Ahead of the Curve: Nine Simple Ways to Create Wealth by Spotting Stock Trends

by Hilary Kramer

Book Overview

As an AOL financial editor, Hilary writes a popular column (10 million hits per month) on which she posts her daily stock picks and pans. Now, instead of merely recommending her favourite investments,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416546855
• ISBN13: 9781416546856
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

It's a good book

The book that I recently purchased-Ahead of the Curve, was a gift for both my supervisor, and my manager. One had told me that is really useful, and I know this author well because I've been watching her on a business program, and she had given some useful stock, and opinion, therefore, the book that she wrote, no doubt will be useful. I hope for those who plans to buy stock of any category, this book should be the one to recommend. Tim Lai Fairfax Station, VA

Simply great!

I have watched Hilary on the PBS Nightly Business Report for years. During that time I tracked her stock recommendations. She consistently had great picks while explaining an ingenious, very simple, way she discovered them. How she discovered them is in the book. I would recommend it!

Honest and No Gimmicks

I've seen the author on National Business Report and AOL. I liked her recommendations, her candor, and her grounded view of the stock market. I think this book captures all that. It is easy to read, makes you think, provides pragmatic suggestions that are not "too good to be true". I enjoyed the anecdotes and honesty. This book demonstrates that honest financial advice is possible without "shouting" or ridiculous claims. I'll take this "Kramer" over the other "Cramer" anyday!

Hilary is great and I am really enjoying the easy read

Hilary is great and I am really enjoying the easy read. I am almost half-way through the book and it's pretty basic but gets you thinking outside of the box, but specifically in the realm of long-term investment ideas. She is very candid and tells personal stories. I am glad I purchased. God bless!

A Wonderful Book!

"Ahead of the Curve" is a magnificent book. I am a longtime follower and fan of Hilary's, and I know her personally, and so I can say with a reasonable degree of certainty that she is every bit as intense and passionate about market trends in person as she is in her fabulous first book. The book is most useful for those who want to invest in the stock market. I think it's pretty clear that if you wait until they recommend something on television, that it's probably too late to take full advantage of the company's recent success. Sure the stock may continue to go up a bit, but if you could have figured out what it was going to do before everyone on TV started saying that it was going up, then you would have been in much better shape. Hilary is well known to AOL subscribers (which includes myself, for better or worse) as the columnist of "Hilary on Stocks". She writes a daily column recommending a different stock, a formidable task especially considering the fact that people can track her success (or failure). She's also a regular speaker on the nationally syndicated radio show Doug Stephan's Good Day, where she talks about stocks and other economic trends. What the book does that you won't get from any of these places is give you an overview of how she keeps "ahead of the curve". The book is well written and reads like a novel. Doing what she recommends, however, is not a five minute a day activity. Trend tip #5 for example, is be a news junkie, and trend tip #6 is study the stats. For those who do not want to make stock trend spotting their new consuming passion, the book is highly entertaining and gives you a very good insight into how Hilary and possibly other stock analysts make their choices. In the end, you can still rely on them for your actual stock choices. But for the more serious stock investor, the book can potentially help you tremendously to gain insight into how to choose the best stocks, and possibly make lots of money.