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Understanding Stocks

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This book is a great book for beginning investors. Nearly every book I've read on the subject has been dry and boring, and I'd tend to retain little knowledge as I trudged my way through. Michael Sincere does an amazing job of covering a large amount of information in a format that's easy to read and understand.

Most books on stocks I've read are heavily biased towards fundamental or technical analysis, and do very little to explain both. This book covers both fundamental and technical analysis, and gives the pros and cons of each, suggesting that using both is best, and leaves it to the reader to decide what's best for them.

This book also does a very good job of pointing out the benefits of contrarian strategies, and defining the major pitfalls most beginning investors face, and how to overcome them to become a successful investor. Even though the book goes into advanced strategies, the author quite responsibly points out that they should be left to successful investors, but gives enough insight to allow for understanding, and even commonly suggests other readings for further study.

This is THE book to read for a beginning investor interested in the stock market, especially if other books have been too tedious or boring.

While this book MENTIONS many basics of investing, it fails to aptly discuss many, most, or all of them. The author, quite frankly, really fails to discuss, to any understandable length, many fundamental analysis items to include such notables as earnings per share, quarterly earnings growth, and book value. He doesn't discuss in any appreciable detail what each of these mean. He fails to inform the reader what degrees in any of these metrics an investor should look to gain or avoid. He does mention them, but fails to give them any study in detail and worthiness.

As far as technical analysis goes, he sticks with his technique of mentioning items of interest without explaining them to any appreciable depth. He really fails to describe, in any usable detail, how bands or moving averages can be used, or how they are used by some. He has illustrative charts to demonstrate typical named historical patterns, but his narrative is poor. Additionally, he fails to highlight the areas on the charts he writes of and therefore fails to make anything clear. This analysis of historical patterns was very cryptic.

In the end he proposes, in about a page, and not in very good narrative, one system for investing that really is not only not generally achievable, it's not really generally feasible.

If your goal is to read a book to explain the basics of the stock markets, stock measuring, and knowledge needed for investing, please look elsewhere.

I am a finance major and wanted a quick overview of the stock market. This book was fantastic. It covered more material than any other book on the shelf. Very detailed and very entertaining. (I noticed that it's listed on our supplemental reading list so the teacher knows it's a good book). 5 stars.

This book is a great "first" book to start learning about stocks. The book is well written, and keeps you interested throughout. I wish that some chapters on technical analysis were better explained, but given the scope of the book, I guess I am asking for a bit too much. If you already know a lot about stocks, you might wanna get a more advance book, but as a beginner, its a great book.

I never write reviews but this book deserves a best one: buy it now! It's simply written, full of useful information and the best book to start your trading education with. It will explain in simple language all the necessary concepts what other books only brush on without really explaining what they are talking about. The boook covers all the most important basics and you can immediately apply your knowledge and will understand what is going on on the market the next day. Brilliant!

If you know nothing about the stock market and you want to become more insightful, then this is most definitely the book for you. If you have a good understanding of the stock market then you will probably be disappointed. I couldn't put the book down, read it in two days. Now I'm more intrigued about the stock market than ever before. Highly recommend.

The author definitely delivered a book that is short, easy to read, and educational about stocks. As he says, understanding stocks is not that hard. What is hard is how to make money in stocks. This book covers topics such as understanding prices, analyzing stocks, knowing where to buy stocks, and understanding investment strategies. Readers can find different strategies for different time horizons. For example, there is a chapter dedicated to investors who want to grow wealth slowly, and another chapter for those who are in a hurry to make money. The analysis of stocks includes fundamental analysis and technical analysis.

In Chapter 15, the author lists mistakes that investors make which causes them to lose money in the market. Some of the mistakes include not selling losing positions, letting winning stocks become losers, getting too emotional, and not learning from mistakes. Readers will find most of the information presented in this book useful.

- Mariusz Skonieczny, author of Why Are We So Clueless about the Stock Market? Learn how to invest your money, how to pick stocks, and how to make money in the stock market

Sincere introduces the stock market in a clear simple manner. It's one of the best books a novice investor can read. The step-by-step approach clarifies the seemingly complicated practices that the TV Talking Heads like to argue about. Sincere shows that it's not complicated, but that if you will devote the time to learning and practice, you can learn to trade profitably. I had taken a course and read many other works before this, but found that this one really put all the variants into a clear prospective.

This book provides the core knowledge and basic information about the stock market. It's concise and very easy to understand. It's excellent if you are looking for a basic introduction to stocks.

I am just starting to invest and this book contained great groundwork and information. Easy to read and follow the concepts.