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•How Facebook friends helped a young parent invest in the wildly successful children’s show Chuggington and see her stock values climb 50 percent?
•How did an everyday trip to 7-Eleven alert a teenager to short Snapple stock―and tripled his money in seven days
•How could $1000 invested consecutively in Uggs, True Religion jeans, and Crocs over five years grew to $750,000
•How did Michelle Obama cause J. Crew’s stock to soar 186 percent?
Laughing at Wall Street will show you how.
Chris Camillo is not a stockbroker, financial analyst, or hedge fund manager. And yet in early 2007, in the midst of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, he invested $20,000 in the stock market, and grew it to just over $2 million in only three years.
How did he do it? By observing the world around him.
Along with his own keen observations, Chris leverages family, friends, coworkers, and online networks like Facebook and LinkedIn to create what he calls “trend-spotting networks.” These networks – and not the bigwigs of Wall Street – help Chris identify market trends that lead to winning investments. You have a powerful network, too, as well as an innate advantage over those on Wall Street – you just don’t know it yet.
In this entertaining, story-driven, and jargon-free book, Chris proves that you don’t need large sums of money, fancy market data, or endless hours to achieve extraordinary wealth. He shows how the average consumer with zero financial education can outsmart Wall Street’s brightest by learning to identify game-changing information hidden in everyday life while watching TV, reading tabloids, working at the office, shopping at the mall, eating out at restaurants, or driving the carpool to soccer practice. You just need to pay attention to the interests and trends in your own life. It doesn’t matter whether you have $100 or $100,000 to invest – you can become a successful investor and create a secure future for you and your family.
ASIN : 1250015758
Publisher : St. Martin’s Griffin; Reprint edition (Oct. 30 2012)
Language : English
Paperback : 240 pages
ISBN-10 : 9781250015754
ISBN-13 : 978-1250015754
Item weight : 218 g
Dimensions : 13.97 x 1.38 x 21.59 cm
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Samuel Galaviz –
Simple, easy to understand investment strategies. Great book! A Must Read!
Chris, the author, is like you and me. A normal person looking out for investment opportunities and in this book he shares strategies that we can all apply. Just gotta put those investor glasses on and put in the work before pulling the trigger to increase your chances of success. Thank you for sharing Chris, it’s a great book and congrats on the new YouTube channel Dumb Money. Check it out
Nick –
Utterly Shocked at how this changed the way I think about stocks.
If you are not technical this book will help you in sooo many ways. A new way of thinking helps you see the world differently. Get on the DISCORD group. Learning so much more there as well Thank you Chris.
Ian –
What a different perspective!
Taking advantage of big money being aloof is a wonderful niche!
ZarethKnyght –
A must read for average traders.
This book is a great read. Especially for people that might be new to the market. The explanations are simple and the examples make things easier to relate, which in turn helps to retain the knowledge. I won’t spoil the details but I’ve already recommended this book to others.
Kindle Customer –
A Practical Approach to Investing
I enjoyed this book! It outlines a practical approach to investing. Mr. Camillo has a smooth writing style that makes even a novice investor understand what investing is all about. I enjoyed his experiences regarding how he became acquainted with various companies (e.g., Coach, Apple). The “Fake Till You Make It” chapter discuss stock options. Mr. Camillo makes a complicated subject easy to understand. Laughing at Wall Street’s advantages lie in the author’s interesting tidbits and practical approach. Read it and use it!
Daniel Xue –
its ok… nothing really mindblowing
I wish he had gone into more strategy because there are many more waysto Conduct proper investigation of stock→ but he didn’t.Essentially it’s oversimplified-he could have written this in 1- chapter or blogpost’
Lina Yu –
Modern method of approach
Taking advantage of what others can’t see and making a profit from it is something that Chris teaches. There are many other items about options trading that may need to be covered in greater detail but his book is a good way to start.
Peter Szkraba –
Outdated
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Antoninos Tsopanidis –
Overall a great book. It’s a bit long relative to the amount of information it provides, but some chapters were really helpful and insightful. This book has possibly the best explanation of options ever. A detailed explanation of a complex subject in a way that even a child would understand.Chris explains his investment approach of identifying information about companies before wallstreet and how he uses leverage to maximize his profits.
Manuela C. –
interessante come approccio, utile per farsi un’idea. Circa la validità e attualità di questo piano per avere rendimenti in borsa superiori alla media, sono un po’ dubbioso, il libro fu pubblicato nel 2012, erano anni in cui tutto il mercato era sceso parecchio, anche comprando passivamente nei cinque anni dal 2008/2009 si sarebbero avuti buoni risultati, senza il rischio e lo studio che applica l’autore, inoltre ora il mercato è a livelli molto alti. Come portfolio ulteriore nella propria strategia potrebbe anche starsi se impostato come affermato nel libro. Però trovo sia interessante come strategia nell’ottica di un approccio che va a vedere quello che Wal Street spesso trascura.
Jon –
Too many stories, but little technical and practical info. I did not really learn much from this book. Wouldnt buy It again.
BIG T –
I came across this book through a friend and was intrigued by the title, at first thinking this was a get rich quick book, but I’m glad I gave it a chance because it is nothing of the sort. The book taught me about investing, but first and foremost that you need the resources to invest before you can capitalize on any opportunity you might find. I really like how the author spells out a very practical and simple way to create investment resources through everyday living and how to mentally categorize that money in a way that allows you to take risks with the money (no risk no reward, right?).The author then puts into perspective the idea of a professional financial investor and how they function as a tool or lack there of. Just because we are paying someone to do something doesn’t necessarily mean we are getting our money’s worth, and he explains why. I found it interesting how he discusses Wall Street and the areas they get their information and how, through the internet, it is accessible to everyone, with some time and patience that is.Learning how to look and listen for investment opportunities in my daily life was intriguing to read since I had never thought specifically about that on a broad scale before. The author also clearly spells out how to find those opportunities and then test them against parameters to determine if they are able to be turned into a money making venture.Finally, I liked the success stories towards the end. It was cool to read how this method actually works, has worked, and can work in the future.My only reserve has nothing to do with the book and everything to do with risk and timing. He educated us about methods to have an account with money to be risky with and how to research a company so you don’t have to time it, but when is it too late to get into a stock or fund? The book would answer that question with ‘as soon as Wall Street has realized the opportunity’. Is it too late to buy Apple stock now that they are trading in triple digits or is there still a potential difference there that leaves room for financial gain? Through all of the hypothesis process and company research there is still that idea of you really don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow that might make the stock jump in either direction, so should I risk it all or be conservative? I think those questions go beyond the book, and rightfully so, if those questions had definitive answers no one would make money on the stock market because there would never be a difference in actual value and potential value.This was a great book, very educational, practical and simple in a sense. I really enjoyed reading about current companies and relevant information that I could relate to by living through many of the companies’ successes he discussed. I recommend this book to anyone that wants to learn about investing for the first time or has been in the stock game for awhile. There are some very novel ideas in the book that have proven results. There is no get rich quick motto here, it is all about having the resources that you can risk, finding an opportunity, doing your research, and making a decision that should conclude in your favor. Thanks for the knowledge!!!
Xenon 6 –
Quite good. This book outlines a methodology for unconventional investing that is sound and not taught in universities. If you understand it and apply the methods it could give you an investing edge.