Learn to Earn: A Beginner's Guide to the Basics of Investing and Business

If you know nothing about investing and business, this is the book for you. I will be giving copies of this book to my children when they're 12 or so. It will make a great gift to any young person or teenager. If you know a little about investing and business, this is the book for you. You'll love the entertaining history lessons about our capital markets and how they have worked over the years. You'll also gain insights into how businesses work, and what differentiates the ones that are successful from those that are not. If you're an advanced investor with millions of dollars and lots of degrees, this is the book for you. You will be reminded of how we got to where we are today, how important investing is for our economy and future, and benefit from a refresher on the most basic, yet important, fundamentals of business and investing. You'll also learn great techniques for teaching those whom you mentor. If this book were read in middle schools and high schools, what a difference it would make.

O.k., o.k. so maybe it's not all that simple but I actually meant that in a good way -- I'm the type of guy that would rather understand and retain 100% of a simple book than only 10-50% of a more byzantine treatise. And that's what this book allowed me to do. I am a smart guy who reads and knows a lot about entrepreneurship, building companies, and real estate investing, but I never bothered to learn about the basics of the stock market... it always seemed so... foreign to me. This book got me over that hump... Peter Lynch did a phenomenal job of starting from the basics of yesteryear and building up to the stock market of today -- or sort of today... I think the book was written in the pre-intenet era so some of the info is a bit out-dated. Excellent book for a beginner who wants to build a strong foundation of understanding of the stock market. It would make a great gift for a child, teenager, or young person who's intelligent and curious but for whatever reason uninformed about how the stock market works and how they can benefit from its existence.

This book does a solid job of breaking down investing and business concepts in a way that’s approachable for complete beginners. The language is clear, the structure is logical, and the author avoids overwhelming the reader with jargon. Topics like stocks, bonds, risk, diversification, and basic business thinking are explained simply, which makes this a good starting point for teens, young adults, or anyone who feels intimidated by finance. What I liked most is the mindset focus: the book emphasizes long-term thinking, patience, and learning how money works rather than chasing quick wins. The examples are easy to follow, and the tone is encouraging rather than salesy. That said, readers looking for advanced strategies, deep market analysis, or step-by-step investment systems may find this too basic. It’s more of a foundation-builder than a comprehensive investing manual.

This is a great book to understand the basics of investments. Unlike a TV set where you could buy it and least care how it works as long as you know how to work on with the remote control. Stock investing is a different venture, the fundamentals of economics need to be there. One must know what does P/E mean, net cash flow, P/S ratio, forward eps estimate. Why the penultimate year before the elections for bull market. Without fundamentals its hard to succeed in investing. Good foundation of terminlogies along with discipline and evaluating one own traits in stock investment makes one confident and a sure winner in the long run. Wall street is the same has been 100 years back there has been bulls and bear session, usually bear sessions have outpaced the bull session. But if one has picked the right stock and waits through the bear session when the bull session is around he is likely to make the maximum return. If one makes 10% return on a year to year basis one is a successful investor. All the eye catchers in newspapers and magazines with >100% return are seldom reptative. If inflation is around 3% and one makes 7% profit per year, with compounding affects anyone can become a wealthy person in the long run. Ofcourse, the real joy is to do your own research and invest and trade wisely. And with time one only excels.

The advice in this book really holds up. It gives you a great mix of history, practical advice, and motivation. You'll feel a lot better about yourself financially if you read this book.

I enjoyed the read, but I thought it would provide examples on understanding publicly traded companies balance sheet. Overall, it gave me a great history lesson on the origins of the stock market and several resources (most outdated) to use to evaluate companies.

Wonderful read. Lynch gives a terrific history of capitalism to set the groundwork. Then dives in to the fundamentals of investing. Well written, easy read.

Bought this guide ten years ago and it served me well. I would recommend it to any beginner. One of the first things a beginning trader or investor, you should know how to read a company's financial statement. Lynch provides this training in a way that even the worst math student could understand. His teachings are more on the investing side as he teaches to buy stocks in company's you love. However, his teachings are also tools traders need in doing basic DD.

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Ideal para que iniciarse en el camino hacia la independencia financiera. Ademas, practicas reading.

Good book for beginners in investing.

masterpieces, explain well how to think and behave like an investor. The book doesn't give a lot of theories or calculations , but give you a more practical way to understand what is stock and how to works. I read twice the book. If ou are searching a book which can teach you how to preview the stock, this is not the one , and i think no one can predict it, however, this book can help you understand how to manage the risk and reduce the risk of lose.