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The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing: Morningstar's Guide to Building Wealth and Winning in the Market

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Great, easy to read book.
KHALID, from Kuwait
good book
Excellent Book For People Comfortable With Math
Book that will give you basis for your decision

The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing: Morningstar's Guide to Building Wealth and Winning in the Market
Pat Dorsey
Manufacturer: Wiley
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Binding: Paperback

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The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing

"By resisting both the popular tendency to use gimmicks that oversimplify securities analysis and the academic tendency to use jargon that obfuscates common sense, Pat Dorsey has written a substantial and useful book. His methodology is sound, his examples clear, and his approach timeless."
—Christopher C. Davis Portfolio Manager and Chairman, Davis Advisors

Over the years, people from around the world have turned to Morningstar for strong, independent, and reliable advice. The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing provides the kind of savvy financial guidance only a company like Morningstar could offer. Based on the philosophy that "investing should be fun, but not a game," this comprehensive guide will put even the most cautious investors back on the right track by helping them pick the right stocks, find great companies, and understand the driving forces behind different industries—without paying too much for their investments.

Written by Morningstar's Director of Stock Analysis, Pat Dorsey, The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing includes unparalleled stock research and investment strategies covering a wide range of stock-related topics. Investors will profit from such tips as:

How to dig into a financial statement and find hidden gold . . . and deception
How to find great companies that will create shareholder wealth
How to analyze every corner of the market, from banks to health care

Informative and highly accessible, The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing should be required reading for anyone looking for the right investment opportunities in today's ever-changing market.

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OVER the years, people from around the world have turned to Morningstar for strong, independent, and reliable advice. The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing provides the kind of savvy financial guidance only a company like Morningstar could offer. Based on the philosophy that "investing should be fun, but not a game," this comprehensive guide will put even the most cautious investors back on the right track by helping them pick the right stocks, find great companies, and understand the driving forces behind different industries-without paying too much for their investments. Written by Morningstar's Director of Stock Analysis, Pat Dorsey, The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing includes unparalleled stock research and investment strategies covering a wide range of stock-related topics. Investors will profit from such tips as: How to dig into a financial statement and find hidden gold . . . and deception How to find great companies that will create shareholder wealth How to analyze every corner of the market, from banks to health care Informative and highly accessible, The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing should be required reading for anyone looking for the right investment opportunities in today's ever-changing market.

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Great, easy to read book........2007-06-27

Does not get too bogged down in details and tells you what you need to know. at the same time, if you want to know the details, this book gives you a helping hand and points you to places where you can become even more knowledgable.

KHALID, from Kuwait.......2007-05-30

I have tried a lot of investing books but never been so lucky to have one of this kind. a very neat explanation and step by step guide for novel investors. I would recommend this book for any one who would like to step his or her first steps toward right investing career. a second step is always little easier than the first one, I would like you to read and understand what Pat Dorsey is trying to explain to you and then you may expand your knowledge with more in-depth finance/investing books.

Good luck for your investing.

good book.......2007-04-20

I bought this book because I wanted to understand every detail of fundamentals. Author did not describe all lines that are in income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow and he jumps around a little bit. I think book has useful reminders how to better read SEC filings and what to look for. Companies author mentions are in completely different place today and that gives us all reminder that things are not written in stone and changes comes quickly. Writting useful book on this topic is not an easy task, so I would recommend this book as supplemental reading. You might find here some useful information.

Excellent Book For People Comfortable With Math.......2007-04-03

Dorsey is one of the people behind the Morningstar system for evaluating mutual funds, stocks and electronically traded funds - the system that has made Morningstar one of the most respected names in investing.

Dorsey presents the nitty-gritty of investing in this book. Most of the book is very understandable, and is the perfect book for anyone wanting to learn how to invest effectively in the stock market. There is probably no better general introduction to investing on the market.

The only difficulty is the material from chapters 3 - 6, where Dorsey explains the math and concepts behind all of the letters you see when you look at market information (like P/E Ratio, P/S Ratio, ROI, ROE, etc.). It can be a bit intimidating, but (a) you can read the book and skip these chapters with no problem, and (b) it is worth the effort to at least look at the math, since Dorsey tells you what figures are helpful, what figures are not, what figures are very important in evaluating an investment, and what figures are misleading.

Before you invest $10 in the market, spend the money on this book. Your portfolio will love you for it.

Book that will give you basis for your decision.......2007-04-02

This is by far the best stock market book I read. I read a lot of good books, Intelligent Investor, One up on wall street. The Warren Buffett Way, The Essays of Warren Buffett, The little book that beats the market, and this is by far the most helpful ccause it guides you step by step and it really goes into details. Most of the books just narrates with generalities. I really like the part where it teaches you how to look look at the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow, how to compute the future cash flow and get its present value and how to compute the intrinsic value. After discusing the procedures, it completes it with real life example the goes tru step by step. After each chapter, theres a summary. Highly Recommended!

Truth of the Stock Tape: A Study of the Stock and Commodity Markets With Charts and Rules for Successful Trading and Investing

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THE SECRET IN THIS BOOK CAN UNRAVEL MODERN MARKETS
Overkill on great ideas
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS YOU CAN READ ON TRADING STOCKS

Truth of the Stock Tape: A Study of the Stock and Commodity Markets With Charts and Rules for Successful Trading and Investing
William D. Gann
Manufacturer: Lambert Gann Pub
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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THE SECRET IN THIS BOOK CAN UNRAVEL MODERN MARKETS.......2000-07-09

Even though this book was written way back in 1923, it can be of relevance to todays's markets because every rule is based on practical mathematical laws. One thing that is very important here is the sample of annual forecasts which which has been presented. From these dates for highs and lows, one can carefully study them and learn certain cycles that appear in the market even to this present time. A very valuable work indeed!

