The Investment Club Book

"What a great book! It is time that the individual be shown how to truly safeguard their future and invest with intelligence. This book does exactly that. It you want to secure your retirement, read this book."

-Suze Orman, CFP, author of You've Earned It, Don't Lose It!

The Smart Money club in Fort Lauderdale has tripled its money in less than ten years!

Taffy, a club based in Overland Park, Kansas, has had an annual average return of 28.9 percent, compared to 11.26 percent for the S & P 500 stock index.

From coast to coast ordinary people are getting together. They're each investing as little as ten dollars a month. They're making more money than they ever could with traditionally safe investments-and achieving a higher rate of return than the average broker. Most of all, they're doing it with very little risk. A fun way to socialize and learn investing, investment clubs give little people the big clout they need to "beat the street."

A guide that also explains basic financial terms and concepts, The Investment Club Book reveals how the most successful clubs manage their investments, how to join a club or start one up yourself, plus how to:

-Evaluate companies to find the best investments

-Choose the best sources of stock information for your club members to use

-Diversify your portfolio -Benefit from dollar-cost averaging -Invest in foreign markets

-Protect your portfolio from stock market swings ...and much more!

"Every investor should read John Wasik's book. He teaches you how to make more money than the Wall Street big boys."

-Alan Lavine, syndicated columnist and author of Getting Started in Mutual Funds

"A must read for-first-time investors. Many with the discipline to follow these strategies just plain get rich."

-William E. Donoghue, publisher, Donoghue OnLine, mutual fund database

Investing The Investment Club Way...
By joining or forming investment clubs, anyone from any background can become a shrewd stock market investor. From picking the right companies to managing your trading costs, this book gives you all the information-including a complete glossary and resource list-you need to start investing.

Learn:

-Why more than 60 percent of investment clubs regularly beat the performance of the Standard & Poor's 500 index
-How your club should choose a broker and get your money's worth from commissions
-How clubs are organized and run for maximum return on the dollar
-How clubs decide to buy stocks-and when to sell them
-How to analyze companies to see the growth and profit potential-no matter what the stock market is doing
-How to diversify your club's portfolio and reinvest dividends
-The Five Habits of Highly Effective Investment Clubs-for long-term stability and success.

An Alternate Selection of The Literary Guild® and a Featured Alternate Selection of Doubleday Book Club®

"A useful guide for taking charge of your financial life. John Wasik has written a book full of practical information for anyone interested in starting or joining an investment club."

-Joseph Anthony, financial writer, author of Working for Yourself: Full Time, Part Time, Anytime

"If you invest on a shoestring, then this is the book for you. No more feeling left behind by all those wealthy Wall Street aristocrats. John Wasik uncovers some of the hottest secrets to investing and teaches you how to become your own tycoon."

-Christy Heady, syndicated and financial journalist, author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Making Money on Wall Street

Author John F. Wasik claims his book is more "informational" than "a fun read," but I'd have to disagree. While Wasik packs in the material (this book is nothing if not comprehensive), the most compelling part of the book to me is the "true life stories" of successful clubs and successful club members. The book never reads like some inspirational Reader's Digest, though, as Wasik lets the clubs tell their own stories, stepping aside to allow the reader to soak up hundreds of collective years of club experience as related by otherwise-average individuals from all across the country. Wasik may well be the most accomplished writer of all the investment club book authors, and he approached the book with the proper reporter's objectivity. Still, it's clear that he is impressed with the success of the investment club concept, and by the members profiled in The Investment Club Book. For readers interested in the answer to the question, "why start an investment club," this book provides the answer.

From an Amazon.com review

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