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Monster Stocks How They Set Up Run Up Top and Make You Money

Everything you need to know to get in on the ground floor of the next Google!

Monster Stocks gives you the expert guidance you need to add the explosive power of breakout stocks to your portfolio. You’ll find everything you need to consistently spot stocks that have the potential to at the very least, double in value in a year or less - and change your life forever!

Delivered in clear, concise language by market researcher John Boik, Monster Stocks gives you the tools you need to land super-performing stocks and handle them for maximum profit, market cycle after market cycle. Boik mines the history of the market to uncover the common conditions that must be in place for monster stocks to materialize. You’ll learn how to easily identify these trends with the help of real-world monster stock case studies, from Yahoo! and Schwab to Apple, Broadcom, and many more.

Make your fortune with Monster Stocks!

• Know when to buy and when to sell for tremendous profit
• Understand how the pros identify and handle market leaders
• Learn from the great super-stocks of the past
• Break your bad stock investing habits for good!
• Gain valuable insight into selecting future monster stocks

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Great Stock Market Book
John Boik presents a well thought out method for acquiring wealth. The big money he claims is made in finding those few companies who can change the world. If an investor can recognize these monster stocks and manage them correctly, the result will be life changing wealth. Boik gives the reader a history lesson–that all monster stocks display the same characteristics just the names of the companies and their symbols change.

4 Stars Practical Rules for Growth Stock Investing.
Boik’s term “Monster Stocks” refers to stocks that have at least doubled in price within 18 months. This book describes the practical application of a set of rules for identifying and profiting from such high-growth stocks. These rules involve criteria both for a stock’s fundamentals, and subtle details of price and volume action of the stock and of the general market.

What I liked about the book is that it profiles about 30 such stocks as brief case studies, which include the chart basing setups that may have been evident, key points and characteristics of corrections during the stock’s growth, and indications that presaged of the end of their run-ups. These are accompanied with annotated charts of relevant market indices and of the stocks profiled. The attendant commentary on these particular growth stocks and the events in the markets allowed me to learn by comparing the rules to how I would have reacted in the same situation. Most of the examples occur during the period 1996 through 2006.

Much of the methodology aligns with and makes mention of the Investor’s Business Daily rules as described in their educational material and in Bill O’Neil’s books. This book builds on IBD’s teachings in that it uses the methods to focus on the special case of stocks that at least double in price including the psychological challenges, buying and pyramiding tactics, and the significance of moving-average support.

Boik describes methods that are relatively simple, but adds that the attention to detail and discipline required is not easy. I know from experience that many of us will find it difficult to make a large commitment to a high-growth stock, at least in its early stages, because the characteristics go against much of the conventional wisdom. Many investors will sell such a stock when it makes violent corrections - only to watch it make new highs soon thereafter. Similarly, it takes great discipline to act on the various warning signs and sell even though the stock is making successive new highs and the fundamentals have never been better. Boik does a reasonable job of explaining the details of what to observe, and rules by which to buy, add more, sell or hold these stocks through such observations. Among other things, the rules limit your risk and provide assurance when holding such stocks during their growth phase.

The book concludes with a Monster Stock finding and handling template, and a summary of the Monster Stock rules.

A criticism that led me to rate this book four stars instead of five was that the writing style tended to be wordy and repetitive, making the book longer than it needed to be. Also, the graphics were sometimes difficult to follow, and required some study before I was able to relate them to the text. I was able to endure this however, and found a lot of valuable content.

I can also recommend the following to those wanting more on growth stock investing:

The Zurich Axioms by Max Gunther ?1985

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefevre ?1923

How to Trade in Stocks by Jesse Livermore ?1940

How to Make Money in Stocks by William J. O’Neil ?2002

The Successful Investor by William J. O’Neil ?2004 (*a true gem)

Trader Vic-Methods of a Wall Street Master by Victor Sperandeo ?1991, 1993

The Market Wizard series of three books by Jack D. Schwager

1 Star Disappointed
I had previously purchased his other two books. The first covered the best US traders (this is a very good book) and the second book covered the US equity market and the best US traders through history, this book also was pretty good in terms of detail and explanation. His current book was shallow lacking in detail and appears to have rushed to the publisher. I was throughly disappointed.

I agree with some of the other reviews you would be much better served by purchasing the books on trading written by William O’Neil

1 Star Monster Letdown
Fire up your charting software. Scan for stocks that have gained greater than 200% in the last 250 trading days (1 year). Review. You have just saved yourself $29.00. There is nothing new in this book. O’neil was quoted so many times I began to think this was written by him. I congratulate anyone who has the moxi and staying power to finish and publish a book. That doesn’t mean I have to like the finished product.

