Part-Timers Do Well In The Stock Market, by Jason Kelly

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Have you ever heard news about the stock market and been unable to make sense of it? Have you ever felt that stocks are complicated, rather boring, and something that only guys in suits on Wall Street think about?

A lot of people say "yes" to both questions. My mother did. When I was a college student and first took an interest in finance, I talked to her about retirement late one night at our kitchen table. She told me she wasn't sure what to do with her retirement account and asked me if I'd like to have a look. I said yes, and a career was born.

From that day forward, I devoted myself to decoding finance for regular folks who really don't want to spend their time poring over charts and calculating ratios. All most people want is a comfortable retirement, a new house, a college education for their children, and other financial goals.

What I discovered is that there's not as much to it as the industry would have you believe. Think about it. If they can convince you and millions of others into thinking that investing is too complicated, then more people will be willing to turn over their money to professional managers. All that money under management earns fees, so more money means more fees. Simple system, eh?

I'd like you to break free from it. I'd like you to see that it's not only possible to manage your own investment portfolio, it's fun and you stand a good chance of doing better than you would by handing your money over to a so-called professional. The 2008 edition of my "Neatest Little Guide to Stock Market Investing" shows how you can beat more than 90% of professional managers with simple permanent portfolios that require little time to start and almost no time to maintain.

Sound too good to be true? Big money shops want you to think so, but don't believe them. You have every skill you need to create income and growth from the stock market.

Here's a quick example. Tell me the first company you think of when you read the phrase "sports shoes". Did you say Nike? Five years ago, you could have bought 100 shares of Nike for $2,253. Today, those shares would be worth $6,070. That's a 170% gain in five years by just knowing the most famous name in sports shoes.

How about another one? Tell me the first company you think of when you read the phrase "digital music". Did you say Apple? You're going to love this one. Five years ago, you could have bought 100 shares of Apple for $700. Today, they'd be worth $17,269. That's a 2,367% gain in five years by just noticing a little device called an iPod.

This stuff isn't as hard as you thought, is it? That's what "The Neatest Little Guide to Stock Market Investing" is all about -- teaching you to use what you already know to get ahead in the stock market. You'll pick up some new tools as well and see exactly where to go for research and how to buy and sell.

All of that's in there, but what I think makes the book really special is the way it speaks to you as a friend would. It shows you with good cheer that a life of riches is as much yours as anybody's, and that everything you need to start pursuing it is just waiting for you right now.

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