Over the years, I bought and learn from Bill ...
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Over the years, I  bought and learn from Bill Jelen  excel books. Moreover, I have given his "Learn Excel from Mr. Excel as gift to my friends". This book is a summary of what you need to know in Excel to be an expert. In future, I hope this book will include video dvd showing Bil Jelen solving various questions.
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Hi Folks, Kevin Trudeau here. I have written and sold books including "Natural Cures 'They' Don't Want You to Know About" and "Mega-Memory" for a number of years now on infommercials. Let me just tell you that Don taught me everything I know about business. The man is a genius. I sat at his feet for almost 4 months back in the early 90's and learned from the best, now I am one of the best!
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This was an excellent read, and let me learn a lot of information that I had not known yet. It taught a lot about evaluating companies that I had not even thought about yet. That is why I am giving it the five out of five that I did. I think that the way the authors wrote the book/writing style was very helpful. If this book had been written in more sophisticated language, the content of it would have mostly flown right over my head. The way it was composed, with little quirky jokes, and things they put in for someone who doesnt quite understand what they mean by a certain term really let me understand, and will let me make more knowledgeable decisions when it comes to investing in the future. The only thing that you had to really know was what was out of date, and what still was happening because of it being written in 2001
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Pring is the grandfather of technical analysis.  This book endorsed by him is well worth the read.  With the involvement of the Fed in the market, my old indicators are not working like they did during the 1990s and up until 2008.  Trading methods have changed since 2000 and this book brings a view that we, investors and traders, should try to understand.
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I love going to thrift stores. I wish I had had this book years ago. I've tossed many of the items the author talks about as being valuable. Just this summer I gave away an old gaming system I later discovered I could have sold for good money.

He has some good tips in getting started. Just reading opened my eyes to possibilties. Well worth the tread.
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I originally bought the book because a friend of mine is one of the Chicks, and of course friends want to support each other!
I'm RECOMMENDING the book because, after 12 years spent working in Mutual Fund sales and 7 years as a stay-at-home mom, I bought my first stock shortly after logging on to chickslayingnesteggs.com.  I now have 6 stocks in my little portfolio, and despite the doom and gloom of the market earlier, while many are down, I'm ahead overall.  It's a start.
The Chicks have motivated me like nothing/no one else before to test the uncertain waters of the stock market.  I've read Peter Lynch's book, but as much as I enjoyed it, he's "in the business", so while it got me thinking about how I might want to invest in the market, I kept adding to my Mutual Funds.  I ENJOY Chick Karin's chattiness, irreverence, and humor -- the Chicks have made finance FUN again for me.  Black Monday, the Junk Bond debacle, and the doldrums of '90 took their emotional toll while I was working -- once the market recovered on the post-Gulf War high, I "retired". But I did learn a good lesson about market cycles: when prices of solid, well-managed companies are off, it's time to buy.  Remember, for every loss, someone just got a "wicked good" good deal (we really do say stuff like that in Maine).  Check out their website, and you'll see that Chick Karin has already addressed the recent losses that were greater than those of the S&P 500.  I'll guess that much of that loss has been made up these past few days.  Readers need to understand that there IS more risk involved in investing in individual stocks over Mutual Funds (which are still a better long-term investment than Bank savings accounts), but with that risk comes the greater POTENTIAL reward, especially over the long haul.
2 Days ago I sent an email to my sisters, sisters-in-law, and a number of friends inviting them to join me in learning more about the market by starting an investment club using the Chicks' model as a jumping-off point.  I want to have another reason to stay in closer touch with my far-flung family and friends, and I want some help in tracking (and doing reports on) all sorts of companies that interest me.  I feel like a whole new world has been opened to me and I'm grateful to the Chicks for sharing their wit and wisdom in a format that's as informative as it is funny.  If you have no sense of humor, this book isn't for you, but if you DO I know you'll get a lot out of it and more importantly will be motivated to "just do it".  (BTW, has anyone run Nike through the Chicks' Dozen recently?)
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I knew Bill Koehler, he was a great trainer and instructor.  His line of books may be "Old School", but they are what you need to train your K-9.  I've been using his training methods since the 70's.
