Stock-broker

This wonderful tome, with its flowing prose, can teach even the most broken down of brokerage horses how to be a top producing stockbroker. Perfect reading in that rented cessna with the horse down below in the cargo bay or on the beach in Monaco on a "business lunch". More fun to read than a pile of GONEX prospecti.

I've been a managed director on The Street for over twenty years and I've seen a lot of retail stockbrokers come and go. If your book is taking a hit due to the internet this is a must read. I'm sipping chardonay and working on the backswing.

I've been a managing director for over 20 years on the street and if my brokers had this resource I would have won a lot more trips to the South of France and other exotic locales. For every broker with a book this is a must read.

My review for this story is that i really like this book alot.The two best things about this story is the suspense and mystery ,you can't wait to see what happens next.I also like the way the detective the hero Mr. Holmes always finds out what happens.

I first purchased this book years ago, and I have to admit at the time it was a revelation. I was trying to buy stocks and usually failed to do so simply because I did not want to pay broker fees and I was rarely in a position to buy 100 shares at a time (if you bought less, the stock price and the broker fee both usually went up). Back then, the book was a great aid. I still own a stock list in the book that I purchased thanks to this book.

But in many ways, this book has lost a lot of relevance. Now one can go online and purchase stocks in any amount with fees of as little as $3.00. And the fact that the book has not been updated since 1996 weighs heavily against recommending it be purchased by anyone today. Perhaps Carlson has not bothered to further update because of the ease with which stocks may eb purchased on-line.

Still, for someone who is a long term investor, it provides some choices as far as investing without involving a broker. And it is definitely an option if you have no desire to use the internet to make stock purchases. Just be aware that your options are limited; most companies do not offer direct purchase of their stock or Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRIPs) to the public at large.

This book did it all, I learned more about stocks and purchases from this one book than any other. The information in this book takes you from the first step all the way to purchases. This book is the credit for my recent stock portfolio. And for that I Thank the author for a job very well done. I am an inexperienced investor who needed a mentor and teacher, this book/author filled that need. Outstanding, I read it cover to cover several times.

This book is an essential resource for anyone who wants to manage his own stock investments in America's best-known companies. All the difficult-to-get information like 800 numbers, addresses, stock symbols, minimum investment amounts, etc, etc is provided in an easy-to-read format along with model portfolios for the beginner and the more experienced investor. A "must read" for anyone who wants to partake in the growth of this country for lttle or no brokerage costs