Product Description
Are you looking for the next big thing? In these sixty-plus short pieces, prominent investment advisor and writer John D. Spooner shares an invaluable collection of insights and proven strategies you can use to make-and keep-more money in the market. In a world overwhelmed with investment advice, Spooner offers something more precious-hard-won investment wisdom. He shares over 30 years of experience-in markets ranging from disastrous to unstoppable-along with savvy lessons that will lead you to a sound and highly profitable investment strategy. You will also get a vivid behind-the-scenes look at the investment world’s volatile and fascinating mix of people, money, cunning, and luck-and a better unders… More >>
Do You Want to Make Money or Would You Rather Fool Around?
ServantofGod
September 29, 2009 at 8:59 pm
Being able to trade or carry out a trade successfully is a talent, the ability to write and catch the readers’ attention through 242 pages is a different story. Spooner shows that he has both gifts from God. The stories are really interesing and insightful. A good leisure reading for anyone who has a stake in the investment market.
Rating: 4 / 5
Anonymous
September 29, 2009 at 10:17 pm
I thoroughly enjoyed reading the book. I found it interesting reading, loved the stories which convey the messages clearly, and believe it is full of common sense. It is a sound approach which has served his clients, (of which I am proud to be one), well over the years.
Rating: 5 / 5
llucchetti@fbw.com
September 30, 2009 at 12:42 am
Investing can be as much a matter of comportment and attitude as anything else. Spooner’s relaxed, anecdotal style is a welcome departure from the “sure-thing”, exclamatory type of trash that’s been on the bookstore shelves (and in the warehouses!) for the last two years. His advice is (largely) helpful to anyone who chooses to invest rather than gamble. By the way, you don’t end up managing half a billion dollars of other people’s money as an individual stockbroker by blowing smoke at them. Buy the book and read it.
Rating: 4 / 5
Anonymous
September 30, 2009 at 1:03 am
Spooner’s book is an amusing and wise “how to” guide on the art of making money in the stock market. He provides a lot of tips that are absolutely dead on, tips which investors probably only learn the hard way after years of losses, or which some investors never learn. This book, I would think, would be must reading for every single online day trader these days who are otherwise far removed from the streets and street smarts critical to successful investing. Spooner should write a similar book on putting.
Rating: 5 / 5
Anonymous
September 30, 2009 at 2:27 am
From this book I learned with whom the author has played golf and how much alcohol the author consumes during lunch. I learned essentially nothing worthwhile about investing. What you get in this book is a series of short, disconnected, sometimes inconsistent anecdotes, unsystematic, lazy “wisdom” from Wall Street’s old school. I honestly can say that I learned nothing from this book which will help me with my investments. Do I sound too harsh to be true? Here’s my bottom line: Scan through it in a book store or library before you spend your hard-earned dollars on it. If I could give this book zero stars, I would.
Rating: 1 / 5