Overkill on great ideas.......2000-03-13

If you are a researcher of Gann you will probably be intersted in this book. It has 1 rule that isn't discussed in his other books. This rule tested over S&P 500 from 1950 to 1971 gives a 2% increase in annual return. The rule he describes involves finding tops but I went through and applied the rules to finding bottoms. The only thing I don't like about it is that it goes way overboard talking about the same thing over and over and over and over to the point I'm skipping over some of the examples. This made it a very boring book to read and he could have left much out and still got his point across.

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS YOU CAN READ ON TRADING STOCKS.......1999-07-29

This is very easy to read yet highly informative! The amount of useful trading concepts is unbelievable for a book which was written so long ago. Despite its age it remains the single best stock market related book I have read. This book is the best book written by W.D. Gann. Jesse Livermore's book and Market Wizards are also highly recommended!

Rule the Freakin' Markets: How to Profit in Any Market, Bull or Bear

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Great for beginners
An HONEST, objective review: THIS BOOK IS JUNK!
Not bad, not really good, just...okay
If you are Trading in the Market, you are mad not to read this.
Like the author, but the book lacks substance

Rule the Freakin' Markets: How to Profit in Any Market, Bull or Bear
Michael Parness
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press
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Those who can ignore the rather garish cover on this book will find a solid, straightforward guide to making winning trades in even the most bearish of markets. The author, who millions of insomniacs know through his middle-of-the-night infomercials, writes with a highly personal voice that some may find a bit grating, but his rags-to-riches story is compelling and needs to be told.

In a nutshell, Michael Parness went from living on a park bench in Brooklyn to a summa cum laude degree from Hunter College in New York City to founding a successful sports memorabilia company. After making $150,000 in that business, he followed his broker's advice in 1998 and ended up losing virtually his entire nest egg. Since then, he has invested carefully after studying media reports and understanding "market psychology." Now a broker-averse multimillionaire, he shares with readers a number of strategies that have worked for him in both bull and bear markets.

Augmented with exercises that truly help readers determine their own level of risk aversion, this guide shows online traders and, particularly, investment clubs exactly how market psychology drives daily and cyclical market moves. As Parness says, "I'm not mechanical, and I'm not good at figuring out technical stuff like computers or plumbing or chain saws, but I can figure out how things measure up in terms of probability. And probability is what trading is all about."

A few too many ka-chingos and wowsas mar an otherwise informed writing style, but nevertheless the book offers some excellent insight into how the market actually works, and how one can make money using that insight. Those looking for a serious study of economic trends and forecasts may want to look elsewhere, but readers interested in a breezy, anecdotal read about market bubbles and bursts will be entertained and more than likely enlightened. --Charles Decker

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In 1998, Michael Parness was a struggling playwright and screenwriter who was leaving the stability of his successful sports memorabilia business to write full-time. Following the advice of a stockbroker, he invested his nest egg of $150,000. But the October 1998 crash gutted his portfolio by 80% and his stocks failed to recover. With virtually no income and no financial cushion, he found himself in a tiny low-rent apartment with time to think about what had happened, and, eventually, enact financial revenge. In January 1999, he opened an online brokerage account and set out to get his money back. And in fifteen months, Michael Parness turned $33,000 into seven million dollars, started the online trading website www.trendfund.com where thousands of traders Rule the Freakin' Markets with him, and had his life story optioned by a major Hollywood producer!In Rule the Freakin' Markets, Michael Parness uses visual aids combined with practice exercises to show online traders and investors how to: *Practice responsible trading techniques that maximize reward and limit risk *Avoid the "7 deadly sins plus fear" that block success in the market *Protect investments no matter what the market does *Understand how market psychology drives daily and cyclical market moves *Avoid the pitfalls of trading in cyberspace *Recover and learn from significant losses *Strategize and anticipate, rather than overreact or freeze when change occurs *And finally, live full and satisfying lives as tradersWith its lively tone and refreshing approach to trading and investing, Rule the Freakin' Markets is an essential guide for online traders and investors alike.AUTHORBIO: Michael Parness has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Money Magazine, and the New York Post, been interviewed on Bloomberg Radio, and makes regular appearances on CNNfn's The New Show, Fox News Bulls and Bears, and other television shows. He lives in New York City.

Customer Reviews:

Great for beginners.......2007-05-28

I believe this would be a great book for beginners. Parness has written an entertaining book that covers a lot of the basics on emotional control and money management in trading stocks for a quick profit. He explains the seven deadly sins of trading stocks that we must not commit:
GREED, PRIDE, LUST, ENVY, GLUTTONY, SLOTH, and WRATH, plus FEAR. These are absolutely behaviors that will cause you to lose money in the markets. He advise of 5 ways NOT to find stock picks:
Stock tips are for losers.
Do not listen to idle chat from the hopeful and naive.
Watch out for manipulation from pump and dumpers.
Paid stock promoters. Analysts, etc.
Do not trade OTC/BB stocks

The book was short on any kind of method to find stocks, and how to trade them. It just lays out the basics.

Nice little book to get started with for beginners, but move on to read Alexander Elder's and William O' Neal's books they will take you the rest of the way.

An HONEST, objective review: THIS BOOK IS JUNK!.......2007-04-01

I bought this book for the wrong reasons: I saw so much controversy between the reviews that I was tempted to take a peek myself; and honestly, it was selling for only $2.00! I figured, how bad could it be? Even if there is one small nugget in this book, one insight that could help me with a SINGLE trade, the $2.00 would be worth it. Well, here is the low-down:

1. If you are someone who barely knows the difference between stocks and bonds, then maybe (just maybe) you could learn something. If you are a 65-year old retired homemaker and are curious what this "darned stock stuff" is all about, this book is for you. In sum, folks, this is TRADING 1.0001A. And guess what? In a few short years you could actually graduate to TRADING 101 !!!!!

2. If you are a serious stock or options trader (like myself), there is NOTHING of any VALUE in this book at all! There is not a ***SINGLE*** stock setup mentioned that would help you with ANY trade.

