Investing from Scratch: A Handbook for the Young Investor

By James Lowell

Book Overview

From the author who prepared post-collegiates for life in How to Survive in the Real World comes an essential book for newcomers to the world of investing. Lowell speaks frankly to readers ages 25 to 35 about current economic issues and offers much-needed advice.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140255117
• ISBN13: 9780140255119
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Intelligent advice for thoughtful investors.

Lowell's writing voice is engaging, intelligent, and refreshingly free of finance jargon. This is a primer for people who have more on their minds than their mutual fund returns. One of the very few books of this genre I could actually relate to, as someone with a healthy skepticism towards the American dream of riches and retirement. Written uncondescendingly and with attention to the often ignored but important issues of investors' social responsibilities, and if it is in fact possible to do well and do good at the same time. One of the few books of this genre that doesn't alienate me.

okay..

I liked it, and it was helpful, except it wasn't geared to COMPLETE beginers who have had zero experience to investing... I would have liked there to be a section telling you exactly what all the numbers (like in a wall st. journal) mean, and how they relate to a company... The glossary was very thin...