How to make money in stocks: A winning system in good times or bad - Softcover

O'Neil, William J

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070478937 ISBN 13: 9780070478930

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 1991

Synopsis

Now busy, success-minded people can have a simple, easy-to-use plan for making money in stocks. Drawing on a detailed study of the greatest money-making stocks in the last 38 years, William J. O'Neill offers rational, well-documented guidance for making smart investments.

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Review:

From the school of unemotional investing comes the classic How to Make Money in Stocks, by Wall Street analyst and publisher William O'Neil. Readers new to securities will find it an excellent primer, one that relies on time-honored indicators such as quarterly earnings, market capitalization, and daily indexes. O'Neil's study of winning stocks stretches back to the 1960s, and he shares his insights here, describing what characterizes a growth stock, when to cut your losses (at 7 or 8 percent, no more), and how to spot a market top.

The techniques in How to Make Money in Stocks are hardly revolutionary, but therein lies their strength, as O'Neil claims his is "a winning system in good times or bad." Investors interested in Net stocks might be disappointed--the author's first rule is that a company must show a pattern of growing profits, which disqualifies many dot coms. (Try Rule Breakers, Rule Makers for a different take.) O'Neil's approach to stocks is, above all, rational, and he pays little heed to market hype.

Those new to investing would do well to read this book before embarking, and even more seasoned traders may find How to Make Money in Stocks a refreshing return to basics. Markets may swing bull and bear, but O'Neil promises to stand firm. --Demian McLean

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0070478937
• ISBN 13: 9780070478930
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 247