A review of my books by Howard Getson.

I could not ask for a better review of “Broke: The New American Dream”:

At the same time, it’s a bit weird and disappointing to see a film that begins with a vast study of the systemic problems affecting our economy as a society end up as a well-produced and exceedingly smart infomercial for the individual investor.

If “exceedingly smart infomercial for the individual investor” is a negative…we are in trouble! What this reviewer misses is that the individual is the solution, not macro studies and government stimulus.

A review of the updated edition of ‘Trend Following’ by Felix Sim.

Here is a positive review for my new edition of “Trend Following” that came in the other day:

In conclusion, Trend Following is a good book, well written, easy to read, thoroughly documented, and highly instructive. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I recommend it.

Another review came in this morning from “Emma”. I am not sure which edition she has, but her comments follow:

I have just finished reading your book on Trend Followin [sic]. What a non-event!!! Loads of bollocks about a handful of traders who have made a couple of dollars, and loads of wise sounding quotes from and [sic] endless sea of bores…but absolutely nothing about what trend following is and how it can be used to nake [sic] money. As a flowery escapade into hero worship it’s pure hollywood as and [sic] instructional book on Trend Following it is about as useful as a chocolate Teaopot [sic].

If one reads my book and still doesn’t know what trend following “is”, can I as an author question the intelligence of that reviewer? Is that acceptable and proper?

The Complete TurtleTrader review by Alex Akesson of HedgeCo.net:

TurtleTrader is a record of an exceptional financial adventure. Author and leading news resource for the Turtles, Michael Covel, writes about the entrepreneurial nature of the world of trading, also following the original members from the experimental stage, through to today. In 1983 Richard Dennis started an experiment, training student volunteers with no experience his rules and investment philosophy (which are methodically displayed and explained in this book), he gave them each a million dollars and set them loose on Wall Street. The Turtles followed the rules, sometimes testing and stretching them, which led to adjustments in the program. However, by the end of the experiment, Dennis had made a hundred million dollars, and garnered the title of ‘Legend’ amongst his peers. The book lists the names of the players, the exact figures and time-lines. There is also a chapter listing the Turtles performance while trading for Dennis. Detailed and instructive, the book could come in handy as a guide for any would-be TurtleTraders out there, or simply as an entertaining tale of big ideas and big money.

A recent review of “The Complete TurtleTrader”.

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