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Motley Fool Investment Guide How the Fool Beats Wall Streets Wise Men & How You Can Too

by David Gardner
Motley Fool Investment Guide How the Fool Beats Wall Streets Wise Men & How You Can Too

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ISBN10: 0743201736
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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

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The Washington Post The Fool is funny and flip, while containing solid information and advice for individual investors.

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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.

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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

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

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
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
01/02/2001
Publisher:
SIMON & SCHUSTER TRADE
Series info:
Motley Fool
Pages:
316
Height:
8.25
Width:
5.25
Thickness:
.75
Series:
Motley Fool
Series Number:
10
Grade Range:
General/trade
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
2001
Series Volume:
10
UPC Code:
2800743201737
Author:
I. Neil Sr. Neil Sr. David
Author:
David Gardner
Author:
Neil David
Author:
I. David
Author:
Tom Gardner
Author:
Tom Gardner
Author:
Inc. (COR) Motley Fool
Author:
David Gardner
Corporate author:
Inc. Motley Fool
Corporate author:
Inc. Motley Fool
Corporate author:
Inc. Motley Fool
Corporate author:
Inc. Motley Fool
Subject:
Portfolio management
Subject:
Investment analysis

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