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Summary: Why Pay For a Paid Advertisement??
Review: The Street.com is just another overhyped dot-com company that couldn't keep its own financial house afloat so why take financial advice from a failure?You also have to wonder whether the 5-star ratings are all supplied by Street.com employees who are trying to look out for their own financial futures and jobs. BTW: The information in this book isn't even original or given in enough depth to do a reader much good. You'd be better off with a proven book like "The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need" by Andrew Tobias or any book by Peter Lynch.
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Summary: TheStreet.com Guide to Smart Investing
Review: This is an excellent book for those who wish to become an informed and independent investor. Although I am a long time investor in both stocks and options, I found the material presented to be quite useful. Yes, much of what is presented is "known", but this book provides an extremely valuable outline for developing the discipline required to be a successful self directed investor. It is definetly not a "how to get rich quick in the market" book, but rather an orderly presentation of the skills you need to develop and useful techniques that will make you a successful investor. Must read for new but serious investors, very good review for the old hands.
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Summary: Not what I expected from JJC
Review: [...] The book is a good primer on fudamental and technical analysis, but that is about it. I suppose that my expectations were too high. I subscribe to the website spin-off of thestreet.com, and find the commentary, reporting, and trading tips well worth the money. This is the sort of hard hitting writing that I expected in the book. My opinion, save your money on the book and just use the website daily.
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