3. Sure, there are a lot of words in this book. Lot of irrelevant junk. For example, here is a sample of subsections in Chapter 13 (read and weep!)

Section 13.3 Live a physically healthy life
Section 13.4 Live a spiritually healthy life
Section 13.5 Eat well

Wow! Can you believe this? At this rate, in his next book, maybe Parness will include a chapter on changing diapers!!!

DO YOURSELF A FAVOR. PLEASE ***DON'T*** BUY THIS BOOK !!!!!

Not bad, not really good, just...okay.......2007-01-13

This is an unbiased review coming from someone who has no axe to grind against the author and who has never used his service. I read a lot of investing books and usually avoid works with titles such as this one for the simple fact that I seek advice with more substance than books such as these generally offer. I did pick this book up, however, and found it to be...well, mediocre. There's some decent advice here, albeit advice that anyone even remotely interested in trading should already know. The most fundamental basics are covered--basic money management, overcoming fear and greed, etc.--and there are a few perceptive insights offered through the course of the book, but for the most part this is one of many trading books that will give you just enough information to go out and get yourself killed trading.

That's not to say this is a bad book. I would classify this as the most simple and basic type of trading book out there--one you could read before reading any other book but not base your education upon. It's obvious from reading that Parness made his fortune during a time that is much different from now--during the dot com boom and subsequent crash. Things moved a lost faster then--things were different. As such the book is somewhat outdated. To Parness's credit, however, this book is much more than a shameless self-promotion of his website and services.

If you're interested in getting into trading you could do much worse than this book. You could also do much better. If you do decide to pick this one up, do it with the realization that you'll need to educate yourself much more before jumping headlong into the financial market.

If you are Trading in the Market, you are mad not to read this........2006-11-07

I have been reading financial and investment literature for the past two years now. This should be compulsory reading for traders, for three main reasons:
1. It contains no technical jargon and any technical terms used are defined fully.
2. The language and style are easy and accessible to all readers, not just the financially well versed, which makes it the best book for beginners.
3. Michael is a funny guy and makes you laugh as though you were reading a comedy. In case you were not aware, fun and excitement are the best learning emotional states.

By the way, I don't see how I or anyone else can actually lose in the market if we follow "The Rules". That's not to say, you will not have losing trades, but you will learn enough money management and trading savvy to ensure that overall you are a winner!

Bulelwa Freer (Ms)
Sydney - Australia.

Like the author, but the book lacks substance.......2006-04-23

I like the guy. I enjoy watching his infomercials, and the book is entertaining. His writing style is refreshingly down-to-earth, humorous, and somewhat motivational.

I want to point out that this is NOT a book on daytrading, it is on swing-trading. The only mention of any intraday trading is "fading the morning gaps" which is only passingly mentioned in the book, not even really described. Years ago I saw on his infomercial where he was asked if his material was about daytrading and his reply was a firm "No! Too risky!" Judging by the column in Kiplingers a couple months ago it would seem he has changed that stance, as that writer had participated in his service that advises fading the morning gaps.

For years he has sung his mantra of "Trend trading." It's a branding thing he is doing, inventing the term and associating it with himself. Good marketing, no doubt. But he uses the term "Trend" in a different way than everybody else in the trading world. To him it means the trend of a certain perceived catalyst that is expected to move a stock's price rather than the actual price movement of the stock. For example, stocks that are expected to have a positive earnings announcement have a "trend" of upward movement the weeks prior to the announcement.

The first issue I have with the book is a minor one and has been pointed out by other reviewers: The "trends" he speaks of just don't work. Maybe they did at one time, as David Nassar has written about trading earnings whisper numbers in the past as well. But they don't work now. Let's review:

*FADING THE MORNING GAPS - As an active daytrader I heavily advise against this. If you are going to trade the opening minutes on volatile issues you are going to get seriously chopped up. This is pure gambling and you will take some large losses. Now, if you wait 15 minutes or so until they break the opening range, you might have something. In fact I do this myself. But I have found by experience that the stronger trade is always in the direction of the morning gap, not against it. In fact some of the best trade setups are those that start to fade the gap, find support or resistance into the gap a ways, and then move back in the direction of the gap. Some of those run the rest of the day directionally.

*EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS - during the bull market when Waxie turned $30,000 into $2 million I'm sure this worked great. Upcoming earnings announcements these days have little or no affect on a stock's direction in the weeks before the announcement. This is debatable, and I can't prove it, but nobody can prove otherwise either. Looks pretty random to me.

*STOCK SPLITS - same deal, upcoming splits do not cause a stock to run up unless the market itself is running up. No help here.

*IPO PLAYS - good luck with these. Lockup periods, insiders allowed to sell dates, etc., the early days of IPO trading are highly speculative and I have seen no evidence that anything that happens with them acts as a tradable catalyst.

*SECTOR SYMPATHY PLAYS ON NEWS - OK this actually works, but absolutely no information is given on how to go about finding and trading them. And what time-frames to trade them in is not even touched upon. It's an empty concept.

My bigger problem with the book is that it completely lacks substance. In the author's rebuttle below he states that "...if the rules are followed you WILL make money." That's great news! It sure would have been nice if any of these rules were included in the book. There are none. I guess we are supposed to buy the $5,000 package to get the rules?

So it's really basic stuff with no real details. A better title for the book would be "Trading with Dick and Jane." Hey, maybe I'll write that one!

