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Comment on The Money Bazaar : Inside the Trillion-Dollar World of Currency Trading by Josh "computer/finance/psychology geek, walki...

Josh "computer/finance/psychology geek, walki... — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:59:01 +0000

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Dated and not ability oriented, June 3, 2005

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This review is from: The Money Bazaar : Inside the Trillion-Dollar World of Currency Trading (Hardcover)

I tend to overlook the age of books before purchasing them, and this is yet another one of those follies. Aside from that, this book is an interesting read, though more personalized and biographical. I would pick this book up if you want to maybe gleam some personal concepts and perceptions from an insider, but don't think it's going to help your trading or undestanding too much. There are much better books for that.

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Comment on The Money Bazaar : Inside the Trillion-Dollar World of Currency Trading by Michael Bird

Michael Bird — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:18:39 +0000

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Interesting but dated, October 23, 2003

Michael Bird (Yorba Linda, CA United States) -

This review is from: The Money Bazaar : Inside the Trillion-Dollar World of Currency Trading (Hardcover)

Krieger, I'm going to guess, didn't really know for sure what kind of book he wanted to write so he kind of included a bit of everything, but gave us not enough of anything.

It would have been great if the book had been written in the same style that Jim Cramer's book revealing how he ran his hedge fund was written, lot's of action and description. Krieger includes some of this, like how he'd spend 18 to 20 hours a day in front of a computer and wonder about his life. But he just didn't get in depth enough.

He covers a lot of history, but again, it was not enough if history was what you were looking for. In my case, it was a bit much, I really didn't need to hear so much about the specific names and dates, I wanted more of the individual trading side of his story, what he did and why. How it worked or didn't.

Of course, this book is totally out of date. For that reason, it is actually even more interesting in a way, as the author has no idea how FX trading will advance.

The book itself offers no specific strategies or advice on investing in the FX market, however, I guess that would make sense as when it was written, only pro's or people with a lot of cash could enter this market.

If Krieger were to decide to write a modern work, covering the topic of trading "inside the trillion-dollar world of currency trading" as the cover states, it would be something I'd love to read. I can't recommend this work currently, without the caveat that the reader realize it's limited value as far as trading in today's market. The history, however, is interesting as is the limited view the author gives us as to his trading. Whether the price of the book is worth paying, I'd recommend it only to the reader that is sure of what they are getting.

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Comment on The Money Bazaar : Inside the Trillion-Dollar World of Currency Trading by Super Trader

Super Trader — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:18:00 +0000

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Great overview!, April 14, 2003

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This review is from: The Money Bazaar : Inside the Trillion-Dollar World of Currency Trading (Hardcover)

This is a great book. Mr.Krieger gives you the history of how foreign currency trading came about. He also provides you insight into how curreny trading work and more importantly how it fails.

He doesn't give specific strategies on how to trade currencies, but he does introduce vocabulary and resources to help you get started. In that respect the book is out of date. There is no discussion on the internet and how that has changed the face of currency trading forever.

This is a good book, a foreign exchange classic that wouldn't hurt any currency trader if he kept a copy on his shelf.

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Comment on Building Wealth in the Stock Market: A Proven Investment Plan for Finding the Best Stocks and Managing Risk Reviews by Geoff Weller "Gumnut"

Geoff Weller "Gumnut" — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:35:35 +0000

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A great introduction to a disciplined investment approach, April 16, 2010

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This review is from: Building Wealth in the Stock Market: A Proven Investment Plan for Finding the Best Stocks and Managing Risk (Hardcover)

This is an excellent introduction to one person's investment strategy, and helps you realise how important a disciplined approach is to successful investing. Real and recent examples are used throughout which helps make the book "real".

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Comment on Building Wealth in the Stock Market: A Proven Investment Plan for Finding the Best Stocks and Managing Risk Reviews by S. Samaranayake

S. Samaranayake — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:52:57 +0000

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You will not find honest and better written book than this to learn investing, August 29, 2009

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This review is from: Building Wealth in the Stock Market: A Proven Investment Plan for Finding the Best Stocks and Managing Risk (Hardcover)

This books replaced Colin's earlier book- Aggressive investor which I have read several times. This book comes with more resent real life examples and take you though all the steps involved from analysis, selecting, purchasing, selling and recording. It also illustrate his plan better.

