Follow the Fed to Investment Success: The Effortless Strategy for Beating Wall Street | 
 enlarge | Author: Douglas S. Roberts
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 517056
Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 200
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Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0470226498
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.63220973
EAN: 9780470226490
ASIN: 0470226498
Publication Date: May 2, 2008
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In Follow the Fed to Investment Success, Doug Roberts skillfully outlines a proven approach to investing that is based on the idea that there is direct correlation between stock market performance and the actions of the Federal Reserve Bank. For those who want to build true wealth in today’s markets, Follow the Fed to Investment Success offers an easy-to-understand approach to investing that anyone can implement—with little effort and even less time.
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 Review for Follow The Fed Book May 20, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I thought the book was extremely informative especially from a historical perspective and provided an interesting strategy to manage your wealth. Doug Roberts is very knowledgeable and writes in an easy to understand way information that is quite complex and can be difficult to comprehend. This book is an easy read and I recommend it without reservation
Douglas A. Strouse, Ph.D.
President & CEO Global Data Source,LLC
A Rational Investing Strategy! May 18, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Finally, someone designed a strategy not based on the financial hysteria of the moment, subjective attributions, or (intentionally?) indecipherable jargon. Instead, "Follow the Fed to Investment Success" simply explains, using standard economic metrics, interest rate trends of the Federal Reserve. Based on these rates, investors can follow (rather than try to predict) how to rationally invest our hard-earned cash.
I'd recommend this book for amateurs and experts alike; Mr. Roberts has shown that we all stand to learn a lesson or two!
An Education AND Some Common Sense May 15, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I've been hearing about the Federal Reserve constantly these days, and always knew that what it did was of consequence to me and my investments. I bought this book hoping that it would clue me in on how and why the Fed was formed, and what its role is in the world economy. I got that lesson in an easy to read and understand form, but I got something more. Follow the Fed makes a great case for using Fed actions to dictate your investments. I have already used the formulas in the book with part of my portfolio, and will add to that over time. This book is a great read even if you buy it just for the history lesson, but the investment advice will open your eyes.
Simple, yet effective! May 14, 2008
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
Mr. Roberts' book provides a very simple, yet effective investment strategy for the amateur investor like me. I found the history of the Fed to be very interesting as well. For those who want to follow this investment approach, I would strongly recommend using the easy template found on the website mentioned in the book.
 Has serious flaws, a lot of hype for the authors "proprietary" strategies May 9, 2008
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
I recently came across this title in a local bookstore.. For long term investors who dont have time to watch the market all day you are better off using proper asset allocation in books like the coffeehouse investor, intelligent asset allocator & 4 pillars by Bernstein, or anything by John Bogle, etc.. The strategy this book suggests is moving all your assets into large or small cap stocks based on what the fed is doing with interest rates.. The results for the basic strategy were not much if at all better than a simple allocation strategy (but far more trades which would quickly make up the difference in trading costs & taxes). I think the real purpose of the book is to entice you into signing up for his 295/yr "proprietary" Follow the Fed strategy which he says increases yearly returns 3% above the basic method taught in the book.. I signed up for his free email subscription out of curiosity which sends you an email almost every day again in trying to get you to try the fee based strategys.. So I guess in summary, there is no secret to long term investing, save your $$ and stick to a nicely diversified portfolio which will reward you much better over the long run.
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