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New Stock Trend Detector: A Review of the 1929-1932 Panic and the 1932-1935 Bull Market : With New Rules and Charts for Detecting Trend of Stocks

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You must have this book!
Gann in his Early Day Unfolding his Secrets!
A GREAT STOCK MARKET BOOK DURING ITS HEY DAYS
THIS BOOK EXPLAINS GANNS RULES VERY WELL

New Stock Trend Detector: A Review of the 1929-1932 Panic and the 1932-1935 Bull Market : With New Rules and Charts for Detecting Trend of Stocks
W. D. Gann
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You must have this book!.......2003-10-26

In my opinion, this is probably the most important book written
by W.D. Gann. I usually listen many comments from other Gann
student who consider '45 years in Wall Street' as the best book
of this author, but this is better. I think that if you read many times 'New stock trend detector' you will find hidden some very important trading techniques that will help you to keep a good track record in your future operations. Naturally, the work for 'decode' this techniques among the examples made by Gann,is hard but if you 'love' the stock market and you need a real help in your trading, this is the book for you.

Gann in his Early Day Unfolding his Secrets!.......2000-11-17

This book is one of the most concise and clear writing by Mr WD Gann. He was still in his early years, and wrote a very clear layout of his strategy. I think you should read this book as the beginning of Gann studies. I don't recommend you go too far to research such topic as: astrol finance of Gann, some magic formulae, some magic chart and so on. I don't mean that they are useless. But you would get lost if you start running before you know how to stand. Thus, buy this book and read it at least twice, bofore you dwelve into a deeper field. The content? I think that it could be summarized as follows: 1) Observe the time element (e.g. time span, period, seasonal trend, etc.), 2) Classify the chart pattern (this is just the material contained in standard Technical Analysis books), 3)Money Management Philosophy - Cut loss, never let your loss be beyond 10% of your capital.

A GREAT STOCK MARKET BOOK DURING ITS HEY DAYS.......2000-07-24

This book written by one of the top expert on speculation is no doubt just about the best book in its subject. However, the powerful element fo time may have eroded some of the usefulness which had been enjouyed earlier. Readers can still find it as a source of valuable historical data. For the best in stock market operations you should read Mr. gann more updated book "45 Years In Wall Street" published in 1954

THIS BOOK EXPLAINS GANNS RULES VERY WELL.......1998-07-24

AN EXCELLENT BOOK.A MUST FOR ANY TRADER AND ANYBODY INETRESTED IN UNDERSTANDING GANNS METHODS & TECHNIQUES FOR FORECASTING STOCK PRICES

Trading Rule That Can Make You Rich: Precision Bid Commodity Trading

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Very basic
A Practical Manual

Trading Rule That Can Make You Rich: Precision Bid Commodity Trading
Edward D. Dobson
Manufacturer: Traders Press
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Discusses a simple, but effective system for timing market entry. Based on a technique used by the legendary W. D. Gann, who said of this method, "You can make a fortune by following this one rule alone!" Incorporates a technical trading rule, which utilizes a consistently competitive pattern of market behavior. Applies to all markets and to all time periods, whether short term (intraday), intermediate, or long term. Many traders have contacted us months after reading this book and told us it was one of the most useful books on trading they had ever read.

Customer Reviews:

Very basic .......2006-10-26

The whole book talk about just one rule, But the rule is very very important to trading and works in all markets. Sad thing is i could of found out the rule just by doing a lil searching online.

A Practical Manual.......2003-07-15

Mr. Dobson's book gives practical advice on how to enter commodity or stock market positions using one of the simplest and perhaps most reliable tactics: buying or selling 50 percent retracements of major moves. If you believe that the simplest solutions are often the most effective, this book will delight you. It gives a step-by-step system for using the retracement rule to make profitable trades. If your are sometimes overwhelmed by myriad technical market indicators, implementing this simple approach can help cut through the fog of conflicting technical data.

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I couldn't get into this book
Just OK - shallow content and poor editing
Superb Stock Trading How-To
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Stock Market Rules
Michael Sheimo
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
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Binding: Paperback

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Unwritten rules of Wall Street--what works, what doesn't, and how investors can tell the difference

Investing is governed by unofficial rules, passed to investors through brokers, the financial press, and even fellow investors. For more than a decade, in two previous editions, Stock Market Rules has helped investors separate the most valuable of these maxims from the meaningless and even potentially harmful. But with recent market turbulence and scandals blindsiding millions of investors, the time has come for a new, updated edition.

Stock Market Rules, Third Edition, is that book, an in-depth, up-to-date examination of the 50 axioms that will most help investors gain the edge in today's technologically supercharged markets. Investors needing authoritative, hands-on guidance will look to this updated edition for its:

Short sections covering the 50 most immediately useful rules
Easy-to-read yet analytical approach
Arrangement by research, strategy, and other major topic areas

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Unwritten rules of Wall Street--what works, what doesnt, and how investors can tell the difference

Short sections covering the 50 most immediately useful rules
Easy-to-read yet analytical approach

Arrangement b...'

Customer Reviews:

Helpful.......2006-06-22

The author's focus is on trading on the basis of trends, market timing, and chart analysis. There's a lot of discussion of technial issues about limit orders, options, and so on. He gives you a lot of very valuable warnings about the "perilous pitfalls" of investing, especially for active traders. I learned a lot about this book, and that's the bottom line. I took this book out from the library. I don't know that I would buy this book, unless I were a "day trader," or at least much more active than I am now.

I read the second edition, not the most current 3rd edition. I did, however, compare the table of contents of both editions, and it looks like the author tried to organize the content better. But it looks like the same basic material.

I couldn't get into this book.......2006-01-08

This book was a bit confusing for me probably out of my league for this time. I took this book out of the library and gave it a try, I read some chapters and skim some part but I ended up being lost. Stock Market Rules, Third Edition, is a book, an in-depth, up-to-date examination of the 50 axioms that will most help investors gain the edge in today's technologically supercharged markets. Investors needing authoritative, hands-on guidance will look to this updated edition for its:

-Short sections covering the 50 most immediately useful rules
-Easy-to-read yet analytical approach
-Arrangement by research, strategy, and other major topic areas

Great book for investors who already has a hands on the market.

