I finally finished reading a book’s worth of articles written by Peter Lynch from 1992 to 1999. It was 44 articles to be exact and offered a peek into his thought process during the last seven years of the longest bull market in history.

His articles were a mixture of the typical Peter Lynch advice and case studies where he saw opportunities at the time.

Surprisingly (maybe not), he never mentioned the huge run-up in dot-com stocks. Instead, he focused on business he understood and fit his strategy. So most of the discussion was growth stocks, cyclicals, and turnaround opportunities.

I wanted to share some of my favorite highlights from Lynch’s articles. Continue Reading…

You can add to this to the list of most important things every investor should know.

Know what you own!

Peter Lynch thought that was the “single most important thing” for investors. He quickly followed it up with: know why you own it.

It seems simple enough but how many people do? We have a world of information at our fingertips but I doubt much has changed since Lynch uttered those words over two decades ago. Continue Reading…