On-the-money

Meir Tamari has written a serious yet eminently readable examination of Jewish perspectives on earning and spending wealth from an Orthodox Jewish angle. His central thesis: Judaism posits that we are but stewards of wealth, and must act responsibly in our conduct of our financial affairs, as employer, as employee, as transactor in the marketplace, as debtor, as creditor. Jewish sources are accessible and interpreted in a clear manner. This book is stimulating, and helps one to ponder a variety of imporant issues outside the traditional capitalist-socialist dialogue box. This area of Jewish law is not studied to the proper degree in any of the Jewish denominations today.

Review by Dr. Lawrence R. Klein, Benjamin Franklin Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Pennsylvania

"It takes a rare combination of talent and deep scholarship in two fields - Jewish religion and economics - to provide a sophisticated Jewish interpretation of individual economic activity. Meir Tamari is one of the few persons who truly understands both fields. There have been other religious interpretations of economic terms of behavior and performance, in the form of Catholic pastoral letters and Muslim, Buddhist, or Protestant studies, but very few modern interpretations for persons leading a conscious Jewish life. Tamari's book makes an extremely valuable contribution toward filling the void."

Review by Herbert Stein, Senior Fellow, The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

"What role should ethical guides play in an economy organized on the principle that individuals pursue their self-interest, and what should the guides be? These have always been important questions, but recent scandals, in both private and public life, have brought them forcefully to our attention.

Meir Tamari's new book, The Challenge of Wealth: A Jewish Perspective on Earning and Spending Money, provides valuable illumination of those questions. Jewish sages have been thinking about them, in real-world applications and with biblical precepts in mind, for two millennia. Tamari gives a clear and provocative account of their reasoning and their conclusions. Even readers who do not share the Jewish tradition and may not accept the conclusions that flow from it will get a better view of the issues that must be faced. Beyond that, to see hundreds of supple and serious minds at work over the centuries is a delight."

Mr.Gleek knows his stuff. This book is broken down into bite size pieces. Open to any page and get at least one good idea. This book is also a perfect example of how to use a self-published book as a combination business card, promotional tool, and catalog. The only reason I didn't give the book a 5, is that much of the content is repeated in Mr. Gleeks other book; MARKETING & PROMOTING YOUR OWN SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS.I don't mean the same ideas, I mean whole sections, word-for-word. If I had not bought both books, I would have been totally satisfied with this one.

I agree with the other reviewer that there is a degree of overlap between this book and the author's Marketing and Promoting Your Own Seminars. On the other hand, Mr Gleeck has identified a niche market for speakers and a niche for seminar leaders and has customised his message to each group. This demonstrates a clear understanding of marketing principles.

As many speakers also do seminars, these books taken together are a valuable resource.

This book contains lots of practical and easy to implement advice and information on:
- getting started in your career as a speaker
- marketing a speaker's business
- the mechanics of speaking
- doing your own seminars
- creating and marketing information products, and
- other useful tips.

This book is therefore highly recommended. Indeed it is a must read for professional speakers.

As a professional speaker, you have to understand how to make money. The other books I've read on this topic give you some good tips, but this is the best one I've read on how to MAKE MORE MONEY as a speaker. I highly reccomend it. I benefited a lot from Fred's extensive experience with CareerTrack and his knowledge of the public seminar business. His insights on how to develop your own products are amazing. Without reading this book I'm sure I would have been a speaker, but not a RICH speaker.

They say Americans don't like to haggle. This doesn't mean you can't do it in almost every purchasing situation. This book inspired me.

This book opened my eyes to the world of haggling - I've been paying too much for things in the past!

I like the Author's conversational and realistic writing style... amust read for anyone who buys things.

5 stars, as we can't give it 6!

