Bulls, Bears and Brains: Investing with the Best and Brightest of the Financial Internet (ISBN 0471442941) Book Reviews 1-10 Sorted By Most Recent, at VeryWellSaid.com

Excellent Reading

I recently read this book, although I knew it has been out in print a few years. It's safe to say that I found the diverse set of profiles to be quite interesting. I wonder where some of these "minds" are now, as more difficult market conditions have proceeded the writing of this book.

(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-10-23 04:21:22 EST)

06-07-04

0\2

Unoriginal

This book marks the top of the equity and trading bubble. It is in a line of a series of books trying to live off the success of originals such as Market Wizards. Instead of this book just read the original - Market Wizards.

(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-07-02 09:15:35 EST)

02-12-03

4\4

Meet some professional traders and advisors

This book presents short interviews with 21 professionals in the investment field, who share their investment philosophies. It is worthwhile to understand how these professionals make their living, as some of their ideas may give you insight for you own trading strategies. But, even if you do not come away with information pertinent to your own trading style, there is value in reading about the methods of others. The authors do a good job and the book is worth reading.

(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-07-02 09:15:35 EST)

12-21-02

0\3

Not Bad but not very filling

Some good ideas from web site promoters but only a few good ideas. Buy it used.

(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-07-02 09:15:35 EST)

02-04-02

5\6

The best book to start investing

The best thing I can say about this book is every subject comes by his or her investment ideas honestly, and shares them openly. Most give them away, and the ones who charge formed their ideas for themselves, and only later decided to sell them. I think half of their strategies are foolish, and I think most other readers will agree with that, but we probably wouldn't pick the same half. That's okay, because between the biographies, track records and interviews in this book; plus what you can find by going to these Internet sites, you can make up your own mind. It seems like every other investment book either wants to sell you a predigested strategy, or tells you there's nothing better than putting all your money in a low-cost index fund. Bulls, Bears and Brains is the only intelligent alternative I know of.

(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-07-02 09:15:35 EST)

01-21-02

3\3

I like this one

This book may represent the first time I actually ENJOYED reading an investing text. Most books contain hundreds of pages of one author's opinion about one way to invest. These tactics inevitably fail to pan out because the strategies are too inflexible and are based on yesterday's markets. Bulls, Bears, and Brains covers dozens of investing styles so I walk away not only entertained but with a valuable and diverse set of methods to approach the market. This book also doesn't rely on the past... I can put the book down and go follow the latest strategies of the investors covered in the book. I'm keeping this book right next to my computer for the time being... depending on the type of stock I'm researching I can browse a different chapter to remind me of the important points to consider. What can I say? I like this book.

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01-20-02

3\4

Very unique investment book

I admittedly know very little about investing and had no idea where to start until I read Bulls, Bears, and Brains. This book pointed me in the right direction to get information about different investment styles and to educate myself in order to develop goals and strategies that I am comfortable with. I now visit many of the highlighted web sites regularly and often go back to re-read different chapters. I believe this book would be as helpful for a seasoned investor as it was for me as a novice. I especially appreciated the entertaining, conversational format.

(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-07-02 09:15:35 EST)

01-20-02

4\4

Breath of fresh air!

I noticed that someone mentioned Shortboy.com in a previous review. I must say that Bill Ginsberg (aka Shortboy) was one of my favorite investors from Bulls, Bears, and Brains. Although it isn't mentioned in the book, Ginsberg finished 2001 with a return of 30.8%. The S&P 500 was down 13% in 2001! In fact, almost all of the investors in this book seem to have finished out 2001 in positive territory. In my opinion, this book was a much needed breath of fresh air about the stock market and investing. I can actually make use of the information in this book. I was impressed by Bill Ginsberg's interview, so I've been following all of his recent picks and musings. I intend to re-read a number of chapters in this book and continue to cherry-pick my favorite investors. Check this one out. It's a fun and useful read.

(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-07-02 09:15:35 EST)

01-19-02

3\3

Excellent reading

A great book for those interested in investing. I especially found the part on Shortboy.com to be interesting and engaging. I wanted to learn about how to play the market both ways, and not just the tradional buy and hold. Buy and hold seems to do well in a bull market. But we're not always in a bull market, so I did want to learn about short selling as well. And learning about Shortboy and his short selling methodology taught me that there's not just one way to play the market!

One reviewer from 1/15 complained that the chapter on Shortboy was not useful. I disagree whole-heartedly! This book has a solid chapter on short selling (devoted to Shortboy). Most financial books don't have any chapters on this subject! And that's one of the reasons why the chapter on Shortboy was intriguing. Shortboy seems to have a great talent in an area that is not well known. Looks like these authors found a diamond in the rough! Enjoy!

(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-07-02 09:15:35 EST)

01-15-02

4\5

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