LEARN TO EARN

A GUIDE TO STOCKS.

Hey Readers, many of you want to Invest in the STOCK MARKET.

Do you know there is no need to be a Mathematics topper to Learn STOCKS? All you need is basic 4th Grade Maths and Consistency.

But in the beginning, no one has an idea on how to begin. A cluster of YouTube Videos and Articles that are already out there but can’t get your focus.

And, this book describes the whole about the basics of the STOCK MARKET with the FACTS.

The book is “LEARN To EARN” is written by Peter Lynch.

With great writers comes great titles.

Peter Lynch is an American investor, mutual fund manager, and philanthropist. He wrote this book in 1996, describing the Great American Economy from its start at the beginning of the book and then reveal the face of actual how it happens in the STOCK MARKET.

“The simpler it is, the better I like it.” — Peter Lynch.

How he described the working of the market with facts is something which every learner would definitely enjoy.

In the first two chapters, he described the history of the American Economy and the personalities who contributed to it to change it. Some of you may find that boring, but that’s what basics are.

Then he moves to describe the real Basics of Investing. First, he cleared about the reasons of fear in an investor regarding the Stock Market, then he described the BIG FIVE types of Investments:-

• Savings Accounts
• Collectibles/ Antiques
• Real Estate
• Bonds
• Stocks

After this, he made his focus on the Stock Market and the Long Term Investment.

“An Important Key to Investing is to remember that Stocks are not Lottery Tickets.”

He described the importance of early investment and, How to pick your own stocks by YOURSELF.

Next, he helps us read and understand the Stock Pages, Magazines, newspapers, etc., and the roles of brokers and the brokerage firm. This might not be that useful from the perspective of today’s generation, but in 1996 it was a necessity and complicated.

“Never invest in a company without understanding its finances. The biggest losses in stocks come from companies with poor balance sheets.” — Peter Lynch.

Moving on to the next chapter, he explained in detail The Lives of a Company. From the Birth of the Company, then the time when they go PUBLIC and different ages of the company, they are:-

1. The Company When It’s Young
2. The Company in Middle Age
3. The Company When It’s Old

And, also the Cooperate Opera which lead to understanding how the competitors affect the SUCCESS of the company.

In the last chapter, he explained how some Invisible Hands or the people who helped the founders of the companies like Mac Donald’s, Apple, Microsoft, etc., reach where they are now.

In the entire book, he described many different companies like Johnson & Johnson, Coke, Microsoft, Apple, AT&T, Levi’s, and many more, about their stocks prices in different periods, their reaction to the market need, success, failure, and complete study of their annual reports.

If you gonna read this book and are interested in more like this, go for the

One Up On Wall Street is one more book by Peter Lynch.