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Summary: I like this one, too
Review: Another good book from Peter Lynch. I can't remember what exactly is the best part. But it fills the gaps in the first book (One up on the Wall Street) and make you understand more about his investment process. Lots of details that are worthy of noting, given Peter Lynch beat the index and almost all his peers in his days as fund manager of Magellan Fund.Equally funny. A good laught. I bet John Rothchild, the ex-journalist is the person who should take the credit.
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Summary: Solid explanation for growth investing
Review: I don't know why some readers give it a low grade. Investment is a combination of art, science and legwork. You cannot beat the market by scientific calculation only. Even Warren Buffett has to use 85% value investing and 15% growth investing. Don't over-emphasis on quantitative technique, qualitative technique on growth rate estimation is a must!
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Summary: Just a Great Book - Every Investor Must Read
Review: I guess what I find funny is that some of the other reviewers say this book does not help. Having read the book I am really quite taken aback. This is a wonderful book! This is a book written by real investment guru with a strong track record. His advice is solid. In many ways I found this to be a very surprising book to read. What I found surprising was the degree to which Peter Lynch tries to think independently and look at the big picture. His advice is very practical and very down to earth. He follows his own instincts and does not follow other people's advice. He tries to follow social trends and go to malls and other places - where anyone can go - to get an idea about what product or store is hot and what is not. Then he investigates the financials of that "hot" prospect. For example if he learns from his wife that a new store like the Gap or similar is suddenly full of shoppers and things are flying off the shelves, he will investigate the financials, cash flow, etc. If the stock is a "buy" he will not sell when it goes up 25%. He will set a price in his mind where he thinks the stock can go, say 200% or 400% higher. Then he will buy and hold until that occurs, holding the stock through volatile fluctuations. And he does that on his own. Once he can accumulate a number of multi-integer growth stocks, then the portfolio tends to take care of itself and small losers are easily written off. A very good read. He talks about mutual funds and S&P type investments also. Five stars. Jack in Toronto
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Summary: When it's good, it's really good
Review: I had read this book back near the beginning of the real boom time (sometime in the mid-90s), and rereading it now made me wish that I had paid much closer attention back then. Even though this book is extremely optimistic about the stock market and was written well before internet mania, there are probably 50 different sentences sprinkled throughout the book that would have kept me out of the market during the next few years and saved me a lot of money had I remembered any of them. When this book is slow, it can be really slow. But when Mr. Lynch does hit gold, it's the motherload. Indeed, the last three pages of the book, "20 Golden Rules," are probably worth the purchase price alone (particularly since you can almost certainly buy this book used for less than $5 at any time). The last third of the book, where Mr. Lynch gives advice on investing in a number of different industries, ranges from incredibly useful to skippable, depending on what you already have some knowledge about. I have two particular criticisms of this book. One is that, although Mr. Lynch's tales of his days running Magellan make it clear that he was selling only a little less often than he was buying, he doesn't give much advice about how to go about that side of things. Secondly, although the book starts off with the story of a group of elementary school kids who beat the pros, the rest of the book seems to contradict Mr. Lynch's implication that a 10 year-old can do this. Although this book is very readable, one can't help but come away with the conclusion that investing in stocks is hard (if you don't think so, you may living on luck). Mr. Lynch's main argument is that you don't have to be a pro to invest in stocks, but just about every story that he has about researching a stock includes him talking to the CEO of the potential investment at some point. I'm not expecting to be able to replicate that research technique. Still, I'd highly recommend this book, and I look forward to reading his other well-known book, "One Up on Wall Street."
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Summary: Not Half Bad.
Review: In my opinion, this book was a lot more readable than I would have expected a book about the stock market to be. The light humor (very light) kept the book interesting and there were plenty of good tips. The "20 Golden Rules" were great. Lynch obviously knows what he's doing and he proves it by giving real life examples from his own successful experience. The only setback I found was that the tips were made out to be really easy, but they sounded tough. Overall, though, I would recommend it to both beginners and pros involved in the stock market.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: It's hard to find a better written book on investing that Beating the Street. Despite working in the industy for many years, Peter Lynch urges people to do it for themselves. He writes clearly giving examples of how one could do better than the Wall Street pros. This book is one of the best on investing that I have read.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: It's hard to find a better written book on investing that Beating the Street. Despite working in the industy for many years, Peter Lynch urges people to do it for themselves. He writes clearly giving examples of how one could do better than the Wall Street pros. This book is one of the best on investing that I have read.
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Summary: Learn from the Master
Review: Lynch's success comes not from his complex algorithms and estoric financial modeling, but from opening his eyes to the world and noticing good businesses. His success at Magellan is attributed to his ability to find good companies, at reasonable valuations, and be patient enough to watch them climb. This book is much more specific than his other release. Here, he provides detailed accounts of stock picking strategy, including how to choose from different stocks, when to buy, when to buy more and when to sell. This is a quick read, but there is a huge amount of information that the average investor can use to their benefit.
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Summary: Peter's Principles are great
Review: They've has done it again, this book is very funny and filled with useful tips from seasoned investor Peter Lynch. This book has several of "Peter's Principles" (which are very humorous one-liners that make a lot of sense for investors.) My favorite parts of this book are: The story about the St. Agnes 7th grade portfolio managers (these kids beat out 99% of fund managers when they had a two year gain of 70%.) Another part of this book that I enjoy are the subtle tips for evaluating stocks. Mr. Lynch doesn't tell you to do this, that, and another thing to find the ten-baggers, but he does give clues throughout the text. Reed Floren
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Summary: Good but not Great
Review: This book had a little more meat in it than the Learn and Earn. Solid information if you are just starting out
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Join an investors club
Pick a maximum of 10 companies
Buy stocks or stocks in a mutual fund
Buy them on a regular basis
Know something about those stocks
Hold your course regardless of outside factors
Do your homework: PE, book value, goodwill, debt, and same store sales just to name a few
Buy more good stocks when others are selling
Perform a regular six month check up
Overall this book is good but not Great
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