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pizzamyheart's review against another edition
3.0
This is hard to rate, so I'm leaving it at a solid 3.
First of all, I listened to the audiobook narrated by Danielle Town, with occasional comments by her father, Phil Town.
There are some helpful points in this book. For example, this is the clearest explanation I've had yet about evaluating the cost of a stock and the psychology you need behind buying/selling. Specifically on understanding that it's not just about the price right now, but a mix of the future cost and what you are losing by inflation.
Now to the negatives. There was so much personal story intertwined with the educational material. It felt like the book couldn't decide what it wanted to be: biography or educational book. Personally, I would have preferred 1/2 of the biography conversations be cut. They weren't necessary and took away from the useful information that the audience is here for.
Overall, I was unimpressed with the majority of the book, but there were some key points that I'm grateful to have read. The best way I can describe it is: far from perfect, but still provides some useful information.
First of all, I listened to the audiobook narrated by Danielle Town, with occasional comments by her father, Phil Town.
There are some helpful points in this book. For example, this is the clearest explanation I've had yet about evaluating the cost of a stock and the psychology you need behind buying/selling. Specifically on understanding that it's not just about the price right now, but a mix of the future cost and what you are losing by inflation.
Now to the negatives. There was so much personal story intertwined with the educational material. It felt like the book couldn't decide what it wanted to be: biography or educational book. Personally, I would have preferred 1/2 of the biography conversations be cut. They weren't necessary and took away from the useful information that the audience is here for.
Overall, I was unimpressed with the majority of the book, but there were some key points that I'm grateful to have read. The best way I can describe it is: far from perfect, but still provides some useful information.
hvgge's review against another edition
3.0
The good:
- Good primer on value investing
- Easy read
- Doing the maths exercises really taught me something
- The personal narrative added a nice touch and made the book easy to read from cover to cover
Why only 3 stars:
- Sells false hopes: 15% return annually
- Authors not transparent about own performance (only one example with Whole Foods)
- 15 min. a day - too good to be true: after doing the exercises, valuing companies takes lots of time.
- guru-ish
- Good primer on value investing
- Easy read
- Doing the maths exercises really taught me something
- The personal narrative added a nice touch and made the book easy to read from cover to cover
Why only 3 stars:
- Sells false hopes: 15% return annually
- Authors not transparent about own performance (only one example with Whole Foods)
- 15 min. a day - too good to be true: after doing the exercises, valuing companies takes lots of time.
- guru-ish
roomforastory's review against another edition
4.0
Great introduction to value investing. I appreciated the the inclusion of Danielle’s emotional roadblocks in this process. Money can bring up so many past issues and it’s important to recognize and work through those if you want to make your money work for you. I liked how the process of learning to invest is broken down into monthly practices. It seems manageable and doable and I think I’m actually going to give it a try. As someone who has previously had a negative view of investors and investing, it feels pretty big that this book is helping me change my view and outlook on investing.
bootman's review against another edition
5.0
If you're new to investing, get this book ASAP. I've only been investing for a month and have read a ton of books. There aren't many books that help you get down to the basics, but this is one of them. Danielle is a great storyteller, and her journey of learning about investing with her dad was relatable and heartwarming. I learned a ton from this book about value investing, which is something I've been wanting to learn more about. I'm primarily an index fund type of person, but this book really broke down the tools I need to analyze individual companies. The math of it all went a little over my head, but I'm sure it'll make sense once I do some of the practices from the book.
bookchic71's review against another edition
5.0
I'm actually going to sit down and work my way through this book and possibly take the workshop! I've been wondering where to start in the world of investing, and I believe I've just stumbled upon the first stepping stone to becoming an confident independent investor.
laperfettaxx's review against another edition
4.0
Great for learning investing, but there's a lot of extra stuff about the Author's personal life that i don't think is relevant.