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I recommend people close to retirement to buy it.  It is a good step-by-step guide.  I learned quite a bit from it.
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I have learned a few things that I have been doing and things that I had never thought about before reading this book.
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Having read most of Bill's SOF articles back in the 80's, I was happy to see them compiled and bound, with new material added.
Some buy this book expecting Mr Bagwell to "spill his guts" and lay out everything he knows about the bowie knife, and making bowie knives. That is not what this book is. However, if one carefully reads what Bill has written, there are some very good insights into the finer points of bowie knives and what makes them work. Don't expect to be spoon fed.
Others try to call BS on bowie technique, saying that a longer knife is a liability. It might be for them. A properly trained and well-practiced individual with a proper bowie is a different kettle of fish than a man who only handles modern folding knives and lives in a short blade world. Those that do not think this is so need to train with Mr. Keating or be resigned to live in ignorance.
  Bill spoke his mind in a day where "everyone knew" that a large knife was the mark of a fool, tenderfoot, or someone "overcompensating", and set the world on its ear. Most of the world stood up, brushed off their ear and continued on, having learned nothing from it. Some listened, and entered the world  of the bowie. In a day when people spend good money on complex kydex sheaths to keep their blades to hand, most do not realize that 20 years prior, Bill wrote of a superior system of knife carry that is simple, elegant, and effective. This alone is worth the price.
An excellent bowie reference, a cornerstone of one's bowie education.
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Bill is a Total Maverick!  His ideas and strategies work.  I've been in the vending business a long time and still picked up many useable tips and tricks.
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I wish he would have produced a book for 2007 and 2008, because Leo Laporte is a wealth of knowledge. Even though this book is a year old, I still find it a good source of information.
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I have been selling at eBay since 1995, and this book really helps with the ins and outs of eBaying-- by Sam Yulish, author of "What To Buy at Garage Sales, Estate Sales, and Auctions that WILL SELL At eBay and Amazon in 2010."
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A great ten or so year history on what has gone on in the real estate market as well as some great out of the box idea's on how to grow wealth and protect yourself in today's real estate market.
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If you have read Bill James stuff before, well, here is another one. I love reading Mr. James and agree with most of what he says. There are many topics and all about the game we love! What I love best about reading Bill James material is, if I wait a few years, I can read it again and get something else out of it! Bill is full of wit and wisdom and does his usual fabulous job on this book. If you like Bill James, you'll like this book. If you don't, buy it anyway; you might just learn a thing or three!
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I have been in sales with the Channel and Distribution for 20 years.  Even if you have been in channel sales for years this book will still enlighten you in ways that enable you to expand your knowledge and choose where you may want to implement some of the writers ideas. I thank the author for writing a book that essentially brought me to a higher level in the ways I do business now. Thank you!
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I was first drawn to the works of Peter Steidlmeyer in 1993 as a futures trader by a colleague who explained that the features that I noted about the frenzied interest rate futures markets, had been encapsulated by this author. Without reading the book I tried to monitor the market activities in the profile that had been explained to me. Strangely enough, there was a pattern apparent on the daily sheets of paper that I started to collect.
It was not until late 1999 that I revisited the phenonmenon when I started to trade on my own account from an office. I recalled the works and decided to pick up the book. It was an incredible revelation and revitalised my enthusiasm for day trading. Many people feel that they have a gut instinct in understanding where markets will trade, but Steidlmeyer's statistical approach formalises much of this. I was particularly interested in how his upbringing and his experiences as a child and the responsibilities he was given formed his approach to trading as a pro. From the writing you will learn the importance of watching rather than partaking in the opening hour of the market, which is often a money saver. it will teach you rules of discipline, because it makes sense.
What I failed to take away from the book in working practice was the application of options volume from the 'far-traders,' the people who were bothered about the long-term haul, and how this could be witnessed in practice. There is certainly a lot of truth in it, but I could not match this with my experience as a day trader. The statistical comprehension of Market Profile is skillfully explained  and is profitable to those who adopt it. the book is well written, understandable to the novice and is sound advice.