Beating the Street : The Best-Selling Author of One Up on Wall Street Shows You How to Pick Winning Stocks and Mutual Funds

by Lynch, Peter; Rothchild, John

• ISBN13: 9780671759155
• ISBN10: 0671759159
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-03-01
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Summary

A guide to investing in stocks discusses twenty-two companies selected for the 1992 Roundtable, describing how and where readers can find the information necessary to invest in companies. 200,000 first printing. Major ad/promo.

Table of Contents

Preface	5	(11)
Preface to the Trade Paperback Edition	11	(4)
Introduction: Escape from Bondage	15	(8)
The Miracle of St. Agnes	23	(13)
The Weekend Worrier	36	(12)
A Tour of the Fund House	48	(34)
Managing Magellan: The Early Years	82	(19)
Magellan: The Middle Years	101	(15)
Magellan: The Later Years	116	(24)
Art, Science, and Legwork	140	(10)
Shopping for Stocks: The Retail Sector	150	(10)
Prospecting in Bad News: How the ``Collapse'' in Real Estate Led Me to Pier 1, Sunbelt Nursery, and General Host	160	(17)
My Close Shave at Supercuts	177	(5)
Blossoms in the Desert: Great Companies in Lousy Industries	182	(12)
It's a Wonderful Buy	194	(11)
A Closer Look at the S&Ls	205	(16)
Master Limited Partnerships: A Deal with a Yield	221	(12)
The Cyclicals: What Goes Around Comes Around	233	(12)
Nukes in Distress: CMS Energy	245	(11)
Uncle Sam's Garage Sale: Allied Capital II	256	(7)
My Fannie Mae Diary	263	(12)
Treasure in the Backyard: The Colonial Group of Mutual Funds	275	(4)
The Restaurant Stocks: Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is	279	(5)
The Six-Month Checkup	284	(21)
25 Golden Rules	305	(3)
Postscript	308	(15)
Index	323