{"product_id":"9780132703437","title":"Gene Marcial's 7 Commandments of Stock Investing","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Gene Marcial provides iconoclastic insights into the art of successful investing while exploding the mythology of the conventional wisdom. His \u003ci\u003e7 Commandments of Stock Investing \u003c\/i\u003eis scintillating reading for both individual and institutional investors who seek an advantage in their moneymaking endeavors.”\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eScott Black, President of Delphi Management Inc. and a member of the \u003ci\u003eBarron’s \u003c\/i\u003eRoundtable\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“It is well understood that trading in the stock market is full of risks. But if you are ready to take the plunge, I guarantee that there will be a time when being familiar with \u003ci\u003eGene Marcial’s 7 Commandments of Stock Investing \u003c\/i\u003ewill be extremely important. Over the years, I have followed many of the same commandments.”\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e--Carl Icahn, Chairman, Icahn Associates\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“This book begins with one of the wisest investment observations I’ve ever encountered: ‘There are plenty of ways to make money in the stock market, but clinging to mainstream thinking or so-called conventional wisdom is not one of them.’ The author’s discussion on avoiding the diversification trap is alone worth many times the price of this book.”\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e--Bernie Schaeffer, Chairman, Schaeffer’s Investment Research, Inc., www.SchaeffersResearch.com\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“Gene Marcial has been guiding literally millions of investors to better financial performance over his more than 30 years as a leading financial journalist. He consistently has demonstrated a rare instinct for knowing when to follow a trend and when to think like a contrarian. In today’s turbulent times, his new book, \u003ci\u003e7 Commandments of Stock Investing, \u003c\/i\u003eis essential reading for all investors and could well add precious percentage points to the performance of any who take his words to heart.”\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e--Stephen Leeb, President, Leeb Capital Management Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEvery week, the investment world turns to Gene Marcial’s \u003ci\u003eBusinessWeek \u003c\/i\u003ecolumn. Here’s why: Marcial knows how to pick winners. Apple at 15. US Steel at 19. But Marcial’s track record isn’t limited to just one or two picks. In fact, recent analysis reveals that he’s beaten the indexes for a full \u003ci\u003edecade\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eYou can’t get results like that following the “conventional wisdom”! You need to know what Gene Marcial has learned about stock investing--and this book will tell you. Marcial has distilled 35 years of experience into seven powerful, counterintuitive “commandments”: rules that are simple and practical enough for \u003ci\u003eevery \u003c\/i\u003einvestor to profit from.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMarcial reveals why diversification is not an optimal investment strategy…why you need to focus on finding big winners, and how you \u003ci\u003ecan\u003c\/i\u003e…how to profit from panic, and how to lock in your profits when everyone else is “fat and happy.” Along the way, he opens up the secret, mysterious world of corporate and market insiders--showing how to track them down, emulate their approaches, and profit from their lucrative strategies.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e  \u003cli\u003e  Be prepared to profit from panic\u003cbr\u003ePlot a clear strategy to seize opportunities during a macro-market panic  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  Learn how to “buy the losers”\u003cbr\u003eFinding tomorrow’s big winners in today’s bargain bin  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  Profit from the unknown\u003cbr\u003eFinding investments that are undervalued because investors don’t understand them  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  The “sweet seven”: specific stock picks for the next seven years\u003cbr\u003eWhat to buy right now--and hold for the long term \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pearson Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47077419647216,"sku":"9780132703437","price":14.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780132703437_p0.jpg?v=1763641778","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780132703437","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}