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Savvy Investing for Women

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Unlike most financial books available, this book gives concrete real-life examples that make sense. The examples actually stay with you after you've put the book down. For those who are afraid of the math involved, don't be. She breaks it all down into pieces you can grasp. I may not remember everything she said, but I feel much more comfortable thinking about and looking at financial papers and investments now.

The title is misleading; this book is NOT only for women. This book contains solid investment advice from someone who's "been there and done it", who has worked her way up from being a secretary to being a vice president and became a millionaire along the way. A lot of men can learn from her.

This is an excellent investment guide for beginning investors.
It teaches how to develop investment intuition and savvy.
There is a practical component in the advice which tells
the buyer/investor to beware (Caveat Emptor). The author cites
important investment vehicles; such as, the "Investor's Business
Daily" which points toward important trends in the market.
The book stresses the need to look at multiple criteria for
investing to include:
o growth stocks and industries
o capitalization
o revenue growth rates
o price/earnings ratios
o the management team
o treatment of employees
o underwriter representation
o financial analyst track records

The work discusses all-important mutual fund fee structures,
the benefits and pitfalls of derivatives and a whole host of
investments too numerous to list here.

Numerous risks are cited including systematic market risk,
inflation, interest rate fluctuations and consumer credit.
The book is well worth the price for a beginning investor.

This extraordiary explanation in simple yet amuzing anecdotes really shows how a complex issue about investing can be easily understandible. The title is misleading, I learned more from this book than all my Masters courses taken in finance. The explanations of the basic things to look for in stocks or bonds or reading the Investor's Business Daily or Wall Street Journal gave me a real insight to the most liquid stock market in the world. Stock picking is not an easy task, but when you read about the same fundamentals that are prevalent in the winners you have to take careful notice. I was turned on to this book and author by a heavy duty Hedge Fund Managing Director, and was fortunate enough to meet and greet this down to earth best selling author. I was quite impressed with her insight and depth of knowledge in subjects like derivatives, market trends for signs of Bull or Bear markets which she forecasted are coming in mid 2006. She said she is finishing a new book with up to date details and new subjects rarely touched upon like the OTC, Small Cap and Bulletin Boards stocks and Reverse Mergers. I cannot wait.