2 Stars Very little value added to CANCLIM investors
The book’s title is misleading to say the least. The book offers little new information than his previous book - How Legendary Traders Made Millions. It just simply repeats the same principle in the chart again and again. Buy stock in the break out, pyramid buy more when stock drops to its support level, usually at 21 or 50 day moving average. Sell when the stock has its finally climax run. It could have been a 5 to 10 pages brochure.

If you really want to find out how a monster stock got setup, started and finished, I strongly recommend you read Brad Koteshwar’s book - The Perfect Stock: How a 7000% move was set-up, started and finished in an astonishing 52 weeks.

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FORTY YEARS A SPECULATOR

THIS IS ABOUT MY LIFE AS A STOCK MARKET SPECULATOR. AND MY GRADUAL TRANSFORMATION FROM A CONSERVATIVE BLUE-CHIP INVESTOR INTO A STEELY EYED, RIVERBOAT GAMBLER WITH NERVES OF STEEL. WHO FOUND WHAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR IN THE STRANGE AND WONDROUS WORLD OF MICRO-CAP INVESTING. ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE YOU INTO MY WORLD. A WORLD WHERE YOU CAN MAKE A FORTUNE ON A CHUMP-CHANGE INVESTMENT.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Forty Years a Speculator
This is an excellent read for anyone interested in microcap investing or any type of investing for that matter. Mr. Carach delivers sound advice drawing on his years of personal experience. The book is written in an easy to understand format and punctuated with a sense of humor that is refreshing and too often missing from most investment books. Take a look into his speculative world of the “Riverboat gambler.”

5 Stars Good Read
A good read for the person who is trying to turn a little money into a lot of money. This book gives you many categories of stocks to consider and the author lists his favorites in each sector.

A word of caution because these are very speculative stocks with high volatility. I like his practice of keeping one third of his portfolio in speculative plays while allocating two thirds to income stocks producing dividends of at least 6%.

Very entertaining with just the facts and no fluff.

Bob

5 Stars A WONDERFUL BOOK
This is a wonderful book. I have to agree with all the positive remarks in these 5 star reviews. The strategies are different and unique and I believe will work. I’m sure going to give them a try anyway. But, to me, the background material Mr. Carach includes adds so much to the book. It makes whats been going on in our economy much more understandable and thereby helps you understand why the investment strategies presented will work. The section called “The Wrath of Adam Smith” for example is a real eye opener. I highly recommend this book.

5 Stars Ignite your passion to finally build a winning portfolio!
Fred’s book is clear, concise, fun to read and easy to understand. He is passionate about his strategies and willing to share them with anyone. 140 pages packed full of his insightful recommendations…..Buy the book - You will be thrilled you did!

5 Stars Great book, lots of information
Fred Carach does an excellent job of explaining why following the herd is a bad strategy. Unlike most investment books, this book provides you with a serious strategy based on the author’s investment experience. Fred has put his money where his mouth is and is sharing what he has learned along the way. He outlines his strategy of creating a portfolio of income earning stocks combined with speculative penny stocks. Fred then takes it a step further with a list of choice stocks from his own portfolio along with his reasons for favoring these stocks. If you’re expecting a list of the typical blue chips, you won’t find it here. These are the best stocks you’ve never heard of.

If you’re tired of following the herd and paying so-called experts to lose money for you, you need to read this book.

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The Millionaires Club How to Start and Run Your Own Investment Club and Make Your Money Grow

“Individuals have found that investment clubs are a wonderful introduction to the stock market. The first step is to get started, and Carolyn Brown has made it easy.”–Kenneth S. Janke, President and CEO, National Association of Investors Corporation

The Millionaires’ Club expertly teaches the essentials of running an investment club. Comprehensive without being complicated, this easy-to-follow guide covers everything from choosing a broker and running effective meetings to investing online and analyzing your club’s results. You’ll discover how to start the club that works best for you.

The Millionaires’ Club will show you how to:

• Recruit members and develop an investment strategy
• Form your club’s legal structure and design operating procedures
• Tackle record keeping and other taxing issues
• Research securities like the pros
• Use the Internet and the news to uncover helpful data
• Invest beyond the stock market–and build your own retirement portfolio

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User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Excellent guide to organize an investment club from scratch!
The author based this book on the official gude from the National Association of Investors Corporation, which is like the bible to organize investment clubs. But this book adds a lot of practical experience from other investment clubs that the official guide doesn’t have. Go ahead and buy it if you are thinkiing of getting a good hold in organizing your investment club.

