Stock Investing For Beginners: How To Buy Your First Stock And Grow Your Money Paperback – April 18, 2017

This book is a work of genius!!! I tried to get into stocks years ago and none of the references for beginners I came across made any sense, so I gave up. I decided to give it another try and some references captured the very basics like "what is a stock?" "why is investing important?" but after that sent me for a loop again. I decided not to give up again and that's what led me to this book. John Roberts simplifies EVERYTHING! He puts in a relative perspective so you can understand it better. Like saying an exchange is basically an auction. He relates something unfamiliar to something familiar so you can grasp it better. It helps a lot to be put this way. And I love that he centers the book solely on stocks. Other references start throwing in bonds and funds when you barely understood stocks to begin with, making you twice as confused. I also love that he reiterates some important points because sometimes I'll forget something and wind up going back and try to read it again, but he brings up the points again to make it easier to stick. And being new to the stock market I need that reminder.Upon reading this book, I was finally able to get a stockbroker account and begin investing with confidence. Something I never thought I could do. I can't wait to read his other books!

Always wondered what the stock market was all about and thought you might like to try it out? This will get you started, beginning with “what is a stock?”. Well written and easy to understand. You will be able to buy and sell by the end of the book with some basic ideas about WHERE to go to buy, WHAT to buy, and WHEN to sell. Perfect guide for your first steps.

I personally thought its an extremely helpful book for pure beginners. People who don't have a single clue about the stock market i think this is the book for you. But does it get to the point where you can comfortably buy a stock, from my point of view i don't think so. I think the books just gives you an overall idea on how the stock market works and how the investor should think. Its very brief I enjoyed the book, very great examples to make things much more simple to understand. Overall it an Excellent book for beginner, but not to the point where you could comfortably buy a stock as the title claims.

This book is a easy read and stocked with great information!

Easy to understand for beginners.Only thing is that the book recommends subscribing to the Oxford Communique; DO NOT do that. There are much better journals to get info from that are cheaper and more accessible. Oxford Journals may have been the gold standard in the 80s/90s but their site is now too difficult to use.

A few months ago I have some knowledge and start to do my own personal financial management. I have considered many option on how to do investing especially in passive income. One among other method is stock investment. My real challenge is I completely do not know what is stock investment and where to get start from it.Until I found this book, I found an author really carefully explain to the reader since the beginning of the first step. He has shown a lot of stock on doing stock investment, how to purchase and selling your stock, where is the starting point that you should start to do it... and many other tips and advice that you could use it to do stock investment.The book won't teach you in advance level such as how to analyze the trend of the stock or read the data to make your own decision but this book help you to get confident on how to do stock investing at the beginning level. I really recommend this book to any one who is new to stock investment.Thank,Kanel

I picked it up and could not put it down until I read to the VERY LAST PAGE. I knew nothing of how the stocks worked and now i feel empowered to start investing on my own.This book is a real page turner, humorous and so simple to understand. I will be purchasing more book from John Roberts.I have so many reviews to fill out on Amazon and just haven't been motivated to do so but for this read I HAD TO. I just finished reading this book and wanted to give the author his just due props. It takes a lot to keep my mind from wandering and this book succeeded.It has been read and now I am ready to take on the market. There are some really great references in this book, by the way and it will be my holy grail of reference until memorized. Ok. I've said enough. If you want to learn the basics in an easy to understand way then BUY THE BOOK!!

I am a beginner in stock investing.Your book is excellent! Thank you for your direction and passing on knowledge. I never thought I would have the understanding of what it takes to invest in stocks but your book has given me confidence, understanding and knowledge to step forward and give it a try. I’m excited to get started even though I am 68 years old. It’s never tolate to start and to move forward.Thank you for all your recommendations in your book and will continue to gain knowledge to learn more.SV