Smart Stocks: A Straight-Shooting Guide to Picking Stocks - Paperback

by Jeff Luke (Author)

Learn the eight questions you must ask before buying any stock.
This no-jargon guide is written for all levels of investing, but it's especially useful for beginners.

Whether you're a professional or new investor, you need this book in your toolbox.

This book teaches you the eight step system called "The TITANIUM Technique" that involve becoming a master of using your behavior and your brain to pick stocks in an intelligent way.

This step-by-step guide teaches you:

The single most important quality you need as an investor

Why it's important to make sure the CEO has talent & integrity

How to make sure you're paying a sensible price for stock

Why you need to say NO most of the time

How to set priorities to achieve your life goals

Why investing is all about a bird in the hand being worth two in the bush

The role of deep understanding and its importance to investing

How to discover which companies have economic moats.

You'll also learn:

Why you don't need a diversified portfolio

Why you don't need a financial adviser

Why you shouldn't pay attention to market forecasts

Why you shouldn't fear stock market crashes

Why you should never confuse gambling with investing

This book approaches investing from the author's personal perspective in a conversational style.

Learn why all you need is five or six great stocks to get rich in investing

How to avoid two horrible investing mistakes

Learn two excellent sources for stock information and one solid mobile app

See 15 stocks the author listed, and how he narrowed it to five great stocks

Learn through current examples like Amazon, Adobe, Apple, Tesla, Nike, Disney, Uber, WeWork, Medtronic, Carmax, Illumina, Costco, Berkshire Hathaway, Waters, Intuitive Surgical, CVS, Lululemon, Starbucks, Charles Schwab, Microsoft, T. Rowe Price, Zoom Video Communications, and many others.

Learn a simple way that you can make your own stock list

Remove the uncertainty or fear of making bad decisions

Learn how time is the friend of the long-term investor

Why your willingness to buy stocks should increase as their prices fall

This book is written in a way that will be easy to follow, especially for beginners. Before you ever buy stock, you owe it to yourself to learn the eight questions you must learn to evaluate the company as a long-term investment. Whether you're a professional or just starting out, you need this book in your toolbox.