The Macmillan Spectrum Investor's Choice Guide to Mutual Fund Investment Strategies (Investor's Choice Series) [Paperback]

J. W. Dicks (Author)

Book Description

Series: Investor's Choice Series | Publication Date: February 1997

Today more than ever anyone who is serious about investing is faced with a confusing array of choices. Every type of investment promises high returns. Making good, informed, and responsible choices is difficult at best. Now there is help; The Investor's Choice Series. Created for the needs of today's investor, this new series demystifies investment topics and shows investors how to make the best choices to achieve their goals at any stage of life. Written by top financial advisors who work every day with regular people, each volume:
-- Shows how to master the game of investing and select the right investment for one's objective
-- Is attractively designed from the cover to the last word of the index
-- Is written in easy-to-understand language
-- Is filled with the information investors need today and tomorrow
-- Each volume also has easy to understand charts and a Q and A section

Designed for the mutual fund investor, money manager J.W. Dicks shows how to build portfolios that maximize mutual fund returns. Included are strategies for switching in and out of various funds and model portfolios for various life stages.

Product Details

• Paperback: 258 pages
• Publisher: Macmillan General Reference (February 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0028614410
• ISBN-13: 978-0028614410
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,704,513 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good investment book by Dicks, November 21, 2002

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T.J. Donoghue (Wekiva, Fl) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Macmillan Spectrum Investor's Choice Guide to Mutual Fund Investment Strategies (Investor's Choice Series) (Paperback)

Mutual fund investment Strategies is 260 pages and 18 chapters, packed with powerful investment strategies. Mr. Dicks does make a strong case for mutual fund investing in place of individual stock investing. Dicks explains that you can invest in stocks and invest in a mutual fund, check your results in 1-2 years and see which has performed better. In most cases, it will be the mutual fund as most investors lose on individual stocks. On the other hand, if your individual stocks have performed better, then go with individual stocks...BUT...be sure to check your net rate of return.J.W. Dicks also talks about how to reduce risk and the fact that he discloses risk with mutual funds unlike other financial authors, is refreshing.Mr. Dicks also discusses investing for the "Times of Your Life" offering model portfolios for investors at various stages of their life.Overall, a very good investment book and I highly recommend it.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars POWERFUL STRATEGIES, July 1, 1998

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Carl Matthews (Traveling The USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Macmillan Spectrum Investor's Choice Guide to Mutual Fund Investment Strategies (Investor's Choice Series) (Paperback)

Mr Dicks provides a strong case for making mutual fund investing your only stock market investing. I've found the 'profit-line" strategy a very powerful tool. If you want to succeed in investing this book must be part of your financial develoment library. Two other books would be "Ye$ You Can---Achieve Financial Independence" by James E Stowers and "More Wealth without Risk" by Charles J. Givens.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most under rated books out there, November 8, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Macmillan Spectrum Investor's Choice Guide to Mutual Fund Investment Strategies (Investor's Choice Series) (Paperback)

This excellent book by J.W.Dicks will take you from thinking about investing to actually investing and more importantly, investing profitably.Mutual funds are still the safest, most powerful way to invest in securities despite what is going on right now in the industry. The key is education and taking personal responsibility in lieu of turning your money over to a broker and saying "Here you invest it and watch it for me."J.W. Dicks will show you how to take control over your investments, start with little money but get big returns.I also recommend "Moonlght Investing", another book by Dicks as well as two other books by Dicks that were recommended to me and I jsut read are "Form a Corporation and Launch a Business in Any State" and"The Small Business Kit.Dicks is an attorney as well as a successful entrepneneur. Beware of other books written by people who are essentially brokers and write strategies to match the products they sell. There are also some book written by "How to Incorporate" by people who have yet to launch their own business, save selling used books and writing self published books.