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Easy-to-follow guidelines from a pro for simplifying your investments, protecting yourself from the investment sharks and achieving financial freedom Drawing on his years as an investor for leading banks in the U.S. and Asia, Philip Cheng delivers down-to-earth strategies guaranteed to make you "shark-proof" while you optimize investment returns. Statistics show that only 20% of small investors ever come close to achieving their investment goals. The other 80% get eaten alive by "investment sharks" investment advisors, fund managers and other hucksters out to line their pockets with your hard-earned cash. Motivated by a sense of fair play, Cheng resolved to write an investor's survival guide in which he'd share everything he's learned in his years as a successful professional investor. The result is Taming the Money Sharks. The easy-to-follow guidelines you'll find in this book will help you navigate the shark-infested waters of the investment world, all the way to the financial freedom you dream of and deserve. * A must-have survival guide for novice investors, and a source of fresh thinking and innovative strategies for experienced investors * Features many illustrations, summaries, charts, real-world examples along with other powerful tools to help you avoid common mistakes and win at the investment game * Lays out 8 proven strategies for investing systematically and surviving and thriving in the shark-infested waters of the stock market

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"Professor Philip Cheng is familiar with both the academic theory of investment and the real world of decision making. His book Taming the Money Sharks comprises a wealth of do's and don'ts for the individual investor to follow. Not even Professor Cheng can guarantee unlimited investment success, but the reader who follows the advice in this book will surely avoid making fundamental errors in managing his own investments. Taming the Money Sharks should be compulsory reading for all those who wish to invest rather than merely save money."
--STUART LECKIE, OBE, JP, Chairman, Stirling Finance

"Philip Cheng provides a valuable service. Taming the Money Sharks does not condescend or tell people to leave investments to a 'professional.' Instead, he teaches people how to build on their own knowledge to trade stocks successfully, providing plenty of tips and real-life examples along the way. This is a useful book for people determined to take charge of their own investments."
--JAME DiBIASIO, Editorial Director, AsianInvestor

"In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, it is essential that investors become better educated. In fact, this is one of the goals set by the G20 in terms of 'investor education and protection.' Sadly, not much progress seems to have been made so far. Taming the Money Sharks uses simple language and simple examples to explain how the markets work and makes them accessible to all. Philip's book can equip investors with some commonsense notions that seem to be so sorely lacking."
--VERONIQUE A. LAFON-VINAIS, Associate Director, Center for Asian Financial Markets; Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Finance, HKUST

Down-to-earth strategies guaranteed to make you "shark-proof" while optimizing your investment returns

There are lots of books out there offering sure-fire formulas, fool-proof systems, and can't-lose schemes for making a killing in the stock market. What makes this book different is that it was written by a top investment professional with no interest other than to give the "little guy" a chance to realize his or her financial goals over time through prudent stock investing.

A Chief Investment Officer who, over the course of his long and distinguished career, has had as much as US$2 billion under management, author Philip Cheng knows all the tricks and games that the Big Boys play. In Taming the Money Sharks he distils a lifetime's experience into a set of 8 simple rules of the road that will help you steer clear of potential investing hazards (and the money sharks).