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Summary: A Must Read For The Financial Professional
Review: As my client patted my hand with tears welling up in her eyes, she said thank you so much for keeping our savings safe. As a Financial Professional it is easy for one to see the incredible power and impact we have on our client's future well being.
Edward Winslow's well documented book Blind Faith, describes the landscape and changes occuring in the contemporary stock market. He guides the Advisor to the philosophy and products perfectly suited to Retirement Savings.
To be read and digested by Advisors and given to Clients and used as the modern day guide to Investing not gambling.
If you sell Indexed Annuities or want to, this is a must read for the Financial Professional.
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Summary: Dud
Review: Blind Faith is a behind-the-scenes critique of the information relied upon by most market analysts. Helpful are Winslow's recommended mechanisms to preserve (at least) the principal value of your investments. Wish I had this knowledge years ago. Buy the book and be ready to take off the blinders.
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Summary: JP from Oregon
Review: Finally someone willing to write an honest analysis of the self-serving behavior of the financial industry. Anyone invested in the market who reads this book will strongly reexamine their beliefs with regard to investing. Undoubtably many in the financial services industry will hope that this book does not get read. I for one, hope that it becomes a classic.
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Summary: JP from Oregon
Review: Finally someone willing to write an honest analysis of the self-serving behavior of the financial industry. Anyone invested in the market who reads this book will strongly reexamine their beliefs with regard to investing. Undoubtably many in the financial services industry will hope that this book does not get read. I for one, hope that it becomes a classic.
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Summary: There is another way...
Review: Finally, a book that speaks to concerns that I've had about investing since I read my first investment book but that no one seems to talk about. The author covers topics that are taboo in most investment texts, such as how the investment industry is rigged against the individual investor (corporate structure, taxes, investment banks, government regulation, etc.), and what you can do to protect yourself from market risk. Diversification doesn't help when the whole market collapses after a catastrophic event like 9-11 or in a deep recession. If you want to take advantage of up markets and hold onto your gains in down markets, then read this book.
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Summary: Love It or Hate It
Review: If you're a conservative investor searching for alternatives that don't involve gambling or sticking with the conventional wisdom of stock market investing you'll love this book. I've made some changes to my investments as a result of information I learned from reading this well researched book. It was actually entertaining as well! 5 Stars Loved It! If you are a big company executive or a stockbroker you're going to hate this book. The author really rips into the big brokerage firms and corporations and how they take advantage of the little guy. If everyone practiced what was recommended in the book there would be a lot less left on the table for big business to glean from the small investor. 1 Star I'm sure they hate it!
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Summary: A Different Approach
Review: It seems that all the books on low risk investing emphasize picking good companies or funds and keeping them for a long period of time. Blind Faith is different. I'd love to be stress or worry free but traditional Cd's and money markets pay so little and I certainly don't believe that corporate America has cleaned up its act. This book taught me another investment strategy and discussed in detail investments that I never heard of before like market-linked CDs. I enjoyed the authors cynical approach and found the book to be entertaining as well as enlightening.
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Summary: A cutting edge, no-holds-barred financial guide
Review: Knowledgeably written by Edward Winslow (the Founder and Manager of First American Financial Cooperative), Blind Faith: Our Misplaced Trust In The Stock Market And Smarter, Safer Ways To Invest denounces "playing the stock market" as being little better than gambling, and presents wiser, safer, more effective means to invest and put money to work. From why ordinary Americans should steer clear of stocks; to intelligent risk management strategies; to protected investments and means geared for retirement, and more, Blind Faith a cutting edge, no-holds-barred financial guide which is especially relevant in light of recent economic pitfalls, Wall Street volatility, and dramatic stock-related corporate scandals.
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Summary: The Proof is in the Pudding
Review: The proof is in the pudding. How many of us (the small investor) have actually made returns equal to the SP 500 index in up markets, and haven't lost their shirts in the down markets? In this book you'll learn why, and how the financial industry encourages us to be blind sheep. Mr. Winslow explodes the conventional investing dogma and shows us a better way.
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Summary: Right on target joelybaby
Review: This book has been extremely helpful to me. A wealth of information, everyone will find some part of this book helpful to them. His chapter on retirement sure put me at ease about my future.
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