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Summary: R.E.Sears, Orinda, CA
Review: Here is a book that will appeal to any and all investors, professional or novice. Harry Domash has provided us with investment tool that is easy to read and in a concise and well orgainized manner. The chapters on Screening and Analysis are worth the price of the book. I will use it over and over as a very excellent reference book. I have already found several of the websites rcommended to be most helpful in providing the information I needed to make changes in my portfolio.
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Summary: R.E.Sears, Orinda, CA
Review: Here is a book that will appeal to any and all investors, professional or novice. Harry Domash has provided us with investment tool that is easy to read and in a concise and well orgainized manner. The chapters on Screening and Analysis are worth the price of the book. I will use it over and over as a very excellent reference book. I have already found several of the websites rcommended to be most helpful in providing the information I needed to make changes in my portfolio.
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Summary: Strategies to identify the best stocks for your portfolio
Review: I found "Fire Your Stock Analyst!" to be a great new book for the individual investor. The book describes in detail a practical step-by-step approach for finding, researching and evaluating growth and value stocks. The author guides the reader through the analysis process, clearly defining terms and offering sage advice based on his own experience and that of well-known insiders on Wall Street. The reader is made privy to an abundance of useful information with regard to listening in on conference calls, interpreting earnings reports, and reading financial statements. Equally important, are the discussions on how to detect scams and frauds, how to spot red flags, and how to know when it's time to sell. The Websites used to implement the analysis described in the book are readily available to anyone connected to the Internet, and are referenced throughout the book, making it easy to follow. I found this to be a very useful book for anyone willing to put in the time to learn how to do his or her own stock analysis!
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Summary: I have become a fan of this author after reading this book
Review: I had been looking for a book which should tell me how to select scientifically and step by step,when I could find this book.I have finished my reading and confident that I will be able to select the stocks logically.Once you read this book,you will love the honesty of the author in presenting the material.
The disadvantage of the book is that once you read the book,you are in love with his clarity of the selection process.In second thought you realise that the author also publishes a newsletter and can't help but to subscribe.Once one subscribe,I fear,one may become complacent and get the feeling why to break one's head with all the steps in selecting the stock as mentioned in the book,just buy what has been recommended in the newsletter.I am struggling not to follow the same.
I guess the author has stressed more on fundamentals.I am making, my strategy more risk free by double checking if I need to supplement its chapter on the technical.
A favor,I am on the look out of a SIMILAR explicit book on options strategies.If you find a one,then please let me know.
dkdhawan@yahoo.com
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Summary: The best investing book I've come across
Review: I'm normally not one to take the time to write reviews (this is my first), so that in itself indicates the high regard I have for this book. It is without question the most informative, practical, and enjoyable book about investing and stock valuation that I've come across.I recommend it without any reservations whatsoever.
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Summary: The best investing book I've come across
Review: I'm normally not one to take the time to write reviews (this is my first), so that in itself indicates the high regard I have for this book. It is without question the most informative, practical, and enjoyable book about investing and stock valuation that I've come across. I recommend it without any reservations whatsoever.
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Summary: Landmark Book
Review: I've read many, many books about investing including many of the best sellers. For my money, Fire Your Stock Analyst ranks among the best. The strategies are well thought out, and Domash gives you easy to follow instructions for implementing them, mostly using free websites. If only I'd read this book two years ago.
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Summary: A thorough, organized method of stock analysis
Review: In clear prose, Harry Domash lays out a concise step-by-step guide to evaluating and analyzing growth and value stocks. I had no intentions of buying a book when I entered the store, but after looking over this book I was compelled to buy it. Yes! Another one who gladly paid retail. In only a week's time the pages are dog-eared and highlighted. Mr. Domash covers in depth each of the tools you need to find and evaluate good stocks. Not only does he cover the topics you'd expect a book like this to cover--profit margins, ROE and ROA, and inventory and A/R analysis--but he also gives you tools to look at the quality of a company's management, whether it has a solid business plan and whether it's a candidate for bankruptcy, but also some technical analysis tools too. He doesn't stop there though. "Fire Your Stock Analyst!" also gives you a complete tutorial on how you would go about using all the tools he provides to analyze growth stocks and value stocks. Moreover, he shows you exactly where to find all the information you need. And gives you a useful, rational method for valuing the stock, i.e., determining a price to buy at and fixing a target price. This is as complete a process as you could hope to find. Again, the book is well worth the price at retail--and a steal at the discount being offered here!
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Summary: So good I paid retail at the bookstore...
Review: Let me be honest about my biases. I strongly prefer technical analysis when it comes to analysing stocks. Price is determined by PERCEPTIONS about fundamentals. By studying price and volume, the chartist can understand what the general market sentiment is regarding these fundamentals, and figure out, with a reasonable degree of confidence, which stocks to buy, and which to sell. With enough capital, skill, and the discipline to cut inevitable losses, you can make money. Despite the benefits of technical analysis, I can see the value (no pun intended) in understanding the fundamentals on their own. Fundamentals complement the technicals, and any rational investor will compare market action with fundamental data to come to a profitable conclusion. My problem: I've tried to read various books on fundamental analysis, but most put me to sleep. This book is different. It is packed with solid, step-by-step directions on how to perform your own fundamental analysis. Tips include screening for candidates, determining a stock's current valuation, setting a target price, and how to determine if the company is a potential Enron or Kmart. This is far from an exhaustive list of what you will learn. Best of all, these techniques have been taken from money managers with a track record of beating the S&P, from Richard Dreihaus to the infamous short seller Jim Chanos. Domash provides a highly readable, useful, and important book for the intelligent stock investor. Whether you are an investor or a trader, you will understand how those who move the markets tend to think. Read it if you want to make money.
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Summary: Not recommended
Review: This book rehashes info that is easily available on the web, especially, as the book itself points out, on Yahoo Finance. Nothing new...
would pass on this one!
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