Comments on: 5 Tips to Maximize Research and Investing Time

By: Hitch

Hitch — Fri, 14 May 2010 02:36:50 +0000

Yes, but what is your track record as investor. Then I’ll listen to what you have to say.

By: assman

assman — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:53:59 +0000

I think speed reading can work. Its really a way of indexing information. The idea is that you will have perused an enormous amount of material and will have an idea it exists. Later if you see something important you may have to go over it in greater detail. Its a relatively effective method of consuming a lot of information. But the even superior method is skipping information completely and knowing where to look and where to probe. But his only comes with experience.

By: Jae Jun

Jae Jun — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:46:25 +0000

Thanks for you suggestions Mechanonuke

By: Mechanonuke

Mechanonuke — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:18:38 +0000

I agree with 2-5 but not so much with 1.

Speed reading may get one thru financial reports more quickly, however its the thought and reflection on what is being read that’s important (imo).

Also, get a whiteboard. A 3′ x 4′ one goes for ~$50 at Grand & Toy/Staples/B.Depot. Just the cheapest is fine. It really helps track one’s thoughts, visualize (i.e. graphs/trends), and later recall what you thought about, or should follow up on. (if nothing else its fun for the kiddies to draw on.)
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By: Jae Jun

Jae Jun — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:39:40 +0000

I just searched for “how to speed read” and there are tons of information. Read the things you shouldn’t do and you’ll be able to read at 400wpm easy. Keep practicing and you should be able to do 600wpm for easy material.

Youtube has a lot of videos as well. Some good, most bad, but still worthwhile.

I don’t believe you have to take courses, because it’s something you can do already. Just learn what you are doing wrong to improve your efficiency and soon you should be reading at least 3 annual reports per day easy.

By: Rocky

Rocky — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:25:13 +0000

Jae,

Been following you for about 2 months now. I also was curious about speed reading. Have you taken any courses or anything to improve your reading rate.

Thanks,

Rocky

By: peekay

peekay — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:28:30 +0000

Nice post Jae..!

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:50:33 +0000

The reading speed and comprehension is something I want to improve. I find my mind wanders and if I get another thought in my head I usually end up online looking at something else.
I found this but haven’t really looked through it yet.
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/main/newMN_ISS.htm

By: Siddharth

Siddharth — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:26:38 +0000

Hi jae,
Excellent post as usual & very useful tips. I feel speed reading is the most important one among them. Any recommended books or websites on speed reading courses??