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A Beginner's Guide to Investing

By: Ivy Bytes, Alex H Frey, Alex H. Frey
Narrated by: Adam Verner
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Audition Deadline: May 28, 2014

Whether you're a complete investing novice or just confused about all the contradictory advice out there, A Beginner's Guide to Investing is an accessible guide to growing your money the smart and easy way.

Throw away the get-rich quick schemes that never work and turn off the financial news and it's constant noise. Whether your dream is protecting your assets in a turbulent market or growing your wealth so that you can retire in style, this book is the blueprint.

You can be a successful investor - really.

Join Ivy Bytes, an innovative start-up dedicated to creating accessible content on crucial issues, and Alex Frey, a lifelong investor and Harvard MBA, as they show you:

  • How you can realistically expect to double your money every 7-10 years
  • Why most investors achieve stunningly poor returns on their money - and how to avoid turning into one of them
  • How to choose an investment account that you can keep for the rest of your life
  • How to out-perform the vast majority of professional investors while taking less risk
  • How to quickly create a portfolio of diversified ETFs (exchange traded funds)
  • How to put in as few as three to five hours every year on your investing - and still beat 80% of investors
  • Why you may not be properly diversified in holding the most popular index mutual funds
  • How endowments like Yale university have consistently beaten the overall stock market - and what you can learn from them
  • And more.
©2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Ivy Publications LLC (P)2014 Ivy Publications LLC
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Informative

The terminology lost me when he started going into the financial aspect. So since I have no knowledge in finances I found it hard to follow. If you are like me maybe finding the basics of finances to help with the meat and bones of this book.

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Excellent

I really liked it. It's very educational and fun. I strongly recommend it for the novice investor.

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Great book

Very easy to listen to, very very informative.
I wish it was longer because is was so good.

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Excellent place to start

This was my first audio book. Great information. This gave my the missing pieces that I need for retirement investing.

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short and to the point

short and good basic knowledge of investing. very helpful in getting your foot in the door of the investment world.

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Short and to the point

The authors greys to the point and doesn't over explain. Very easy to follow. Great advice.

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Nice introduction on Investing

A nice basic overview on topics and themes. I would recommend this for a person who is starting to get curious about investments.

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Great way to learn how to invest

This is a solid book for anyone just starting out in investing. The author breaks down each category and explains them thoroughly. Highly recommended

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Wonderful investing introduction!

For many this book is honestly all one will need to succeed in investing and saving for retirement. Practically everyone over-complicates investing due to human nature and the belief that success takes hard work. And while that's true in many areas of life, both studies and statistics repeatedly show that it's not true in investing. Excellent book!!

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Pretty good if you new to investing

Great book... especially if you are a novice investor like me. It's a good listen.

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