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Growing Rich With Growth Stocks
Published in Paperback by Prentice Hall Art (31 May, 2000)
Authors: Kirk Kazanjian and Don Phillips
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Chill winds frequently blow through the financial press. If it's not the Y2K thing, it's the simple fact that stocks have been growing so fast for so long that there just has to be a disaster on the horizon. But you'll find no gloom and doom in Getting Rich with Growth Stocks. Kirk Kazanjian retained five top investors to share their secrets and their outlook on the future, and the result is a book that's refreshing to read and easy to absorb. It doesn't mean that there isn't a hurricane brewing somewhere offshore; it just means that after the hurricane has passed through, the warm breezes will return.

The five investors--Donald Yacktman, Robert Stovall, Shelby Davis, Roy Papp, and Elizabeth Bramwell--share a remarkably consistent view of the future: If an investor consistently picks stocks that meet certain criteria (global sales, a high probability of continued growth, low price/earnings ratio relative to the rest of the market), he or she will get very rich.

Likewise, they share a disdain for international stocks (it's cheaper to buy American stocks that do business overseas), trend-of-the-moment plays (what goes up like a skyrocket can and usually does fall like a rock), and market timing (be in the market all the time, they counsel).

Kazanjian organizes their investment advice into a dozen principles, and intersperses profiles of each investor with their respective picks for the "10 growth stocks for the 21st century." Those generally include the usual suspects--Microsoft, GE, Intel, Merck--and are hardly the point of the book. By the time you're done reading this, you should be ready to pick your own high-ceiling stocks, sit back, and imagine those ocean breezes. --Lou Schuler

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Not worth beans
This book is not worth beans. Another group of hucksters trying to make a fast buck.

Complete waste of time
Unfortunately the recent bull market has generated an entire group of would-be financial experts. They write useless books on the subject they have hard time grasping. This book is a good example of a book that can actually hurt you as an investor. Mr. Kazanjian obviously has little or no idea about such things as asset allocation and modern portfolio theory. His bright idea is: "Hey, High Tech is hot, put your money into it!". I wonder what exactly Mr. Kazanjian would tell his readers know, when Nasdaq is down, bull market is over and his readers actually lost money. Complete and utter waste of time.

Growing Rich With Growth Stocks
Don't buy the book for an entertaining read, unless you just enjoy reading about the personal home life and/or chidhood of famous investors. I found that part irrelevent and very boring.

The book is well worth its price, however, for the top ten growth stock picks by each of the five featured investors. That's really the only information of value in the book, but they probably couldn't sell very many copies of a 5-page book, so you're stuck with the filler.

Golf Courses and Country Clubs: A Guide to Appraisal, Market Analysis, Development, and Financing (0628M)
Published in Hardcover by Appraisal Institute (01 April, 1992)
Authors: Arthur E. Gimmy and Martin E. Benson
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Global Investment Performance Standards (Gips) Handbook: Valuation
Published in Hardcover by Professional Book Distributors (01 July, 2002)
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Getting the Word Out: High-Profile, Low-Cost Marketing for Appraisers
Published in Paperback by Appraisal Institute (01 December, 1995)
Author: Grace Hayek
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Gems and Jewelry Appraising: Techniques of Professional Practice
Published in Hardcover by Thomson Learning (01 March, 1988)
Author: Anna M. Miller
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Gems & Jewelry Appraising: Techniques of Professional Practice
Published in Hardcover by Jewish Lights Publishing (01 August, 1999)
Author: Anna M. Miller
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Gem Buyer's Guide: Investment for Love and Profit
Published in Paperback by Larksdale Pr (01 May, 1998)
Author: Andrew S. Hubbard
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Fundamentals of Real Estate Appraisal (Fundamentals of Real Estate Appraisal)
Published in Paperback by Dearborn Trade (01 April, 1994)
Authors: Martha R. Williams and William L., Jr. Ventolo
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I Used Mr. John Tirone's HP-12C Real Estate Book to
I enjoyed this real estate appraisal book. However like just about every real estate appraisal book I have seen, the Williams and Ventolo book could use better supplementation on the HP financial calculators so I used a book recommended by one of my classmates, "Professional Real Estate Problem Solving Using the HP12C" financial calculator. This book is written by a Mr. John Tirone, a real estate instructor and attorney from Michigan. I heard that Mr. Tirone supports his books but I was skeptical until we called him with questions on using the hp12C in some of the real estate appraisal problems experienced in our class that used the Williams book.
If your appraisal course requires the William and Ventolo book, try to get a used copy from amazon since theer are lots of these books in the system. If you want to have extra help with the hp calculator, consider the Tirone book on the HP12C. amazon carries the book; this book is worth the money and if you need help Mr. Tirone will help you. His book is a win-win for the student of appraisal or real estate in general.

Excellent text, lousy index
This book was required reading for two different course-series I completed last year: real estate appraisal, and real estate broker. Of all the books I had to read (10 total) this was by far the best. Very well written, and it covered the subject matter very well (I wish I could say the same for the broker courses I took -- will have to re-take the state exam a second time because of that...).

One major flaw in the book though: the index is pathetic. I'm currently preparing for the state exam, and when looking to review particular words/phrases/concepts, the index is nearly useless. Was the index computer-generated by some software with a lousy algorithm?

Anyway, it's a great book for the student. But I worry that the lousy index will greatly reduce its usefulness as a reference text when I start work.

Good Start
I am a REALTOR, not an appraiser. I bought this book to give me a better understanding of how appraisers arrive at their conclusions.. to better price property or determine if a listing
I am going after will be over priced and not worth my time. As
with all books I learned things I did not know. Worth my money.

Fundamentals of Investments: Valuation and Management
Published in Hardcover by McGraw Hill College Div (14 September, 1999)
Author: Charles J. Corrado
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Frontiers in Derivatives: State-of-the-Art Models, Valuation, Strategies, & Products
Published in Hardcover by McGraw-Hill Trade (1997)
Authors: Atsuo Konishi and Ravi E. Dattatreya
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