Investing in Stocks and Shares: A Step-by-step Guide to Making Money on the Stock Market - John White

Advantages: Humourous
Disadvantages: none

...This is an absolutely fantastic book for anyone who is interested in making money. It shows you how to invest in the stock market to make huge gains. It is not a get rich quick book, however, and the techniques they use are designed for long-term investors. What I particualrly liked aout the book is that it is not aimed at people with lots of money. it shows you how, even if you have hardly any surplus money, you can use this to your advantage and still make lots of money long term. The book is written in a very humourous way, which certainly makes a very nice change from most investment books. It is almost a can't put down book, and for a refernce book that is priase indeed!! i found it very simple to understand with worked examples every step of the way to make sure that you are following the points. They authors also have... Read review

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Advantages: Very insightful for anyone thats confused about buying shares and investments in general
Disadvantages: The autors' humour gets to a little boring after a while!

...I found this book extremely useful as a guide to investing in stocks and shares. The authors advocate a style of investment based on buying a stock and holding it for the long-term. They show a very simple technique of buying shares once a year, in 5 companies - according to the historical evidence this would generate a return far superior to other investment techniques. Also a very useful guide to the pensions world. I didnt know too much about this topic until I read their book. Thier description is absolutely brilliant - it shows how the pension funds have basically been ripping the consumer off for years - and we didn't even know about it. I would strongly reccommend this book to anyone - its a captivating read and very jargon free.... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to understand, clear diagrams and pictures
Disadvantages: Only really suitable for learner/new drivers

...I'm currently learning to drive and have bought every book/cd/dvd that my local WHSmith's stocks on the subject. However, when I called in the other day I found that they had a new book in stock - which was this book by Haynes. ~Mmmm, Haynes......sounds familiar~ Haynes is the company that produces car manuals for each type of car on the market. John Haynes OBE wrote and published his first book in 1957, while he was still at school, about the Austin 7 Special. The first real Haynes manual wasn't published until 1965, for the Austin Healey 'Frogeye' Sprite. Haynes have sold 150 milllion manuals worldwide - with over 1 million sold in the UK last year. Surprisingly, Haynes also publishes a huge range of other books based on motoring, transport and DIY - including cycling, caravanning, maritime subjects, home decorating and even health... Read review

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