The Motley Fool Investment Guide: Third Edition: How the Fools Beat Wall Street's Wise Men and How You Can Too (An Investment Guide for Beginners)

I wish I read this book before parting ways with great stocks. I like their no-nonsense, easy to understand approach to investing. The book made a ton of sense and after reading this book I have a newfound strategy when it comes to analyzing my next stock purchases - will the company grow? Is there a large and untapped addressable market? Do they have pricing power like Netflix where they can raise prices without losing customers? Smart use of debt and equity to enhance shareholder returns? Also they didn't spend much time on options but there were some good takeaways nevertheless. For example, if I am buying a stock I love if it drops to a certain price every time why not pay myself to do so? Write a put, collect the premium and if the strike price is hit then you keep the premium and just buy more of the stock you already love. I highly recommend this book to anyone, beginner or experienced.

Give this to your college student, to newlyweds, to anyone you care about who is financially uneducated. (You? Your Mom?) The authors are experienced, wise, and wonderfully able to take you step-by-step through the process of establishing your own path to financial security, and if you have the time, wealth.I first encountered the Motley Fool over a decade ago, when I was recently widowed and didn't know how to buy a stock, much less why. My banker (bless his heart) steered me Way wrong, and put me into a back-end-load mutual fund. I didn't know enough to realize what a bad idea that was.That mistake proved to me that I needed to learn enough about investing to be able to trust my own judgement. The Motley Fool contributed greatly to my education, and hence my current comfortable retirement.

David and Tom Gardner's book has definitive met my expectations. I have been a short time Fool and have been hooked on the "Rule Breaking Investing" by David Gardner. I preordered the book because I was very excited for the new release. To give some context, I am a college student and know a little but not a significant amount about investing. This book clearly goes through both David and Tom's philosophy on which stocks to buy and general tips for investing. It is an amazing book for beginning investors and I learned so much from this book. In summary, this is a great buy for all walks of investing. I would recommend this to everyone for you and a friend. The impacts that investment can have in your life the earlier you invest are clearly shown throughout this book and is helpful motivation. I have not read any other investment books thus far, however, I plan to continue reading through. If you are a college student or really anyone, I'd recommend stop analyzing every investment book out there (there are 1000's I tried and failed to do it) and just buy this one and start becoming a Fool (for those of you that aren't Motley Fool followers, a Fool is a good thing).Pros:-Very easy read for anyone interested in investing-Step by step instructions to follow-Easy checklist to look back on for investing on stocks-Evidence why their approach actually works-The authors do not bombard you with advertising for their site very much at all which was refreshingCons (not many):- The book was slightly damaged when it came in-A few of the explanations (like on options) could have been explained a little better and take some rereadingOverall:Buy this book for you and your friends and then continue reading other books (Motley Fool website has a good list of reading material)

Bought for my teenage kids to read. They both have investment accounts and want to learn more about investing. The earlier you start, the easier it is.

This is a must read book if you ever plan to retire or you just want to understand how investing works and how it could benefit your life. This latest edition is updated with brilliant insights that can help you get comfortable with investing and learn how to educate yourself. This book will provide you an in-depth tour of how investing works, while also inviting you to learn more. Reading this book and implementing its advice helped me get comfortable with investing my own money in the stock market.

Whether you are a beginner or a long-time investor, this book is a good one. For beginners, it is full of investing principles and is written in an easy-to-understand, conversational style. It gives you tips on how to spot small, fast-growing companies that could be around for the long-term; and it provides warning signs to heed. It guides you through the basics of financial statements, but equally valuable is the practical advice — “Foolish” (capital “F”) as they call it. It’s worth your time. — Mike Strain

A little long winded at times. Tends to drop one too many foolish metaphors, but other than that, an easy, well written read. More of an intermediary book, probably not the first book you want to read. Does a good job of synthesizing ideas from Warren Buffet, Jack Bogel and Peter Lynch among others, and gives a hybrid way of thinking about investing. It’s given me a few new things to think about.

The original version of this book got me started investing almost 20 years ago, and the new updated edition is even better. This is the perfect book if you're saving money, maybe own a few mutual funds and a retirement account, but want to do better by learning to invest directly in the stock market yourself. This book goes through all the steps of setting out the building blocks of understanding the financial world from the very basic level, so anyone can work their way up from whatever rung of the knowledge ladder they're starting on. Intermediate investors can learn a lot too, following Tom and David's two different philosophies to do a better job of picking companies and learning to control your emotions and biases through the market's ups and downs. Individual investors can do better than the "wise experts" of the financial world, because we have the advantage of a long-term mindset where nobody else is grading us on performance quarter-by-quarter.

Le plus dérangeant dans ce livre est la fausse modestie des auteurs se nommants des "idiots" qui bien qu'ils fassent "n'importe quoi" réussissent à battre le marché à coups de conseils bateaux tels que "il faut investir dans les entreprises à forte croissance dans le temps". Le livre est bien sûr remplit de référence vers le site des auteurs où vous pourrez trouver d'autres super conseils bâteau. Vous pourrez même y rejoindre la communauté des "idiots" afin de ne pas être le seul à devenir millionnaire !Sérieusement ce livre va à contre-sens d'autres livres sur le sujet qui ont une approche bien plus mesurée et qui sont bien moins dans le genre "tous les investisseurs les détestent, découvrez leurs secrets... "Il contient des conseils intéressants mais il faut faire la part des choses et savoir reconnaître et faire abstraction de toute la pub.

Great! Clear guidance and surprisingly quite a page turner given the subject matter. Really enjoyed it and very useful insights / recommendations. I would believe it is useful for beginners and those with some experience.

Um livro interessante para iniciantes em investimentos para o longo prazo. Lembra bastante a filosofia bastter.

I bought an earlier edition and I decided to upgrade... a great little book that gives you the confidence to look after your own investments.

Great book!