Colin essentially is an investor with over 40 years of experience in investing. This is a must read for anyone who wants to make a living with shares or want to invest their heard earned savings in shares. I would have lost all my savings in the stock market if I had not found his book and had I followed those home study and get rich quick courses on stocks. I now understand the importance of having a well designed plan, the importance of managing emotions, what role discipline, patience and decision making skills play in becoming successful and the physiology behind investing.

Despite I being a professional accountant (CPA, ACMA(UK)) with over 15 years experience I have come to realize that this is a new skill that I need to develop for me to be successful in the long term despite my familiarity with fundamental analysis. I am really grateful to Colin for showing me how hard it is to be a successful investor without saying that it is easy (so that he could sell his books like what those who sells get rich quick programs!).

This is not a get rich quick solution book on shares. But if you want to become an investor and be successful at it in the long term this is a must read and probably the starting point of a long journey.

Sanjeewa- from Australia

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Comment on Building Wealth in the Stock Market: A Proven Investment Plan for Finding the Best Stocks and Managing Risk Reviews by Dr

Dr — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:25:09 +0000

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

A Lifetime of Knowledge, June 21, 2009

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This review is from: Building Wealth in the Stock Market: A Proven Investment Plan for Finding the Best Stocks and Managing Risk (Hardcover)

Colin Nicholson brings a professional perspective to the enterprise of building wealth in the stock market. Winners Think Differently / The Risks to Be Managed / Selecting Stocks to Buy / Managing Investments - these are the key chapters in his book. Colin is amazingly open about his own performance. He shows you everything, from his personal returns to his research screens and tools to the size of this trading account.

The encyclopedic sweep of his book is quite amazing. Colin begins with a discussion of trading psychology, spelling out in six brief chapters "What Is Required to Succeed as an Investor." Several chapters are dedicated to managing risk. You may have a brilliant trading system, but without proper risk management any system is guaranteed to fail. I enjoyed Colin's discussion of how one's taste for risk goes down as the size of one's account increases. He also describes his favorite analytic tools: Dow phase analysis, the Coppock indicator, and trend analysis.

About half of Colin's new book is dedicated to trading examples and case studies, showing you how he implements his rules and techniques. His stock charts span many years, but a shorter-term trader can look for similar patterns on his or her daily charts.

Colin has written a serious and helpful book, kind in its attitude, broad in scope, and practical in its advice. If you have an uncle in the trading business who is willing to put his work aside and show you the ropes, you might be able to skip this book. For the rest of us, who learn and struggle to make our way in the stock market, Colin Nicholson's new book is an invaluable resource.

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Comment on Currency Forecasting: A Guide to Fundamental and Technical Models of Exchange Rate Determination by Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:51:54 +0000

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Currency Forecasting, September 26, 2000

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This review is from: Currency Forecasting: A Guide to Fundamental and Technical Models of Exchange Rate Determination (Hardcover)

This is a great book! Rosenberg has succeeded in making a dry and complicated topic, foreign exchange, both interesting and understandable. The chapter on intervention is especially timely and enlightening. Rosenberg is rated tops in his field by professional fx traders and portfolio managers, yet he has succeeded in writing a book that is both useful and interesting to both professionals and nonprofessionals. This is a must read for anyone involved in international markets.

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Comment on Currency Forecasting: A Guide to Fundamental and Technical Models of Exchange Rate Determination by Alex Diaz Chica "Book Junkie"

Alex Diaz Chica "Book Junkie" — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:37:11 +0000

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Excellent book, ridiculous price, February 11, 2006

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This review is from: Currency Forecasting: A Guide to Fundamental and Technical Models of Exchange Rate Determination (Hardcover)

I got this book and a copy of another book by Michael Rosenberg "Exchange Rate Determination". The contents of these two books is exactly the same. Same topics covered in both books. I made the mistake of purchsing both when I should have only bought Exchange Rate Determination which is priced more decently than the out-of-print version. These used book resellers are selling the Currency forecasting book at a non-sense exorbitant price.

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