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James Altucher

The Forever Portfolio: How to Pick Stocks That You Can Hold for the Long Run Paperback – December 27, 2011

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"This book is a fantastic read for any investor!" -Jim Cramer

Mutual fund managers, day traders, and other professional investors don't like you. They think they're smarter than you. But they have an Achilles' heel that you, the individual investor, do not. They all focus on the short-term: a day, month, quarter, year. You can afford to invest for the long-term: five, ten, twenty years. You can even emulate Warren Buffett (who held Coca-Cola and Gillette for decades) and think about forever.

James Altucher, the acclaimed founder of Stockpickr.com, shows how it's possible to find "forever" stocks-those you can safely buy and hold for at least twenty years. These companies will profit from broad demographic trends and can ride out any short-term market fluctuations. If you create a "forever portfolio" you won't have to look at your investments every day, worry about quarterly economic reports, or panic if the markets plunge 10 percent in a week.

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272 pages
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English
Publisher

Portfolio Trade
Publication date

December 27, 2011
ISBN-10

1591843421
ISBN-13

978-1591843429
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About the Author

James Altucher is president and founder of Stockpickr LLC, which runs a thriving Web site that has been nicknamed "MySpace for finance." He is also a managing partner at the asset management firm formula Capital and a weekly columnist for the Financial Times.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Portfolio Trade (December 27, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1591843421
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1591843429

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James Altucher

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James Altucher is a successful entrepreneur, angel investor, chess master and prolific

writer. He has started and run more than 20 companies and is currently invested in over 30.

He is the author of 18 books, including WSJ best-sellers: 'The Power of No' and 'Choose Yourself'. His latest book, "Reinvent Yourself" was #1 in the Amazon store shortly after its release.

His writing has appeared in major media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, The New York Observer, Techcrunch , The Financial Times, Yahoo Finance and others. His blog, JamesAltucher.com, has attracted more than 20 million readers since its launch in 2010.

He hosts a successful podcast, "The James Altucher Show" with guests of the caliber of Tony Robbins, Mark Cuban, Pieter Thiel, Arianna Huffington, Coolio, etc. His podcasts have had over 30 million downloads.

Join him at JamesAltucher.com or on Twitter @Jaltucher on Instagram @altucher

You can also text him questions on his personal cell phone (203) 512-2161.

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geewhiz

Better Than Expected

Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2014

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To me, this book seems better written than his more recent - and more popular - books. (I certainly hope this doesn't imply that poor writing leads to better sales!)

Despite detours into personal stories about poker, chess and other matters, the author offers some good ideas about long-term investing. The ideas aren't necessarily unique, but that doesn't make them worthless. For example, he suggests investing in companies with good management and a history of dividend increase. He also suggests using demographics for picking the sectors to invest in.

This book was published before the 2008 housing and financial crisis, so it is interesting to consider the author's specific recommendations with the benefit of hindsight. I'm not a stock analyst, but many of his picks seem to have survived the crisis, and perhaps even thrived. Altucher may have clumsy social skills, but he is a smart man with unique experiences and insights in investing and entrepreneurship.

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Samuel T. Darnell Jr.

Looking for honesty in a cesspool financial system

Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2008

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I have the opinion that James Altucher is honest and intelligent. He has been burnt like many of us. He knows the system is so rigged that an ordinary investor has a minute chance against the PhD mathematics, computers, inside information, derivatives, short selling, options, etc, etc of the greedy elite. James tries to tackfully steer us to solid companies that still derive thier value from solid business principal of growth and dividend yield. I think the book is a great read to try to get your mind clear and refocused if necessary to reality. James is trying to help the average person and he is not trying to fill his own pockets at your expense. Refreshing and ethical.

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Rocket Scientist

But leading to pretty average conclusions

Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2016

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Novel reasoning. Original thought. But leading to pretty average conclusions. Nothing magical here.