Just OK - shallow content and poor editing.......2005-08-24

This book is promising, but ultimately disappointing. A beginner investor will find this book confusing, because it skips around multiple topics without much contextual or background material. An intermediate or advanced investor will find this book trite, because each topic covers familiar ground, and lacks any depth or detail. You will find a few good tidbits here and there, but overall the content is shallow.

The author is a fan of Dow Theory, and the book is littered with references to Dow Theory this and Dow Theory that. The text is overly reliant on the Dow Industrial Average, which in my opinion is an inferior index to use when analyzing the general stock market. Unless you are interested in one of the merely 30 old-line slow-growth industrial companies that comprise the DJIA, you would be better off using the S&P 500 Index or the Nasdaq Composite Index for your market study.

Remarkably, this book appears not to have been edited at all. Despite being in its third edition, the book contains numerous typographical, numerical, and factual errors in both the text and the illustrations. In a casual reading I noted more than 10 serious errors. Table 3-1 shows 11 companies, with their current and historical prices, along with the percentage-change in each price. 7 of the 11 calculated price changes are blatantly wrong! It is hard to trust an investment book that can't calculate percentage-change correctly. Table 3-2 lists a company stock buyback totaling only $250.00. The text refers to "Points A, B, C and D" in Figure 5-3, but no such points appear on the Figure. And so forth all throughout the book.

Paying money for this book is a poor investment. Borrow it from your local library instead.

Superb Stock Trading How-To .......2005-07-19

Absolutely terrific...Stock Market Rules, (Third Edition), analyzes and explains fifty axioms (the rules) to tell you those which really work, the ones which used to work but don't anymore, as well as the axioms which are now and always have been terribly wrong. Beyond merely explaining these rules, Michael D. Sheimo uses them to help the reader learn about stock trading. This is extremely helpful to the beginning investor, as well as the investor who's been at it for a while. Filled with useful information and analysis on how to invest in today's fast-moving markets, Stock Market Rules, (3rd Edition) reveals the truth of what has been said and is still being said. It provides techniques and ideas that can improve your investing confidence and results.
Here are a few of the gems:
Rule #3: Good Companies Buy Their Own Stock
(not necessarily)
Rule #2: Price Doubling Is Easier At Lower Prices
(just not so)
Rule #9: Look For Insider Trading
(you can too, Martha)
This book is excellent now as it was in the past and will be in the future. The short, quick, clever chapters are easy to read and memorable.

So Now You Know Why..........1998-10-05

This book explains the logic and reasoning behind the 50 most popular Wall Street axioms and mottos. If you're still one of those old-fashioned types who still use full-service brokerages, now you'll know when your broker is BSing you, and when he / she really knows his / her stuff.

Is the American Dream Killing You? : How "the Market" Rules Our Lives

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An example that proves he is right.
The Man Behind the Curtain Exposed
A Clarion Call Against the Excesses of Modern American Capitalism
Why We've Become What We Are
Bringing the Pendulum Back to a More Balanced Position

Is the American Dream Killing You? : How "the Market" Rules Our Lives
Paul Stiles
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The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor--and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!

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Customer Reviews:

An example that proves he is right........2007-03-06

This is an excellent book. If you are skeptical, just apply his theory to what is happening to us in the New Orleans area after Hurricane Katrina.
The Superdome was redone within a year after Katrina so that the sports "market" recouped their lost money.
The schools are still in disrepair.
The projects are left empty.
The poor and middle class are still in FEMA trailers and are struggling to rebuild.
The hotels have been restored and are making money on tourists.
Our coast is loosing land at the rate of football fields each day.
The oil industry, one of the major causes of the reclining coastline, are reporting profits, but will not spend the money to restore the coast.
At the same time they (oil companies including energy companies) raise the prices of fuel (gasoline, oil for heating homes, electricity) blaming it on Katrina.
Insurance companies are doing the same. Rates are higher, or they are refusing to insure us blaming this on the cost of Katrina, Rita, and other hurricanes, all the while reporting profits.
THe governments inaction and/or slow action will make the situations worse or impossible as the cost adds up each day that nothing is done.
Many in this nation have forgotten us because we are not the major story anymore, but if you are interested, look up our problems on our local websites. Paul Stiles could easily write a book proving his points by focusing on New Orleans.
I hope that there will not be another major disaster because the big "market companies" will benefit while the poor and middle class suffer even more.

The Man Behind the Curtain Exposed.......2007-02-04

As a 31 year old mother living in a suburban wasteland, I frequently ponder the destruction of American society. In my crackerbox quality townhouse, freezing in the winter and cooking in the sun (no trees in this tract, cookiecutter development) in the summer, I watch the wind blasting through, blowing litter into our postage stamp sized yards. No mothers are home--instead, they are shuttled via SUV to huge corporate chain day care centers, where they are cared for by bitter, swarthy immigrants. My son and I feel utterly alone.

I drive through the ugly, wide roads littered with McDonalds, generic chains and gas stations. Something feels so...empty. Modern life is alienating, lonely, boring, and sick.

There is no community. Women are competitive even about mothering. Money rules all.

No wonder I dream of buying some wooded acres and starting an organic farm/commune!

Paul Stiles is a deeply sensitive and intelligent man, a great writer, and someone with a lot to say about why we are all popping Prozac and junk food these days. I enjoyed the narrative at the beginning--while I didn't agree with every single point, I also live in the DC area suburban wasteland, so I could relate to his points about sprawl, angry commuters, and McMansions.

The look at corporate greed and corruption in recent years was eye-opening. Everyone seems to have their fingers in the till, and the result, I predict, will be a 30's scale depression within the next 20 years. I consider moving to New Zealand to escape the coming hard times.