I found this book an eye opener to my spending. Within 2 months my spending cut in half and in 6 months to one third. It was so great to become aware of where my money was going. It was very simple to use. Thank You Judy, Lidia

Judy Lawrence's Money Tracker makes it easy with week-by-week charts for recording everything you spend for a year. Along the way, you'll also find helpful tools like a "Victory Diary" and "Splurge Diary" that can provide you with helpful insights.

this book is great in term for those who very very interested in world currency and pro in this field... it may be good to own a copy of this book cause it include a lot of world money that you and me were not born yet... especially note that impress me is the CHINA's CENTURY ... it is like amazing to see those kind of note that never thought of it would be called as "money"...

anywhere this book is great... and if this book improving its' note with color than it is highly recommended...

thank you...

regards,
Jason Yap

The book is of a great use not only for a bank note collector, but also for educational purposes, as it includes a brief history of every listed country, written numerals, dating systems even exchange rates of various countries. Paper money images serve as a great educational material about world's famous people, buildings, scenes from history and many more. Everyone may even use it for identifying various paper notes. It is really a Specialised Source!

I found this book to be a practical handbook for the average person to take their future finances in their own hands and simply do something for themselves without long and tedious information or classroom situations. It is necessary for all people to be responsible for their financial future reguardless of their current status and this book is the one which walks it's talk.

On the back of the book there is a quote, "Everyone should read this book." It's true, EVERYONE should. Concepts simple to understand for the beginning investor or for an experienced short term investor who wants to start looking farther down the road.

This book really teaches you have to invest with a small amount of money. It explains how to do it in simple terms that can be understood by anyone and best of all it works.

I just got done with this book, and I was satisfied with the information offered. I was in fact inspired enough to decide to take a shot in real estate investment. I just checked out a Real Estate Principles textbook from the library.

Unfortunately I had to do that because this book has very little in the line of DETAILS. Woodson does a fine job of hitting all of the main points of consideration, but leaves you with quite a few questions as to the HOW-TO of carrying out his advice. He seems very specific in the advice to get a broker, agent, professional inspector, property manager, attorney, etc. It's almost like he's trying to drum up business for real estate professionals as he is himself a broker. He even makes it sound as though the experience in the field is unattainable for most which I beleive to be untrue.

By all means, buy the book if you are new to real estate invesing. Good quality information, good readability, but a bit too much bias for 'the business'. Please vote if this helped.

This book is a fine introduction, although a bit basic, into the complex world of real estate investing. I was glad to have a no-nonsense, no-frills starter. The author wears his prejudice for a certain kind of investing on his sleeve, and explains every concept lucidly enough that even someone with no experience can understand every principle. There's a fine breadth of material covered too. I recommend it.

"Profitable Real Estate Investing:..." is a great book for someone who is starting out and wants to know where they fit into the big picture. Woodson obviously has experience in many different aspects of real estate investing and brokering and it shows.

I loved the little examples that are scattered throughout the book to help the reader understand different concepts. I have also read "Investing in Real Estate" and "Flipping Properties" and this is my favorite intro book so far.

I think Woodson took the right approach by not going too much into the "number crunching" that goes along with investing in real estate, he instead talks about different levels and stages of investing and what each has to offer.

I definitly recommend this book ot someone who is motivated to start investing in real estate.

I do not regret having read all of the Wodehouse books written before this one, but I have to express my delight at finally starting to get to the books that made Wodehouse's reputation. This particular one isn't tied to any of his serieses, but shares a lot with both the Blandings castle and Bertie & Jeeves books. First off, there's Lord Dawlish, the sort of chap who is just a little too nice for his own good, the kind who always gets nipped by one and all for a fiver here or a ten-spot there. Then there's his fiancee, who's obsessed on the money deal; an eccentric wealthy old man; a couple of Americans; and a nightclub-singing Lady (as in Lord and Lady). There's money, and the lack of it, that seems to be a separate character content to flirt with all the rest of the cast. A little plot line regarding golf, keeping bees, transatlantic trips, people who may or may not be who they are, a will that may or may not be the operative one, people mistaken for themselves and others, and true love. My god, the formula is so easy, yet as any one knows who has tried a hand at this stuff, just because you've got the recipe, it doesn't mean your souffle rises in the same way.

