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Index
Cover
Introducing Wiley Investment Classics
Title
Contents
Publisher’s Note
Foreword: My Three Bits on My Father and His Writings
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits
Copyright
Introduction
Beginnings
Middle Life
What Kind of Man?
The Three W’s
Significance—The Mirror Image
Preface
Chapter 1: Clues from the Past
Chapter 2: What “Scuttlebutt” Can Do
Chapter 3: What to Buy
Chapter 4: What to Buy
Chapter 5: When to Buy
Chapter 6: When to Sell
Chapter 7: The Hullabaloo about Dividends
Chapter 8: Five Don’ts for Investors
Chapter 9: Five More Don’ts for Investors
Chapter 10: How I Go about Finding a Growth Stock
Chapter 11: Summary and Conclusion
Paths to Wealth through Common Stocks
Copyright
Dedication
Foreword
The Need for Additional Investment Books
Chapter 1: Adjusting to Key Influences of the 1960’s
Stocks and Inflation
Institutional Buying
C. Foreign Competition
D. Increased Population
The Economists Go Out—The Psychologists Come in
Chapter 2: How the Greatest Increases in Stock Values Come About
Alert Corporate Management
A New Concept
The Role of Institutional Buying
A Reward Usually Overlooked
Chapter 3: You and Where Your Investment Business Must Go
Methods of Investment Evaluation
Five Steps for Selecting the Right Investment Counselor
Chapter 4: Trivia but not Entirely
What About Mergers?
Voting Rights and Proxy Fights
Should You Buy or Sell Stocks Because of U.S. Election Prospects?
Chapter 5: Major Growth Industries of the 1960’s
The Chemical Industry
The Electronics Industry
The Pharmaceutical Industry
Other Interesting Industries
The False Growth Stocks of the Immediate Post-War Years
Conservative Investors Sleep Well
Copyright
Dedication
Introduction
Chapter 1: The First Dimension of a Conservative Investment
Low-Cost Production
Strong Marketing Organization
Outstanding Research and Technical Effort
Financial Skill
Chapter 2: The Second Dimension
Chapter 3: The Third Dimension
Chapter 4: The Fourth Dimension
Chapter 5: More about the Fourth Dimension
Chapter 6: Still More about the Fourth Dimension
Chapter 7: What About Dividends?
THE IMMEDIATE PAST: How the Professionals Went Wrong in the Early 1970s
Chapter 8: The Mistake That Played Havoc
Chapter 9: Some Other Bad Mistakes
THE PROCEDURE: The Anatomy of Conservative Investing
Concerning this Section
Chapter 10: The Three Steps to Learning the Facts
Chapter 11: Some Questions and Answers
THE FUTURE: Concerning this Section
Chapter 12: Common Stocks and Inflation
Chapter 13: Common Stocks Versus Bonds, Gold, and Real Estate
Chapter 14: Common Stocks in a Political Swing to the Left
Conclusion
Developing an Investment Philosophy
Copyright
Dedication to Frank E. Block
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1: Origins of a Philosophy
The Birth of Interest
Formative Experiences
First Lessons in the School of Experience
Building the Basics
The Great Bear Market
A Chance to Do My Thing
From Disaster, Opportunity Springs
A Foundation Is Formed
Chapter 2: Learning from Experience
Food Machinery as an Investment Opportunity
Zigging and Zagging
Contrary, but Correct
Patience and Performance
To Every Rule, There Are Exceptions . . . But Not Many
An Experiment with Market Timing
Reaching for Price, Foregoing Opportunity
Chapter 3: The Philosophy Matures
E Pluribus Unum
History versus Opportunity
Lessons from the Vintage Years
Do Few Things Well
Stay or Sell in Anticipation of Possible Market Downturns?
In and Out May Be Out of the Money
The Long Shadow of Dividends
Chapter 4: Is the Market Efficient?
The Fallacy of the Efficient Market
The Raychem Corporation
Raychem, Dashed Expectations, and the Crash
Raychem and the Efficient Market
Conclusion
Appendix
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