A Clarion Call Against the Excesses of Modern American Capitalism.......2006-05-27

Paul Stiles's "Is the American Dream Killing You?" is a caustic, provocative polemnic against what he regards as the worst excesses of American capitalism. He depicts "The Market" as a soulless, amoral entity, that is grinding away the best attributes of American culture and society; namely individualism and personal liberty for the sole sake of generating as much profit as possible, whatever the ultimate social and personal cost to those engaging in the pursuit of maximizing profit. He describes forcefully how "The Market" is destroying the traditional American family, forcing people to work longer and longer hours, at the expense of providing genuine familial care to their children and fellow adult siblings. He also notes how pernicious "The Market" has been in our feeble attempts in resolving the prospect of uncontrolled global warming - in stark contrast to what can be done now to control the most adverse effects of raising the Earth's surface temperature by a few degrees Celsius over the course of this century. Sounding somewhat naive, I think, Stiles urges us to return to our core basic beliefs, emphasizing the importance of strong religious faith as an important glue to the tattered fabric that is now American society. As someone trained in evolutionary biology, I also take issue with his misappropriation of Darwin's Theory of Evolution via Natural Selection, seemingly conflating it with Social Darwinism; itself an illegitimate intellectual offspring of Darwin's work, which Darwin himself soundly rejected, since he harbored a more liberal view of humanity than what proponents of Social Darwinism were advocating in Victorian Britain.

Why We've Become What We Are.......2006-02-25

I just finished reading "Is The American Dream Killing You?" and learned a lot seeing things through Paul Stiles' eyes. Short term solutions can not and will not work. Even now we see our Administration leadership using terms like "Long War" and have read that the Pentagon has new long war plans. But I think they are missing the point because their strategy still remains war-focused. No one speaks about causing fundamental change to move America away from what we are, the hypermarket environment, and towards a power-benefit maximum that could change the way we are perceived. I wondered how to go about re-inventing America in such a way that we would not be such a threat to the Islamic world yet remain competitive in the global community and found several promising strategies. Should we undertake such a sea change? I believe the answer is yes and the best place be to start is strengthening moral values.

"Is The American Dream Killing You?" should be mandatory reading for upcoming presidential candidates. Rather than having them tackle the problem piecemeal, I would feel better if they had a well thought out path to success.

Thank you Paul for writing such a significant work at the right time. Lets hope our leadership takes heed.

Bringing the Pendulum Back to a More Balanced Position.......2006-01-25

Harper Collins continues to work hard at increasing their market share in the business book segment. Under the "Collins" imprint, they have recently published a fascinating work by Paul Stiles that takes a long and hard look at the American Dream and what Stiles calls the "Hyper Market." I was initially tempted to dismiss Stiles out of hand as a curmudgeonly contrarian, but his breadth of experience and pedigree made me reconsider my early doubts about his worldview and sense of perspective. Stiles has served as an intelligence officer for the NSA, worked a Wall Street bond-trading desk, and has been CEO of an Internet start-up. A graduate of Roxbury Latin School and Harvard College, he is the author of an earlier expose of corruption within our financial markets: Riding the Bull: My Year in the Madness at Merrill Lynch."

I am a firm believer that an author's choice of epigraphs reveals a great deal about his values, character, intellect, frame of reference, priorities and agenda. In the case of "American Dream," Stile chooses to open his opus by citing Ralph Waldo Emerson:

"The gods we worship write their names on our faces; be sure of that. And a man will worship something - have no doubts about that, either. He may think that his tribute is paid in secret in the dark recesses of his heart - but it will out. That which dominates will determine his life and character. Therefore it behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping, we are becoming."

These words serve as a cautionary tale and a perfect introduction to Stiles' major thesis: that we have allowed the forces of "The Market" to set the agenda for our lives and we have lost our grasp on humanity, proportionality and moral choice in the bargain. In his analysis, we have come to the point where we serve - often unwittingly - the Market and its insidious pressures, rather than utilizing the dynamics of the free market to increase quality of life and broaden opportunity. Emerson's words of warning echo the Old Testament patriarch, Joshua, who proclaimed: "Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve." (Joshua 24:15) The "prophet," Bob Dylan, struck a similar note with his 1985 song: Gotta Serve Somebody."

Stiles goes to great lengths to show the development of the freewheeling market economy in the U.S. and contrasts its growth with the concomitant devolution of quality of life, and steady increase personal debt, divorce and stress.

"In fact, the word stress, as applied to people, comes form the word stress as applied to metals. The result is physical, mental and spiritual breakdown. Stress is thus the critical missing link between the market economy and human health.

According to psychologists, stress is caused by `any circumstances that threaten or are perceived to threaten one's well-being and thereby tax one's coping abilities. The threat may be to one's immediate physical safety, long-range security, self-esteem, reputation, or peace of mind.' Such stress stems directly from all the market pressures we have just described. In effect, it is our response to the Market's efforts to make the economy more productive. And to some extent, that response is natural and healthy. It is only the hypermarket that pushes us over the edge." (Page 35)

Stiles makes a strong case for the amoral nature of the marketplace. He chronicles many examples of market pressures influencing us to make choice that encourage us to lay aside moral considerations. In a chapter entitled "The Modern God," he argues that the Market has effectively usurped the role that God and faith once played in the life of the community, family and individual.

"At the same time, the Market's innate antipathy toward the soul, religion and God is by no means an exclusively American problem. The entire modern age has given birth to an increasingly efficient economic system. The well-known pathologies of modernity - meaningless, purposeless, loneliness, anxiety, depression, fear, heartlessness, boredom, alienation, indifference, desensitization - are all pathologies brought about by the hypermarket. They are the product of an imbalance between the spiritual and the material sides of life and the social fragmentation that results. The Industrial Revolution bred them en masse. Such pathologies can be politically dangerous, as they tend to radicalize those adversely affected by them, to the point where the think the Market is the problem. Well, the unbalanced hypermarket most assuredly is the problem. But a market restrained by Judeo-Christian values, as codified in law and represented in democratic institutions, most certainly is not. It is, rather, a recipe for social success, the very recipe that made America. But like the "postmodern family" we are now in the process of changing that long-standing recipe. With great irony, we are trying to do what the Soviet Union tried to do: replace the religious core of our civilization with a materialistic ideology. It doesn't work. Our approach to the spiritual side of life may need significant rethinking, it may be antiquated, it may be represented by flawed institutions, but the eradication of religion and its replacement with the market system will only breed social chaos. Without god, anything is permissible, which is just what they want to hear on Wall Street." (Page 216)

These are strong and passionately argued words. Many will feel that Stiles has overstated the case. Perhaps so, but we have all felt the gradual erosion of the spiritual from private and public discourse and from individual and family lifestyles.

