# 5: The investment response

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443 of 458 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars elegant summary of the core of personal investments, September 21, 2010 one of the advantages of a college education with a major in finance is that learning the fundamentals and, more importantly, we learn the boundaries of the universe in terms of what the field contains and what it excludes. Spend an hour or so reading this book, and you might even get that comfortable feeling that comes from knowing that you understand what is really all personal investing. You will see the "big picture" and how it affects.

I've been a member of the faculty full-time teaching at the college level for the last 35 years and I must say that the authors have managed to capture the essence of personal investments around as few pages as I have ever seen, and with a clarity that is rare in books on this topic. I make it required reading for both my bachelor and graduate classes of personal finance.

I would add that any negative reviews published on this site are likely to come from Wall Street brokers who are exploiting the ignorance of the public investment. These brokers don't like books that clarify and illuminate rather than mystifying and obfuscate the basic principles. As an educator, I applaud of Goldie and Murray noble effort to help readers to educate themselves not to be deceived by the same Wall Streeters that disgraced themselves in 2008 and nearly destroyed our economy with their greed. Anyone who feels that don't know enough about investment should read this book. It is a jewel.

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123 of 132 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars the title says it all-The Answer, August 29, 2010 won't be getting this book from your broker for Christmas. You don't need to read a bunch of "beat the market!!!!!" books to develop a sound approach to investing. Evaluate your personal investment goals and time, take a gut check on your appetite for risk and accept the risk and yields are related. The authors make a compelling, data driven topic in less than 100 pages describing a "no regrets" approach to investing. Market timing, stock picking, merchandise, speculating, etc. ultimately benefit commercial Pro over the average investor. Choose your asset allocation model with a few simple principles, then buy the diversified global capitalism for the equity component with minimum expenses. And hold. Did. You will not be the big winner in a given year, but will probably be out run 95% + of investors who buy the legend of proven that they can beat the market. There are many suppliers of this snake oil, but some truth tellers. Murray and Goldie go wrong, and this book is so brief and to the point that you should read. help other customers find the most useful reviews This review was helpful?

98 of 106 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars the primer of investment for all, August 21, 2010 I just read the investment response this morning in an hour and it is brilliant--complete without being overwhelming, easy for everyone to read and understand, and most importantly, easy for anyone to run.

Over the past 30 years, this is the model we have used to invest, and she served us very well. But we haven't been able to articulate this reasonable plan to friends and family members (especially children) so that was understandable and convincing. The temptation to "take the bait" from Wall Street is strong. Many friends and colleagues who are more "sophisticated" investors now sad so elegantly results described in the book.

Gordon and Daniel--thank you, thank you for writing this book. I'm my order for 10 copies to give away to family and friends this morning. You have accomplished what many have--a lasting legacy that will affect positively many families for life!

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# 8: I > clicker: A Classroom response system

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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars great clicker, 3 January 2008 this review is from: I > clicker: A Classroom response system (misc. supplies) my time at college she saw the use of different Clicker for classroom use. However, more races out of IR technology and has been a pain to get a response to the receiver, even with multiple receivers. The iclicker runs out of radio frequencies so you don't have to aim for anything (a serious problem with IR Clicker) and register on clicker that you sent a reply. This is another advantage, it will flash green if you have successfully submitted a response, if something is wrong flashes red. Automatic shut off functions are great for saving. Teachers to screen iclilcker Panel is straight forward and simplicity at its best. Start, Stop, once you hit stop theres show and hide. Hit show and shows how students have responded and this can be projected on the screen so that the class can see the results. Two semesters of extensive use clicker with this and I have yet to replace batteries.

Of all the clickers I used this is certainly the best, and is similar to a cost for the IR Clicker I used in the past. Clcikers generally have an advantage for the House, I think. They are for use in a great lesson for the teacher to make sure that students have an understanding of what is presented. The only problem with Clicker is when the teacher does not know how to make clicker questions, such as every 2-3 minutes a new application of clicker is requested for the duration of the class. Overall, however, I think these are a great addition to the class to determine whether the majority of the class is to understand the concepts. An example of utility is when you see most of the students answered correctly (lets say), but then the rest answer c and there is no between. What you can do is address because students thought that the issue can be c without wasting time to lecture that explains why it is wrong when already all students understand that is incorrect. Base classes of great science and physics, maybe others but these are what I know of. There have been several cases I've seen lesson saved because the teacher was explaining an answer but, because of answers for clicker, realized that they didn't.

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25 of 30 people found the following review helpful: 3.0 out of 5 stars a remote so scantron $ 40, may 8, 2009 this review is from: I > clicker: A Classroom response system (misc. supplies) to give you some background, the only reason I bought this was because it was necessary for a number of general education courses offered at my University. And then, being a college student, I did not enjoy having to shell out any more money on materials, including iClicker.

Well, does its work and the battery life is excellent, but it is a useless piece of technology. The same function can be done simply by increasing the hand for free. But if a professor wants to do investigations in the classroom quickly, while maintaining confidentiality, then the iClicker is the answer. It's just a shame that costs as much as it does, no matter where you look both online or at a library, but at least not what is advertised to do.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars the best of the bunch-and very useful, October 29, 2009 this review is from: I > clicker: A Classroom response system (misc. supplies) I worked with various Clicker for about 10 years.

As a teacher and now a Professor, I find these Clicker to be incredibly useful tools to support the active participation in the Chamber. Clickers provide the teacher with evaluation (pre or post) information that is much more accessible and timely-so I can adjust my lesson to the needs of students in the class. When I ask a good question with the Clicker almost all students become engaged and interested in the result. Follow-up process of debate and re-vote provides an excellent opportunity for peer discussion (communication, reasoning, problem solving, etc.). That said, many professors may be necessary to reflect on their use (i.e., how would you respond if you were a student in a class using this device, so you use it?) and perhaps adjust their practice. Not be used for the tests, nor would support more than a few percent during degrees to encourage student "buy-in" and the participation of assignment.

I realize that the cost is a factor for some students, but the model owned student makes more sense than any other distribution system. Generally you can resell the clicker when you are done for a substantial part of your purchase price-check your grip of textbooks used on campus.

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