- Paperback: 232 pages
- Publisher: Hyperion (Feb 1 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0786881208
- ISBN-13: 978-0786881208
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.7 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 386 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,130,072 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
The Beardstown Ladies-16 older women from a small town in Illinois-present the investment secrets that have allowed their club to substantially outperform professional money managers.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Over the past ten years, the Beardstown Ladies Investment Club has produced an impressive average annual return of 23 percent. The key to its investment success is summarized in a single page in the book: members depend heavily on Value Line rankings and apply some fundamental analysis to their stock selections. The 16 women club members, who include a secretary, a school principal, and a hog farmer and who range in age from 41 to 82, also discuss management practices that contribute to running a successful investment club. Since many clubs fail, their practical advice might be useful to others considering such a venture, though guidance is available from other sources. The one-page biographies of the club members together with their favorite recipes adds little to the minimal value of this book.
Joseph Barth, U.S. Military Acad. Lib., West Point, N.Y.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Joseph Barth, U.S. Military Acad. Lib., West Point, N.Y.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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2.3 out of 5 stars (21 customer reviews)
33 of 34 people found the following review helpful
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What a crock, Nov 6 1999
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This review is from: Beardstown Ladies Commonsense Investment Guide How We Beat The Stock (Paperback)
The folksy advice sounds too good to be true--and it is. How couldn't someone--anyone--have seen that the so-called "returns" on investment are rigged? The media waited too long to expose the fact that the authors included club fees in figuring how they supposedly "beat the market." In fact, the market beat THEM. Don't waste your time or money.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Bah!, Aug 22 1999
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Beardstown Ladies Commonsense Investment Guide How We Beat The Stock (Paperback)
Ok, the ladies did get people interested in investing, but they really screwed up in the end. I can't believe that they still do speaking engagements about investing--to me, they're the Milli Vanillies of the investment world!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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how can you trust a book with an error in the title?, Mar 21 1998
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This review is from: Beardstown Ladies Commonsense Investment Guide How We Beat The Stock (Paperback)
News reports are now saying that the Beardstown Ladies club annual investment returns were under 10%, rather than over 20%, because of a mistaken calculation. Whopping blunders are not the way to inspire confidence in their advice.
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