The author summarizes his argument and his plea for moderation with these words:

Moderation is not a cause, but an effect. It arises from a spiritual awakening, an elevation of consciousness, an awareness of the way things truly are. This is the great missing piece of our social puzzle. After tremendous pain and suffering, on a global basis, mankind has finally crafted a universal economic solution (the free market) and a universal political solution (democracy). What we lack is a universal spiritual solution, a common understanding of the human interior, one rooted in the nature of reality, as we experience it. As a result, the modern world now sits on two legs of a three-legged stool - market democracy - and tilts accordingly. (Page 248)

Many readers will find much to take issue with in this book, but it is still worth wrestling with Stiles' rhetoric and strong beliefs. He speaks from experience and from the heart. He waves the caution flag at a time when life for me is racing out of control.

Rules of The Trade: Indispensable Insights for Online Profits

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One of the best
A NEW EDITION WOULD BE WELLCOME
another nassar piece of garbage
Mismatch between Title, book description and content
not particularly useful

Rules of The Trade: Indispensable Insights for Online Profits
David S. Nassar
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How to Get Started in Active Trading and Investing
A Beginner's Guide to Day Trading Online
How To Get Started In Electronic Day Trading
Market Evaluation and Analysis for Swing Trading
A Beginner's Guide to Short-Term Trading: How to Maximize Profits in 3 Days to 3 Weeks

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The concise, common-sense insights of a day trading pro

Some traders spend thousands of dollars attending training seminars. If you don't have the time or resources for that, pick up Rules of the Trade instead. This reliable, no-nonsense guide distills the insights of several online trading experts into one short, quick, and easy-to-read book that not only lists the rules, but explains what the rules mean, why they’re important—and the high costs of overlooking them even once.

Packed with real-life examples to illustrate key points, this book— written by David S. Nassar, author of the bestseller How to Get Started in Electronic Day Trading -- will teach you the basic rules of survival, help you preserve capital, learn the ropes, and go on to succeed in this lucrative but volatile profession.

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The national best-selling author brings his latest, offering the key rules and tips you need to succeed in electronic trading.

Customer Reviews:

One of the best.......2006-03-27

I have read lots, and lots, and lots, of trading books. Most of them are not that great but contain a few valuable nuggets here and there, so they are all worth reading to me.

This book is nothing BUT valuable nuggets. It is well thought-out and well written by a widely recognized successful trader/trainer/manager. It really captures the essence of what short-term trading is all about, of which daytrading is a major component. It's a trading book for traders by a trader. Those just wanting to swing-trade, well, ...good luck. Professional traders trade, period. Good swing trades are found by actively trading, from a daytrading perspective.

Yes, the trading landscape has changed when we went to decimals - for the better! What is discussed in this work transcends the eras. Therefore I consider it to be a 5-star classic. It is not for beginners, it is for stock traders who are constantly wanting to improve. It does not give specific trading set-up tactics that become outdated.

Not much has fundamentally changed in the markets since the tech bubble. Those mastering the concepts in this book will be ready to get rich from the next wave of irrationality in the market, whichever way it goes, and in the meantime can still make a nice living. It belongs on your shelf if you are serious.

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A NEW EDITION WOULD BE WELLCOME.......2006-02-25

Before all I want to say that many topics are given for granted and I find the book not really easy for a beginner. Markets have changed a lot since this book was written and many chapters need revision having in mind that many readers are non native speakers of english and have no idea of many topics given for granted

another nassar piece of garbage.......2005-12-30

if you read these books and follow his fluff then you will be robbed of your money by professionals like me. trading takes advanced and sophisticated methods not capable of being properly expressed in a book targeted to the masses. people spend years educating themselves to be able to pick money from the inexperianced, like those who buy this book. best of luck and you can find good use for the book proping up a table of starting a fire after your done reading it

Mismatch between Title, book description and content.......2004-01-06

I bought the book based on excellent reviews here and very attractive description.

However, I have been very disappointed because the content does not reflect the attractive title and description. The book is almost 100% for daytraders trading with level II screen. This is not said anywhere. "Online" does not mean exclusively daytrading to my opinion. It keeps on repeating "be disciplined" to fill space. One of the example of trade record given does not fit the explanation given in the text. For example, the trader made most of his profit in a single swing trade lasting several days whereas Nassar wants to show us that the guy is a good daytrader...

Another interesting thing: This book is not for beginners but it describes in fact very general basic rules... in a tough style that assumes that the reader already knows almost eveything.

When you read the table of contents, it looks great: how to enter, to exit, etc... but none of this is given in the book. No techniques are given.

Conclusion: This book could be fine if the description was fitting the content. It is for daytrader watching level II screen and who trade instinctively.

not particularly useful.......2003-09-19

Although this book has a copyright date of 2001, it apparently was written in early 2000, just at the start of the NASDAQ crash that ultimately resulted in a loss of over 75 percent of its value. Consequently, the author refers to a period of time when stocks traded in fractions, and high-flying tech stocks trading in the triple digits were "momentum" traded by daytraders. After the crash, many of those tech stocks trade in the single digits, all stocks now trade in decimals, and the "momentum" daytraders and their daytrading brokerage firms are now history. The author makes numerous references to "shadowing the axe" using Level II quotes to determine who is on the inside ask or bid. Nowadays, ECNs virtually always sit on the inside ask and bid, making it impossible to utilize that strategy. Even if a market maker had a large enough position to sit in front of the ECNs, he most likely would route much of his order to an ECN where it would appear anonymously in order to disguise his intentions.

