Thestreet.com Guide to Smart Investing in the Internet Era: Everything You Need to Know to Outsmart Wall Street and Select Winning Stocks

by Dave Kansas

TheStreet.com is the exciting financial news Internet Web site cofounded by James J. Cramer that has become one of the most trusted news sources-and the go-to investment site-in the world of finance.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385500947
• ISBN13: 9780385500944
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Broadway Business
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Minimum required reading for any serious investor

The book is a must-read for those who are new or are considering taking control of his/her investment future and becoming a do-it-yourself investor. The book covers a wide-range of topics that simply must be learned and understood before one tackles the investment game and landscape. I am a regular reader of TheStreet.com and RealMoney.com, and I was not disappointed by many of the time-tested wisdom outlined in the book.For those who are unwilling to invest the time and effort necessary to educate him/herself on the topics covered by the book, I wish them luck because it is a jungle out there. The book does not contain sure-fire ways to get rich quick, but it does contain all the ingredients one would need to invest successfully for the long run.

The Top Gun Investment Combat Manual

The Street.Com Guide is absolutely essential for any professional or small investor. It puts you in the cockpit with real time professional money management. My recommendation for The Street.Com is based on my thirty year experience as an former CEO, investment advisor and active investor. Its research guidance is worth the price alone. It is the critical edge in today's fast moving and complex markets.

Excellent book; as good as the web site

Easily the best book about investing I have read. TheStreet.com guide is the best book for investing in 2001, but it will also be relevant and excellent five years from now. The parts on investing in volatile times and developing "sell" criteria are especially helpful. The array of contributors is exceptional.

Best Book ever for private traders and investors

First, this book is written in plain English and is meaningful to anyone from age 16 high school student to college professor. Second, the book is lucid and comprehensive. Third, it's worth the price. By most standards this reviewer is a successful home office private trader and investor, not a broker or money manger. I'm a much better trader and investor because of TheStreet.com Internet site to which I have subscribed since it started some years ago. During twenty years of private investing I have read hundreds of books and periodicals and examined hundreds of Internet sites promising "personal trading and investing systems" and examined what to buy - the so called hot stocks and funds. Most are nonsense and a waste of money. TheStreet.com Internet site and book are different, they explain how to trade and invest with a combination of fundamentals and contemporary interpretations. As a former analyst in another field, I especially appreciate TheStreet.com's process because it is analytical. This is a book about how to use information, knowledge, analysis, findings, conclusions, and judgment to make sound decisions. That's the only process that works in the real world, good times and bad. In my opinion, TheStreet.com is superior to any university or broker house course on the subject. The explanation pertaining to why and when to sell a stock (or fund) described in this book is alone worth the reader's investment. The book, TheStreet.com, provides an understanding of the fundamentals of how to trade and invest free of brokerage nonsense. Whether investing in an IRA, 401k, 403b, for college, for savings, to supplement income, or to become independently wealthy this book is worth reading. The book includes basic mutual fund and stock investing and options. If you are a student, new, intermediate, or even an expert trader or investor, this book is worth reading. If you teach trading and investing use this book. This book explains why to use the Internet investing tools -- Moringstar.com, TC2000 technical analysis, and the Wall Street Journal. But...to get the full advantage of this book, a successful trader or investor also needs to daily read the full range of columnists at TheStreet.com Internet site. (This reviewer is not affiliated with TheStreet.com in any way except as a paid subscriber.)