I rarely read business books. They mostly suck.
Not Microtrends by Mark Penn . Read it. I am buying a bunch, actually already have, as gifts. I think this book would have been perfect if Mark went further and listed 20 stocks of each of his Microtrends that could be the benefactors. Instead, I will just slowly start thinking it through and hopefully you can all help.
The book confirms why many of the stocks I own are already cranking at all-time highs. Obviously with any set of trend stats you stand the risk of the trend ending, but nothing is perfect.
Mark uses stats and numbers as a long-time pollster and has the track record of putting his ass on the line to make me trust his numerical insights.
Nice auto book SmartLink, there Howard!
I’m glad to hear that you liked it. I loaded the audio book version of it on my iPod just the other day. I hope to start “reading” it soon.
I need to try audiobooks
yes you do, especially with all the travel you do. I’ve now given up on actual reading. With audio books I can “read” in the car, while doing chores around the house, on the plane with my eyes closed :-) , etc.
I signed up with Audible.com . They make it really simple to purchase & load books to your iTunes/iPod/iPhone
P.S. ADBL looks like it’s trying to recover, hmm… Has their time finally arrived?
P.P.S. in answer to a question from Howie:
you can buy audio books directly through iTunes… but it’s cheaper
via an Audible subscription. For example, iTunes sells MicroTrends for
$26, I got it at Audible for $15. Audible has a subscription model —
you get 1 book per month for a $15 fee. (Gotta love those AAPL margins though!)
Howard,
Audiobooks are great! Especially with you always on a plane! Some like it and some hate it.
BTW: My local libraries offer free audio downloads of books as recently as the first half of 2007. I downloaded all of Elder’s books – they were okay. Check into your local sources – you’ll be amazed at what they may offer for FREE! I have downloaded 15 books over the past year for free through my library link exchange (that has to be a couple hundred $$$ in my pocket).