This is a good one to recommend to people who have never read Wodehouse before, because it is compact and self-contained. It's been said that laughter is the best medicine--if so, then Wodehouse is a wonder drug.

A pleasant enough read, but falls far short of most of the other Wodehouse that I have read. A person reading only this work would have no idea that Wodehouse is probably the greatest writer in the history of the English language except perhaps for that Bard guy from back when.

For Lord Dawlish, an unexpected inheritance comes along at a perfect time for marrying the girl he loves.. little does he know that it would lead to a breathtaking comedy spanning the Atlantic. A masterpiece which could only have belonged to Wodehouse's world.

I got hooked on P.J. O'Rourke through his work in "Rolling
Stone." Each of his books have usually just been expanded
versions of his gonzo-style of journalism. He is definitely the sick
love child of Hunter S. Thompson (another "Rolling Stone"
family member) and Dave Barry--of course with a twist of Rush
Limbaugh's conservatist flare. His dry wit is interlaced with a keen
eye for the bizarre. He has attacked politicians and Congress in
"Parliament of Whores" (still his best book to date) and the
"hawks" and "doves" in "Give War a
Chance" (enjoyable though not as memorable). This time he takes
on economists who apparently win Nobel prizes simply by boring the
most people. However, he does this by actually bouncing around the
globe, from Wall Street to Havana. And Albania to Hong Kong. And
several other points in between.

He gets deep into a
country. Immersing himself within society itself to develop his theory
of why a country's economic ills are what they are. This is usually
done by attending the local watering holes. If anything else is
redeeming to an O'Rourke work, it's certain that you will always walk
away with an unquenchable urge to have a stiff drink--or maybe
four.

O'Rourke examines and compares several societies and
countries that exhibit the most free of the free market (Hong Kong) or
the country with "good" socialism (Sweden) and
"bad" socialism (Cuba) and several other nations like
Tanzania, Albania and Russia. As well as the U.S. and Shanghai. The
examination on these countries are too brief to be worthy of real
study, but the truth within the humorous observations are what is the
real nugget. ...this book is
thoroughly enjoyable just to get his no-nonsense and never boring take
on why the free-market is greatest invention of mankind. ....

Finally, you will definitely laugh while reading this
book.

P.J. O'Rourke is without a doubt my favorite essayist and writer (I got hooked on P.J. when he was writing for "Car and Driver" and have never regretted my addiction), and this book didn't fail to live up to my expectations. P.J. takes a basic look at economics, and then flavors that look with real-world examples as gleaned from his globe-trotting excursions in the pursuit of truth.

He starts with a simple examination of the basic, mind-numbing econ a large number of us slept through in college, and arguably this is the weakest part of the book. While his presentation is brief, understandable, and to the point, it's also filled with just a bit too much diatribe against the pointlessness of much of economic theory. However, these sections are as short as they are acidic.

It's after that however that P.J. is at his finest; writing about what he sees and experiences as he makes a round-the-world compare and contrast paper out of the economies of a variety of countries (and if you like this, go read "Holidays in Hell"). Comparing the economies of Tanzania, Hong Kong, and Shanghai through his witty observations and anecdotal references is worth the price of admission. When he visits a country, he really visits the country, getting to see its seamy underside as well as the glitzy parts photographed in the travel brochures. And no one is better at producing the telling anecdote that completely sums up his point than P.J.

His conclusions? Well, they're a bit pointed (and, yes, he probably did have most of them in mind before he started all this), they support a lot of the status quo (which I prefer to think of as his gaining perspective rather than losing his edge), and they'll most likely offend a wide spectrum of people (and if you're easily offended, why are you reading P.J. O'Rourke?). But the bottom line is that he pretty much cuts to the chase on both his analysis and his conclusions, and he does it while making you laugh out loud (more than I can say for my copy of Mansfield).

Definitely worth a place on your bookshelf.

