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24 Essential Lessons for Investment Success: Learn the Most Important Investment Techniques from the Founder of Investor's Business Daily

by William Oneil

24 Essential Lessons for Investment Success: Learn the Most Important Investment Techniques from the Founder of Investor's Business Daily Cover

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Publisher Comments:

One of the world's leading investment advisers offers unique<P>investing do's and don'ts that help you multiply your money.<P>Drawing from his highly popular "26 Weeks to Investment Success" series in "Investor's Business Daily," chairman and founder William J. O'Neil gives you a bounty of proven, easy-to-apply techniques for building a profitable portfolio. O'Neil cuts through the static of conventional "wisdom" with a refreshing array of common-sense strategies that help you accurately gauge the market . . . buy and sell stocks at just the right moment . . . seize opportunities presented by market corrections . . . take advantage of the rich potential of mutual funds . . . and successfully manage your portfolio. Essential reading for investors of all levels, this eye-opening guide to solid investment practices now puts the goal of long-term financial security easily within your reach.<P>Praise for O'Neil's "24 Essential Lessons for Investment Success": <P>"When it comes to investment and stock selection, you couldn't get a better mentor than Bill O'Neil. . . . A must read for the serious do-it-yourself investor."<P>-- Harry S. Dent, Jr., author, "The Roaring 2000s" and "The Roaring 2000s Investor"<P>"There simply isn't any other book that can be called a handbook for Cramer, Berkowitz." — Jim Cramer, Co-founder, TheStreet.Com & Hedge Fund Manager, Cramer, Berkowitz & Co.<P>"No fad can compete for long with the sound principles that William O'Neil shares with investors. In my 35 years in the business, I've found very few folks who really know the market, how to pick good stocks over time, and when to sell better than Bill."<P>--Foster Friess, Chairman, Friess Associates andCo-Manager, Brandywine Funds<P>"In this era of information overload, day trading, and market volatility, author Bill O'Neil takes the emotion out of investing and lays out a clear, understandable road map on long-term investing."<P>--Linda O'Bryon, Senior Vice President and Executive

Synopsis:

One of today's most respected sources of investment advice shares his investing do's and don'ts with investors of all levels. Illustrations.

Synopsis:

This volume is based upon 26 editorials that have previously been published in "Investor's Business Daily". William O'Neil's advice encapsulates such tips as: don't follow common wisdom to widely diversify; concentrate investments in a few areas; know them well; and watch them carefully.

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­ ­ Linda O'Bryon, Senior Vice President and Executive Editor, "Nightly Business Report"

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Don't just rely upon PE ratios and other common technical tools. Learn to use Relative Price Strength to help you choose stocks. O'Neil's cautionary yet pro-active advice has helped to make Investor's Business Daily one of America's fastest growing and most respected newspapers. Now investor's can benefit from his timeless words of wisdom, collected in one easy-to-use resource.

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The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, BusinessWeek, and USA Today Business Bestseller!

From the publisher of Investor's Business Daily and best-selling author of How to Make Money in Stocks, comes the National Bestseller, 24 Essential Lessons for Investment Success, two dozen of the most important lessons for investors. In this one accessible guide, William J. O'Neil puts his popular and easy-to-follow techniques for building a profitable portfolio firmaly in the hands of investors­­and the goal of long-term financial security easily within their reach.

24 Essential Lessons for Investment Success is based upon the closely followed "26 Weeks to Investment Success" editorials that appear in Investor's Business Daily. Edited and updated, O'Neil's timeless advice encapsulates such investing nuggets as buy high and sell higher to making a million in mutual funds. Concentrate your investments in a few areas, know them well, and watch them carefully.

Don't just rely upon PE ratios and other common technical tools. Learn to use Relative Price Strength to help you choose stocks. O'Neil's cautionary yet pro-active advice has helped to make Investor's Business Daily one of America's fastest growing and most respected newspapers. Now investor's can benefit from his timeless words of wisdom, collected in one easy-to-use resource.

About the Author

William J. O'Neil is the founder and chairman of Investor's Business Daily and the author of the million-copy best-seller How to Make Money in Stocks. Born in Oklahoma and raised in Texas, William J. O'Neil began his investment career as a stockbroker. He started investing with less than $500, but through continued study, mistakes, and a desire to find out exactly how the stock market really worked, O'Neil realized a 20-fold increase in his own account in 26 months from October 1962 to December 1964. He then purchased a set on the New York Stock Exchange and opened his own investment management and research firm, William O'Neil + Co., Incorporated, at the age of 30. Founded in 1963, William O'Neil + Co. was the first to create a computerized stock-market database, which is used today by over 400 major U.S. institutions across the country, including banks, insurance companies, pension and mutual funds, corporations, and government organizations. O'Neil wanted to provide individuals with the same critical data the professionals use in order to make smarter investment decisions so he launched Investor's Business Daily in 1984. By virtue of a proprietary contract with William O'Neil + Co., Investor's Business Daily is able to access the historical securities database for use in publication of the newspaper.

Table of Contents

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

24 Essential Lessons for Investment Success.

Lesson 1: What Every Investor Should Know Going in.

Lesson 2: Getting Started: There's No Time Like the Present!

Lesson 3: Follow a System Rather Than your Emotions.

Lesson 4: Fundamental Analysis or Technical Analysis?

Lesson 5: First Among Fundamentals: Earnings and Sales.

Lesson 6: Relative Price Strength: A Key Technical Tool.

Lesson 7: Know a Stock by the Company It Keeps.

Lesson 8: The Importance of Volume and Sponsorship.

Lesson 9: How to Buy at Just the Right Moment.

Lesson 10: How Chart Patterns Lead to Big Profits.

Lesson 11: How to Read Stock Charts Like a Pro.

Lesson 12: How to Gauge the Stock Market's Health.

Lesson 13: How to Spot When the Market Hits a Top.

Lesson 14: How to Spot When the Market Bottoms.

Lesson 15: Putting the Stock-Picking Puzzle Together.

Lesson 16: how to Find New Investment Ideas in Investor's Business Daily.

Lesson 17: Growth vs. Value investing.

Lesson 18: Don't Try to Be a Jack-of-all-Trades.

Lesson 19: What's the Right Mix for Your Portfolio?

Lesson 20: Sell Rules Every Investor Should Master.

Lesson 21: More Sell Rules Every Investor Should Master.

Lesson 22: How to Make a Million with Mutuals.

Lesson 23: Too Busy? How to Use Investor's Business Daily in Twenty Minutes.

Lesson 24: How to Make the Most of Investor's Business Daily, Investors.com, and Other Online Resources.

Appendix A.

Appendix B.

Recommended Reading List.

Glossary.

Index.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780071357548
Subtitle:
Learn the Most Important Investment Techniques from the Founder of Investor's Business Daily
Author:
O'Neil, William J.
Author:
O'Neil, William J.
Author:
Plemenos, Fred
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Companies
Subject:
Personal Finance - General
Subject:
Personal Finance - Investing
Subject:
Investments
Subject:
Investments & Securities
Subject:
Stocks
Subject:
Investments & Securities - General
Subject:
investment,Investment Success,business,Lessons,market,founder,techniques,Cramer,Bill,funds,stocks,long-term financial security
Copyright:
Edition Number:
1
Publication Date:
December 1999
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
173
Dimensions:
8.97x6.03x.55 in. .60 lbs.

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