Investing in One Lesson

Name: Investing in One Lesson
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Mark Skousen
ISBN: 9781433228513

Author: Mark Skousen

Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach

Unabridged: 5 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 02/01/2008

Categories: Nonfiction, Business & Economics

Synopsis

Mark Skousen has built his impressive reputation as one of the industrys bestknown investment advisors by consistently beating the market year after year. Now, he passes along his entire investment philosophy, based on his decades of experience, in a single, onelesson book. Investing in One Lesson first unravels the intricacies of Wall Street, explaining in laymans terms why financial markets frequently behave in seemingly irrational ways. Then Skousen reveals his surprisingly simple strategy for making money in the stock market and shows why his approach stands the test of time and the scrutiny of skeptics. Including personal anecdotes from Skousens career, Investing in One Lesson is an indispensable guide for beginning investors or those seeking to increase their returns.

About Mark Skousen

Mark Skousen is an investment expert, economist, university professor, and author of more than twenty-five books. He earned his PhD in monetary economics at George Washington University in 1977. He has taught economics and finance at Columbia Business School, Columbia University, Grantham University, Barnard College, Mercy College, and Rollins College. He is a presidential fellow and Doti-Spogli Endowed Chair of Free Enterprise at Chapman University.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jay on January 19, 2022

Contrary to what the other reviewers are saying, the One Lesson isn't to buy dividend stocks (although that's the bulk of his recommendations), it's that the market is not the economy and that economy is not the market. I enjoyed this book quite a bit. It's a fairly simple and cogent introduction to......more

Goodreads review by Kate on April 15, 2016

The one lesson? Buy dividend stocks. Easy and interesting read by a contrarian investor.......more

Goodreads review by Keith on June 10, 2011

What Hazlitt did for economics, Skousen attempts for investing. He's an Austrian but is not a gold/silver bug which is refreshing. Relies heavily on Jeremy Siegel's work.......more

Goodreads review by Sean on March 19, 2017

Listened to audiobook while auditing things in our home. A few take aways. Invest in what you know & understand with disposable earned income. Dividends don't lie. Loosing it all is the beginning of learning. Be rich; borrow $1m & pay it off (aka your home). Many others that I've heard from other re......more

Goodreads review by Bwaye on January 02, 2021

I would have to say! Yes, it is simple and it is not a get rich book. But, the ideas in this book are sound and have been tested over time. I can say when I was an early investor I followed these simple investing steps. I would say this is a great starter for anyone investing. I only have one update......more