Reviews on a couple of books?

[strapper]

Anybody read Handicapping the Wall Street Way or Value Line Handicapping (title might be close to this - it may be authored by Mark Cramer?). These are a couple I thought about purchasing for my turf library but not sure about them. The second book is pretty costly I understand, must be out of print.

[GameTheory]

Originally Posted by strapper

Anybody read Handicapping the Wall Street Way or Value Line Handicapping (title might be close to this - it may be authored by Mark Cramer?). These are a couple I thought about purchasing for my turf library but not sure about them. The second book is pretty costly I understand, must be out of print.

Cramer book good. I recently sold my copy, but good nevertheless.

Wall Street Way -- utter trash. In the running for the worst handicapping book ever. You can have mine for the cost of postage. It would make me feel guilty to sell it.

[takeout]

Interesting title, considering the price.

Also, what’s up with stuff like this:

Thoroughbred Cycles by Mark Cramer (Hardcover - Mar. 1990)
2 new from $199.00
12 used from $18.25

Are they giving away free plane tickets with the new ones or something???

[Overlay]

I realize that each race is its own unique combination of interacting characteristics among the participants, but Cramer's book (Value Handicapping is the title) was too subjective/intuitive (I've heard the term "right-brained" used to describe it) for my tastes. For making odds-lines, I favor a more statistical/analytical orientation, which I've found helps me to maintain greater consistency, accuracy, and confidence from race to race. I guess it boils down to which approach a given individual is more comfortable with.

[Fingal]

Originally Posted by takeout

Interesting title, considering the price.

Also, what’s up with stuff like this:

Thoroughbred Cycles by Mark Cramer (Hardcover - Mar. 1990)
2 new from $199.00
12 used from $18.25

Are they giving away free plane tickets with the new ones or something???

I think some of the Amazon 2nd party sellers put up extreme prices just to see if someone will bite.