HOLDERNESS, N.H., Jan. 31, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- There is no financial challenge greater than investing in stocks. It is a game that nobody can afford to lose, particularly as pension plans and government entitlement programs erode. To survive, financial players must have a deep knowledge of the markets, trustworthy financial advice and good timing. In the compelling new book Buy on the Upside, authors Richard Howard and John Gordon present to readers an educational and detailed look at the world of retail investing.
Buy on the Upside emphasizes that the key to successful investing lies in buying when individual stocks or the broad market is going up. It explains that this particular strategy requires a form of "market timing" which is often described as something investors (particularly "retail" investors) should not do. The "Wall Street Buy Machine" gives investors lots of advice, but it tends to be general and is often inappropriate for individual investors.
Readers will learn that successful retail investing requires hard work and that special attention is needed in six areas: seriousness of purpose, consistent long-term planning and investment, appropriate skepticism of "professional" advice, buying on the upside, minimizing costs (low cost mutual funds and low trading costs) and maximizing reinvestment (buying dividend-paying stocks and reinvesting dividends). Aside from the "buy on the upside" concept, the book features the Complete Trading Model and the Price Direction Indicator, analytic methods that support the "Buy on the Upside" concept and that are explained on the book's companion, free web site buyupside.com.
Detailed and intelligent, Buy on the Upside will undoubtedly attract the attention of people who wish to be successful investors in stocks, particularly those who are not professional money managers or investors. By providing readers a path to well-funded retirement (through careful investing tailored to their individual situation and needs), the book clearly has the potential to change their lives. With this book, amateurs or up-and-coming investors can prepare themselves for financial challenges and increase their chances to succeed. Buy on the Upside is available for your reading and research pleasures online at Xlibris.com, Buyupside.com and at major bookstores and libraries nationwide!
About the Authors
Richard A. Howard is retired from two careers. He was a consulting technical writer at Digital Equipment Corporation for fifteen years and taught technical writing at Clark University, the University of Massachusetts and Tennessee State University. He started stock investing in 1979 and made his living trading stocks from 1993 through 1999. He developed and maintains buupside.com, a free web site for retail investors. He developed the Complete Trading Model (CTM), a technical tool used to analyze price patterns
John C. Gordon is Pinchot Professor Emeritus at Yale, and was dean of the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies there for over ten years. He has started two companies, and is currently chairman and founding partner of the Candlewood Timber Group and Interforest, LLC. He is the author or editor of six books, including Environmental Leadership: Developing Effective Skills and Styles, and is the author or co-author of over a hundred scientific publications. He has been a retail investor for several decades, and lives in Oregon.
Buy on the Upside -- by Richard Howard and John Gordon
Trade Paperback; $20.99; 122 pages; 1-4134-8780-7
Cloth Hardback; $30.99; 122 pages; 1-4134-8781-5
To request a complimentary paperback review copy, contact the publisher at (888) 795-4274 x. 836. Tearsheets may be sent by regular or electronic mail to Michelle Barba. To purchase copies of the book for resale, please fax Xlibris at (610) 915-0294 or call (888) 795-4274 x.876.