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Peter Lynch

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January 19, 1944

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Peter Lynch is an American businessman and stock investor. Lynch graduated from Boston College in 1965 and earned a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1968.

Lynch worked at Fidelity Investments where named head of the then obscure Magellan Fund which had $18 million in assets. By the time Lynch resigned as a fund manager in 1990, the fund had grown to more than $14 billion in assets with more than 1,000 individual stock positions. From 1977 until 1990, the Magellan fund averaged a 29.2% return and as of 2003 had the best 20-year return of any mutual fund ever.

Though he continues to work part-time as vice chairman of Fidelity Management & Research Co., the investment adviser arm of F ...more

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	One Up On Wall Street: How to Use What You Already Know to Make Money in the Market 4.29 avg rating — 39,248 ratings — published 1988 — 81 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beating the Street by Peter Lynch, John Rothchild (Contributor) 4.10 avg rating — 9,778 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Learn to Earn: A Beginner's Guide to the Basics of Investing and Business by Peter Lynch, John Rothchild 4.05 avg rating — 5,412 ratings — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der Börse einen Schritt voraus: Wie auch Sie mit Aktien verdienen können! 4.29 avg rating — 117 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stock Shop 4.48 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1998	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Up On Wall Street: How to Use What You Already Know to Make Money in the Market 4.63 avg rating — 16 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aktien für alle - Neuauflage: So verdienen Privatanleger an der Börse by Peter Lynch, John Rothchild, Tanja Hemm (Translator) 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Church's Story: A History Of Pastoral Care And Vision 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Up On Wall Street, How to Own the World, Money Know More Make More Give More 3 Books Collection Set by Peter Lynch 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wiring Prometheus: History, Globalisation and Technology by Peter Lynch, Helmuth Trischler (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The trick is not to learn to trust your gut feelings, but rather to discipline yourself to ignore them. Stand by your stocks as long as the fundamental story of the company hasn’t changed.”
― Peter Lynch, One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In

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“Know what you own, and know why you own it”
― Peter Lynch, One Up On Wall Street: How to Use What You Already Know to Make Money in the Market

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“People who succeed in the stock market also accept periodic losses, setbacks, and unexpected occurrences. Calamitous drops do not scare them out of the game.”
― Peter Lynch, One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In

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