While there are a handful of persons who are conversant on the stock market, the average person has no clue about selecting and purchasing stocks. In Build Wealth With Common Stocks, David Waldron sets out to demystify stock screening, research, and selection for the everyday investor. The book does not encourage short term trading schemes that offer quick financial gains because this might be a bit much for the new investor. The author felt it was best to leave such trading schemes to professional traders.

I wanted to read this book because I was hoping to find a book written in simple terms about stocks for new investors. My interest was piqued when the author mentioned that he used a well planned and executed model and that the book is for the everyday investor. Since I consider myself an everyday investor who is seeking to build wealth, I decided that this was a good book for me to read. David Waldron did not disappoint and now I have a better understanding of how to select the best stocks.

In Build Wealth With Common Stocks, the author shares broad ideas, strategies, principles, and practices about his personal experience with the stock market. The book is divided into three parts. Part one deals with the principles, part two takes care of strategies, and part three deals with practices that shows the investor how to build a common stock portfolio. Build Wealth With Common Stocks focuses research on ethically managed companies that are noted for consistently high returns.

I recommend this book if you are a first-time investor who is gingerly stepping into the investment market and looking for trustworthy counsel. For the everyday investor who is looking to apply market beating strategies and principles, this book will not disappoint.  The book promises to facilitate self-awareness and fill in the blanks and the author definitely fulfilled this promise. I will hold on to this book for reference as I embark on my journey as a new investor.