The Motley Fool Million Dollar Portfolio: How to Build and Grow a Panic-Proof Investment Portfolio - Hardcover

Gardner, David; Gardner, Tom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 006156754X ISBN 13: 9780061567544

Publisher: Harper Business, 2008

Synopsis

“Motley Fool makes investing fun again.”
—BetterInvesting Magazine

The mission of Motley Fool—the multimedia financial education company cofounded in 1993 by brothers David and Tom Gardner—is to “educate, amuse, and enrich.” Their valuable, innovative, and entertaining investing book, Motley Fool Million Dollar Portfolio provides insight, pointers, and sometimes very unorthodox advice that can help any investor build a seven-figure portfolio by out-thinking and out-maneuvering the professional financial wizards on Wall Street. With a new introduction by the authors, Motley Fool Million Dollar Portfolio offers irreverent investing wisdom ideal for any financial market, even the most bearish.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

In this long-anticipated, groundbreaking guide to building a portfolio, acclaimed stock pickers and Internet pioneers David and Tom Gardner lay bare the simple philosophy that they have used to help millions of grateful individual investors outfox the professionals on Wall Street.

The research, the stories, and the results that underpin this book stem from the revolutionary and wildly successful "Motley Fool Million Dollar Portfolio""—a one-of-a-kind Web experiment in which individual investors follow along as Motley Fool co-founder Tom Gardner invests and manages $1 million of The Motley Fool's own money.

In page after page of sound, sensible investment advice, readers are offered a rare glimpse into the inner workings of The Motley Fool machine—and offered a first-class education in building, growing, and defending an individual portfolio, one investment strategy at a time. From learning to think like an investor to finding a first stock, from dividend investing to blue-chip bargains to small-cap treasures, from international investing to community-based online tools that are revolutionizing stock selection and asset allocation, this book takes the reader through the essential strategies for building any portfolio—no matter how small its start or how big its ambitions.

About the Author:

Brothers David Gardner & Tom Gardner cofounded in 1993 The Motley Fool, a multimedia investment advisory company dedicated to building the world’s greatest investment community. They have coauthored four New York Times bestsellers—including The Motley Fool Investment Guide—and oversee the award-winning personal finance and investment Web site Fool.com, which attracts millions of visitors each month.

Tom Gardner, along with his brother David, cofounded The Motley Fool, a multimedia financial education company, in 1993. They have coauthored five books and oversee the award-winning website Fool.com (with approximately five million unique visitors per month); a nationally syndicated newspaper column, carried by over two hundred papers; and fourteen premium investing services worldwide. John lives with his wife in Northern California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Business
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 006156754X
• ISBN 13: 9780061567544
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288