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Over the past five years, James Whiddon has interviewed some of the worlds brightest, best, and most influential men and women in finance on his popular radio show, The Investing Revolution. While the topics under discussion have ranged widely, the shows mission has remained constant: Reveal the truth about how Wall Street has rigged the game so that it always winsat everyone elses expenseand offer investors an alternative to Wall Street to help them participate directly in free market capitalism and achieve astonishing longterm gains.
In The Investing Revolutionaries, Whiddon distills all of that financial genius into a witty, wise elixir guaranteed to cure what ails your aching portfolio. Indispensable reading for professional and retail investors who want to free themselves from the tyranny of the Wall Street status quo, it delivers the insights of a host of luminaries, including John Bogle, Michael Mauboussin, Mohamed El-Erian, Richard Thaler, and Jeremy Siegel. Each financial powerhouse featured in the book weighs in on the slick marketing ploys, statistical sleights of hand, and psychological button-pushing the denizens of Lower Manhattan routinely employ to separate you from your money. They also offer priceless tips on such topics as
* The advantages of passive versus active portfolio management (how to achieve stellar gains through superdiversification)
* Global investing (is China really a good investment?)
* Avoiding common behavioral traps (running with the herd will get you gored)
Forget about stock picking and market timing. Say farewell to mutual fund gurus and the hyperbolic claims of the technical wizards. Investors of the world, you have nothing to lose but your chains. And now The Investing Revolutionaries provides you with the key.
Summary: Taking the Mystery From Investing
Rating: 5
I just got finished with a book about investing that I highly recommend. It’s called “The Investing Revolutionaries” by James N. Whiddon and Nikki Knotts. The subtitle is “how the world’s greatest investors take on Wall Street and win in any market” and short interviews with all sorts of high end investors that are making money even in this economic downturn are sprinkled throughout the book.
Now, I am not a money guy so when this book showed up on my table I cringed at the prospect of reading it. But I have to say that this book is no mere dry, archaic tome on investing. Instead, it is part lesson on human nature, part an American apologia, along with a guide to investing principles that everyone should know. This book has some timely advice and is written in a straight forward, understandable way and goes some way toward taking out the alchemic mysteries from the world of investing.
Each interview is uplifting and makes one optimistic about America and our economic system. For instance, author Whiddon spoke with Dinesh D’Souza whose enthusiasm for America is almost infectious:
“…I keep hearing people say ‘the rich are getting richer and the poor getting poorer.’ But when I actually looked at American living standards over the past generation — let’s say from World War II, or even 1980 — what you see is that the rich getting richer, and the poor also get richer, although not at the same pace. So, yes, inequality does rise, but it’s rising because more people from the middle class are moving up. So economically, yes. I think the optimist is always right.”
Actually, just about every interview in the book is an infectious, upbeat celebration of America’ system. It all amounts to an admonition against capitalism bashers and an affirmation that money, wealth, and acquisition is good because it is the tide that raises all boats.
I urge seasoned investors and novice alike to read this book.
Summary: The Investing Revolutionaries
Rating: 5
This book is most informative and valuable. It will change your attitude toward investing. Everyone should read it.
Summary: The real TRUTH on Investing
Rating: 5
In my 40+ years as an investor, The Investing Revolutionaries, is the BEST book on investing I have ever come across…I had a chance to read this book on a recent cruise and I could not put it down…The authors have done a terrific job of including financial tips and information from some of the finest minds in the business…Many of these financial giants Jim Whiddon had the opportunity to interview on his radio show…In light of a very difficult last couple of years in the market this book gave me a renewed level of financial wealth without worry…The book is very well written giving it’s reader a great understanding of how financial markets really work without all the negative slant of the news media..If you are an investor or a future investor you must read this book before you make another investment of any kind…I have encouraged all my friends and relatives to put this book on your amazon list-You will not be disappointed..The collection of interviews are some of the most respected names in the financial services industry…A must read for truely understanding how to invest in the future and learn how the past financial markets can and will dictate our financial futures..I challenge you to read this book and I believe you will agree with me that this book will change your life on how you invest in the future–I guarantee it!!!!!
* Publisher: McGraw-Hill
* Number Of Pages: 368
* Publication Date: 2009-04-03
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0071623949
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780071623940
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