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Audio interview about "Free Capital": http://commoditywatch.podbean.com/2011/06/05/how-12-private-investors-made-millions/

I didn't deliberately concentrate on equity traders, but it's true there was an availability heuristic: I know lots of equity traders, and no commodity traders. I don't know how representative this is of the global population of UK private traders.

:?: All author royalties from sales of this book are being donated to charity :cheers: Details here: http://guythomas.org.uk/blog/

I actually try not to have thoughts about things like that. I agree with what one of the people in the book said: "Focus on things which are knowable - that is, things where research can plausibly give you superior insight - for example, the microeconomic advantages of a particular company...

'whats going on with galleon holdings plc? ' It's an interesting punt on their business in China. But a very small proportion of my assets. The irony of the 3% disclosure requirements is that it's my smaller positions which get all the attention!

Thanks to all for the feedback. How did you find that writing the book and meeting your interviewees has affected your own trading/investment? I tried to largely suppress my own judgment / prejudices about the relative attractions of the different strategies. I genuinely believe the...

Thank you 0007. I tried to make the book easy to read, but at the same time deep. It's a source of some frustration to me that in the first month since release, very few people seem to have noticed the depth! But maybe more will, given time. Anyway, it's selling quite well - No 1 investment...

I have looked into this. A shipment of books has gone to Amazon this week and there is another next week, which should cover all existing orders. Bottom line is that notwithstanding Amazon's "beginning of June" advice, your order should be shipped around 20 May. Sorry for the delay and hope...

Beginning of June?!! Which bookshop is that? I know it has just been reprinted. I received another box of copies myself yesterday, and the publishers previously said they would meet any backlogs of real orders before restocking me.

In the interests of balance, I should also record that I've just seen the first crappy review :sick: "Always sceptical about these sort of books which usually enrich only the author. I have been investing for 30 years and although a wealthy man by most peoples standards I have found that he...

A few good and thoughtful reviews... Alistair Blair in Investors Chronicle: "...a compelling read..."You could learn a lot from this dazzling dozen..." "...definitely the best investment book that has crossed my desk for some time." Full text here: http://bit.ly/mSUPKL Stockopedia: "At...

Names and some previous occupations have been changed. Account sizes have not been systematically changed, they're just rather vague. People of this level of wealth are quite reticent about the exact level, even with weak anonymity. However, I believe they are all easily millionaires. I...

The book has some good reviews but paperback is currently sold out at Amazon. If you want a copy soon the publisher is probably quicker... http://www.harriman-house.com/freecapital

No! But I do have one hardcore day-trader... 11. Khalid: The day trader "Amongst long-term investors, day traders do not have a good reputation. They tend to be thought of as people with short attention spans and short survival periods. Khalid fulfils the first of these expectations: he makes...

Well nearly 2 years later, the book is now out :clap: Free Capital How 12 Private Investors Made Millions in the Stock Market “This book profiles 12 private investors. Each of them has accumulated £1m or more – in most cases considerably more – mainly from stock market investment. Six are ‘ISA...