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| The Dick Davis Dividend: Straight Talk on Making Money from 40 Years on Wall Street | 
 enlarge | Author: Dick Davis
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (15 reviews)
Sales Rank: 227058
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 471
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.2 x 1.8
ISBN: 0470099038
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.6322
EAN: 9780470099032
ASIN: 0470099038
Publication Date: December 10, 2007
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 I'm very glad I didn't skip this one! April 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is, without question, one of the best investment books available. Mr. Davis is a phenomenal writer who conveys concepts with ease, taking care to reiterate those concepts that many investors would prefer to overlook. The reader can tell that Mr. Davis truly cares about helping others learn to invest wisely. The book includes a culmination of wisdom learned over a lifetime dedicated to the investment field.
58 YEAR OLD LAWYER LEARNS FROM 80+ EXPERT March 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Today is Tuesday, March 25, 2008. Last Wednesday, my portfolio dropped $154,229 or 8%. I am a successful investor who started with about $700,000 in February of 2002. Do the math! I'm almost all the way back today.
Several of the "pearls of wisdom" in Dick Davis' book were comforting after that, my largest drawdown ever, and that is despite the fact I like to think I have "nerves of steel." His book should be required reading in any investment class. The same is true for you if you invest for yourself or your family. No matter how sophisticated you think you are, this 80+ year old man, with a lifetime's worth of experience will teach you something important and vital. If you are new, he will teach you lots. One gem could make or save you thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. At 58 when I attend Continuing Legal or Real Estate Education Classes, I know a lot of what is being taught beforehand. I seek gems. Nowhere can that one gem affect your fortune more than in investing, and Dick Davis' book has hundreds. Read the book. Memorize all that you can!
 You can skip this one... February 19, 2008
17 out of 21 found this review helpful
After seeing all of the 5-star reviews, I expected a lot more from this book than it delivered. My principle criticisms are basically two-fold: first, it badly needs an editor to eliminate repetition; second, there are few, if any, new ideas or viewpoints presented.
On the first point, the author repeats himself many times on many points. To be sure, he warns the reader of this and does it deliberately, but this reader did not appreciate the redundancies. I'm also not sure what value 28 model portfolios have other than boredom. Heck, I can supply a dozen or so myself if he really wants completeness.
The second criticism, others might call a strength. Dick Davis used to publish a newsletter that was a digest of other analysts, newsletters, and advisor publications. Similarly, this book is a compendium of the thoughts of others, filtered by Dick Davis with an MPT/Index fund bias. So far I have no problem with this. However, his sources are the usual ones -- Malkiel, Markowitz, Swedroe, Bogle, Buffett, Lynch, etc. Get the picture? If you've done any amount of reading in standard investment literature, you will find nothing, NOTHING new. If you haven't, you'd be better served reading Tobias's "The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need" or the recent "Little Book" by John Bogle.
Not a bad book, but far from a classic.
gold mine of investment pearls February 17, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Dick Davis guides you through the ins and out of Wall Street in this highly informative yet easily readable book. You will be amazed at the wealth of investment information that is covered in a friendly and highly experienced voice.
This is a veritable gold mine of investment pearls for both the novice and the pro. You'll be glad you read it and will find yourself coming back to use it as a reference and gateway to many other valuable investment sources.
Stephen G. Edelstein
Pension Fund Manager
Lexington, Kentucky
The Best Book for Investors that I've Ever Read January 19, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Probably the best investment book I've ever read is this new book from Dick Davis titled appropriately, "The Dick Davis Dividend: Straight Talk on Making Money from 40 Years on Wall Street."
Davis writes with great conviction about aIl that he's learned over the years and his book is truly a tour de force for investors. His detailed treatment of the ins and outs of both active and passive investment strategies is a real delight to read. It helps that I'm personally a big fan of his most fundamental recommendation - an 80/20 split between index funds and actively managed investments.
If you're looking for one book to guide your investment efforts, this is the one - Dick Davis is the new "Ben Graham" for individual investors!
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