Because of the current coronavirus pandemic situation, we all have to work from home and keep social distancing from others, but at the same time it’s an excellent time to read books. I bought “Getting Started in Stocks� at least 10 years ago when I first started working in financial industry. At the time I didn’t have the patient to read this book, but recently I went through my pile of books to reread them.
I recommend this book to anyone who are beginner investors, if you want to learn terminology of financial market and basic investment knowledge, this is a great book for reference. I have to say this book is super easy for beginner to understand. After you read this book, you will be ready to read some more complicated books to enhance your understanding.
What I learned from this book, please see the summaries below: One of the most important things you can do as a new investor is to set investment goals. Because it helps you to determine what you are going to invest and how you build your portfolio. The first thing I would like to talk about is to assess your risk tolerance. Different people have different risk tolerance, some people are wired in a way that fluctuations in their portfolio’s market value lead to enormous levels of emotional misery...
Having read it quite a number of years ago, I remember liking it, yet I can't seem to remember too many specifics about it. Obviously it wasn't bad, otherwise I would have remembered that, but neither was it good enough to burn a vivid image into my mind, so three stars is probably the fairest rating I can give it.