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Portrait of Peter Lynch

1944-present

Peter Lynch

The Everyday Investor

Invest in what you know. Lynch categorizes stocks into six types (slow growers, stalwarts, fast growers, cyclicals, turnarounds, asset plays) and applies different strategies to each.

Trading Strategy

Bottom-up stock picking with a growth-at-reasonable-price (GARP) approach. Look for companies with strong earnings growth, reasonable P/E ratios, and clean balance sheets. Favor companies you encounter in daily life.

Key Principles

  • Invest in what you know and understand
  • The best stock to buy may be one you already own
  • Behind every stock is a company - find out what it is doing
  • Know what you own and why you own it
  • In the long run, a portfolio of well-chosen stocks will always outperform bonds or money market funds