Category Archives: Reviews
Mind Your Own Business!!
I finished reading CASHFLOW Quadrant, by Robert T. Kiyosaki yesterday and I feel a bit obliged to write about it. On the one hand, because the book is partially filled with incomplete information, being too vague, and for some part promoting illegal practice (e.g trading stocks based on insider information), on the other hand because the book still does make some good points… and it’s a great motivational book by the way. I know, I know, when I read my first book of Robert Kiyosaki, I was quite positive about him, until I did some further research on the topic. The Cashflow >> Read More
Book Review: “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” by Robert T. Kiyosaki
As we grow up, we are often told by our parents and peer groups to go to school, get good grades, enjoy education and to get a good and secure job at a company. We strive to gain wealth by working hard, and fighting for promotions and salary raises. At the same time, we try to get ourselves comfortable lives: a nice apartment, a car, fashionable clothing, and good lifestyle in general. We use credit cards and loans to finance things for which we do not yet have money readily available, and often use out monthly salaries to pay off debt and mortgages. Then, as we grow older and our demands >> Read More
Reuters’ Website Makeover
There are many resources available on the internet, covering news, industries, stocks, markets, currencies, analysis and options, and much more. In the jungle of the internet, it is not only hard to find a resource, which is truly reliable and offers a high quality of data, but it is just as difficult to find a resource which is easy to understand and navigate. About a year ago, I had started using Reuters for reading the news and researching companies. However, the site was not very easy to navigate, and at a certain point I had decided to use other resources, such as my own bank, or MSN >> Read More
Book Review: Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
In his book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell takes a closer look at what makes people so successful, and why. In an entertaining and well written way, Outliers explains the relationships between hard work, ambition, passion, and pure luck, using many real-life examples, such as that of Bill Gates. All examples and theories described in the book are the result of extensive research.
Book Review: Warren Buffett and the Interpretation of Financial Statements
Knowing how to read financial statements is the absolute key to analyzing the health and potential of corporations. Mary Buffett and David Clark have written this book to help readers find their way through the maze of financial statements.
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