Beardstown Ladies Pocket Guide to P Stocks

by Robin Dellabough and The Beardstown Ladies' Investment Club

From reading The Wall Street Journal or an annual report to choosing a financial advisor and selecting stocks, The Beardstown Ladies' Pocketbook Guide To Picking Stocks explains it all. Readers will... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786889357
• ISBN13: 9780786889358
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Hyperion Books
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

The Beardstown Ladies Pocket-Book Guide to Picking Stocks

From 1975, when a "full-service" broker sold some loser stocks to me, all the way up to January 2000, I thought the stock market was an unknowable morass of pitfalls for the "ordinary" working person. Then I read The Beardstown Ladies Pocket-Book Guide to Picking Stocks. Their straightforward style encouraged me to study further, then to join the National Association of Investment Clubs (as an individual member), and to start studying, picking, and buying stocks through an on-line discount broker. Thanks to the Beardstown Ladies, I now believe it will be possible for me to someday retire. I recommend this book without reservation. I just wish I had found a book like this 35 years ago. And I wish I could locate some more copies of the book, since mine is getting dog-eared and worn because I return to it constantly as a REFERENCE, of all things! Also I want some copies for gifts to younger family members. Buy this book. It explains common-stock investing in a very clear and engaging style.

An excellent, helpful methodology for analyzing investments.

For anyone who is interested in investing in stocks for long-term growth, this is an excellent, well-laid out book for analyzing companies, and helping you determine where to start looking. It is not for the lazy investor who wants to make a bundle on a quick "tip" or magical formulas. If you're willing to take the time to really research a company before you invest in it, this book lays out the steps and the methodology in a very clear, step-by-step methodolgy. It's not the "how-to-make a million overnight" type of book, but rather, how to sensibly invest your money for the long-term in the stock market. I highly recommend it.