A Random Walk Down Wall Street, 12th Edition

The Time Tested Strategy for Successful Investing

By: Burton G. Malkiel

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins

Publisher's Summary

The best investment guide money can buy, with more than 1.5 million copies sold, now fully revised and updated.

Today's stock market is not for the faint of heart. At a time of frightening volatility, what is the average investor to do? The answer: Turn to Burton G. Malkiel's advice in his reassuring, authoritative, gimmick-free, and perennially best-selling guide to investing. Long established as the first book to purchase before starting a portfolio or 401(k), A Random Walk Down Wall Street now features new material on "tax-loss harvesting", the crown jewel of tax management; the current bitcoin bubble; and automated investment advisers; as well as a brand-new chapter on factor investing and risk parity. 

And as always, Malkiel's core insights - on stocks and bonds, as well as real estate investment trusts, home ownership, and tangible assets like gold and collectibles - along with the book's classic life-cycle guide to investing, will help restore confidence and composure to anyone seeking a calm route through today's financial markets.

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Why no pdf of charts???

I'm disappointed that the charts are not available in pdf like many of the other finance books I have listened too.

a wonderful update to a classic

the author mentions so many interesting ideas and even though the book is a bit repetitive, the style and jokes make it very readable.

Horrible book for Audiobook.

For a person that is trying to learn about the market, this book is extremely difficult to understand by only hearing at it. You need to accompany it with the written version. It has sections when it literally gives you actual math to think about. Extremely misleading, you learn very little like that. Mostly if investing in the market is something you have not done on your own beyond a simple 401K. Extremely disappointed.

Essential for beginning investors

This book is essential for anyone interested in starting to invest. Would make an excellent gift for any new college grad.

Boring to listen to

I really did not care for this guy and his voice, he had a smugness to him in a weird style of speaking that I just found a really annoying. I think this actual book has lots of tables and data which again makes listening to not enjoyable.

Informative

As an advisor myself. The book provides the cliff notes of strategies available. In addition to helping you decide if you want to manage your own money or not.

lose the unnecessary references to sex; ....

... they add nothing and only appeal to male audience. I feel book downplays risks of common ownership. okay book overall.

Insightful, but Surmised in one sentence.

If you don’t know or wanna know about stock investing, but you money in S&P 500 index funds. Still a good insightful read and I found it a comical critique of Wall Street. The middle third is more technical, this a little dry.

Absolutely a Classic on Investment

If you will read only one book on investing, this should be it. Subsequent editions have absolutely kept it current. I am a retired attorney and banker, but I learned a great deal. Both the content and the approach were fabulous. I highly recommend this book.

History Repeats Itself

A story about the beginning of the stock market through modern times. Who knew defective tulips & the slave trade had initial bearings on Trading.

Thee case for Index tracking

This books content and narration was straightforward to understand and paves the way to get you started on your investment journey. Follow the market, don't try to beat it. I also enjoyed the history of past bubbles and bursts. those who don't learn from the past are destined to repeat it.

Had some compelling arguments on investing

This books main theme is supporting index investing and not to try too much in stock picking. Alot of it makes sense specially how the author presented his recommendations with historical data. Good narration by George Guidall.

Essential for investing.

Get the fundamental information about investing and what to invest in. Get information about funds and stocks. What to choose and what to think. And why so. Really good book that I truly recommend everyone that is having or want to have money in the stock market in some way! Thanks a lot for making this book :)

an eye-opener

I thought I was going to get a book regarding tips and tricks of manipulating the stock market. Instead I'm pleasantly surprised to learn how to make returns just as good as playing the markets but without the heartache headache.

Great introduction for the newbie

A very in depth, but still accessible guide for those new to investing. Makes his point strongly, but always backs this up with research and offers advice on how to reduce risk, if you don't want to follow the main advice on offer.