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Motley Fool #10: The Motley Fool Investment Guide: How the Fool Beats Wall Street's Wise Men and How You Can Too

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For Making Sense of Investing Today...the Fully Revised and Expanded Edition of the Bestselling The Motley Fool Investment Guide

Today, with the Internet, anyone can be an informed investor. Once you learn to tune out the hype and focus on meaningful factors, you can beat the Street.

The Motley Fool Investment Guide, completely revised and updated with clear and witty explanations, deciphers all the new information — from evaluating individual stocks to creating a diverse investment portfolio.

David and Tom Gardner have investing ideas for you — no matter how much time or money you have. This new edition of The Motley Fool Investment Guide is built for today's investor, sophisticate and novice alike, with updated information on:

  • Finding high-growth stocks that will beat the market over the long term

  • Identifying volatile young companies that traditional valuation measures may miss

  • Using Fool.com and the Internet to locate great sources of useful information

Synopsis:

For Making Sense of Investing Today...the Fully Revised and Expanded Edition of the Bestselling The Motley Fool Investment Guide

Today, with the Internet, anyone can be an informed investor. Once you learn to tune out the hype and focus on meaningful factors, you can beat the Street.

The Motley Fool Investment Guide, completely revised and updated with clear and witty explanations, deciphers all the new information — from evaluating individual stocks to creating a diverse investment portfolio.

David and Tom Gardner have investing ideas for you — no matter how much time or money you have. This new edition of The Motley Fool Investment Guide is built for today's investor, sophisticate and novice alike, with updated information on:

  • Finding high-growth stocks that will beat the market over the long term
  • Identifying volatile young companies that traditional valuation measures may miss
  • Using Fool.com and the Internet to locate great sources of useful information

Synopsis:

For the millions eager to make sense of today's world of investing comes a completely updated edition of the Motley Fool's bestselling guide. Includes a new foreword by the authors and information on nontraditional business models, the 50 best companies worldwide, new ways to capitalize on fast growth industries, and investing in the US from abroad.
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About the Author

David Gardner and Tom Gardner are cofounders of The Motley Fool, Inc., an Alexandria, Virginia-based multimedia company dedicated to empowering individuals to take control of their financial destinies. The Motley Fool Investment Guide is the second in the Gardners' trilogy of personal finance and investing books, which includes the bestsellers The Motley Fool You Have More Than You Think and The Motley Fool Rule Breakers, Rule Makers.
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Table of Contents

Contents

Foreword

PART I. Who, What, Why, and How

  1. "Fool"?

  2. Folly

  3. Get Online!

PART II. Mutual Funds: Love 'Em, or Leave 'Em?

  1. Hey, Maybe You Should Just Buy Mutual Funds

  2. Maybe You Should Avoid Mutual Funds

  3. The S&P Index Portfolio

PART III. Building a Foolish Investment Portfolio

  1. Stepping Away from Index Funds

  2. Out of Funds into Stocks

  3. How to Find Companies to Invest In

  4. Getting Information on Companies

PART IV. Companies and Quality

  1. Why Buy Blue-Chips?

  2. Why Small-Cap Growth Stocks?

PART V. Things to Look For

  1. Selecting the Best Growth Stocks

  2. Making Sense of Income Statements

  3. Balance Sheets and Cash Flow Statements

PART VI. Rule Makers, Rule Breakers, and More

  1. Quality Versus Valuation

  2. Rule Makers

  3. Rule Breakers

  4. When to Sell

  5. Mechanical Investing and the Foolish Four

PART VII: Some Advanced Topics

  1. Using Margin

  2. Shorting Stocks

PART VIII. Putting It All Together

  1. Why Invest?

PART IX. Conclusion

  1. A Foolish Farewell

Appendix A. Stocks : A Primer for Those Who'll Admit They Need It

Appendix B. How Investment Publishers Should Report Their Numbers

Appendix C. A Tale of Two Stocks: Iomega and AOL

Appendix D. Zeigletics: The Penny Stock That Never Was

Appendix E. The Carnival of Freakish Delights: Investment Approaches to Avoid

Appendix F. The Leibniz Preharmonic Oscillator

Acknowledgments

Index

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780743201735
Other:
Gardner, David
Author:
Gardner, Tom
Author:
David, I. Neil Sr. Neil Sr.
Author:
David, Neil
Author:
Gardner, David
Author:
David, I.
Author:
Gardner, Tom
Publisher:
Touchstone Books
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Personal Finance - General
Subject:
Personal Finance - Investing
Subject:
Investments & Securities
Subject:
Personal Finance - Money Management
Subject:
Investment analysis
Subject:
Portfolio management
Subject:
Investments & Securities - General
Subject:
Business - Personal Finance
Copyright:
2001
Edition Description:
B102
Series:
Motley Fool
Series Volume:
10
Publication Date:
January 2001
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
320
Dimensions:
8.44 x 5.5 in 9.695 oz
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"Synopsis" by , For Making Sense of Investing Today...the Fully Revised and Expanded Edition of the Bestselling The Motley Fool Investment Guide

Today, with the Internet, anyone can be an informed investor. Once you learn to tune out the hype and focus on meaningful factors, you can beat the Street.

The Motley Fool Investment Guide, completely revised and updated with clear and witty explanations, deciphers all the new information — from evaluating individual stocks to creating a diverse investment portfolio.

David and Tom Gardner have investing ideas for you — no matter how much time or money you have. This new edition of The Motley Fool Investment Guide is built for today's investor, sophisticate and novice alike, with updated information on:

  • Finding high-growth stocks that will beat the market over the long term
  • Identifying volatile young companies that traditional valuation measures may miss
  • Using Fool.com and the Internet to locate great sources of useful information
"Synopsis" by , For the millions eager to make sense of today's world of investing comes a completely updated edition of the Motley Fool's bestselling guide. Includes a new foreword by the authors and information on nontraditional business models, the 50 best companies worldwide, new ways to capitalize on fast growth industries, and investing in the US from abroad.
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