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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:  (218 reviews)
Sales Rank: 385
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
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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Easily Accessible July 14, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
What I liked best about Mr. Kelly's book was the accessibility of the text. It seems that in order to have an understanding of stocks and the stock market there are quite of few technical terms that need to be learned. Mr. Kelly introduces those terms with ease and elaborates on particular function to weave a coherent story that was easy to follow.
I have no background in business and would not consider myself business savvy at all. This text easily kept my attention and was quite inviting. I have already persuaded my friends to buy this book as well.
 I disagree July 10, 2008
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
I don't understand the rave about this book. Unless one is a total novice, this book is a waste of time.
 Good book on Investing June 20, 2008
Excellent for beginners. But it does not provide in details how to read financial reports and detect frauds. Along with this author needs to add detailed calculations of real life examples by comparing two well known financial results (e.g. Mcdonald vs burgerking or coke vs pepsi)
Great fundamentals to gain confidence in your portfolio June 16, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Before I bought this book, I was investing in various different stocks and ETFs I heard about from other people. I heard about the whole 10-11% historic return of the S&P 500 and put most of my money into SPY. I also took some advice from the so called pundits and ended up losing a bit of money from that. I didn't have much of a strategy other than buying index funds and stocks that other people told me would be great buys.
That has changed after reading this book.
In the beginning, Jason defines a lot of stock market terms that I was already mostly familiar with so that was review material.
Then he goes over the strategies of history's most successful investors, and that was quite interesting. They share a lot of common strategies, and it's good to know that there's no magic bullet. Good portfolios are built off solid fundamentals and investing in all around money making companies.
The most helpful part of the book was the section on building the list of stocks that make up your watch list. I pulled up a spreadsheet and entered in all the stocks I thought were strong along with a few I heard from other people and by looking at the numbers, I could see that some stocks were obviously better than others. I now have facts for choosing what to invest in rather than trusting what other people say. In addition, I've made some stock choices recently that have paid off because these companies continue to report solid growth and earnings.
I would recommend this book to anyone who doesn't have an investing strategy. For anyone who feels lost in the wild fluctuations of the market, this book will give you a solid foundation for building a strong portfolio that you'll be proud to own.
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.
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