Rule #1: The Simple Strategy for Successful Investing in Only 15 Minutes a Week
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- Author：Phil Town
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Summary
Who's going to provide for your future？ There's a crisis looming in pensions。 Investing in property is time-consuming and risky。 Savings accounts yield very little return。 If you're not careful， you could be looking at a very uncomfortable retirement。 But surely the alternative - investing in the stock market - is risky， complicated and best left to the professionals？
Phil Town doesn't think so。 He made a fortune， and in Rule #1 he'll show you how he did it。
Rule #1:
- Sets out the five key numbers that really count when you're buying stocks and shares
- Explains how to use new Internet tools to simplify research
- Shows how to exploit the advantages of being an individual investor
- Demonstrates how to pay fifty pence for every pound's worth of business
This simple and straightforward method will guide you to 15% or better annual returns - in only 15 minutes a week。 It's money in the bank！
Phil Town doesn't think so。 He made a fortune， and in Rule #1 he'll show you how he did it。
Rule #1:
- Sets out the five key numbers that really count when you're buying stocks and shares
- Explains how to use new Internet tools to simplify research
- Shows how to exploit the advantages of being an individual investor
- Demonstrates how to pay fifty pence for every pound's worth of business
This simple and straightforward method will guide you to 15% or better annual returns - in only 15 minutes a week。 It's money in the bank！
Reviews
Erick
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Easy to read book and give you the steps how to invest， despite being new into investing。 Some of the numbers may sound exaggerated but nevertheless a great book。
Ameya Apte
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awesome detailed step by step guide to at least get you started with individual stock investing。
Jelle Van Den Berg
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Zeer interessante instapper in de wereld van beleggen。
Ahmad A M
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A good read: well-structured and quite easy to follow。 The book explains various financial terms （e。g。 Return on Capital， PE Ratio， Margin of Safety） and the use of 3 tools （MACD， Stochastic， Moving Average） clearly and with good examples， guiding the reader through the process of investing in stocks step-by-step。 The author did not stuff the book with lots of complicated jargon or techniques， which is really appreciated by a novice like me。 The only downside would be some dated info and weblink A good read: well-structured and quite easy to follow。 The book explains various financial terms （e。g。 Return on Capital， PE Ratio， Margin of Safety） and the use of 3 tools （MACD， Stochastic， Moving Average） clearly and with good examples， guiding the reader through the process of investing in stocks step-by-step。 The author did not stuff the book with lots of complicated jargon or techniques， which is really appreciated by a novice like me。 The only downside would be some dated info and weblinks; seeking out some of the data requires a bit more work。 Some of the content is also US-specific so they were quite irrelevant。 In the end， the book has really helped me improve my overall understanding and I believe the knowledge I picked up will prove useful。Highly recommended！ 。。。more
Kolia Phan
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Gonna use this strategy instead of Tony Robbin's unshakable mutual funds' strategy。 This is basically Warren Buffet's investing strategy looking at the intrinsic value of companies。 Gonna use this strategy instead of Tony Robbin's unshakable mutual funds' strategy。 This is basically Warren Buffet's investing strategy looking at the intrinsic value of companies。 。。。more
Stephan
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Mostly solid， but the promise that you can （easily） make 15% even when in a bear market is just too much 。。 most people should stick to a core portfolio using a total market index/etf and only have few percentage in single stocks - this idea is not mentioned， stock picking is so easy 。。
Michele Minervini
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A very easy book that introduces you to the fundamental rules to start investing profitably your money。 But the fact that it is easy to understand is not a flaw: in fact， it is very explanatory on the few things which it deals with but that remain easily in your mind and it uses its repetitiveness as a strength， mainly for the readers who are no so expert with investing。 It is also very practical and it gives you very useful and easy tips to make your money work for you without spending so much A very easy book that introduces you to the fundamental rules to start investing profitably your money。 But the fact that it is easy to understand is not a flaw: in fact， it is very explanatory on the few things which it deals with but that remain easily in your mind and it uses its repetitiveness as a strength， mainly for the readers who are no so expert with investing。 It is also very practical and it gives you very useful and easy tips to make your money work for you without spending so much time and effort in sophisticated and laborious research and calculation。 。。。more
Kumail
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Good book to start reading about basic investments。 Phil town is also one of the disciples of Warren Buffet， and likewise， is a value-investor。 The book is a nice read and gives a lot of information about economic terms and how to make an educated guess before investing your money in a stock market。In short， a profitable company should have ROIC， E/P growth greater than 10%。 The PE ration shouldn't be abnormally high （~20 is good）。 The company should have low debt。 The idea of making money from Good book to start reading about basic investments。 Phil town is also one of the disciples of Warren Buffet， and likewise， is a value-investor。 The book is a nice read and gives a lot of information about economic terms and how to make an educated guess before investing your money in a stock market。In short， a profitable company should have ROIC， E/P growth greater than 10%。 The PE ration shouldn't be abnormally high （~20 is good）。 The company should have low debt。 The idea of making money from stock is to get the highest profit with the least risk possible。 。。。more
