Invest Like a Dealmaker: Secrets from a Former Banking Insider (Agora Series)

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Invest Like a Dealmaker: Secrets from a Former Banking Insider (Agora Series)
by Christopher W. Mayer
from Wiley

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Lots of Summaries...and that's about it
  I can't recommend this book as a standalone contribution to the how-to world of personal investing. The title is misleading, and the book itself...well, it isn't really a book. It's more like a lengthy newsletter followed by a summary of a bunch of other books and newsletters.
  Here's what you get in the 200 pages...
  1. The simple notion that a 'Dealmaker' doesn't think in terms of earnings, as earnings are regularly massaged and manipulated to satisfy Wall Street analysts. Instead, look at... more info

• Great book, but don't start with this one
  Having been reading Chris Mayer's articles (in which he recognised the housing bubble already in 2003) and his investment newsletters, I was really happy when he finally published a book about investing.
  If you will read only one book about investing I wouldn't recommend this one because this one is simultaneously something more and something less than an ordinary investing guide.
  ILDM is a book about investors own attitude towards stock investing and the whole wealth creation process and how you... more info

• A book of two halves
  Started off really well and I though I was in for a treat! The author makes a lot of sense in the first hundred pages by challenging the reader to look past the usual 'value' rations such as P/E and to focus on real tangible value and assets.
  The next half of the book read more like a book review where his favourates were glorified.
  Wished it was stronger - you are better of just reading the first half.

• Lost interest, for now
  I'm about a third of the way through....and am taking a break. I don't know very much about the details of stocks, but bought the book to become better educated and a better investor. I'm in what the author calls "the hardest chapter to get through"...and it is. A lot of technical info that a sample balance sheet or income statement would make a lot easier to understand. Something to refer to so you could see what the heck he's talking about would be nice. Like I said I am a novice when it comes to... more info

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