在大時代中的定位

去年的【大城心事】销售量8000本，让峰哥觉得好意外。峰哥，您太谦虚了。“大城心事”这个节目解答了好多听众的疑难杂症。8000本个人都觉得少了。因为，你帮助的听众肯定不止这个数目。

今年，来了本所谓的“工能”书籍。在书局里，咋看之下，这本书挺厚的。结果，回到家，一翻再翻，半小时里竟然把整本书啃完了！！！

其实，这本书给我的启示不多。定位的道理我从来就没迷失过。我很幸运。打了一份工，做了一盘生意，我的人生就这样走过来了。一切的一切皆因为定位！所以，看到书的主题虽很吸引，但里头的概念却没什么新意。

别误会，我不是说这本书峰哥写的不好。但是，这个主题对于迈入不惑之年的我来说或许真的很难擦出火花。唯一我不太满意的地方是这本书真的太薄了。一眼望去，感觉挺厚的。但是，里头的插图太多了。不过，我还挺喜欢它的排序。整本书排序的很整齐。可能因为太整齐，再加上内容不厚，半小时看完还真的慢了，呵呵。。。

整体来说，这是本不错的书。不过，我觉得它的“定位”肯定不是我这一类人。10分满分，基于个人因数的考量下只能给予4分。还是很期待峰哥下一本书；加油，峰哥！

一个操盘手12个月的日记:400美金我翻了一万倍

好久没看中文书了。。。这回，来点另类的。。。这一类书籍很少出现在我的书架上。当初，购买的原因主要是为了得到邮购的优惠。况且，曹仁超的推荐一直不是我很相信的（呵呵）。无所谓，读书总有好处。读到一本不好的书，只要能体会到它的不好，总算也没浪费时间。况且，这本书太薄了，不难啃，呵呵。。。

结果是。。。这本书真的没什么看头。第一，里头的理论几乎是一般投资书籍都能找到。再来，作者挺矛盾的。一开始，作者挺强调长期持有的理论。但，作者的操作模式却有点偏向短期和日交易。也正因为如此，持有货币交易关于利息方面的问题完全不在作者的讨论范围里面。还有一点，作者堪称货币交易是个零手续费的交易。一般熟习货币交易的投资者都明白为什么没交易费。因此，里头所隐瞒的玄机很容易误导读者。

最后，作者对于杠杆的效应也描述的太简单了吧。杠杆对于作者只是放大某些效应的一个工具。在书里头，作者完全没提到杠杆背后所需要的资金备用。除非，作者纯粹把货币交易当成是日交易的一份投机形式。要不然，资金备用在杠杆效应下应该扮演着很重要的角色呗！作者一而再的强调长期持有的好处，但又一再的以日交易的概念去“翻”他所谓的“一万倍”。这还真的是矛盾重重。。。

这本书不是一本值得推荐的书籍。（曹仁超还鼎力推荐呢！）虽只花了我那一丁点的时间，但个人收益实在有限。市面上还有更多的好书籍值得去阅读。这一本，绝对不是首选。阅读这一本书就好像是上了一堂免费的交易课程。作者最后还是希望读者能够参与他的培训课。书里的最后主要都是在卖作者的课程。因此，如果读者想省时间，外面大把这样的课程可以聆听。满分10分，看在作者漂亮的包装份上，就给个1分吧。

Sol Campbell: Sol Searching

Here we are with the "judas" as according to Spuz fans... Judas? Nope... he's the warrior with winning mentality for us even though he left Arsenal in a bizarre situation. In fact, this is why this book attracts me so much as I am like all other gooners outside... still confused by what was going on after that West Ham game...

At the end, I got my answer. It was a difficult situation for a superstar to swallow and digest in that tough period. Not only that, I finally realized what happened with the Notts Couty shock and the resign of Sol by Le Boss. In short, this biography cleared all my questions and doubts overnight.

The only thing that I failed to find out is the Magpies adventure that supposed to reveal tons of nice stories. At the end, Sol decided to cut it short in this book and it is briefly illustrate inside the book.

Coincidentally... I had just finished Harry Rednapp's biography. As such, this book arrives at the right time and I am really enjoying the Pompey stories once more. Overall, this is a good read and it is as exciting as compares to Dennis Bergkamp's biography. For a full rating of 10, I am rating it at 9. Again... coincidentally, Sol Campbell is weighing his option to join Bergy at Ajax. As such, we might be able to see the two men working together soon. I expect Sol to be the top class coach sooner or later. All the best to the rock of our defense and all time heroes in Arsenal FC!!!

Systems Trading for Spread Betting: An End-To-End Guide for Developing Spread Betting Systems

The title of this book is misleading. I do not know why the author mentioned spread trading in the first place. He should name it as "pure" system trading or "System Trading via Ninja Trader". Hence, if a reader's expectation is on "spread trading", this book is definitely not the right book to explore.

Having said that.... this is actually a nice book. The author did so well in creating a comprehensive guide to create series of algorithmic trading systems. It basically covers all necessary steps in system trading. This is a good book for newbies although it may be too simple for intermediate or advance traders. Furthermore, the author did so well in introducing ninja trader software. For those who are keen to explore ninja trader, this is the right book which provide step by step guidance with details explanation and examples.

Overall, it is a worthwhile read. However, with the flaws as mentioned above, I am going to rate this book at 6/10. Since I am no more the newbie, this book at most serves as good refreshment. After all, there is nothing new under the sun regardless of software used in system trading...  

Always Managing: My Autobiography

Frankly, I am huge admirer of Harry Rednapp. After all, he is the best English manager in my humble opinion. In fact, I started to admire him since his West Ham era where tons of youngsters were discovered and moved on to becomes superstars eventually. I admire his achievement in Pompey as well as my beloved club's biggest rival in Tottenham. So, I am looking forward to this book ever since my nephew brought it back from UK. Thanks again to my dearest nephew on this...

Daily Mail said it is "stunning". Sunday Times mentioned it is "rollicking" and Talksport claimed it is simply "extraordinary'. I would say this biography is stunning, rollicking and extraordinary! I love it so much that this is a book I found it hard to put down once I started. In fact, I only spent 3 days to finish this book. It was a nice read with tons of wisdom and sincere revealing by the current QPR gaffer. In my humble opinion, this book is on par with Sir Alex's latest biography.

The small flaws perhaps lies with the fact that certain confusing (at least to me) issues were not explained by the man himself. The sudden departure and row (was it a row?) with Daniel Levy was briefly mentioned without further details. Then, the England post issue which eventually goes to Roy Hodgson was mentioned; but, again with limited details. Finally, I wish to know more on the current QPR squad after they gain promotion this season. However, since this book was published earlier; the story ended when they are relegated to League Championship.

Overall, this biography provides great insight into football and the world of Harry Rednapp who had been playing the role of gaffer for more than 30 years. I would recommend this book to any football fan, regardless of which team they support. As such, for a rating of 10, I am going to rate it at 9/10. Harry has had a great career and hopefully he will continue to "always managing"...