![]() ![]() The junior high schools and high schools of America have forgotten to teach one of the most important courses of all. Agnes School David Berson at Fannie Mae Nancy Smith, director of investor education at the Securities and Exchange Commission our two agents, Doe Coover and Elizabeth Darhansoff our editor, Bob Bender, and his assistant, Johanna Li. We’d also like to thank the staffs at the Wellesley Public Library and the Babson College Library Joan Morrissey at St. From the Securities Research Corporation: Donald Jones and his staff. ![]() The following people deserve special mention for the research and fact-checking help they provided on this book: Kathy Johnson, Charlene Niles, Deborah Pont, all courtesy of Worth magazine Peggy Malaspina and her associates at Malaspina Communications: Lyn Hadden, Karen Perkuhn, Elizabeth Pendergast, and Susan Posner.įrom Fidelity and its various resources: Robert Hill, Bart Grenier, Suzanne Connelly, Tim Burke, Evelyn Flynn, Shirley Guptill, Bob Beckwitt, Julian Lim, Debbie Clark, Jeffrey Todd, and Denise Russell. Reading the Numbers-How to Decipher a Balance Sheet They explain not only how to invest, but also how to think like an investor. In Learn to Earn, Lynch and Rothchild explain in a style accessible to anyone who is high school age or older how to read a stock table in the daily newspaper, how to understand a company annual report, and why everyone should pay attention to the stock market. Every student studies American history, but few realize that our country was settled by European colonists financed by public companies in England and Holland-and the basic principles behind public companies haven’t changed in more than three hundred years. Nearly every teenager in America drinks Coke or Pepsi, but only a very few own shares in either company or even understand how to buy them. The average high school student is familiar with Nike, Reebok, McDonald’s, the Gap, and The Body Shop. At a time when individuals have to make important decisions about saving for college and 401(k) retirement funds, this failure to provide a basic education in investing can have tragic consequences.įor those who know what to look for, investment opportunities are everywhere. ![]() The reason, say Lynch and Rothchild, is that the basics of investing-the fundamentals of our economic system and what they have to do with the stock market-aren’t taught in school. Many investors, including some with substantial portfolios, have only the sketchiest idea of how the stock market works. Mutual fund superstar Peter Lynch and author John Rothchild explain the basic principles of the stock market and business in an investing guide that will enlighten and entertain anyone who is high school age or older. ![]()
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