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Straight financial advice from a financial professional
Jeff Rose is a Certified Financial Planner with the ability to take complex financial topics and make them entertaining and easy to understand. If you are looking for great financial information witho Read more...
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12/28/2017
Trading is not investing
Value investors will often distinguish between investors and speculators/traders, so the title of this book about the king of value investing is silly. It's an easy to read description of Buffett's investing techniques not in the value investor cult, so that was the positive
09/30/2011
Buffett used different investment strategies during his care
"I don't think that many people see Buffett as a trader. Most view him as a long-term investor who buys companies that possess competitive advantages and holds them forever. However, the author points out that Buffett has used many different investment strategies such as cigar butt, value investing, Read more...
"Buffet is the man. Noone compares to him. Altucher does a great job describing exactly Buffett's style of investing which not just buy-and-hold. This book describes Buffett's numerous trading and investing methods. There are also interviews with top traders about their techniques and how they co Read more...
Loved it. Well-written, insightful, inspiring.... just very interesting to learn about Warren Buffett and how he accumulated so much wealth. Lots of nuggets of wisdom and lots of interesting stories on how trading was back in his era and how it has changed.
02/15/2010
A Different View of Buffet as a Trader versus Investor
"Altucher, who is the founder and and former president of Stockpickr.com, shows how Buffett is not just a buy-and-hold value investor, as is commonly assumed. Buffett uses numerous trading and investing methods which are discussed in detail. In addition, top traders are interviewed about their techn Read more...
I like Altucher, he's an eccentric with great hair. This book, like so many others on Buffett miss the mark. Here's what I want from Buffett or a book on him: If you had $10,000 to invest, where would you put it? What would you look for in a company? The answers to those 2 questions are one heck Read more...
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