Xlibris Author Spotlight

"Give support to all positive values. Don’t let your primary value destroy the others.”

When it comes to financial advice, you might be surprised to receive them from a clinical psychologist. But it is exactly this multi-disciplinary background that adds a fresh, incisive perspective into the subject of finance that proves to be truly enriching indeed.

“I’ve worked as a pineapple field laborer, started an electroplating business, served as counterintelligence agent in Korea, been a reporter, worked in a financial institution, but settled into the practice of clinical psychology in Hawaii. I have served on financial, psychological, and charitable boards and committees.” Dr. Wild revealed.

“As a youngster I wanted to write but was advised that one’s chances of making a living that way would put no bread on my table and that I should go into law. I went to Stanford Law School; but decided that though it was interesting, it didn’t suit my personality.”

Dr. Walter Wild was born and raised in Hawaii. He attended the Punahou School preparatory school and received his BA from Yale, majoring in political science. From there he proceeded to Stanford for his MBA where he concentrated in finance. Finally, he acquired a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Rochester.

When his wife asked him to a lecture a group of women about investments, he took time to gather his thoughts and came up with a material that his friends recommend he publish. His insights, rooted in the fundamentals of sound investment and his firsthand experience as an investor and psychologist became the manuscript for his book, Winning Investment Decisions.

This groundbreaking book offers a unique perspective on the opportunities, dangers, and false representations facing the investor, by combining a view of both financial and psychological realities. It reveals ways to protect and increase hard-earned savings under one’s own direction, with neither the expensive drain nor possible unreliability or malfeasance of professional advisors.

“So far only a few friends and two investment analysts have read it. All of their comments have been glowing”, Dr. Wild added.

Asked how his personal views have influenced his writing style, his subject and genre, Dr. Wild enthused, “In non-fiction, my concern for exactitude, truthfulness and ease of reading would guide me. In fiction, my concern for individual freedom and each human’s constitutional rights have shaped my writing and plot. In both, my personal values would be discernable, but would not interfere with faithfulness to the facts or story line.”

The one message he wants his readers to take from his work is to “Give support to all positive values. Don’t let your primary value destroy the others.”

Asked about his favorite part of his Xlibris publishing experience, Dr. Wild shared that seeing the book in print absolutely thrilled him. It also helped that he found the Xlibris staff gracious and helpful. He further recommends Xlibris to others.

“The quality of the service. I would tell an aspiring author that self-publishing with Xlibris, he or she could have decisive control.”

Dr. Wild has a book signing activity planned in Orlando in September, and then he hopes to return to fiction, and perhaps write the sequel to his novel, Escape from Paradise.

Winning Investment Decisions is available through Amazon.com, B&N.com and the Xlibris bookstore.

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