Comments on: Book Review: The Only Guide to Alternative Investments You'll Ever Need http://thefinancebuff.com/2009/02/book-review-the-only-guide-to-alternative-investments-youll-ever-need.html like a friend telling you about money ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:44:17 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Larry Swedroe http://thefinancebuff.com/2009/02/book-review-the-only-guide-to-alternative-investments-youll-ever-need.html/comment-page-1#comment-1493 Larry Swedroe Sat, 07 Feb 2009 14:33:46 +0000 http://thefinancebuff.com/2009/02/book-review-the-only-guide-to-alternative-investments-youll-ever-need.html#comment-1493 Just a correction re Fridson, he is book reviewer for the Financial Analysts Journal, not the JFQA. Also note that as most people are not aware that authors have very limited if any control over the title. The first book was not my title. Then the other two were just part of the trilogy so kept the name. The publishers have changed the names of almost all the books I have written. Just a correction re Fridson, he is book reviewer for the Financial Analysts Journal, not the JFQA.

Also note that as most people are not aware that authors have very limited if any control over the title. The first book was not my title. Then the other two were just part of the trilogy so kept the name. The publishers have changed the names of almost all the books I have written.

]]> By: Larry Swedroe http://thefinancebuff.com/2009/02/book-review-the-only-guide-to-alternative-investments-youll-ever-need.html/comment-page-1#comment-1489 Larry Swedroe Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:57:19 +0000 http://thefinancebuff.com/2009/02/book-review-the-only-guide-to-alternative-investments-youll-ever-need.html#comment-1489 FWIW--Martin Fridson has been the book reviewer for the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis for about 20 years. In the inaugural edition of The Investment Professional he wrote a review. Here is the final sentence: By covering that final base, The Only Guide to Alternative Investments You’ll Ever Need lives up to its title. Martin Fridson, CFA, is the chief executive officer of Fridson Investment Advisors. FWIW–Martin Fridson has been the book reviewer for the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis for about 20 years. In the inaugural edition of The Investment Professional he wrote a review.
Here is the final sentence:

By covering that final base, The
Only Guide to Alternative Investments You’ll
Ever Need lives up to its title.

Martin Fridson, CFA, is the chief executive
officer of Fridson Investment Advisors.

]]> By: TFB http://thefinancebuff.com/2009/02/book-review-the-only-guide-to-alternative-investments-youll-ever-need.html/comment-page-1#comment-1479 TFB Fri, 06 Feb 2009 03:06:11 +0000 http://thefinancebuff.com/2009/02/book-review-the-only-guide-to-alternative-investments-youll-ever-need.html#comment-1479 indexfundfan - I agree about the title. I also wonder whether Andrew Tobias feels ripped off. If I write a book "A Random Walk <i>Along</i> Wall Street" will I get into trouble for infringement? Andrew Tobias justified the original title on the word "need" and need is subjective. MLPs are alternative investment, but you don't necessary <i>need</i> to know about them. :) indexfundfan – I agree about the title. I also wonder whether Andrew Tobias feels ripped off. If I write a book "A Random Walk Along Wall Street" will I get into trouble for infringement? Andrew Tobias justified the original title on the word "need" and need is subjective. MLPs are alternative investment, but you don't necessary need to know about them. :)

]]> By: indexfundfan http://thefinancebuff.com/2009/02/book-review-the-only-guide-to-alternative-investments-youll-ever-need.html/comment-page-1#comment-1475 indexfundfan Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:01:36 +0000 http://thefinancebuff.com/2009/02/book-review-the-only-guide-to-alternative-investments-youll-ever-need.html#comment-1475 The title of the book is a bit "gimmicky" -- "The ONLY guide ... you'll ever need". Really the ONLY guide? I was trying to do some research on MLPs and it is interesting to see Larry say this of this/his book: "My book does not cover MLPs could not cover everything, and no real low cost effective way to own this stuff--see next point They, at least the infrastructure plays, have some interesting characteristics, but hard to get rid of the unsystematic risks, which I don't like taking And right now they are being thrown under the bus with everything else--meaning getting hit by flight to quality. They may even be cheapest ever been now. We are actually looking at a way to see if it can be done in diversified manner with reasonable costs--problem is the pain in the neck with taxes on all the K-1s." Obviously from his comments, MLPs could be an alternative investment. But it is not included in the ONLY guide you ever need. LOL. The link to the conversation is below http://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26122&highlight=partnerships The title of the book is a bit "gimmicky" — "The ONLY guide … you'll ever need". Really the ONLY guide?

I was trying to do some research on MLPs and it is interesting to see Larry say this of this/his book:

"My book does not cover MLPs

could not cover everything, and no real low cost effective way to own this stuff–see next point

They, at least the infrastructure plays, have some interesting characteristics, but hard to get rid of the unsystematic risks, which I don't like taking

And right now they are being thrown under the bus with everything else–meaning getting hit by flight to quality. They may even be cheapest ever been now.

We are actually looking at a way to see if it can be done in diversified manner with reasonable costs–problem is the pain in the neck with taxes on all the K-1s."

Obviously from his comments, MLPs could be an alternative investment. But it is not included in the ONLY guide you ever need. LOL.

The link to the conversation is below

http://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26122&highlight=partnerships

]]> By: simplesimon http://thefinancebuff.com/2009/02/book-review-the-only-guide-to-alternative-investments-youll-ever-need.html/comment-page-1#comment-1457 simplesimon Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:52:48 +0000 http://thefinancebuff.com/2009/02/book-review-the-only-guide-to-alternative-investments-youll-ever-need.html#comment-1457 I just received this book from Amazon a couple days ago and I have just started to read it. I really wanted to understand REIT and commodities more before I started investing in them. I finished the REIT chapter and believe the rest of the book will be just as good. I just received this book from Amazon a couple days ago and I have just started to read it. I really wanted to understand REIT and commodities more before I started investing in them. I finished the REIT chapter and believe the rest of the book will be just as good.

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