Peter Lynch

Average investors can become experts in their own field and can pick winning stocks as effectively as Wall Street professionals by doing just a little research.

Peter Lynch

Avoid hot stocks in hot industries.

Peter Lynch

Behind every stock is a company. Find out what it’s doing.

Peter Lynch

But my system for over 30 years has been this: When stocks are attractive, you buy them. Sure, they can go lower. I’ve bought stocks at $12 that went to $2, but then they later went to $30.

Peter Lynch

By putting your stocks into categories you’ll have a better idea of what to expect from them.

Peter Lynch

Consider the size of a company if you expect it to profit from a specific product.

Peter Lynch

Debt is saving in reverse. The more it builds up, the worse off you are.

Peter Lynch

During the Gold Rush, most would-be miners lost money, but people who sold them picks, shovels, tents and blue-jeans made a nice profit.

Peter Lynch

Everyone has the brainpower to follow the stock market. If you made it through fifth-grade math, you can do it.

Peter Lynch

Everyone has the brainpower to make money in stocks. Not everyone has the stomach. If you are susceptible to selling everything in a panic, you ought to avoid stocks and mutual funds altogether.

Peter Lynch