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Great Companies, Great Charts: Effective Stock Trading Techniques to Beat the Markets

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This book was well worth the price. It was a very good read with clear, real world examples and illustrations. It's not just about picking winners, it's a whole fundamental philosophy on trading.

Great Companies, Great Charts: Effective Stock Trading Techniques to Beat the Markets
Simple, said: Dunn! This book was easy to read, easy to understand and entertaining to boot! I have read several books after this one about the stock market and this remains my favorite because it is concise and covers all the basics in an easy to understand format. This is a terrific starter book for the novice stock picker and will be an asset to the mutual fund investor too!

This is a good book if you are a novice trader. If you know anything about the market and how it works look into some other books. "How to make money in stocks" is a lot better.

This guy knows his stuff. I found a new paradigm - a new way to look at companies.

Author Andy Dunn outlines his systematic approach to investing in a format that will appeal to both the novice and the advanced. Those familiar with Dunn's writing will be pleased to see that none his trademark wit and obsession with detail have been left out. Rather than give advice based on subjective opinions, Dunn removes the guesswork by providing a strategy based on facts and hard data. The reader can take charge of his investments by learning what to buy, when to buy, and when to sell, all at their own comfort level.
Tired of advice that might have been great last year ? Take charge ! I highly recommend this book.

Andy Dunn is a successful investor, as well as a professional stock and commodies futures trader who expertly distills what he knows into the pages of Great Companies, Great Charts: Effective Stock Trading Techniques To Beat The Markets. Instructing the lay reader in how to scan for the best stocks, enter trades with buy shops, exit trades with sell shops, reduce risk with portfolio allocation, weigh the advantages and disadvantages of a short time frame vs. a long one, and much more, Great Companies, Great Charts is a first-class primer and technique guide for investors of all experience levels with the market. Dunn's no-nonsense writing style does not obscure technical matters but presents them in terms that readers of all backgrounds can readily grasp.

This shortish book contains a lot of sound information that other books don't put so clearly or concisely. One refreshing aspect of it is that the author goes through the history of foolish trading mistakes he made when he was more naïve about the market and about business in general. Beginning and somewhat more experienced traders would do very well to examine and adopt some of the author's trading principles.

The book is marred by the author's occasional vulgarity, including repeated references to getting so excited that he urinates in his "frilly panties", which I guess are meant to be funny but instead come under the category of "you have to know the guy". It's obnoxious, but inexperienced writers aren't always aware of how their language will be perceived by the reader.

So, if you want some solid, workable trading principles, and enjoy or are at least willing to forgive this author's pre-adolescent potty humor, this is a good book to read.