One Up On Wall Street

More than one million copies have been sold of this seminal book on investing in which legendary mutual-fund manager Peter Lynch explains the advantages that average investors have over professionals and how they can use these advantages to achieve financial success. America's most successful money manager tells how average investors can beat the pros by using what they know. According to Lynch, investment opportunities are everywhere. From the supermarket to the workplace, we encounter products and services all day long. By paying attention to the best ones, we can find companies in which to invest before the professional analysts discover them. When investors get in early, they can find the "tenbaggers," the stocks that appreciate tenfold from the initial investment. A few tenbaggers will turn an average stock portfolio into a star performer. Lynch offers easy-to-follow advice for sorting out the long shots from the no-shots by reviewing a company's financial statements and knowing which numbers really count. He offers guidelines for investing in cyclical, turnaround, and fast-growing companies. As long as you invest for the long term, Lynch says, your portfolio can reward you. This timeless advice has made One Up on Wall Street a #1 bestseller and a classic book of investment know-how.

Peter Lynch managed the Fidelity Magellan Fund from 1977 to 1990 when it was one of the most successful mutual funds of all time. He then became a vice chairman at Fidelity and more recently has become a prominent philanthropist particularly active in the Boston area. His books include One Up on Wall Street, Beating the Street, and Learn to Earn. John Rothchild was formerly a financial columnist for Time and Fortune magazines.

Contents Introduction to the Millennium Edition PROLOGUE: A Note from Ireland INTRODUCTION: The Advantages of Dumb Money PART I Preparing to Invest 1 The Making of a Stockpicker 2 The Wall Street Oxymorons 3 Is This Gambling, or What? 4 Passing the Mirror Test 5 Is This a Good Market? Please Don't Ask PART II Picking Winners 6 Stalking the Tenbagger 7 I've Got It, I've Got It -- What Is It? 8 The Perfect Stock, What a Deal! 9 Stocks I'd Avoid 10 Earnings, Earnings, Earnings 11 The Two-Minute Drill 12 Getting the Facts 13 Some Famous Numbers 14 Rechecking the Story 15 The Final Checklist PART III The Long-term View 16 Designing a Portfolio 17 The Best Time to Buy and Sell 18 The Twelve Silliest (and Most Dangerous) Things People Say About Stock Prices 19 Options, Futures, and Shorts 20 50,000 Frenchmen Can Be Wrong EPILOGUE: Caught with My Pants Up ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INDEX