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The Secret Code of the Superior Investor: How to Be a Long-Term Winner in a Short-Term World
What should your investment strategy be now that the steady, upward trend of the U.S. stock market seems like history? The years ahead promise to be volatile, full of ups and downs, so is this the time for investors to hunker down and scale back?
Not at all, is Jim Glassman’s advice. Sure, there were some people who bailed out of the market early and came out ahead, but that was luck—the kind of luck that wins the lottery once in a blue it’s not a strategy. And if there is one clear lesson to be learned from all of the recent market drama, it’s that you need a point
of view and a coherent investment strategy. And that’s just what Glassman provides in The Secret Code of the Superior Investor.
If you believe that the long-term outlook for the American economy is positive (as Glassman and most experts do), then the best strategy is the tried-and-true approach that has worked well for more than a hundred acquiring a diversified portfolio of stocks in great companies and then holding on to them forever.
Jim Glassman’s investing principles provide the ballast to help you keep your investing balance no matter how the markets bubble or bobble. His rigorous, practical, straightforward way of thinking and taking action enables you to build a portfolio that performs well no matter what the economic climate. Here is invaluable advice on what stocks and mutual funds to buy—and when to sell them. ( Almost never.)
Not at all, is Jim Glassman’s advice. Sure, there were some people who bailed out of the market early and came out ahead, but that was luck—the kind of luck that wins the lottery once in a blue it’s not a strategy. And if there is one clear lesson to be learned from all of the recent market drama, it’s that you need a point
of view and a coherent investment strategy. And that’s just what Glassman provides in The Secret Code of the Superior Investor.
If you believe that the long-term outlook for the American economy is positive (as Glassman and most experts do), then the best strategy is the tried-and-true approach that has worked well for more than a hundred acquiring a diversified portfolio of stocks in great companies and then holding on to them forever.
Jim Glassman’s investing principles provide the ballast to help you keep your investing balance no matter how the markets bubble or bobble. His rigorous, practical, straightforward way of thinking and taking action enables you to build a portfolio that performs well no matter what the economic climate. Here is invaluable advice on what stocks and mutual funds to buy—and when to sell them. ( Almost never.)
- GenresEconomics
336 pages, Paperback
First published December 18, 2001
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February 28, 2017
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June 16, 2013
Oh dear. Another book from the author who brought us "Dow 36,000" in 1999.
This book is a bit of a blur to me because it is filled with fluff and bland advice. I guess it is well and good for a brief overview of the investing landscape but a surefire way of investing it is not. And it is by no means a "secret code". There are no "secret codes" in investing.Anyone suggesting this is to be viewing with extreme prejudice especially if he wrote a book suggesting the DOW would hit a fantastic number within a short time frame.
The only good thing i got out of this book was his comment that you should focus on being a "partaker" instead of a "outsmarter". I.e. don't try to time the market but invest in good companies and invest in the real growth of society.
Go ahead and skip this one and pick up any book from John C. Bogle instead - that I promise you, you will not regret.
This book is a bit of a blur to me because it is filled with fluff and bland advice. I guess it is well and good for a brief overview of the investing landscape but a surefire way of investing it is not. And it is by no means a "secret code". There are no "secret codes" in investing.Anyone suggesting this is to be viewing with extreme prejudice especially if he wrote a book suggesting the DOW would hit a fantastic number within a short time frame.
The only good thing i got out of this book was his comment that you should focus on being a "partaker" instead of a "outsmarter". I.e. don't try to time the market but invest in good companies and invest in the real growth of society.
Go ahead and skip this one and pick up any book from John C. Bogle instead - that I promise you, you will not regret.
December 22, 2012
One of the bibles of the long term investor.
May 31, 2015
Good Ideas on investing, most of which I've read before. Pretty good on some tips on what #s to look at for individual stocks, and sectors
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