5 Stars No Fuss No Muss Personal Finance
Let’s face it. Personal finance is a drag. So many books, so much advice, and so much confusion. That is until you read the Millionaire’s Club. Surprisingly, the author Brown does an excellent job. I say surprisingly because most personal finance writers seem to be just as dense as the very books that they keep churning out to the general public. Brown’s book, however is short, clear and helpful. She’s a straight shooter that believes in serving up no fuss and no muss personal finance. Millionaire’s Club has got to be one of the best how-to investment club books currently on the market. I should know. I started an investment club three weeks after reading the book.

churning out.do a poor job of explaining difficult of little to of cutting through the morass of information involved in started starting ersonal finance jargon boiling down difficult concepts and Starting an investment club is Brown’s book is not original, but it certainly is

5 Stars Great Info
This book is a must have for those taking the necessary steps to a bright financial future. This book provided necessary information on all aspects of investment clubs from startup to management. I highly recommend this book.

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Stock Market Miracles New Innovative and Powerful Ways to Make Your Money Work Wonders

The author of Wall Street Money Machine now presents a collection of new and innovative methods to help amateur investors achieve fantastic returns on their investments. Stock Market Miracles features samples of strategies the author has used successfully, examples of actual trades, and definitions of key investment terms.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Worked like a miracle
I bought Stock Market Miracles along with Wall Street Money Machine back in 1997. Using Wade’s option strategies I was, as a total beginner, green as green could be turn $250 into $1350 in three weeks on my first play, $400 into $4800 on my second play and $1500 into $7000 (on a 3/1 post stock split play) in 3 days.

As a total novice, I was excited to say the least. Wade Cook and Robert Allen are two of the very best financial coaches today. I also recommend Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki.

Take the naysayer with a grain of salt. This guy obviously has an agenda that does not include helping you.

By the way, I made those gains without using Wade’s newest and more advanced strategies disclosed in Wade’s newest book Wade Cook’s Stock Picking Handbook. I recommend that you go to Wade’s website www.wadecook.org.

5 Stars More powerful strategies from Wade
In this sequel to the best selling Wall Street Money Machine, Wade Cook goes even deeper into his revolutionary and new strategies for cash flowing the stock market. There is more information on stock splits, options, rolling stocks, buying and selling calls and puts, tandem plays and so much more. This book makes a great companion to Wall Street Money Machine.

5 Stars Miracles do happen!
Following the strategies in this great book by Wade Cook, I have made 20% returns since 1997 and I still made money even during the Clinton Bear Market.

Most of Wade’s strategies are bear market in nature anyway. They are as safe as safe can be when trading in the stock market. Big upside. Little downside. Great book.

5 Stars Great addition to Wall Street Money Machine
I bought this book along with Wall Street Money Machine back in July 1998 during yet another “Clinton Bear Market” I was amazed to see that I could make money even during a down market. Highly recommend Stock Market Miracles and Wall Street Money Mchine (now known as Wall Street Money Machine Vol I & II.

5 Stars Powerful returns playing stock splits
Following WADE COOK’s advice in this and his classic WALL STREET MONEY MACHINE, I bought options on YHOO prior to their last split and nearly doubled my money in one day.

Stock splits are predictable, safe and easy way to make money quickly…as long as you follow the advice and precautions that Wade teaches. Many will remember that stocks like Compaq, split and never came back up again. In fact, dropped by 300% after splitting. But Wade warned us about Compaq and other stocks like Compaq that should have been avoided.

Following WADE’S advice has enabled me to quit my full time job, stay home with my children and make a nice living.

Thanks WADE!

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How to Make Money Selling Stocks Short Wiley Trading

There are two sides to everything, except the stock market. In the stock market there is only one side–the right side. In certain market conditions, selling short can put you on the right side, but it takes real knowledge and market know-how as well as a lot of courage to assume a short position.

The mechanics of short selling are relatively simple, yet virtually no one, including most professionals, knows how to sell short correctly. In How to Make Money Selling Stocks Short, William J. O’Neil offers you the information needed to pursue an effective short selling strategy, and shows you–with detailed, annotated charts–how to make the moves that will ultimately take you in the right direction.

From learning how to set price limits to timing your short sales, the simple and timeless advice found within these pages will keep you focused on the task at hand and let you trade with the utmost confidence.

