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The Investing Bible

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This book covers EVERYTHING. In DETAIL. The hardest part about investing is that if you have little to no experience, you have no idea what questions to ask or what to legitimately expect. And when it's YOUR MONEY on the line it's best to know what to expect and to be prepared. This book is what every investor needs. It provides authoritative, comprehensive, and detailed information on how to invest successfully. It has no radical or wreckless financial strategies. This book covers everything. It covers; how to evaluate the professionals and their advice, to investing effeciently with regards to taxes, to family financial planning, to evaluating a stock, bond, annuity, or mutual fund on your own. The only gap in this book is that it does not cover nor touch on real estate investing. But, I am sure the author refrained from that topic as it is not where her expertise and experience lays. But EVERYTHING ELSE was covered thoroughly to the level every investor should demand.

This is another excellent book from Lynn O'Shaughnessy, who has a talent for writing about personal finance in a way that anybody can understand.
The Investing Bible is going to save me a ton of money. I was surprised to realize how much I was spending on yearly mutual fund expenses after reading Chapter 8.
O'Shaughnessy observes that we all know how much we paid for our car and our house, but how many of us actually check to see how much we spend each year on the administration costs of our mutual funds? After I did, I decided to switch to low-cost funds, like index funds, as the author recommends. I'll probably save tens of thousands of dollars.
That's only one tip among the hundreds I found in this 570-page book that makes it worth the price.

This big book has earned a permanent spot on my bookshelf. It covers the investing basics, but it also provides lots of material for those who have already mastered the nuts and bolts. For instance, the Investing Bible, in its lengthy section on stock investing, explained how I can analyze an individual stock by using easy to understand steps. I was also pleasantly surprised to stumble across a chapter that includes the latest ways to save for college. This book is truly a keeper.

Lynn O'Shaughnessy has written two books, 'The Investing Bible' and 'The Retirement Bible,' that complement each other and provide the reader with all of the vital information necessary for making sound financial decisions. The books are written with such clarity and consistency that I have discarded five others on similar subjects because they could not compare with these. I've given copies of both books to my daughter who has joined a surgery practice and needs to become more financially astute. I hope the author will update these two superb texts periodically.

Sure glad that I stumbled across this book. After overinvesting in tech stocks during the bull market, I decided to invest a bit more conservatively. However, I knew little about bonds, which I always found boring and intimidating. The Investing Bible was great at providing the basics of bond investing. I especially liked the section on the fairly new inflation-fighting (TIPS) and I Saving Bonds. I also appreciated the author's excellent bond fund suggestions in one of her mutual fund chapters. It made my job easier.

Seeing how many books on personal finance, investing and the road to wealth are out there, you can never be too sure who to believe in. I think this book is a great resource for the world of investing. It's not a get rich quick scheme, nor does it try to revoluntionize the way we invest. It gives solid and practical advice and clearly breaks down the different facets of investing as well as explaining what each one does and is. My only complaint is the book was written a few years back so an updated version would be nice. Also, would be nice to read about alternative methods of investing with precious metals, collectibles, and any other idea.
The book is definitley modeled after books such as 'the complete idiots guide', ...'for dummies', etc...but honestly, if someone has the good sense to inform themselves on the world of investing, that doesn't make them a dummy, regardless of how much they know. For that alone, i definitely recommend this book as it is a valuable resource you can go back to time and time again.

Easily the best and most practical investment book I have ever read, the "The Investing Bible" focuses on the juncture of personal finance and corporate finance. Ms. O'Shaughnessy has an easy-to-follow writing style and includes a plethora of other references, from websites to phone numbers to competing investment books. This book is good for a straight-through read as well as a reference.

This is a good book for grasping an understanding of the terminology and options for investing. I find this book, as with most I have read on investing, consistently contradicts itself - or does a poor job of explaining the reasons behind why you'd make once investing decision over another. For example, in one breath it will say, "Option A is a good choice for investing". In the next section of the chapter it will say "Option A is not a very good choice for investing".

Also, much of the 529 (college savings) information is now outdated.

this was a good book for a beginner. it had some recommendations though they i would not take to heart myself. i would read a few of these books to get a good detail on how you want to invest. overall it had lots of information and i would let all my friends borrow it for investing advice.

You can get information like this for free online. Author has no degree or credentials in this field other than she likes to profit from writing about it. There are better books priced more reasonably you can buy.