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Morningstar Stocks 500: 2008 (Morningstar Stocks 500)
by Morningstar Inc., Pat Dorsey
from Wiley

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• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

• Stocks 500 review
  This is a very comprehensive resource for stock research ideas. I keep it handy and refer to it frequently.

• If you are interested in buying individual stocks, this is a good place to spend some of your research time and money
  There is an old saying that people spend more time studying which refrigerator to buy than how they invest for their retirement. It is a sad saying because it is probably true in more cases than we would like to admit. There is also an awful lot of evidence that people are more often better off with a very low cost index fund than in picking stocks or even investing in mutual funds. Why? Because over the long haul, there aren't many who can consistently provide higher than market returns. And it is even... more info

• A great resource to supplement your research
  It's best to do your own research first, but of course a second opinion can never hurt. That's how I used this book for most part, but also got some ideas. I used this book for an experiment; I made up a mock porfolio of stocks I had done research on, and then took 16 totally random companies that this pick had rated with 5 stars, which is the highest rating. 12 of the 16 companies made money, while 4 didn't. Over 9 months, I gained about 10.5%, which doesn't factor in dividends, or fees for that matter. On... more info

• Excellent tool for the patient investor
  This is without doubt an excellent starting point for investors (traders beware, this is of not much use to you!). By using traditional value analysis and their own business model analysis, Morningstar provides a "fair/intrisinc value" along with what it considers are "Buy below" and "Sell above" prices. In addition, the analysts assign a "moat" for the company reflecting its competitive advantage. Based on the current price and the fair value, the analysts provide star ratings for each stock. The book... more info

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