Russell Stevens
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Great bookMade sense of many investment terms and how to value stocks love the podcast too would definitely recommend a read
Dheeraj Chidambaranathan
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Well worth the read。 Gives a lot of good distilled info compared to the Intelligent Investor and many other value investing books。
Logan Lawrence
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Rule One Investing was a great book to read， and It definitely counts as a world changing book for me。 Rule One Investing not only acted as an intro to basic stock trading for me， but also helped to nudge me in the right direction as to what type of trading I should adopt。 Phil Town’s slow and steady trading method is perfect for someone my age who has a lot of overall time， but not a lot of free time。 This strategy， when I employ it， will slowly but surely compound my wealth to a large degree。t Rule One Investing was a great book to read， and It definitely counts as a world changing book for me。 Rule One Investing not only acted as an intro to basic stock trading for me， but also helped to nudge me in the right direction as to what type of trading I should adopt。 Phil Town’s slow and steady trading method is perfect for someone my age who has a lot of overall time， but not a lot of free time。 This strategy， when I employ it， will slowly but surely compound my wealth to a large degree。tThis book was world changing for me because It gave me a whole different perspective when it came to professional trading。 I always thought that to be a professional I would have to commit to sitting in front of stock tickers all day in order to make any amounts of revenue， but this book helped me realize that that is not the case， and that I can use investing while only dedicating a couple hours a week to my portfolio。 The best part about this method is that It can be used alongside another job， and since I don't think it would be my dream job to analyze stocks all day， I am more than happy to only use investing as an investment vehicle。tThis book has quite a history， as Phil Town's first book he couldn’t get any library to take his books， so he sold them out of his friends car wash; However， the book started to catch on and gain a following after many satisfied readers。 This type of story lets you know that this book works， because it didn't have some outstanding marketing behind it， and it was only driven by its usefulness and reputation。 This book has made me much more inquisitive towards my future。 Every day I grow closer to being a legal adult， and I can't help but spend more and more of my time mentally and physically preparing for my future。 The main question raised by this book was “can I do this in the future？”。 The only part of this book that I was unsure about was whether it would be a good fit for me or not。 I know that it works， but would it work for me， and after consideration I figured that it probably would due to the low time requirements and steady long term growth that I can withstand the allure of。 In this book the author's tone and voice are nothing special， but his storytelling is。 Phil Town tells this story in two parts， one is the story of his past， and how he got to where he is today， and the other is purely information， and goes over the logistics of his methodologies。 This storytelling makes his book not only accessible for those unacquainted with investing， but also useful for those with a large background in it。 In addition， his past allows you to see how his strategy worked in real life， and made a millionaire out of a white water tour guide。 Overall this book was very useful for me and my future。 。。。more
Judith
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Started reading this after listening to 10 podcast episodes of InvestED， by Phil Town and his daughter Danielle Town。 The podcast was okay but not information dense enough。 Phil Town said a lot of common sense stuff so I decided to read his book to speed things up a bit。I wish this book was not so time-specific （lots of screenshots of “MSN Money” and old versions of Yahoo）， and available in Dutch so I could give it to my parents。 Don’t be fooled by the “how to open a brokers account” chapter， th Started reading this after listening to 10 podcast episodes of InvestED， by Phil Town and his daughter Danielle Town。 The podcast was okay but not information dense enough。 Phil Town said a lot of common sense stuff so I decided to read his book to speed things up a bit。I wish this book was not so time-specific （lots of screenshots of “MSN Money” and old versions of Yahoo）， and available in Dutch so I could give it to my parents。 Don’t be fooled by the “how to open a brokers account” chapter， this is not just for investing newbies。 Contains a very readable implementation of Phil Fisher’s quality investing philosophy meets value investing meets GARP。 What I like is that Town translates the high-level， abstract method of Fisher to something quantifiable anyone with highschool level math knowledge can work with。 。。。more
Alex Wong
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Step by Step Guide for InvestingI’ve been largely using Dollar Cost Averaging （DCA） and investing in Index ETFs。 Phil is a refreshing read， and he lays out his method clearly。 It will take work to put this in action， and he is very candid about what one would likely experience when implementing his approach。 This is a book that I will return to again for reference as I journey into Value Investing。
Charles Sunnucks
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Its well written with interesting anecdotes， and some good insights into how to evaluate a company。 However， its approach to actual valuation is dangerously oversimplified， and therefore its not really of practical use for those wishing to evaluate an investment opportunity。
