Investing for Cowards: Proven Stock Strategies for Anyone Afraid of the Market [Hardcover]

Fred Siegel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2001

Investing for Cowards provides practical, time-tested investment strategies for financial independence and unprecedented personal wealth. Fred Siegel uses his years of experience as a billion-dollar portfolio manager and Wall Street insider to teach you how to benefit from the greatest wealth builder today - The Stock Market.

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Siegel, portfolio manager and host of a New Orleans radio talk show about money, fervently believes that individuals can navigate the stock market. To this end, he addresses basic stock market principles, bonds, annuities, financial advisers and more. While many readers will enjoy Siegel's light style, he offers little detailed information. Biased toward stocks, he exaggerates the disadvantages of mutual funds. Siegel's advice on finding professional help and avoiding popular schemes--such as the Cook financial program--is sound, but beginning investors could find more objective, in-depth books. Whether Siegel's local following can boost his national appeal is uncertain. Illus. $100,000 promo; 12-city author tour.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 218 pages
• Publisher: Grammaton Press LLC (October 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967936667
• ISBN-13: 978-0967936666
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,452,098 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Are You Chicken?, April 23, 2002

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Roger E. Herman (Greensboro, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Investing for Cowards: Proven Stock Strategies for Anyone Afraid of the Market (Hardcover)

There are those who are very comfortable investing in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and a host of other vehicles that can earn lots of money . . . or not. Then there are those who are chicken-afraid of making the wrong decision, losing their shirts, and suffering the ridicule of everyone who knows them. This book is written for chickens.

Fred Siegel is president of an investment management firm in New Orleans, widely respected for knowing the investment field very well. In addition to running his advisory firm, Siegel also runs The Siegel Group International, providing financial news analysis to broadcast media in the United States and other countries. He has been on the air continually since 1984, broadcasting from WWL-TV and WWL radio in New Orleans. His advice is heard far and wide-and can now be read in a fun sort of book.

Fun? Investing? Chickens? Scary. The book is written in a light vein so it's easy to move through. The type is large, so that readers don't have to squint to get his message. There are several unusual features in the book-like red and black ink on the pages. Illustrations of chickens abound. There are lots of call-outs and sidebars, including testimonial quotes from his clients. The book is almost too self-serving in that regard, but one might expect a talk-show personality to be a bit self-promoting.

The book is organized into twelve chapters, dealing with the stock market, jargon, and then the focus on chicken stocks. Siegel makes his point that buying particular types of stocks is wiser than buying others, and explains. He doesn't like mutual funds, but talks about them, trusts, bonds, and annuities. Even on-line investing is covered for the reader.

As you might suspect, this book is going to give you a "once over lightly." It's not really deep, nor does it need to be. It meets its design of giving chicken investors enough knowledge to feel comfortable looking more deeply into the opportunities. As with any investment advisor, it's smart to take the advice carefully and understand that biases are present and influential. Whether you agree with everything Siegel says or not, you will have a broader understanding of the world of investing after reading this book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Just Average, March 14, 2006

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Hawkeye Richardson "Author of -- Getting Your... (Tucson, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Investing for Cowards: Proven Stock Strategies for Anyone Afraid of the Market (Hardcover)

There are a lot of books on investing in the markets. This one is just average. Personally, I found the layout of the book to be very 'busy' and disorganized. I think there are a number of other books that would help the beginning/novice investor more than this one. Look at my other reviews for suggestions.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Advice for the novice investor, October 16, 2002

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Mark D. Wolfinger (Evanston, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Investing for Cowards: Proven Stock Strategies for Anyone Afraid of the Market (Hardcover)

This book is for the reader who is new to investing. If you are interested in investing in the stock market, but are worried about the outcome, then this books provides some good advice. The investment approach recommended is truly for very conservative types - but the truth is, that the author's recommendations have worked well in the past and are worth consideration by all investors. Reviewed by the author of THE SHORT BOOK ON OPTIONS.