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Wall Street Money Machine, Volume 1 [Hardcover]

Wade B. Cook (Author)
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (106 customer reviews)


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September 1, 1999
If you're after cash flow and increased monthly income, how to build it, how to enhance it, how to protect it, and how to keep it growing, then you are reading the right book. Wade Cook is a "rags to riches" story that you can profit from. He started as a cab driver, then a real estate investor, author, educator, and is now a renowned stock market cash-flow educator. His story is not only powerful, but also one the average person can copy and apply. Yes, you can use his strategies and formulas and get the same results. Or better. Wade's dynamic and innovative, yet simple to understand and easy to implement methods will get you going and keep you going. He says, "If you'll do for two years what most people won't do, you'll be able to do for the rest of your life what most people can't do."


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The book that changed the way America bought and sold stocks! Hailed by beginners and experts alike! All the great information you loved in the classic edition: Aggressive strategies for making cash flow in the stock market-Rolling Stocks, Covered Calls, Stock Splits and More! Inside secrets-Find out the inside secrets to stock options and turn them into a cash flow machine. Proxy Investing-Make money on stocks you can't afford (yet!). Combined strategies-Rolling options, double dipping, "overdrive," and more. Protect your assets-Learn the strategies so you can keep more of what you make. PLUS all new: Charts and examples. Even more money making ideas! Covered calls even more in-depth! Options explored and explained like never before!

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 285 pages
  • Publisher: Lighthouse (September 1, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1892008602
  • ISBN-13: 978-1892008602
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (106 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #435,201 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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107 of 110 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Not surprised by 1 star reviews, March 14, 2002
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This review is from: Wall Street Money Machine, Volume 1 (Hardcover)
Quite frankly, I expected far more bashing and 1 stars than what appears here.

Wade takes on the establishment and steps on some Big Toes on Wall Street. Mr Cook tells it like it is and shakes up the industry---and that is GREAT!

Buy this book and use the strategies. They work. Forget the naysayers who are trying to use your ignorance for their bliss and don't want Wades methods known.

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93 of 96 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Strategies, but understand it's shortcomings, January 21, 2000
This review is from: Wall Street Money Machine, Volume 1 (Hardcover)
The pluses of this book have been reviewed elsewhere. If you buy only one book on how to do short-term investing, this should be it. The strategies, in particular rolling stock and covered calls are very sound and if practiced carefully should make money for you 80% of the time. However, you must be careful because he makes it sound easier than it really is. Interpretting charts is much more complicated than simply looking for a "rolling" pattern. Stocks usually drop for a reason, and to think they can't drop any further is a recipe for failure. His strategies on stock splits are not necessarily sound either. In the short term, many stocks that are splitting do drop significantly in price. A split by itself is not sufficient reason to buy unless you are in it for the long term, and is a particularly dangerous reason to buy options which will likely expire before the stock has benefited from the split.

He is also wrong that the "premium" for options on low cost stocks is pretty much the same as in more expensive stocks. Don't believe me? Check out the prices of call options on any high priced internet stock. You could easily be paying a 15 -20 dollar premium on options just a month out.

Most disappointing on this "revised" edition is that Mr. Cook seems to be living in the past as to how stocks (and options) are bought and sold. On-line trading is hardly talked about - he assumes you will always be "calling your broker" and relying on him/her for prices. Great way to always get into a position late and at a bad price. And, in particular for NASDAQ stocks, why would you buy at market instead of using limit orders? A market order carries huge risks, particularly in fast moving stocks. In the case of NASDAQ, one can almost always buy at the bid and sell at the ask. In those cases that are exceptions - yes - a market order guarantees getting filled, but also will likely guarantee getting filled at the very worst possible price. Wise advice is that if the only way to get into the stock is with a market order, it's not a safe trade.

Options, on the other had, are the opposite. Mr. Cook completely fails to discuss the lack of liquidity that exists with most option contracts. Unlike stocks, you are usually stuck with the bid/ask spreads on options and very often, that spread is so wide that it is virtually guaranteed you will lose money. Remember, you have to make back that spread plus all commissions just to break even.

Selecting options and placing a proper value on them are complex sciences that Mr. Cook ignores entirely. Just because options are available on a particular stock hardly means it's a good thing to buy or sell.

He is wrong to say commissions don't matter - espcially in option trading where, contrary to what he says, commissions are usually MORE than for stocks, often much more. Commissions can be truly exhorbitant when doing spreads, a strategy he lists as his very favorite. Commissions in reality make it difficult to trade the majority of option contracts, including covered calls, unless you have a substantial position.

I was disappointed that he did not truly update this book to reflect the new internet age. It is also somewhat annoying that he so blatantly advertises his seminars, but then, he also owns the publishing company that puts out this book so it's not surprising. It's also not a reason to avoid the book. Just beware that much of what he says is self-serving.

This is mostly a negative review, but I still give the book 5 stars because it will educate you generally on a variety of strategies not discussed in any other books. For that, I consider the book to be worth its weight in gold. Anyone contemplating an active participation in the stock market should read this book. Just don't follow him blindly.

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59 of 59 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book by Wade, December 2, 2002
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Bill Oliver (Somewhere in the U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Wall Street Money Machine, Volume 1 (Hardcover)
Wall Street Money Machine Vol 1 is an excellent book to teach you how to cash flow the market....and from someone who knows---WADE COOK!I noticed that Wade's brokerage account showed a 22% gain this year.Perhaps that explains why the 1 star reviews have suddenly dissappeared.Looks like Wade has shut his detractors up once and for all. Way to go Wade!
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