[.ca] The Successful Investor: What 80 Million People Need to ... (ISBN 1932378693)

Realistic and powerful advice:
80 m illion Americans lost between 50-80% of their wealth th anks to the Clinton Bear Market that began in March 2000. When considering advice pertaining to the stock ma rket, it is a lot like that old tv show, Who Can You Trust. Certaintly the events that followed March 2000 have shown 80% of Americans who they cannot trust. Bill O'Neil is more than a author of successful books and publisher of a great newspaper-IBD. He is also a successful, savvy investor. He knows how to win on WALL STREET and now he shows the rest of us how we can win and win big. I highly recommend this great book by Bill O'Niel. It goes beyond his previous books. It provides a blueprint, a road to follow that works again and again. If you were to do nothingesle but buy this book and IBD, that alone would make you a very successful investor, far ahead of those who listen to brokers, financial planners, advisors and other so called investment experts including other authors. Read Bill O'Niel, but more importantly, follow his advice to achieve your wealth.

Read this book along with IBD and you can't go wrong:
O'Niel has certaintly pioneered a powerful strategy that works, works all the time and will work for everybody. I bought O'Niels first book, How To Invest in Stocks. This one is similiar but better. It covers the stock market meltdown and for new investors, it may not be too pleasant to realize how much they could have made instead of losing money during the Clinton bear market. I know a lot of investors who buy IBD but who are lost. This book will make sense out of IBD and show you how to use it. If nothingelse, I would recommend that you buy just the Monday edition and check out the top 150 stocks. These are selected with IBD proprietary data. Just start there and continue your research. I have made alot of money playing stock splits and I contend that the real reason was I checked the data from IBD before investing. Not all stocks that split do well. One prominent example is Compaq which split and ne ver returned to it's normal price. I passed on Compaq based on research in IBD. Thank God for IBD! O'Niels other book 24 Essential Lessons for Investment success is also excellent. However, if you were to pick just one of O'Niels books, I would go with The Successful Investor. That book along with reading IBD (at least Mondays) will give you the edge to become a successful investor. Good luck.

I agree--read this book along with IBD -Be wary.........:
I have to agree with the previous reviewer who said that all you really need is IBD along with this book. By contrast, I found the review by an obvious book peddler indicating that he has "averaged 50% gains per year" and "is considering writing a book if there is enough interest" laughable. Where do you suppose this guy is going to get his information? That's right. From O'Niels book and IBD! You can do the same yourself. Be wary of certain reviewers who are trying to peddle books. On the other hand, I highly recommend O'Niels books and IBD.

I agree with chrisbest01 from NY RE: Buffett:
I find it amusing that some people like to compare people like O'Niel with Warren Buffet. Not only did Buffet start with $7 mil way back then (more like $35-$40MIL) in todays dollars, an amount which only those with rich parents could do, what is Warren Buffet doing to show the average investor how to make money? O'Niel provides a paper and his newest book that can show anyone how to make money predictable and consistently. Buffet is okay for those who those who already have a wad and can handle missing opportunities (like Buffet missed the technology boom in the 90's and again since Oct 1992) and are into "buy and hold." I don't know about you, but "buy & hold" didn't work for me and it certaintly didn't work for the 80 million who lost over a trillion during the Clinton bear market. This book is O'Niels best book to date. Use and it profit. Good luck!

Don't just buy it, use it!:
I have read O'Niels previous books and I read IBD everyday. In The Successful Investor, O'Niel goes beyond what he wrote about in his previous books. It's what 80 million people could have used during that last bear market. Besides this book, I also recommend reading IBD everyday. Yeah, I know that sounds like a commercial, but the paper is great and you'll find it more benefical than reading the local paper. It will certaintly make you more money. I also recommend Wall Street Money Machine VOL I & II and Red Light Green Light by Wade Cook. The first two saved me a ton of money during that last bear market. The last one has made me a lot of money playing earnings. Great books and IBD is a great newspaper. Good luck.