Beating the Street

Peter Lynch managed the Fidelity Magellan Fund from 1977 to 1990 when it was one of the most successful mutual-funds of all time. He then became a vice chairman at Fidelity and more recently has become a prominent philanthropist particularly active in the Boston area. His books include One Up on Wall Street, Beating the Street, and Learn to Earn (all written with John Rothchild). John Rothchild was formerly a financial columnist for Time and Fortune magazines. CONTENTS Preface Preface to the Trade Paperback Edition Introduction: Escape from Bondage One: The Miracle of St. Agnes Two: The Weekend Worrier Three: A Tour of the Fund House Four: Managing Magellan: The Early Years Five: Magellan: The Middle Years Six: Magellan: The Later Years Seven: Art, Science, and Legwork Eight: Shopping for Stocks: The Retail Sector Nine: Prospecting in Bad News: How the "Collapse" in Real Estate Led Me to Pier 1, Sunbelt Nursery, and General Host Ten: My Close Shave at Supercuts Eleven: Blossoms in the Desert: Great Companies in Lousy Industries Twelve: It's a Wonderful Buy Thirteen: A Closer Look at the S&Ls Fourteen: Master Limited Partnerships: A Deal with a Yield Fifteen: The Cyclicals: What Goes Around Comes Around Sixteen: Nukes in Distress: CMS Energy Seventeen: Uncle Sam'a Garage Sale: Allied Capital II Eighteen: My Fannie Mae Diary Nineteen: Treasure in the Backyard: The Colonial Group of Mutual Funds Twenty: The Restaurant Stocks: Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Twenty-One: The Six-Month Checkup 25 Golden Rules Postscript Index