The Stock Market Course
by George A. Fontanills, Tom Gentile
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Book Reviews of The Stock Market Course
Book Review: Good general info. A beginner will need more to make it
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is good since it covers overall stock market basics. However, a beginner stock trader will need more focused stock trading strategies to make it in this game.
Stock trading keeps getting competitive and the stock market doesn't care if you are experienced or a newbie stock trader. The rules and the opportunities are the same, so either youre going to make money stock trading or you are going to lose it in favor of the more seasoned ones.
As a stock trader your homework is all about studying and testing different market strategies that will help you take advantage of stocks and at the same time protect your investments. Just always keep in mind that a good strategy is simple and practical. Complicated stock systems will always make you slow in your decision making process or confuse you from the start.
There are some very good sites on the web where you can access practical trading strategies that are easy to implement. One of those sites is Profitable Stock Market ( ProfitableStockMarket com)
They focus on short term stock trading tactics that can help you identify and handle stocks while reducing your trading risk.
All in all, stock market trading is all about picking the best stock opportunities and following your buy and sell signals with ease and simplicity. Once you learn to master your trading decisions, you can aspire to produce consistent profitable results.
Book Review: Best Stock Book Ever
Summary: 5 Stars
For years, a good friend of mine has been bugging me to learn more about the stock market. Well, I finally broke down and decided to start my learning process by purchasing a good book on the subject. I was overwhelmed to find a zillion books on subjects I was too intimidated to even try to pronouce, never mind understand... Then I found George and Tom's book, The Stock Market Course. I opened it at random to see if I could make heads or tails of it. To my amazement it was easy to read, consise and to the point, and covered everything from A to Z! These successful traders/superb writers have written a book that enables just about anyone (including me) to learn how to make their way into the complex world of the stock market. I especially found value in the "Roadmaps" at the end of each chapter that provide an in-depth synopsis of the material covered as well as helpful ideas for web sites I can visit to learn more. For the first time in my life, I can listen to business news and understand what the analysts are talking about. And let me tell you, it is an empowering feeling, especially for a woman. For anyone who is ready to have the markets demystified once and for all, READ THIS BOOK!Book Review: A Comprehensive Infrastructure for the Comprehensive/Competent Investor
Summary: 5 Stars
I picked up this book again after having read it about a year ago. I highly recommend that any beginning investor read this book--more than once and at different times as his/her own investing experience and confidence increases.
There are many things to recommend about the book, but I'll focus on the the most key. First, the book is written in a conversational style that engages the reader. Second, the book discusses all of the major areas in which all investors need to develop skill--it provides the bones of competent and comprehensive investor education. Third, the book layers those bones with enough meat to give the beginning investor a foundational understanding from how the market physically works through technical analysis. Fourth, all of the material is reinforced through the summary "Roadmap of Success". I highly recommend this book. I also recommend George Dagnino's Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets for investors who want to ensure that their investment decisions are in tune with the natural economic cycle.
Book Review: Fantastic Stock Market Book - this is it
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is by George Fontanills and Tom Gentile his partner. It is Tom's first book and boy what way to start your writing career. Congratulations guys, my comment to you is ".Wow ... this book delivers."It is a complete analysis of the Stock Market. Starts with the basics of the market, brokers, moves to fundamental analysis, analysis of company reports, technical analysis, sentiment analysis and then options trading.
Then my personal favorite section is "studying the masters" a section where Fontanills and Gentile analyze the master traders that they admire and the lessons that they learned.
At the end of each chapter they included a "roadmap" which is a summary of the chapter that you can trade from. I use them to review so that I can check that I understand all of the chapter. Shortcomings ... hmm I could not see any. Brilliant stuff.
I loved this book and was not able to put it down.
Book Review: Comprehensive
Summary: 5 Stars
The book discusses in great detail all the important stock market ratios and indicators and many of the lesser ones. It expounds on many styles and strategies to buying and selling stocks, including active trading strategies, value investing, technical analysis and fundamental analysis. The problem I have with exposing the beginner to strategies such as active trading is that research has shown that it is futile and will result in a loss for nearly all traders after trading expenses (You are up against thousands of MBA graduates who will stay up later then you and get up earlier then you ). I believe the downside of each strategy should be explained and who has been successful using it, so that the beginner has an idea of what he is up against. That being said, there is tremendous value in the book because of its detailed explanation of how to analyze company reports, what the valuation indicators mean (ie, p/e) and how to use them.