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For Making Sense of Investing Today...the Fully Revised and Expanded Edition of the Bestselling The Motley Fool Investment GuideToday, 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
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Chicago Tribune If you've been looking for a basic book on investing in the stock market, this is it...The Gardners help empower the amateur investor with tools and strategies to beat the pros.
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 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
About the Author
Tom and David Gardner cofounded The Motley Fool, a multi-media financial education company, in 1993. Since then they have co-authored four New York Times bestsellers, including The Motley Fool Investment Guide and The Motley Fool's Rule Breakers, Rule Makers.Tom and David Gardner cofounded The Motley Fool, a multi-media financial education company, in 1993. Since then they have co-authored four New York Times bestsellers, including The Motley Fool Investment Guide and The Motley Fool's Rule Breakers, Rule Makers.
Table of Contents
ContentsForeword
PART I. Who, What, Why, and How
- "Fool"?
- Folly
- Get Online!
PART II. Mutual Funds: Love 'Em, or Leave 'Em?
- Hey, Maybe You Should Just Buy Mutual Funds
- Maybe You Should Avoid Mutual Funds
- The S&P Index Portfolio
PART III. Building a Foolish Investment Portfolio
- Stepping Away from Index Funds
- Out of Funds into Stocks
- How to Find Companies to Invest In
- Getting Information on Companies
PART IV. Companies and Quality
- Why Buy Blue-Chips?
- Why Small-Cap Growth Stocks?
PART V. Things to Look For
- Selecting the Best Growth Stocks
- Making Sense of Income Statements
- Balance Sheets and Cash Flow Statements
PART VI. Rule Makers, Rule Breakers, and More
- Quality Versus Valuation
- Rule Makers
- Rule Breakers
- When to Sell
- Mechanical Investing and the Foolish Four
PART VII: Some Advanced Topics
- Using Margin
- Shorting Stocks
PART VIII. Putting It All Together
- Why Invest?
PART IX. Conclusion
- 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