Learn to Earn,A Beginners Guide to the Basics of Investing and Business, 1996 publication [Paperback]

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• Paperback
• Publisher: Firrsidr,1996 (1996)
• ASIN: B003HZS28W
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (68 customer reviews)

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62 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Good Book For Young Potential Investors., April 3, 1999

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Robert L. Cochran (Greenbelt, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Learn to Earn: A Beginner's Guide to the Basics of Investing and Business (Paperback)

This book is clearly geared towards young readers, not adults who are looking at investing seriously for the first time.

If your teenaged child is open to it, why not do precisely what this book suggests -- the two of you could join an investment club and learn about investing together. You could buy stock as custodian for your child each time the club meets. If you attend the meetings together it will rapidly teach your child the wisdom of saving and investing.

This book is marginally useful for adults. I bought 2 copies with the intention of giving one to my elder daughter and learning a bit about investing myself from the second. My 401K plan is doing so well I would like to start investing on my own.

There is too much history for adults looking to start investing. It ought to be replaced with more how-to advice -- such as how to read a balance sheet. There is an appendix chapter on this, but it could be greatly expanded.

The book could use updating on internet resources of use to investors. For example, I'd like to find software that will help me manage and track stock picks as I begin the training part which is so important to successful investing. Andrew Tobias' Managing Your Money used to have an excellent stock portfolio manager. I'd love to see something like this again which can automatically update portfolios with closing prices. I'm sure there is software out there -- but the book doesn't point out good software titles!

In short, this 5-year old book is a useful introduction geared for young readers. Adults already interested in investing can check it for useful advice. It badly needs updating to reflect investing now in the last year of the decade. Perhaps revisions could be posted to the web in addition to selling a revised print version.

38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not for anyone else but beginners., March 13, 1999

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This review is from: Learn to Earn: A Beginner's Guide to the Basics of Investing and Business (Hardcover)

This is an excellent book for young readers and beginners in finance and investments. The first part of the book covers American Economic History. It then goes on to describe the effects of time value of money as well as the historical upward trend of the market. This is very encouraging for those who are skeptics of the stock market. But this book does not cover any valuation models and in lacks depth to its coverage of fundamental analysis. If you are looking to learn more about investing from scratch, here's a good start. But, make sure that this is not the only book you will read in investing.

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant starting point for new investors, November 26, 1999

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Kevin Earl (Providence, RI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Learn to Earn: A Beginner's Guide to the Basics of Investing and Business (Paperback)

This book was absolutely excellent. Not only was it very readable, it is also written in easy to understand investment terms. It should be required reading for all high-school students. Provides an excellent "kick in the pants" incentive for people to get into the great world of stocks and mutual funds. The first half of the book gives a fine history of how the stock market got started and the second half explains the hows and whys of investing. The best thing about this book is it makes you want to invest and that's always a good thing, particularly if you go into it for the long term.