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Great book.
I’ve read several of these online reviews and am pretty stunned by them. I have found this book to be very useful. I have implemented its strategy and the past couple months have returned me decent profits. It explains all the necessary conditions needed for successful short-selling. If readers are looking for a step-by-step guide or some miracle formula, then perhaps stock market investing isn’t the way to go. The only critique that I have about this book is to maybe include daily charts since these are necessary in timing short sales. If a 2nd book is published, then I’ll be all over it.

5 Stars Rich set of charts
The authors provide a rich set of charts that illustrate the life cycle of leading stocks from the past that ran up, topped, then rolled over. Such examples provide a key to understanding how leading stocks behave, and therefore, what to expect of future leaders. The charts clearly depict, in a bull market, how leaders advance in price as they break out of a series of constructive consolidations over time. In a bear market, these same leaders do the opposite, as they break down from a series of short, wild, erratic bases that can’t seem to hold above their 50-day moving averages.

3 Stars Good Info On Selling Stocks Short!
* The steps mention inside this book can still be apply with the current market.

* If you are looking for selling stocks short, this book is definitely for you.

* The only thing we need to succeed in this industry is for us to have a high capital at the very beginning.

4 Stars Well worth the money
How you rate a book on stocks depends upon what your level of experience and trading methods. I have been investing in stocks for several years, but am not a professional trader. I had never done a short sell. This book gave me clear insights into finding valuable short sales.

It could have been written a bit more clearly. O’Neil makes assumptions about the reader’s understanding of some terminology, but it isn’t a fatal mistake.

After some explanation of what to look for and why most of the book contains marked up charts of real life examples. I’m finding them more helpful than a lot text that says very little that is practical as in some other books.

5 Stars Shorting is a Art form as well as technical
I learned of Gill Morales though Gary Kaultbaum’s radio show and then Subscribed to the Gilmo Report as a result, A lot of this book is his writing and is well done. I have been trading now for over 20 years and you never stop learning. Shorting stocks is a stressfull endevor for me and the more I can learn proper entry the better. The book goes though how to spot tops in stocks and speaks of general market direction as well. There are lots of charts that should help you to get the basic theme of how to spot these stocks. You should have a good foundation in Technical Analysis and back that up with company fundementals. You can make much more money going short if you know how to do it correctly. Traders want out of the Pool a lot faster than they want to get in. This can result in 15 to 20 percent gains in several days.

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The Wallstrip TM Edge Using Trends to Make Money Find Them Ride Them and Get Off

It’s been often observed that anyone who invests in the stock market needs to have a very strong sense of humor….indeed; no truer words were ever spoken.

And the truth is, Howard Lindzon took that observation quite literally. Indeed, Howard’s creation — Wallstrip.com — has become just that - a total melding of humor and investing, or as the New York Times observed about Wallstrip - “It’s Squawk Box meets Saturday Night Live.” Wallstrip.com pulls in between 5 and 7 million visitors a year, and the show’s rabid following includes stock market enthusiasts, venture capitalists, traders, and others who tune in to hear, see, and talk about what’s happening in the markets.

If you haven’t been to Wallstrip.com, well, you’re in for a real treat. Lindzon’s parodies are priceless. And in THE WALLSTRIP EDGE, Howard captures his most unusual (but very smart) approach to how he picks winners, and you can too.

In THE WALLSTRIP EDGE, Howard Lindzon shows readers how to profit from his straightforward investment philosophy — a unique trend watching philosophy that makes Wallstrip.com such an amazing phenomenon, including how to look at trends from a different perspective, knowing when to buy a certain stock, how to hold it, and of course when to sell. It’s all done using the power of the Internet and your own instincts. It’s a surprisingly simple (and fun) strategy that works, and best of all, you don’t need to be a financial genius to make it work for you.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Advice from a non-academic
I’ve read Howard’s blog for about two years. The book is written in the same style- in Howard’s voice. It is filled with information you can use now whether you’re a seasoned trader or a part-time stock investor. His recommendations do not discriminate by the amount of money you have and the advise is practical. You don’t have to have a Ph.D. in Economics to understand it. Best of all, Howard practices what he preaches. It is not some theoretical dissertation on how the market should work. He goes through his investing process (winners and losers) in both the public and private markets and you get a front seat long for the ride. The cherry on top is that he’s incredibly funny. If you buy one investment book this year, this is the one.

5 Stars Fantastic and fun book that arms people to pick stocks with basic research and simple guides
Whereas most pundits would advise you to buy “cheap stocks,” Howard details how money can be made in stocks like TASR, CROX, HANS, CME, etc. When I was on Wall Street, these were the very stocks that my hedge fund clients made their most significant profits in.

