Most people want to make money, and millions of baby-boomers are desperately seeking sound investments with which to feather their retirement nest eggs. This text gleans the knowledge and experience of several investment "gurus" to help anyone's investment portfolio grow.
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In Secrets of the Investment All-Stars, Kenneth A. Stern prods nine of the country's best investors into sharing their methods and philosophies for success. Stern profiles value investor Mario Gabelli; money managers Marty Zweig and Louis Navellier; Don Phillips, chief of Morningstar; John Bogle, founder of Vanguard; William O'Neil, owner of Investor's Business Daily; Ron Elijah of Robertson Stephens; Foster Friess of the Brandywine Fund; and Harry Markowitz, winner of the Nobel Prize for portfolio theory. Each succeeds on Wall Street with a very distinct investing style, writes Stern, a personal-finance expert. Zweig, for example, buys stocks based on his forecasts of the overall market's direction. Navellier uses a fully automated computer system to pick companies. Elijah, on the other hand, focuses on business and social trends. Gabelli looks for a catalyst--some special event--to drive a stock. Despite their differences, they share a tendency to adhere to their investing principles through good times and bad. "The key is to decide on a discipline and stick to it," Stern writes. "Most important, discipline and knowledge are the keys to successful investing."
Experienced investors will enjoy the insights provided by the interviews with these market pros. For novice investors, Stern also devotes four chapters to some basics about personal finance, including the differences between fundamental and technical analyses and how to interpret a balance sheet, set goals, and understand risk. Stern's goal is to help people develop and refine their own investing styles. His "20-point checklist" for picking a winning stock is worth studying by itself. An easy and provocative read, Secrets of the Investment All-Stars just might be your ticket to the hall of fame. --Dan Ring
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A popular new category in the genre of investment books is the celebrity investor showcase, wherein each financial luminary reveals investing "secrets." Stern is the author of Senior Savvy (1996), a book on retirement planning, and is a regular guest on the financial talk-show circuit. He has persuaded an impressive roster of experts to divulge their personal investment strategies. Included among the nine are Morningstar's Don Phillips, Vanguard's John Bogle, forecaster Marty Zweig, and Investor's Business Daily's William O'Neil. After providing a brief introduction to the basics of investing and advising how to research the market, Stern details the results of his interviews. Besides obligatorily revealing each investor's hobbies, Stern is able to uncover the essence of each one's strategy. Helpful also are the answers to Stern's question about recommended reading. In all, there is more substance here than in many similar books. Given Stern's "all-star" lineup, he should field a winner. David Rouse
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
By far the best of it's kind!,
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This review is from: Secrets of the Investment All-Stars (Hardcover)
Too many "Financial Experts" make the bulk of their living by writing "expose's" of the "secrets" of top money managers, market timers and guru's. All too often, these books amount to 200 plus pages of feel-good hype that give financial advice of the same caliber as you're average "psychic" hotline. Reading Mr. Stern's book was a pleasant surprise, to say the least. It begins with the best possible summary of the modern investment marketplace in the concise manner in which it is presented. When reading the following interviews, one can easily see that the focus is on the individual style of the "All Star" that gives due credit to their achievements and pleasantly lacks "medicine show" hype. The author's main point, to the best of my knowledge, is that there are many successful approaches to investment. What separates the winners from the underdogs isn't a "secret" strategy, but common sense, integrity, and sound money management skills.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Surprising Errors,
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This review is from: Secrets of the Investment All-Stars (Hardcover)
I'm surprised at the errors in this book. For instance, in Chapter 5's description of value investing, the author defines "Capitalization Rate," as what is really "Market Capitalization," and then in the Cheat Sheet section says "the higher the capitalization rate, the more risk involved." It makes you wonder about any advice given in this book.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Read this one!,
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This review is from: Secrets of the Investment All-Stars (Hardcover)
The experts interviewed in this book have all shared their passion and formulas for investing. They are all very credible professionals and offer sometimes very different methods for success. Mr Stern does a fine job in making a complex subject easy to read and to understand.
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