false 7 134 114 true 5970836 read 2 true 2816798 currently-reading 18 true 2816797 to-read 7 false 2819079 recommended-reading http://apps.facebook.com/good_reads/ check it out » ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79402411 Footfall (Paperback) by Larry Niven
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72876470 to: F Wall Street: Joe Ponzio's No-Holds Barred Approach to Value Investing For the Rest of Us (Paperback) by Joel Ponzio
The title of the book is catchy, but it doesn't really fit in with the actual content. Ponzio gives a nice primer on value investing with good advice on how to value a business and not just the price of a stock. He also gives the fundamentals of reading financial statements and calculating entry and exit points for value investing. However, it doesn't really fly in the face of wall street or tell us anything new about value investing. Most books on value just regurgitate the teachings of Buffet and Graham, and this book is no exception.

The author does kind of veer from pure value investing towards the end with advice for trying to squeeze value out of mergers and acquisition spreads and using margin to increase returns. While it is interesting, it seems high risk for the type safe-n-steady investor that the earlier parts of the book are aimed at. The author needs to make up his mind about how he suggests people should invest - wait for a stock to be 45% undervalued or leverage margin to try and grab a quick 2% on an M&A deal that you pray doesn't fall through. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72474287 The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution (Hardcover) by Richard Dawkins
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67404539 Greasy Rider: Two Dudes, One Fast-Food-Fueled Car, and a Cross-Country Trip in Search of a Greener Future (Paperback) by Greg Melville
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