The problem with writing a book about trading strategies or systems is that the markets are constantly changing, and trading systems become obsolete and must evolve over time. What doesn't change is the emotions and psychology of the people who compose the markets. The author states numerous times that trading is about 90 percent mental. While this is in fact correct, he then only briefly touches on the mental and psychological barriers that must be overcome in order to trade successfully. The best books on trading understand this, and are devoted almost totally to this subject.

There are also numerous inaccuracies. At one point, he details a month of trades from an "anonymous" daytrader who allegedly made 731 trades during the month, of which 377 were winners, with those trades averaging $93.03 profit. He then claims the trader netted $68,001.35 for the month. If you think about it for a minute, this is a mathematical impossibility. Also, he makes the typical mistake in believing a broadband connection is necessary to receive timely streaming quotations. Broadband speeds up downloads only with large size files. Streaming quotes do not fall into this category. I have timed my quotations against a T1 connection using an atomic clock accurate to 1 millionth of a second and have detected no difference. I do not use broadband, as it is not available in my area.

If in fact the author is a successful trader, it would have been much more productive for him to detail his own evolution as a trader, as well as the evolution of other specific successful traders he has known. This is the information that would be most useful to new traders. Unfortunately, the author only briefly discusses a few of his own trades, and gives no information whatsoever on the path he traveled to reach competence, assuming he has reached that level. It would also be interesting to see how he is trading in the post-bubble market, if in fact he is still trading successfully.

History: Fiction or Science? New Chronology
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Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed.

Very Interesting

History as Science Fiction

Provocative, appealing and controversial

pharaohs lived in the 3rd century AD

History: Fiction or Science? New Chronology
Anatoly Fomenko
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History: Fiction or Science? Chronology 2 (Chronology)

Discovering the Mysteries of Ancient America: Lost History And Legends, Unearthed And Explored

Before the Pharaohs: Egypt's Mysterious Prehistory

Forbidden History: Prehistoric Technologies, Extraterrestrial Intervention, and the Suppressed Origins of Civilization

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Release Date: 2007-03-19

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History: Fiction or Science? is the most explosive tractate on history ever written - however, every theory it contains, no matter how unorthodox, is backed by solid scientific data. The book is well-illustrated, contains over 446 graphs and illustrations, copies of ancient manuscripts, and countless facts attesting to the falsity of the chronology used nowadays, which never cease to amaze the reader. Eminent mathematician proves that: Jesus Christ was born in 1153 and crucified in 1186 The Old Testament refers to mediaeval events. Apocalypse was written after 1486. Does this sound uncanny? This version of events is substantiated by hard facts and logic - validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources - to a greater extent than everything you may have read and heard about history before. The dominating historical discourse in its current state was essentially crafted in the XVI century from a rather contradictory jumble of sources such as innumerable copies of ancient Latin and Greek manuscripts whose originals had vanished in the Dark Ages and the allegedly irrefutable proof offered by late mediaeval astronomers, resting upon the power of ecclesial authorities. Nearly all of its components are blatantly untrue! For some of us, it shall possibly be quite disturbing to see the magnificent edifice of classical history to turn into an ominous simulacrum brooding over the snake pit of mediaeval politics. Twice so, in fact: the first seeing the legendary millenarian dust on the ancient marble turn into a mere layer of dirt - one that meticulous unprejudiced research can eventually remove. The second, and greater, attack of unease comes with the awareness of just how many areas of human knowledge still trust the three elephants of the consensual chronology to support them. Nothing can remedy that except for an individual chronological revolution happening in the minds of a large enough number of people.

Customer Reviews:

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

Provocative, appealing and controversial.......2006-08-02

Fomenko has succeeded to convincingly demonstrate the misconception about what "history" factually is... It is fiction and -like we can read and judge for ourselves- no science. It indeed is "make belief" only. I "discovered" Fomenko while studying the "old" history of Al Andaluz, Spain. Having found too many contradictions in available data, having seen too many forgeries as to pretend the importance of christianity for its decline, I ventured out to find Fomenko, who convinced me that we know little if anything for sure of the epoch before the XI-century. However, the integration of the Arabic-Islamic cultural history into the heavily distorted Western fails... There are some attempts to fit "the budding new religion" (Islam) into Fomenko's scheme, but they are too weak to be taken seriously and too often focussing on Turkey as the region where things started to influence the West, which is untrue at all.
Islam certainly was no "new religion" in the X-century. That the highly cultivated Al Andaluz ruler Mohammed-I could have been "mirrored" down in time into some myth about the "illiterate" founder of Islam itself is highly speculative. Nevertheless, Fomenko convinces me about the processes that were involved in forging a christian history. Intriguing and controversial as his books are, I recommend them as to rethink our current position in time and space and simply verify what was claimed. It is a "good" book, but not for bedtime reading... Mundus vult decipi, the world wants to be cheated. Fomenko's readers will understand why.

pharaohs lived in the 3rd century AD.......2006-02-16

Traces of white wine were found in Tutankhamen's tomb however there were no record of white wine in Egypt until the 3rd century AD, 1600 years after the young pharaoh died according to the traditional chronology. http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/mg18925395.400
It can be interpreted as a contribution towards New Chronology theory that pharaohs lived in the 3rd century AD.

45 years in Wall Street: A review of the 1937 panic and 1942 panic, 1946 bull market with new time rules and percentage rules with charts for determining the trend on stocks

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45 years in Wall Street: A review of the 1937 panic and 1942 panic, 1946 bull market with new time rules and percentage rules with charts for determining the trend on stocks
William D Gann
Manufacturer: Lambert-Gann
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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