Safer Investing in Volatile Markets [Paperback]

Carolann Doherty-Brown (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 8, 2002

Despite today's turbulent economic times, gains from the stock market are still possible.
After enduring the 2001 stock market, once confident investors are less worried about maximum returns than they are about the potential for losing their life savings. In Safer Investing in Volatile Markets, one of America's leading financial advisors offers credible information about how to weather market turbulence. Carolann Doherty-Brown shares twelve strategies plus 100 valuable tips that have proven successful in her own personal portfolio as well as those of her clients. Written for individual investors with practically any size portfolio, Safer Investing in Volatile Markets provides advice to create not only profits but also piece of mind.

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About the Author

Carolann Doherty-Brown is a senior vice president of investments for one of the largest financial institutions in the United States. A frequent lecturer and media spokesperson, Doherty-Brown is also the host of Money Talk, a radio program on WRC AM 1260 in Washington, D.C. She has written columns for magazines and newspapers nationwide. Doherty-Brown holds a bachelor’s degree from Emmanuel College and a master’s degree from George Washington University. She earned a Certified Investment Management Analysis (CIMA) degree from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and received financial planning certification from the College for Financial Planning.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Kaplan Publishing; 1st edition (March 8, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0793151481
• ISBN-13: 978-0793151486
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,180,126 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, experienced sober strategies and advice, May 16, 2002

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This review is from: Safer Investing in Volatile Markets (Paperback)

Practical, levelheaded strategies and advice that obviously come from experience. Not full of polemics like many investment books...every paragraph adds to the reader's understanding toward direct application. You could read many of the popular investment books and never run into the techniques she presents which are an essential part of any portfolio manager's arsenal. While the book's title might seem to be for fearful investors, the book is actually focused on returns, and the techniques should allow an investor to make more aggressive moves in line with their goals when one has some control over the risks, through hedging, negative correlations within the portfolio, appropriate investment vehicles, and using options for controlled profit-taking and safer entries and exits even when entering into more volatile positions for which the risk could otherwise be prohibitive.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful stratagies, June 18, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Safer Investing in Volatile Markets (Paperback)

The title of this book attracted me immediately because of my concerns about my financial security in the current market. I hoped that it would give me practical tips that I would be able to put into practice. I was not disappointed. The book explained in a language that I, a not very sophisticated investor, could understand.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book on Intermediate Investing, November 1, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Safer Investing in Volatile Markets (Paperback)

This book is different from many other books on investing.
I have seen a lot of books which cover basic terminology but don't
give many ideas on strategy. I don't recommend it as a first
book on investing - the author explains some terminology but
generally assumes the readers know the basics. If you have
the basics down but you are not sure what to do with your
knowledge, this book is very useful. It deals with such material as
use of puts and calls as part of a conservative

investment strategy, differences in investment strategies needed
in taxable and non taxable accounts and effective use of different investment
vehicles - stocks, mutal funds, EFTs etc.
Definitely worth space on your bookshelf.