Great book, laughed all the way through. Really a fabulous and clarifying eye-opener on a lot of the world's economic systems that i really didn't have a clue about. What a fun way to bone up on a little history and current economic issues.

I found Gregory Witt's, Rolling Stock, an eye-opener for those of us little fish swimming in the high seas. I've read a variety of comments about the book (good and bad) and believe that Witt is a master at his craft. For example, I opened my account one month ago and have begun to roll two different stocks. In one day, I netted $85 on my account which by the way, contained a mere $400 in it. Sure, there are risks, but if you're ready to do your homework, dive into Witt's Rolling Stock. A must read for us tiny guppies struggling to survive as we swim in open waters.

Rolling Stocks is an elaboration on an investing concept articulated by Wade Cook. It is a little hard to explain without a graph, but bear with me while I try.

Imagine that you have a historical daily stock-price chart in front of you. If draw a line between the highest two tops of the prices and another through the lowest two bottoms . . . and those two lines are more or less parallel (run in the same direction), you have found a rolling stock. Basically, it is a stock that operates like a sine curve (if you remember what those look like from trig class). Or think of it as an undulating wave bounded on the top and bottom.

Stocks will sometimes trade in these circumscribed ranges for some time, falling from the tops of the range to the bottom, then rising back to the top, and repeating.

If a stock does exactly this quite frequently, you can buy near the lows and sell near the highs, let the stock drop, and do it all over again. That's the fundamental idea. This has been a standard trading strategy of professional investors for decades.

What is different about this book is that it is the most complete articulation of how to pursue this trading strategy that I have seen. As such, it may provide the basis for some individual investors to learn how to use it.

The book describes the strategy in detail, provides some examples, takes you through some case histories, shows you how to find these stocks, provides ways to finetune the strategy for higher rewards, portrays the risks and rewards, and shows you where to get more information.

Mr. Witt reports that he most frequently finds such stocks among the lowest priced stocks, after they fall from a higher level, before they breakout to a higher level, with attractive stochastics (a form of technical analysis) which are probably representing ownership in a company that is unprofitable. In other words, the company's stock is in a funk because the company is in trouble.

Now, let me share my analysis and reactions with you. First, these are usually companies that are in trouble. Such stocks can break down in price very quickly. So even using stop-loss orders, you can take a 10-40 percent loss on the downside before you get out. Since the book advises you to usually place your stop-loss order at a higher price, you may do worse unless you are following the stock continuously.

Second, if you have never heard of stochastics before, this method may take more learning than you want to do.

Third, although the method is well described, it is more art than science. So you'll have to develop a touch and a feel. My suggestion is that you work with paper and pencil first. Then, if you are getting good results and like what you are doing, commit some real money. But start slowly. This should probably never be more than 10 percent of your financial assets.

Fourth, you will miss out on making much money if the market moves up quickly. Sure, you'll be able to sell out of this position. But you probably won't be able to find another stock to buy into. So there's an opportunity cost involved (what you could have made with some other investment method).

Fifth, keep good records. These trades (when successful) will trigger regular income tax bills.

Although this is less stressful than day-trading, it is also not buy-and-hold. Be sure that your nerves are up to this. Many people cannot feel comfortable following a formula like this when the market moves rapidly up or down. Ignore the formula, and you can get into trouble.

If this method seems too hard for you, consider the seasonal timing model. In that, you buy near the lows in October with a diversified group of solid company stocks and sell them near the highs in April. Almost all of the market gains historically have come during those months. This reduces your risk overall, and gives you faster gains than buy-and-hold. Often, you will buy back in during October at lower levels than in April.

Whatever method you decide to use, don't fall into the misconception that any one method will always work. Keep learning!

Aside from this outstanding book by Gregory Witt, there is also Wall Street Money Machine Vol. 1&2, 2 Down Years and Up We Go and Red Light Green Light. So yes, there are other books out there, but this is still the best one on Rolling Stocks. The information on stochastics and moving averages is excellent.