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Beating the Street

How a legendary fund manager picks winners by doing the homework.

by Peter Lynch with John Rothchild

Peter Lynch walks through how he picked stocks at Fidelity's Magellan Fund and how individual investors can do the same. He details his research process, his approach to spotting opportunities in everyday products and companies, and the discipline of buying what you understand. The book mixes specific case studies with general principles for amateur investors.

Founders learn to evaluate a business the way a long-term owner does, by understanding the product, the market, and the numbers rather than chasing hype. Lynch's bottom-up, do-your-own-homework mindset translates directly to assessing competitors, markets, and your own company's fundamentals.

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