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| The Neatest Little Guide to Stock Market Investing | 
 enlarge | Author: Jason Kelly
Publisher: Plume
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (200 reviews)
Sales Rank: 295
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 0452289211
Dewey Decimal Number: 332
EAN: 9780452289215
ASIN: 0452289211
Publication Date: December 18, 2007
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Great 1st Book for the Beginner Investor June 16, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
First, I would like to start off by explaining that I am a complete newbie when it comes to investing. I am an engineer by trade, and this is the first book I read in my quest to educate myself in the art of investing. I don't have the ability to comment on the effectiveness of Mr. Kelly's actual investment strategies that he explains in his book.
However, with that said, I am a very big fan of the book. I believe Jason Kelly is actually an English Major, and you can see that in his writing style. This book was very easy to read, and I was able to finish it very quickly. I was surprised at how easily I was able to stay up late reading a book about (*yawn*) investing.
Also, his primer on stock/financial terms is great. Throughout the book, he explains a lot of the terminology involved with analyzing and picking stocks. Obviously, for a newbie, this was invaluable. His sections on the "Master Investors" provides a great initial view of some of the great financial minds. It is nice to be able get a quick overview of their books and ideas without having to read the actual 300+ page books by each one. If you are then hooked on the idea of investing, you can spend the time to read them more in depth and form your own opinions.
Finally, Mr. Kelly outlines a basic strategy based on the beliefs from those Master Investors. Once again, I can not comment on the effectiveness of this strategy, but I liked it's simplicity and ability to automate it. Although I am a very cynical person, I look forward to trying out his strategy for myself. However, I also plan on reading more books to compare them to what he lays out in this book.
Bottom-line, if you are just getting into investing and need a place to start, I HIGHLY recommend this book. It will keep you interested while you try to learn all the basics about stock market investing, and it provides a nice foundation of ideas from a wide-variety of investors. Maybe his strategy works great, maybe it doesn't, but it seems like an easy way to start to get your feet wet. Two ideas that Mr. Kelly mentions in his book (and I think they are applicable here) is that no one cares more about your money than you do, and you shouldn't let emotions control your decisions when it comes to stock market investing. In other words, it's up to you to evaluate the merits of his ideas through your own research. In the world of investing, I am sure most "experts" disagree on the right way to do it, but I greatly appreciate Mr. Kelly taking the time to explain the basics of investing, the ideas of some of his peers, and his ideas in a book that was a pleasure to read.
 Decent book June 11, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I think this book is better for an educational purpose of the basics in stocks than a book to help invest. As you might see, by reading the chapter on the experts that one expert says buy low and sell high and another says buying high may be better. There is a lot of info that contradicts other info.
In other words, buying stocks is not a good plan and buying good low cost mutual funds by vanguard, or Dfa if you can afford Dfa are no brainer ways to invest. So while we do not want to hear this go grab "smart money" by Jane Bryant Quinn or "The boggleheads guide to investment strategy" you will be glad you did. As for the stock pickers its time to say goodbye to this hard worked and not very fruitful endevour.
 Good June 9, 2008
Excellent book to understand the basics of Stock Market investing. Very simple and good approach
User manual for stock investing June 7, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book title is the best way to describe the book content; a rare phenomenone though. Rrecommended, to put you on track for stock investing.
Extremely Useful! June 5, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this book to start learning stock market investing. I had read other books or should I say I have tried to read other books. This is a very easy book to read and understand. I bought a few more for members of my family for part of their Christmas presents one year. Investing does not need to be rocket science and with all the resources on the web now, with some knowledge from this book and resources out there for free. It is a great investment.
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