Beating the Street

By: Peter Lynch   

Pages: 336

Investments

My recommendation: 8 / 10

Date read: Before 2013

Brief review: When Peter Lynch (who worked with Fidelity Investments) became the head of Magellan Fund in 1977, it just had $18 million in assets. By the time Lynch resigned in 1990, the fund had grown to more than $14 billion in assets delivering a return of over 25% pa. In this book, Lynch describes his in-depth process to pick stocks and how he managed to deliver such stellar performance for over a decade. Peter Lynch is considered to be one of the finest fund managers in history. You will get some great insights on investments by reading this book.