| View Larger Image | SENSIBLE STOCK INVESTING: How to Pick, Value, and Manage Stocks | Paperbackby David Van Knapp (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | IUniverse | | Page Count: | 318 Pages | | Publication Date: | March 05, 2008 | | Sales Rank: | 9,749th |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
For the millions of individual stock investors who want to improve their results-and for beginners who want to get started on the right foot-Sensible Stock Investing: How to Pick, Value, and Manage Stocks is a comprehensive yet easy-to-follow guide.Written for the busy individual, Sensible Stock Investing presents the investment process in three phases: rating companies for their intrinsic soundness; valuing stocks to find advantageous purchase prices; and managing a portfolio once it is established. Author David Van Knapp breaks these stages into discrete steps and shows how the individual investor-in just a few hours per month-can outperform most mutual funds by investing intelligently and minimizing risk at every stage. As you will see from the two actual, proven portfolios described in Sensible Stock Investing, you don't have to be a mathematical genius or investment professional to succeed in the stock market!Whether you are an experienced investor or just getting started, Sensible Stock Investing describes straightforward methods, provides the forms and tools you need, and shows you what to do every step of the way to successfully navigate the stock market with intelligent investment practices.For more information, visit www.SensibleStocks.com. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 18 reviews)
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Excellent in all aspects by FH (USA)  5 Stars
October 18, 2009
This book is a must read. Not only does it define in plain English all the most important stock terminology extremely well, it uses them to develop a very logical strategy for stock selection and to proficiently manage your stock portfolio.
Even though the stock market is a beast of its own, this book will give one a practical tool to help tame it as well as possible. Highly Recommended....
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Best book on stock investing I have read by Craig Wagenhoffer (Milford, MA USA) 5 Stars
September 18, 2009
(aka Dave Murray) This is the best book on stock investing I have read yet and I've been reading them for about 15 years. The author goes through a systematic process that takes you through picking the stock to managing the portfolio.
I really go out of my way now to watch CNBC, Fox Business News, etc to see what stocks the pundits are recommending and so far the author's system is great for seeing if their arguments hold up. Of course these could always be momentum plays but the system will let you clearly understand if the recommendations have solid fundamentals with future promise.
In the one case where I needed questions cleared up I was able to contact the author via his website and he helped out a lot.
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Excellent book for anyone who wants to be a better investor! by Zachary Hughes (North Carolina) 5 Stars
August 19, 2009
If I had to pick just one book to read about stock investing, it would be this book. I read many books, and this one is one of the few that I have read that I could just not put down. This book is great because it takes a common sense approach to stock investing. The book covers many aspects of investing and explains it so that a beginner will understand at the same time as being thorough and detailed enough for an experienced investor to enhance his strategies. The book presents a couple of very unique and original yet simple and straight forward concepts about picking stocks and timing the buy/sell decisions. The principles that the buy/sell decisions are based on are not new, but enhanced. The author does the best job of combining value and growth investing techniques, and makes it easy to make each purchase with a specific purpose in mind. The stock "scoring method" and "market timing outlook" indicator are both invaluable to my portfolio's performance. The author also keeps his website with monthly updates of two real live portfolios with his own money to illustrate how his strategies work in real life. His portfolios have strict rules and have beaten the S&P 500 by healthy margins since inception from several years ago. My own portfolio has also beaten the market by following the principles set forth in this book. Actually, from last year, my portfolio didnt just beat the market (which was down by a large amount), but actually had a healthy gain.
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Understandable, in-depth and detailed by J. Halbach (Murfreesboro, USA) 5 Stars
August 28, 2008
I have been wanting to get back into stock market investing since my 401k has languished along with the rest of the market for years. I wanted a complete investment "system" that was logical and reflected my views on well-reasoned investment fundamentals.
I found everything I was searching for in this book. There is a fine balance between being technical enough to accurately represent a stock's value and market conditions and readily understandable text. Mr. Van Knapp certainly achieved that for me.
I consider myself a "value" investor at heart and I needed a book that spoke to me on that level. I didn't want rosy predictions of how much money I would make. I'm realistic enough to know I'll make mistakes, but having the information in this book gives me the confidence to know when it's time to buy as well as sell. Mr. Van Knapp also includes two real-world portfolios in the text. These aren't hypothetical portfolios manipulated to illustrate his points. They are real-money ($50k and $40k) investments in actual stocks, with performance information as well as reasoned discussion on his criteria for making his purchases.
I will return to update this review when my portfolio has had time to accurately reflect my own approach, using Mr. Van Knapp's criteria. If you are looking for stock market investment advice, I would highly recommend this book in your library.
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Excellent book on stock investing by L. Rohrer 5 Stars
June 15, 2008
First, what this book is NOT:
A primer on asset allocation or asset classes other the individual stocks. If you only invest in bonds, cash, and mutual funds, this book is not for you.
What this book is:
A primer on evaluating stocks to consider buying. The author explains what types of companies to look for. The author discusses developing the comapny's story, how a company fits into megatrends, how to determine a dominant company, and how to evaluate the company's financials. He has developed a scoring system that is easy to understand and flexible, so an investor can tweak the system to their own values.
A primer on stock valuation, primarily using valuation ratios. Again, there is an easy to use scoring system.
A primer on managing your portfolio. Several stock types are discussed, including aggresive Type A stocks, momentum stocks, dividend stocks, blue chips, and EFTs. Concentration vs. diversification are discussed including a recommendation for a reasonable number of stocks to own. When to buy and sell, market timing (based on eight easy to find market indicators) and investing strategy are also discussed.
The author has invested in two real money portfolios, one aggresive, the other more conversative and dividend oriented. He discusses his actual results for the two portfolios and lessons learned. The portfolios were started in 2001 and 2002, hardly during a bull market, so the better than the market results are not simply a result of favorable market conditions.
The appendices include several forms recommended by the author: a stock rating form, company story questionnaire, a stock shopping list, a market timing outlook, and portfolio review.
For those who hate books that are basically sales pitches, this book thankfully has little. The author has a web site, but it is only mentioned a few times, and never pushed.
In all, a good stock picking book with an easy to understand system for evaluating potential companies, valuing their stocks, and managing a portfolio.
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