Customer Reviews

The Dean Witter Guide to Personal Investing

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I loved this book! It gave me a complete overview of different investment markets, and how to capitalize on them. This book taught me how important it is to understand that starting your investments today is one of the biggest factors to my financial security. I think this book is great for someone who wants a good foundation of the knowledge on Wall Street and other investment areas.

The book gives a good summary of different investment vehicles out there to beginner and somewhat experienced investors. However, the book does push the idea of investing through Dean Witter a little too much especially in the beginning chapters. Not bad as a reference book although the Motley Fool books are a little more amusing.

For those people with little or no investment experience, I think this is an appropriate book. It's fairly comprehensive but doesn't go into detail. I would keep it as a handy reference rather than as an investment guide (not enough investment advice).

I read this book in it's original form as The Dean Witter Guide To Personal Investing when I was in my early 30's. It made all the difference in how I viewed money, savings, investing and being personally responsible for my own future. Today I don't have to "resign (myself) to a lifetime of just getting by". Robert M. Gardiner.....Thank you.