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• ISBN13: 9781897178621
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Benj Gallander has among the highest short- and long-term returns in North America. Author of the best-selling The Uncommon Investor and The Uncommon Entrepreneur, co-editor of the Contra the Heard investment letter, and investment columnist for national newspapers and magazines, Gallander has an approach to the stock market that has the investment world buzzing.

Holding fast to his decidedly contrarian position, Gallander does not believe in buying and holding stock in perpetuity, and he thinks that stop-losses are idiotic, like playing cards with an open hand. Instead, Gallander has redefined conventional norms of the risk/reward relationship: he rarely buys a stock that does not have a chance at a minimum 100 percent return, and he remains unconcerned with the daily pulse of trading. And all he has to show for his contrarian position is a fifteen-year annualized return of 21.8 percent with a staggering 64.8 percent in the meltdown of 2001.

The Uncommon Investor III focuses on the basics of Gallander's controversial methodology, philosophy, and the rules around which he has structured his investment approach. His goal is simple: to show people how to improve their financial returns by themselves, reducing their dependence on costly brokers and advisors.

Benj Gallander, MBA, is the co-editor of arguably the most successful investment letter in North America. He is a sought-after speaker on the lecture circuit and writes for various financial publications throughout North America.

Sixteen years after the first shares were traded in Shanghai, China's stock market is now recognized as the developing world's most important market and is already the third largest in Asia. All the large Western banks and investment firms have a strong presence in Shanghai. Now that China has become a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the growth of the Chinese stock market is being eagerly watched.

This is an informative and accessible guide to China's stock market. It will explain the creation of the market and how it has developed since the 1980s. Key policies will be examined; major scandals recounted; and the different types of investors, institutional and individuals, analysed. Finally, the book will map out the likely development of China's stock market over the next 10 years, and examine the opportunities and risks involved for foreign investors.