I would strongly recommend that any reader be familiar with at least Augustine's major works before tackling this book. With that said, the book is truly fascinating. This interpretation of Augustine is brilliantly original and remarkably timely. Intensely written, the author nevertheless keeps the book manageable and not overly-scholarly. For anyone who has ever wondered about knowledge, self-knowledge, reflection and action, please be my guest.

My daughter loves this book. She is three and we read it all the time. She is learning about racing and enjoys it alot. We even met Kyle Petty and he signed our copy. He calls it "Austin's book" If you like racing and are a Petty fan it is a good book for your collection. I had a very hard time finding it!

If you need a quick, easy to read but information packed guide on collecting NASCAR collectibles, this is the book you want. Ken Bresalauer has been covering NASCAR and its memorabilia for more than 25 years, and in this book he gives readers the best of his experience. Furthermore, the photos are great - large, sharp and pertinent to the collectibles discussed. Beginning collectors beware - there are no prices shown - you're on your own, armed with Breslauer's reflected knowledge. - Leila Dunbar

What drives stock markets? Earnings. Can you look at current earnings to predict future price changes? No, current earnings are already reflected in the stock price. You must look at the estimates of future earnings in order to predict price changes. This book is a MUST READ for anyone who invests as it covers every seminal article written on the subject of using earnings estimates. Brian Bruce, who hosts an annual conference on the subject, is a leader in the field and has chosen the best of the best articles.

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Brian J. Hall is an Associate Professor at the Harvard Business School. This article was published in the March-April 2000 issue of the Harvard Business Review.

In the 'old' days, executives got paid in cash, and stock options were just a footnote. Now the reverse is true, stock options grants have come to dominate the pay of top executives. Hall starts the article with a 'short course on options and their valuations' since stock options are often misunderstood. He discusses the main goal in granting stock options: "to tie pay to performance - to ensure that executives profit when their companies prosper and suffer when they flounder." But if pay is truly to be linked to performance, there also have to penalties for poor performance. Although the widely-held perception is that options have unlimited upside but no downside risk Hall claims that this is not true: "In fact, options have even greater downside risk than stock. ... Far from eliminating penalties, options actually amplify them." He uses several examples to prove and explain his point. So how can you effectively use options? Hall claims that compensation needs to be tied to a performance measure that looks forward rather than backward. And he believes that stock options are the ultimate forward-looking incentive plan: "they measure future cash flows, and, through the use of vesting, they measure them in the future as well as in the present." Hall divides options plans up into three types. (1) Fixed value plans: Executives receive options of a predetermined value every year over the life of the plan. (2) Fixed number plans: Executives received a predetermined number of options over the plan period. (3) Megagrant plans: Both the number of options and the exercise price are fixed, making them the most highly leveraged type of grant. The advantages and disadvantages of each type are discussed in detail, plus there is a pay-example comparing the three plans. Time and time again, Hall expresses his concern about the lack of knowledge about stock options. Therefore, thousands of companies choose the wrong stock option plan. "Only by building a clear understanding of how options work ... will a company be able to ensure that its option program is actually accomplishing its goals."

Yes, I like this article into the strange world of stock options. The author debunks widely-held myths about stock options, whereby he uses simple examples, figures and tables to explain the different available stock option plans. This article is a great introductory article for people unfamiliar with stock options. It is written in very simple business US-English, so all of us can now understand how effective stock options can be as an incentive tool.

My friends and I (all women) just recently started an investment club and this book was just great. It provided useful forms, guidelines and warnings on how to setup your club and who should be in your club. A lot seems like common sense and lot isn't. We took this book with it's nice forms, etc. and ran with it. Today we have a bonafide investment club, filed our taxes and have been making investments that make us happy (not necessarily rich).

Like some of the others I bought other investment club books but you really don't need them. This one will do just as well and it's entertaining to boot.

In starting an investment club it's important that everyone involved has a good idea of what to expect from a club. In signing agreements and feeling as though you are going to be bound to a group for a long term endeavour, this book helps to ease the anxiety that goes along with the club forming experience.

As with any other Motley Fool book this one has a reasonable balance of good, clear concise information, and foolish humor.

As a primer for beginners, this book is the best I've seen. It has lots of samples of forms and the agreements and by-laws. It is written at a level that any investor should understand what is going on.

I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in starting an investment club.

I have read both Starting and Running a Profitable Investment Club: The Official Guide from the National Association of Investment Clubs and The Investment Club Book in addition to this book.

While the other two books are very thorough and very well done, this one is the easist to read and understand.

I recommend all new Investment Club members to try this book.

Van Tharp's earlier book, Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom, ranks with Market Wizards as a trading classic. Like Market Wizards, Tharp showed how the true "Holy Grail" of trading is to develop your *own* system, one which is perfectly suited to your own goals and needs. (I know it sounds wishy-washy... but believe me it's anything but.) Not only that but, unlike Market Wizards, Tharp showed you step-by-step how to actually do this! The result was, while far from perfect, one of the most amazing and probably the single most useful book on how to become a successful trader. I was hugely excited when I (a day trader) found out that Tharp's next book would be about day trading. Alas, it turns out to be a disappointment. It's not bad as such, only nowhere near the same level. Specifically, this book consists of: (1) material by Tharp that covers the same ground as before, only in less detail; (2) an overview of the basics of day trading, such as how to read Level II screens; (3) occasional insights and ideas which you might not find elsewhere. So here's what I would recommend. If you don't already know (1), run (don't walk!) to get Tharp's earlier book; don't even think about buying this one instead. If you don't already know (2), this book is a pretty good introduction to day trading, better than most that are out there. Lastly, is the book worth buying for (3)? It sort of depends. If, like me, you love to devour books about the markets, and believe that they more than pay for themselves if you get even one new tradeable idea -- then sure, buy it, just don't expect too much. If, on the other hand, you only want to spend your time and money on the very best books, well, this is no must-have. I like both authors, and they do know what they are talking about, but this book is far from the best that either is capable of. It shows all the signs of having been put together hastily.

i think the business side of trading is often overlooked by the private online trader and this is a great place to start. but don't just read it, do it! a constant reference and definitely needs to be reread every 6 months to keep you on your toes.

This book contains a wealth of information - I strongly recommend it! The content is excellent, and the writing style is understandable and candid. Brian June not only discusses the nuts-and-bolts of day-trading (Level II screens, time-and-sales data, "ax" market makers, direct-access systems, trading strategies) but covers in detail how one should prepare prior to the market opening and how one needs to debrief trading after the close. Dr. Van Tharp covers two of the most important concepts of trading: risk management (i.e., capital preservation) and money management (i.e., position sizing). If you have not internalized these concepts into your belief system already read these chapters, memorize them. They are key disciplines as they will keep you in the game. Four days ago I recommended the book to another full-time trader, and he just wrote back saying, "I wanted to thank you for recommending the Tharp/June book. It is full of mandatory knowledge one needs, but also they make it clear what the requirements are to be successful. I am finding the book extremely enlightening - thanks again." I have been a student of the markets for over ten years having proceeded through the study of fundamental analysis, technical analysis, and trading psychology (in that order). I wish I had this information at the start of my journey.