Chris Camillo is not a stockbroker, financial analyst, or hedge fund manager. He is an ordinary person with a knack for identifying trends and discovering great investments hidden in everyday life. In early 2007, he invested $20,000 in the stock market, and in three years it grew to just over $2 million. In the book Laughing at Wall Street, you’ll see:
- How Facebook friends helped a young parent invest in the wildly successful children’s show, Chuggington—and saw her stock values climb 50%
- How an everyday trip to 7-Eleven alerted a teenager to short Snapple stock—and tripled his money in seven days
- How $1000 invested consecutively in Uggs, True Religion jeans, and Crocs over five years grew to $750,000
- How Michelle Obama caused J. Crew’s stock to soar 186%, and Wall Street only caught up four months later!
Engaging, narratively-driven, and without complicated financial analysis, Camillo’s stock picking methodology proves that you do not need large sums of money or fancy market data to become a successful investor.
There are three reasons that I love this book:
- We all need to manage our finances and we cannot rely on anyone else to do it. I know at times it is hard to think of that amount that you put towards your 401K and what fun you could have spending it today. It is hard to take time out of your busy schedule to figure out what investments and funds you want to put your 401K into. But, we all need to be actively managing, learning and growing that fund as much as possible NOW. Trust me, you will thank me later. If you don’t start early you’ll miss out on a huge head start that will be incredibly difficult to make up later on.
- You don’t have to be a financial planner to understand this book. It is written in terms that the average Jane can understand and you don’t have to understand finance or economics.
- Many people think that to invest they have to spend a lot of time studying charts, graphs and historical trends. Many of the investing tips you will learn in this book are looking for investments by what is woven into things you do already. Examples include reading magazines, checking Facebook, shopping or talking with your friends. No excuses ladies!
Ready to learn more about investing? Enter to win a copy of the book today!
To enter: Leave a comment below with your email address. This giveaway is open to all residents in the US or Canada. It begins NOW and ends on Dec 13th, 2011 at 9pm PST. Winners will be selected via random draw, and will be notified by e-mail. You have 24 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be selected. Good luck!
Disclosure: I was provided me with a copy of the book to review but this did not change what I wrote about the book.
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Definitely want this book because I am ALWAYS reading books about personal finances and how the average person should learn about investing, etc. shantal330@gmail.com
I’d love to win a copy of “Laughing At Wall Street”!
Thanks Anna for opening this up to us Canadians! I’ve been wanting to learn to invest for some time, and definitely think this book would be a great tool for that. Investing is so important for the future, and I think every career girl should know a thing or two about it
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Would love a copy!
Fascinating! Sounds like a great book.
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I can’t wait to read this!
Id love to win this book! Pick me!
If I won this book, I would give it to my daughter who, with her husband, is at a loss as to how to invest a large inheritance. She is working hard to quickly educate herself about investing.
Hiiii!!! I would imagine your daughter has spoken to a variety of financial professionals … Tell her to speak to a financial advisor. We help people allocate their money in the most tax efficient manner and help them allocate their money towards their goals (retirement, kids college, etc) … But most importantly protect it from any unecessary taxessss!! Thats a bigger fear than a market crash.. Seriously ive seen it.
hey there,
that book looks great! i’d love one.
As a debt ridden b school student I will really appreciate
A copy of this book
Thanks
I would absolutely loveee to winn this book!! I am in the financial industry and i teach people on how to start saving for retirement etc.. I always like reading about different stories on howw people reach financial success by investing. I love telling these stories to my clients and it would also b a great book to recommend to my “young” clients so they can see the FUN in investing.
Marissa.hirales@yahoo.com
I need to learn a LOT about finances. I’m so lost most of the time. This would be an awesome win! (I might just get it anyway though
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I’d also love a copy of the book! Now that I have my first “real” post-college job it would be great to begin learning the ins and outs of successful investing.
You just spoke every career girl’s heart out who definitely needs a handle on finances.
Waiting for my copy
Hi Neha,
I already picked a winner but hopefully you can find the book in the library or online at amazon. Let me know if you need any help finding it or ordering it. Good luck getting those finances in order!
Thanks for commenting!