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Summary: The Greatest Traders' Biography I Ever Read
Review: This is one of the greatest books on trading psychology I've ever read
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Summary: The best of the best
Review: There is one problem with this book and that is that you will never understand that all the secrets to making BIG money, in good and bad times ,are right in front of you, not before you trade for many years and read it over and over again. The more years go by, the more I respect the story and its lessons. I think it is a must for stock traders and especially for ones who have been activly trading for more then a year.
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: The book describes Jesse Livermore's victories and defeats. A wise investor would try to learn from Livermore's victories as well as his mistakes. Learning from one of Livermore's mistakes without actually losing the money could easily pay for the cost of the book. I originally learned of the book from another book, Market Wizards by Jack Schwager. Market Wizards was simply interviews with top traders who trade for a living. Reminiscense was the top book recommended by the traders.
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Summary: "Reminiscences," is to books what "Citizen Kane," is to film
Review: "Reminiscences," is to "market trading books," what "Citizen Kane," is to motion pictures. The absolute undisputed finest! More people have read "Reminiscences," and gone into the market and made themselves Twenty Million dollars $20,000,000.00 than any other book. Reminiscences speaks to you from what ever amount of experience you currently have and takes you gently to the core of the market adventure. In essence "Your task if you choose to except it dear reader, is to buy shares in a bull market and hold it until the bull is over."
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Summary: The golden egg!
Review: After I read this book, I began to trade as he explained. I have made so much money because of this book I cant belive it myself! Buy it, Read it, Do it, and get rich! Period.
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Summary: A First Class Lesson In Investing
Review: Short and sweet... Put yourself in the authors shoes & predicaments. See if you would have done anything differently. As and investor, I could relate to the character as he described his victories & mistakes. I recommend this book to my friends & associates who may be considering investing for the first time. A reader can take a lot of the charecters' experiences to heart. A good read. If I hadn't read the publishing date, I could have thought this book to be written in the past decade.
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Summary: This Dog Has Fleas....
Review: I bought this book a couple of years ago, because of a reference in John Train's 'The Money Masters'. In fact....the book contained the exact quote used in Harry Edwards review above. Nice quote, but thats it. The book is amusing enough, and I found the discussion about 'bucket shops' and various investment practices in the largely unregulated early 20th century interesting. But, of course, you are never told how the hell to know whether to 'sit tight' or sell. There is really nothing specific or useful to anyone trying to make money in any market - legally, at least. Perhaps a little market history - the fact that markets rise and fall, will be useful to some people. A much better, and more amusing view of investment excesses can be found in the John Rothchild's highly entertaining 'A Fool and His Money'. Note that this book preceeded, and has absolutely no connection with the popular 'Motley Fools' Addendum - Dec 21, 2002. Original August 2, 1998. I am amazed at all the positive reviews -- and I am down at the bottom of the review section, so I doubt many people will plow down to see this. And, is everyone clear that: 1. This is a fiction - not a biography.
2. It was ghostwritten by a newspaperman.
3. Jessie Livermore died broke.
4. A lot of the "techniques" have been illegal for decades (ie Pools). I guess that I find the incredibly positive reviews to be an interesting fact. Hope the reviewer's are on the other side of my trades. Rent the DVDs "Boiler Room" or "Wall Street"
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Summary: The greatest financial book ever written
Review: The first time I leafed through the first few pages, I was left in awe. This book stands above the rest. The insights on market psychology and timing are universal, the principles work in the 1900's and it will continue to work in the 2000's. A true investment classic.
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Summary: A very good book on the markets if you have some experience.
Review: Reminiscences was a very interesting book and a nice change from more technical or even psychologically oriented ones. I would never recommend it as the first book on trading you should grab, however. Much of the insight would be lost on you unless you had at least given some blood to the markets. One thing that makes the book so great is that the reader gets to see examples of why the old trading maxims are what they are by the way they in which they are used.
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Summary: Great investment advisor
Review: I have actually been living my investment life with some of the principles espoused in this book. Coming from a peasant background I did not have a lot of family history to guide me thru the financial changes we have all seen during the last 25 years. Never buy low and never sell high. Dont sell unless you are willing to sell short. This guidance has helped me make many a difficult financial decision, and has always been correct. I haven't read it in 25 years and have lost my copy. Am greatly looking forward to reading it again.
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