train is so full of political tangents and Train's forcing his opinion on the likes of Peter Lynch and Warren Buffett that I've wanted to scream at him at some points.

In contrast, Tanous knows how to ask questions that are of interest to professional and serious amateur investors, and he knows how to stay on topic. He does ask every interviewee about the efficient market hypothesis, but that's a theme of his book and can be excused. What you get from Tanous is an interviewer who knows how to ask really penetrating, really revealing questions of the world's best money managers, and the humility to realize that his readers don't want to know what he, Tanous, thinks, but what his interviewees think! What's more, he managed to get interviews with at least two money managers--Bruce Sherman of Private Capital Management and Scott Sterling Johnston of Sterling Johnston Asset Management--that have excellent track records but who speak very, very rarely to the press. There is real value to Tanous's book, and I'm a better investor for having read it. Serious investors should still read Train's books for their revealing interviews with Buffett, Templeton, Lynch and others, but in Tanous's book, you have all the strengths of the Train books without any of the that author's obvious, glaring shortcomings as a writer and interviewer.

Very amusing!.......2001-05-25

Most of the interviews in this book appear to have been conducted in 1996.

I checked as many of the managers/funds as I could on Morningstar (some of managers have private equity funds, and therefore are not available on Morningstar), and it appears that most of the managers described here have underperformed the market since 1996. Some of the funds (e.g. Linder) have gone out of business or dramatically restructured due to poor performace. Since one of the major themes of the book is to pit the efficient market theory/passive manager (Fama/French/DFA) types against active managers, and the author seems to side with active managers over passive, this is very amusing. It seems that time has proven the contrary of the point the author chose to make.

Highly Recommended!.......2001-03-16

Peter Tanous features interviews with 18 individuals he identifies as top, common stock investment consultants - or "gurus." His choices are based on his work as a consultant identifying investment advisers for corporations. The consultants he selected for this book represent the major stock investing approaches as growth, value or momentum investors. The interview format lets them speak for themselves. He briefly introduces the book with a primer on basic investment terms and principles, and a summary of major themes. We at getAbstract find the range of views shown very helpful, but note that the book suffers from overwriting and a lack of focus and editing. Some tightening would help highlight the main points in the long interviews. The introduction and conclusion are long and general, and a clearer, more detailed summary would be very welcome. Yet, the book offers a lot of information for the average serious investor, much of it straight from the mouths of some very important horses.

worthwhile.......2001-01-15

A terrific book, full of conservative, sensible investment advice, on both growth and value investing on ordinary shares. The overall information provides the need for a complete review of many small investors speculative/gambling approach to investing, and replacement with a conservative yet successful trading plan.

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Somewhat informative, but too much info
From an Investment Club member
Best answer to "why start an investment club?"

The Investment Club Book
John F Wasik
Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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Somewhat informative, but too much info.......2000-06-24

OK, I already know how to invest money, so all I was looking for was a book to give me the specifics on investment clubs. This book covers that, but about 1/2 of it is about stocks, bonds, etc., basically, things I wouldn't need to get out of it. Also, the author is tied strongly to the NAIC, an association for investment clubs, and plugs it throughout the book. My opinion is that, for the same reasonable price, you can get a slightly better and more updated book through the Motley Fool collection...

From an Investment Club member.......1999-12-31

Having read the NAIC investment club book, Starting and Running a Profitable Investment Club : The Official Guide from the National Association of Investment Clubs, and reading this book, I found the former book much more detailed and useful. I found The Investment Club book to be little more than an endorsement for the former. I would recommend saving your time and money and purchase Starting and Running a Profitable Investment Club : The Official Guide from the National Association of Investment Clubs.

Best answer to "why start an investment club?".......1996-09-01

Author John F. Wasik claims his book is more "informational" than "a fun read," but I'd have to disagree. While Wasik packs in the material (this book is nothing if not comprehensive), the most compelling part of the book to me is the "true life stories" of successful clubs and successful club members. The book never reads like some inspirational Reader's Digest, though, as Wasik lets the clubs tell their own stories, stepping aside to allow the reader to soak up hundreds of collective years of club experience as related by otherwise-average individuals from all across the country. Wasik may well be the most accomplished writer of all the investment club book authors, and he approached the book with the proper reporter's objectivity. Still, it's clear that he is impressed with the success of the investment club concept, and by the members profiled in The Investment Club Book. For readers interested in the answer to the question, "why start an investment club," this book provides the answer.

