Stocks for the Long Run: A Guide to Selecting Markets for Long-Term Growth

To get rich from investing, the stock market is where your money has to be! Financial expert Jeremy Siegel's Stocks for the Long Run has been celebrated by financial professionals and investors alike for its proven, no-nonsense approach to growing wealthy in the stock market. Nowhere else will you find this book's wealth of market-related data, and at the same time its shrewd (yet practical) advice, tips, and guidelines on how to strike the optimal balance between stock market risk and return. Packed with nearly 100 charts, graphs, and tables-many dating to the early 1800s and impossible to find anywhere else-Stocks for the Long Run gives you: The Nifty Fifty-Highly capitalized stocks that continue to outperform their rivals, and which companies could be the next stars of your investment portfolio!; a fascinating analysis of the October, 1987, stock market "crash"-how and why it occurred, and ways that savvy investors profited as others panicked; an in-depth analysis of opportunities in foreign markets-how to find them, and safely invest in overseas markets, to ultimately increase your long-term returns.

Given the daily and sometimes extreme fluctuations in the stock market, it takes an investor with both nerve and patience to build and maintain a long-term portfolio. But Siegel, a Wharton School professor of finance who directs the Securities Industry Association Institute, argues that, historically, stocks are safer and more productive, over the long run, than most other forms of investment. He explains how to calculate stock returns and examines some of the more technical aspects of analyzing stocks. Siegel also discusses the relationships between the economy, politics, and the stock market, offers basic trading rules, and lays out guidelines for building a portfolio. Though he covers some of the more sophisticated aspects of investing, Siegel targets a general but informed investing public. David Rouse