Koen V
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Veruit t beste boek over investeren wat ik heb gelezen。 Niet alleen uitleggen wat je moet doen maar ook hoe en waar je op moet letten。 Maakt het allemaal zo simpel dat het getest moet gaan worden， ben benieuwd。 Ohja en hij is goed in z'n eigen voor lul zetten， heerlijk Veruit t beste boek over investeren wat ik heb gelezen。 Niet alleen uitleggen wat je moet doen maar ook hoe en waar je op moet letten。 Maakt het allemaal zo simpel dat het getest moet gaan worden， ben benieuwd。 Ohja en hij is goed in z'n eigen voor lul zetten， heerlijk 。。。more
Daniel Lopes
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Terrible name great content The advice is solid and this book is way better than I expected。 The framework can be a bit dated because of today’s websites and apps but most of it still applies。
Jaap
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Very accessible book about the fundamentals of investing with little original thought and reciting the same old in the most popular voice。 Maybe 2 stars is a bit harsh but it is how much I have enjoyed。 On the upside， it took little time。
Harry Harman
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The book-equivalent of a webinar。Just enticing you to buy his software but teaches you nothing。
Kristina
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I loved this book so much！ Phil gives you all the tools you need to start doing value investing。 Although the websites he recommends （Yahoo Finance and MSN Money） have been updated since the publishing of this book （so some features may be a bit difficult to find）， it's not impossible。 I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to get into value investing and learn how to do it。 I loved this book so much！ Phil gives you all the tools you need to start doing value investing。 Although the websites he recommends （Yahoo Finance and MSN Money） have been updated since the publishing of this book （so some features may be a bit difficult to find）， it's not impossible。 I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to get into value investing and learn how to do it。 。。。more
Hailong
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A good fundamental formula for value the company。
Kuntal Kumar
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Overall knowledge about investing in stocks。 Helped in understanding every aspect and technicals since I had some experience in stock investments。 Awesome strategies and observations。 Absolutely gold for all times。
Fredy
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Great book for stock investors， the greatest if I might。 Yet I needed more maths and rational process in order to get the numbers this method explains。 I have to re-read many times more to figure out how and why， but if you're into blind investment maths or not， this is a great first step for stock investing。Oh and the author is really concerned about your money and tries hard to help you use it wisely。 Great book for stock investors， the greatest if I might。 Yet I needed more maths and rational process in order to get the numbers this method explains。 I have to re-read many times more to figure out how and why， but if you're into blind investment maths or not， this is a great first step for stock investing。Oh and the author is really concerned about your money and tries hard to help you use it wisely。 。。。more
Pradeep Kumar
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In this author explained about finding a beautiful business and buying it at fair value。Loved it。 Need to try his principles。
J。T。
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Phil Town é um gestor de fundos， comentarista de televisão e influenciador no youtube。 Este livro sobre finanças pessoais e investimentos para iniciantes é baseado na filosofia que ele utiliza nos investimentos， chamada Rule Number One （Regra Número Um）。 É a mesma filosofia do Warren Buffet， que o autor considera seu principal guru， apesar de não ter sido aluno dele。 Apesar do título， na verdade existem duas regras。 A primeira é expressa com uma frase bem simples: "Nunca perca dinheiro"。 A segun Phil Town é um gestor de fundos， comentarista de televisão e influenciador no youtube。 Este livro sobre finanças pessoais e investimentos para iniciantes é baseado na filosofia que ele utiliza nos investimentos， chamada Rule Number One （Regra Número Um）。 É a mesma filosofia do Warren Buffet， que o autor considera seu principal guru， apesar de não ter sido aluno dele。 Apesar do título， na verdade existem duas regras。 A primeira é expressa com uma frase bem simples: "Nunca perca dinheiro"。 A segunda regra é ainda mais simples: "Nunca esqueça a primeira regra"。 O livro condensa quase todo o conteúdo gratuito que ele compartilha na internet através de vídeos e apostilas。 É uma boa introdução ao mundo de investimentos， na mesma linha do Gustavo Cerbasi。 。。。more
Prateek Sharma
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Awesome book about investing， no bullshit just great advice。
Linda
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Easy to understand as a beginner。 Good investing education and talks about Warren Buffet value investing in simpler terms
Sohum Agrawal
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Solid book and a great intro into the world of investing in stocks。 Showed me how to invest using the 4M strategy。 Learned how to evaluate stocks and other assets using a balance sheet and other company numbers。
Ajay
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Great content but with outdated examples
Z。A。
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Most investing books I’ve read mostly talk about changing your mindset， but this is the first I’ve come across that gives practical advice on how to read the numbers and what to do with them。 A lot of the references are pretty dated， but I learned a lot。
Vasile-Simion Sularea
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