The Beardstown Ladies' Guide to Smart Spending for Big Savings: How to Save for a Rainy Day Without Sacrificing Your Lifestyle (G K Hall Large Print Reference Collection)

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Everyday hints
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ReferenceLarge Print Edition* A New York Times BestsellerOn the heels of the enormous success of their first two national bestsellers, The Beardstown Ladies offer more of the common-sense wisdom that has made them the most trusted financial advisors in America. Now the fourteen women tell us exactly what we need to know and do to spend the least and get the most. Its easy once you know the ground rules and the ladies show you how with fail-proof planners, worksheets, charts, graphs, and a spending-smart Savings Pyramid that cant miss.

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Beardstown Ladies Guide to Smart Spending for Big Savings.......2004-02-10

This book has a wealth of information on how to save money.
It is directed to middle age and elderly people. For instance,
the book provides car buying checklists, brand name equivalents,
repair or replace decision-making criteria, insulation R value
statistics and the priority pyramid . The priority pyramid
ranks spending categories by order of importance. There is a
section of mail order drugs and comparative pricing to local
pharmacies. This book is worth the price of admission in every
respect. It will help you in your personal planning and
routine purchasing decisions.

Everyday hints.......2002-10-05

This book has a lot of every day hints that are timeless.

Pathetic.......1999-11-20

OK, Now that it is official that they didn't beat the market, they have reversed gears and try to address the savings part. Nothing to differentiate this from a zillion other such books. I should grant them one thing, they know how to market their name to catch on the gullible.

The Money Club: How We Taught Ourselves the Secret to a Secure Financial Future, and How You Can, Too

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Excellent, for men and women
GREAT HAND BOOK FOR EVERY WOMAN FROM PARK AVE TO PEORIA

The Money Club: How We Taught Ourselves the Secret to a Secure Financial Future, and How You Can, Too
Diane Terman Felenstein , Dale Burg , and Marilyn Crockett
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When pecuniary professional Marilyn Crockett and public relations specialist Diane Terman Felenstein realized just how many women suffer financial destruction through widowhood, divorce, sudden illness, and job displacement, they formed an "investment club" with female friends to foster fiscal independence for all. The so-called Money Club proved successful and the pair has now committed its expertise to paper. The Money Club: How We Taught Ourselves the Secret to a Secure Financial Future--and How You Can, Too is packed with their money management tips, along with personal stories from club members that illustrate why such information may prove crucial.

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How much do you really know about managing your money? Do you know what steps you should take to protect yourself before you say "I do"? Is it possible your husband has forgotten to remove his ex-wife's name as the beneficiary of his life insurance? (Don't smirk, it happens all the time.) Can you talk to your accountant as comfortably as you hairdresser? If you had a medical catastrophe or lost your job, would you have enough money to tide you over?

Most women do not have good answers to these questions, and neither did Diane Terman Felenstein and her friends. Though smart and accomplished in many arenas, every one of them -- like women everywhere -- had fears about dealing with money. They were reluctant to talk candidly about financial issues with their husbands, intimidated by their advisors, and afraid to tackle their finances alone -- as 90 percent of women eventually must do. The bottom line became increasingly clear: If you want a safe and secure future, you have to learn how to manage your money today. With this in mind, Felenstein set out to form an investment club and asked Marilyn Crockett, a highly successful financial consultant, to be its chief expert. Their book, The Money Club, is the result of their experience -- and is the only complete financial guide written by women for women that explains the secrets of managing money, whether you have $5,000 in assets or $50,000.

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Excellent, for men and women.......2000-09-08

This is an excellent book. Sure, every woman should read it, but it is a great fundamental financial planning resource for men, too. If you are looking for a way to get started, start here. You will learn the basics of investments, insurance, estate planning, etc. And the book gradually progresses to more complex concepts.

GREAT HAND BOOK FOR EVERY WOMAN FROM PARK AVE TO PEORIA.......1997-10-19

EVERY WOMAN NEEDS TO READ ANDEXPERIENCE WHAT EVEN THE MOST SOPHISTICATED WOMEN IGNORED...THEIR FINANCIAL HEALTH. 9 OUT OF 10 WOMEN WILL AT ONE TIME BE ALONE IN THEIR LIVES...6 OF 8 WOMEN WHOSE HUSBAND DIES NOW WILL SUFFER SEVERE FINANCIAL DISTRESS...THIS IS YOUR WAKE UP CALL...IT HAPPENED TO ME---AND THIS BOOK IS FILLED WITH HORROR STORIES OF WHAT OTHER WOMEN JUST LIKE YOU HAVE IGNORED FOR SO LONG. I HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY IT

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Business Ethics in Healthcare: Beyond Compliance. (The Business Ethics within Bioethics).: An article from: The Hastings Center Report
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