How to Make Money in Stocks: A Winning System in Good Times or Bad

How to Make Money in Stocks - Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Printer's Imprint......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
Preface......Page 6
Part 1. A Winning System: C-A-N S-L-I-M......Page 10
Introduction: Learning from the Greatest Winners......Page 11
1. C = Current Quarterly Earnings Per Share: How Much Is Enough?......Page 14
2. A = Annual Earnings Increases: Look for Meaningful Growth......Page 23
3. N = New Products, New Management, New Highs: Buying at the Right Time......Page 31
4. S = Supply and Demand: Small Capitalization Plus Volume Demand......Page 37
5. L = Leader or Laggard: Which Is Your Stock?......Page 42
6. I = Institutional Sponsorship: A Little Goes a Long Way......Page 47
7. M = Market Direction: How to Determine It......Page 51
Part 2. Be Smart from the Start......Page 84
8. Finding a Broker, Opening an Account, and What It Costs to Buy Stocks......Page 85
9. When to Sell If Your Selection or Timing Might Be Wrong......Page 90
10. When to Sell and Take Your Profit......Page 102
11. Should You Diversify, Invest for the Long Pull, Buy on Margin, Sell Short?......Page 114
12. Should You Buy Options, OTC Stocks, Mutual Funds, New Issues ...?......Page 120
Part 3. Investing like a Professional......Page 140
13. Models of the Greatest Stock Market Winners: 1953-1990......Page 141
14. How to Read Charts like an Expert and Improve Your Stock Selection and Timing......Page 159
15. How to Make Money Reading the Daily Financial News Pages......Page 178
16. The Art of Tape Reading: Analyzing and Reacting to News......Page 203
17. How to Pick the Best Industry Groups, Subgroups, and Market Sectors......Page 214
18. Improving Management of Pension and Institutional Portfolios......Page 225
19. 18 Common Mistakes Most Investors Make......Page 247
[Appendix] +135.000% ... A Great Continuing Growth Story......Page 251
Index......Page 252
About the Author......Page 257
Rear Cover......Page 258