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One Up on Wall Street (A Fireside book) [Paperback]

Peter Lynch , John Rothchild
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster; 2nd Revised edition edition (21 Aug 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0743200403
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743200400
  • Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 14.2 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 7,434 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"A witty, insightful and engaging look at the world of stock picking through the eyes of one of America's premier stock pickers."

-- Joy O. Light, professor of business administration, Harvard University

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THE NATIONAL BESTSELLING BOOK THAT EVERY INVESTOR SHOULD OWN

Peter Lynch is America's number-one money manager. His mantra: Average investors can become experts in their own field and can pick winning stocks as effectively as Wall Street professionals by doing just a little research.

Now, in a new introduction written specifically for this edition of "One Up on Wall Street, " Lynch gives his take on the incredible rise of Internet stocks, as well as a list of twenty winning companies of high-tech '90s. That many of these winners are low-tech supports his thesis that amateur investors can continue to reap exceptional rewards from mundane, easy-to-understand companies they encounter in their daily lives.

Investment opportunities abound for the layperson, Lynch says. By simply observing business developments and taking notice of your immediate world -- from the mall to the workplace -- you can discover potentially successful companies before professional analysts do. This jump on the experts is what produces "tenbaggers," the stocks that appreciate tenfold or more and turn an average stock portfolio into a star performer.

The former star manager of Fidelity's multibillion-dollar Magellan Fund, Lynch reveals how he achieved his spectacular record. Writing with John Rothchild, Lynch offers easy-to-follow directions for sorting out the long shots from the no shots by reviewing a company's financial statements and by identifying which numbers "really" count. He explains how to stalk tenbaggers and lays out the guidelines for investing in cyclical, turnaround, and fast-growing companies.

Lynch promises that if you ignore the ups and downs of the market and the endless speculation about interest rates, in the long term (anywhere from five to fifteen years) your portfolio will reward you. This advice has proved to be timeless and has made "One Up on Wall Street" a number-one bestseller. And now this classic is as valuable in the new millennium as ever.


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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Packed with Knowledge! 19 July 2005
By Rolf Dobelli TOP 500 REVIEWER
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This book has become a classic of personal investment literature for good reasons. For one thing, watching Lynch lampoon Wall Street and its cadre of institutional investors is rich fun. He is, perhaps, the foremost money manager in the U.S., thanks to the success of Fidelity's multibillion-dollar Magellan Fund. Lynch says that when E.F. Hutton speaks, the average investor ought to take a nap. Although this is an updated edition, most of the content dates to "pre-bubble" 1989. As such, it offers haunting warnings about stocks with inflated price-to-earnings ratios. Warning to novice investors: Lynch is a Wharton grad who's been in the market since his college days and, as such, he tends to see stocks as simple and straightforward. Like the "Oracle of Omaha," Warren Buffett, he's a quintessential value investor who looks for undervalued companies in nuts-and-bolts industries. The difference, as Lynch puts it, is that he buys those companies' stocks, while Buffett buys those companies. We strongly recommend this book to those who govern their own portfolios.
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Peter Lynch has all the qualities you'd want from an investor and he's not bad as a writer either. He talks at great length about the qualatative aspects of investing including portfolio balance, spotting winners and when to buy and sell and I use ideas of his in my own portfolio. I'd advise reading other books that relate more to numerical aspects of selecting shares, "Beyond the Zulu principle" being one of the best, as he is a little light in this area. Never the less, this book is a good investment for anyone who wants to or already does deal in shares.
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The main idea of "One up on Wall Street" is to beat the market by choosing a small portfolio of stocks of 3-10 companies that grow at a higher rate than the market average. The book doesn't cover mutual funds, index funds and exchange-traded funds, because the author claims that "if you don't think you can beat the market, then buy a mutual fund and save yourself a lot of extra work and money".

The book encourages you to become an aggressive investor, who has a good understanding of financial markets; is comfortable with taking risks with their investments; is not concerned about short-term volatility (fluctuation in returns); and invests for the longer-term. This encouragement is done in a very friendly tone, it is easy to understand, and quite well explained, with enough humor and variety.

I would also recommend the unabridged audio version in addition to this paperback edition.
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Save your £5.99 as this book isn't really worth it. It seems to be about Peter Lynch reflecting on his life and doesn't really tell you nothing about investing. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Paul
Great primer for value investing...
what i liked about lynch's book is that from the out set it's incredibly easy to read. too many investing books are written in such a boring, dry manner one struggles to stay... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Gcrikey
One Up on Wall Street review
What can I say about this book that would not be immediately obvious! Not that Peter Lynch is a great investor, he's earned his place along side the greatest investors and is an... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Omar Sahal
An excellent investment book for small private investors
I've read quite a few investment books and this is one of the better ones. When I first started reading investment books, I naively hoped they would tell you exactly what to invest... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Davidsha
Great book.
For me is one of the books about stock market you should read by imperative if you want to understand value investig. You like it or you dislike it, but is one of the ones. Read more
Published 8 months ago by manauj
Fantastic book - easy to read, good level of depth, concepts kept...
Lyth covers a range of ideas and concepts which he summarises simply and concisely. This book is ideal for those with a basic knowledge of stocks already and provides a solid... Read more
Published 11 months ago by jb
Well done Peter Lynch!
Brilliant is the only word I can use for this book! Peter gives a great insight into his decision making processes and anyone interested and/or active in trading, would be well... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Tony76
Great book, full sized
This is a great modern investment book, especially if you are interested in what I would describe as 'valuegrowth' investing- a bit of a mix between the two. Read more
Published 20 months ago by topdog
Discover "Ten Baggers"
Peter Lynch is so right on the fact that one does not need to work on Wall Street or be an analyst to find great investment ideas. Opportunities are all around us. Read more
Published on 15 Nov 2009 by Mariusz Skonieczny
Miniature Edition
I was shocked as well when I received the book as it is just a frase book... Be careful and do not order it by mistake, as by the comments below I can tell I have not been the only... Read more
Published on 1 April 2008 by Mr. A. Silvahermida
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