While market conditions as a whole make individual stock picking difficult at best, quarters from now, individuals will return to the market. And they will do so with a lost confidence in the large insitutions to protect and grow their savings in funds that were previously called “safe.”

In this new market, I think individuals will be required to be more self-sufficient. This book arms people to pick stocks with basic research and simple guides. Howard debunks concepts such as “Averaging down,” which can be really dangerous to individuals, and “being too late,” which can prevent individuals from getting in on winners.

There are also interesting comparisons and learnings from the venture market with quasi interviews from leading VCs such as Fred Wilson and Brad Feld.

The book only has passing references to Wallstrip; it is very much a simple and straightforward guide to research followed by technical analysis. The technical advice boils down to trend following with an introduction to Average True Range (ATR). ATR is a valuable metric that allows investors to sell out of positions when a stock moves down below a typical average move

The book is great…

5 Stars Learn from a Pro
The Wallstrip Edge is a great book to learn about how successes and failures build/destroy companies.

It is also a place to learn about trending following and how stocks should be evaluated.

Howard Lindzon has done a great job of showing how to find stocks, how to hold them and finally how to build liquidity once a company has had its run.

Through his personal experiences and interviews with other start-up entrepreneurs and venture capitalists you can gain some great insight as to how great companies are constructed. Equally, you can see why other companies have failed.

When you start to look at the stock market as something you use everyday (like Amazon, Starbucks, Ebay, etc.) than you can start to realize that stocks are not just pieces of imaginary paper, but living products.

5 Stars Not Your Typical Investment Book
Wallstrip was all about trend following and how to profit from it in the stock market. Lindzon’s book expands on the background and practical implementation of this strategy which he has employed successfully in both the public and private markets for over 10 years.

Full of hard earned wisdom and humor, the book is both entertaining and informative. Highly Recommended!

1 Star Wallstrip Was A Failure
This book is idiotic. Wallstrip was a horrible show and a terible investment for CBS which is why they killed the show after never making a nickle with it. The show was a money loser, but hey you can always write a book.

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How to Make the Stock Market Make Money for You

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars I Knew Ted Warren
I live in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County. When I was about 18 my father read an article about Ted Warren in the local newspaper. Ted lived in Redondo Beach, CA. My father called him and went to his house to buy me a 1st Edition, First Printing that Ted Signed to me. I still have the book and copies of his newsletter I subscribed to at the time. I used to talk to him on the phone. I still use his long term technical approach, when I do I make money, when I stray I often don’t. This timeless, no nonsense work, is the best book on the Stock Market ever written. His late 1974 newsletter is a classic with a list of bargain stocks that many turned out to be HUGE % winners. In late 2008, I think Ted would say “buy now” and hold for the long term !

3 Stars The jury is still out
Not fully through it yet. But it explains a lot. I’m wondering if our current market applies, but will continue to study and find out.

1 Star Seductive Nonsense
I was an actual Ted Warren subscriber while he was still alive and then subscribed to a service that purchased Ted’s method from his wife as I recall and carried on. I was young and naive at the time. What was so seductive about this method is that Ted illustrated the book with arithmetic charts (as has been mentioned by other reviewers) that made the base fluctuations totally disappear. To put it another way, if a stock dropped from 50 down to 2 in an arithmetic chart and stayed between say 2 and 4 for a few years–the long flat base, the chart would basically show a flat line during those years with the appearance of no volatility whatsoever. In reality, if you purchased the stock at 4 (inside the base) and it dropped to 2, you lost 50% of your money or the exact equivalent of buying that stock at 50 and watching it drop to 25. A log chart would have unmasked this deception but Ted never allowed them.

In addition, when a stock appeared to be basing for several years and then dropped under even that base, the stock (and it’s miserable performance) would disappear from his record entirely. Only stocks that were still basing and ones that were increasing in price were maintained on the list. This is the definition of survivor bias.

As far as I know, Ted did not die a wealthy man and leave his wife a huge estate. Quite the opposite I believe. This method (much to my disappointment at the time) did not and does not work.

1 Star Probably Out Of Date!
* I’m not much of a fan in stock market but I believe the theory given inside this book is out of date.

* With the expensive price for this book, I think you should get a better book than this one.

5 Stars some of you are lost
wow some of the reviews are crazy. this book isn’t about trendlines and triangles this book is about the psychology of the market and how to profit from it. no wonder some of you got nothing from it. this is the most enlightening book on stocks or futures i’ve ever read, the markets made sense after reading it.i’ve made plenty of money to pay for my copy thank you very much!

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