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"Public companies are everywhere, plus they surround you from morning to night. . . . Nearly everything you eat, wear, read, pay attention to, ride in, lie on, or gargle with is manufactured by one. Perfume to penknives, hot tubs to hot dogs, nuts to nail polish are made by businesses that you can own." --from the Introduction.
McDonald's, The Gap, Circuit City, Gillette, CBS, and thousands more . . . anyone can own part of big and small companies. As companies grow and prosper, you can too. Whenever burgers are eaten, sweaters are purchased, batteries are being used, and faces are shaved, there is a piece of the action. From Alexander Hamilton to Warren Buffett, folks have been making big money by investing in the corporations and institutions around them.
Mutual-fund superstar Peter Lynch and author John Rothchild describe what's not normally taught in senior high school --how the currency markets helps you and exactly how it helps the country. By focusing on how and why the currency markets works when you get a share of your company or purchase a mutual fund, you can make informed --and profitable --decisions. Whether you're saving for college, a residence, a vacation, or retirement, there is absolutely no better solution to secure a sound financial future than to invest. Young or old, there is absolutely no better time to start investing than now.
"Investing is fun. It's interesting.
It can put you on the road to prosperity for the others of your life. . . ."
Figure out how to Earn gives you the expert guidance you need to help make the right start. Lynch and Rothchild cover the gamut on investment fundamentals and principles, from choosing stocks, to deciding on a broker, to reading an total annual report. Figure out how to Earn reveals how to decipher the stock pages and exactly how to evaluate the professionals and cons of the five basic investment vehicles --savings accounts, collectibles, houses or apartments, stocks, and bonds. Yet, there is a lot more to investing than just the principles, and there is a lot more to Learn to Earn than just the basics. Opportunity will come in many forms, from many sources, with many histories. Filled with stories and parables, Lynch and Rothchild also explain:
* Why the earth as we know it would collapse without investors . . .
* How capitalism, from enough time of the American Revolution on, has shaped days gone by, and exactly how that influences us today . . .
* How Coke, Campbell's Soup, Ben & Jerry's, Microsoft, and other big companies got started, who gets rich from them, and exactly how they got that way . . .
* How exactly to know the true story behind the price of a stock
