One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In

· Simon and Schuster
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More than one million copies have been sold of this seminal book on investing in which legendary mutual-fund manager Peter Lynch explains the advantages that average investors have over professionals and how they can use these advantages to achieve financial success.

America’s most successful money manager tells how average investors can beat the pros by using what they know. According to Lynch, investment opportunities are everywhere. From the supermarket to the workplace, we encounter products and services all day long. By paying attention to the best ones, we can find companies in which to invest before the professional analysts discover them. When investors get in early, they can find the “tenbaggers,” the stocks that appreciate tenfold from the initial investment. A few tenbaggers will turn an average stock portfolio into a star performer.

Lynch offers easy-to-follow advice for sorting out the long shots from the no-shots by reviewing a company’s financial statements and knowing which numbers really count. He offers guidelines for investing in cyclical, turnaround, and fast-growing companies.

As long as you invest for the long term, Lynch says, your portfolio can reward you. This timeless advice has made One Up on Wall Street a #1 bestseller and a classic book of investment know-how.

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4.4
315 reviews
Jae Lott
August 25, 2014
Nothing but positive things to say about this book -practical, well-paced, and very informative. In fact, it felt less like a book and more like a consultation from a very successful fund manager -which is what I suspect Lynch intended for his readers.
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Ershad
November 16, 2016
Plain English. Straight to the point (well...it starts off slow but gets interesting as you read further). Great important lessons and insights. Highly recommended! Will download the free sample of Beating the Street later.
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Jeffrey Titus
March 9, 2017
Good book to read those new to the stock market
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About the author

Peter Lynch managed the Fidelity Magellan Fund from 1977 to 1990 when it was one of the most successful mutual-funds of all time. He then became a vice chairman at Fidelity and more recently has become a prominent philanthropist particularly active in the Boston area. His books include One Up on Wall Street, Beating the Street, and Learn to Earn (all written with John Rothchild).

John Rothchild was formerly a financial columnist for Time and Fortune magazines.

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