Magnet Investing: Build a Portfolio and Pick Winning Stocks Using Your Home Computer Book

	List of Charts	viii
	List of Tables	x
	About the Author	xi
	Preface	xiii
	Acknowledgments	xvii
	Disclaimer	xix
	Introduction	xxi
Chapter 1	Preview	1
Chapter 2	Accepting the Challenge of Investing	7
Chapter 3	Get Started Early	11
Chapter 4	Know Who You Are	19
Chapter 5	Planning: The First Step	23
Chapter 6	Evolving as an Investor: Developing a Pattern for Success	29
Chapter 7	Understanding Bonds	33
Chapter 8	Asset Allocation	41
Chapter 9	When to Buy and Sell	49
Chapter 10	Owning Companies: Buy and Hold	73
Chapter 11	Profitable Portfolio Management: Learn from Your Mistakes	79
Chapter 12	Using Your Home Computer	85
Chapter 13	Internet Sites for Investment Information	87
Chapter 14	The MAGNET Stock Selection Process	89
Chapter 15	Why the MAGNET Stock Selection Process Works	95
Chapter 16	Performing a Search Using Your Computer	99
Chapter 17	MAGNET Performance from the First Edition of our Book	101
Chapter 18	Searching for MAGNET Stocks	107
Chapter 19	Maximizing Tax Efficiency Using the MAGNET Stock Selection Process	115
Chapter 20	Recommended Reading	119
Chapter 21	Putting it All Together	123
	Appendices
Appendix A	Testing the MAGNET Approach	125
Appendix B	ProSearch Results from Chapter 18	133
Appendix C	Samples of Prior MAGNET Stocks	199
	Glossary of Terms	219
	Index	227
	Order Form	231
	List of Charts
1-1	American Stock Exchange Advance/Decline Line	3
1-2	Wilshire 5000 vs. All Market Breadth	4
1-3	NASDAQ Composite Advance/Decline Line	5
3-1	Compounding Your $$ @ 12%	14
3-2	One Year Holding Period Returns Per Annum for Stocks	15
3-3	Five Year Holding Period Returns Per Annum for Stocks	16
3-4	Ten Year Holding Period Returns Per Annum for Stocks	17
3-5	Twenty Year Holding Period Returns Per Annum for Stocks	18
7-1	Effect of Inflation on the Value of $1 Since 1960	39
7-2	Effect of Inflation on the Value of $1 Since 1930	40
8-1	Comparative Returns of Stocks, Bonds, Bills, Inflation & Gold since 1926	45
8-2	Thirty Year Holding Period-Returns Per Annum for Stocks and Bonds	46
8-3	Twenty Year Holding Period-Returns Per Annum for Stocks and Bonds	47
9-1	Big Mo Tape Composite-Signal Basis on S&P 500 Stock Index	53
9-2	Regression to the Mean-Overbought Indicator on Dow Jones Industrial Average	54
9-3	Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index-Trend Channel	55
9-4	Standard & Poor's 500 Industrial Index-Book Value Ratio	56
9-5	Dow Jones Industrial Average-Price/Operating Earnings Estimates	57
9-6	Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index Signals Generated	58
9-7	Home Depot Stochastics Buy Signal 9-12-95	59
9-8	Home Depot-Long Term Chart	60
9-9	Alliance Capital Buy Point	61
9-10	Alliance Capital-Long Term Chart	62
9-11	Motorola, Inc.-Stochastic Sell Signal 5-25-95	63
9-12	Motorola, Inc.-Long Term Chart	64
9-13	Resource Mortgage Capital Stochastic Buy Signal 3-24-95	65
9-14	Resource Mortgage (Dynex) Capital-Long Term Chart	66
9-15	Philip Morris-Stochastic Buy Signal-Long Term	67
9-16	Philip Morris-Long Term Chart	68
9-17	Philip Morris-Long Term Chart with Stochastics	69
9-18	Philip Morris-Long Term Chart with Stochastics	70
9-19	Dow Jones Industrial Average 4%x2 Point & Figure	71
10-1	Dell Computer -One Year Chart 1997	75
10-2	Dell Computer-Five Year Chart 1994-1998	76
10-3	IBM-One Year Chart 1997	77
10-4	IBM-Five Year Chart 1994-1998	78
17-1	Tarrant Apparel	105
17-2	Lason, Inc.	106
A-1	Growth of a $10,000 Investment in Magnet Backtest	126
A-2	Annual Average Return-Seven Ranked Groups	128
A-3	Growth of a $10,000 Investment-Various Categories in Magnet Backtest	128
A-4	Quarterly Returns-Magnet vs. S&P-Magnet Backtest	129
B-1	Asyst Technologies	134
B-2	Vintage Petroleum, Inc.	137
B-3	Nvidia Corp.	140
B-4	Xeta Technologies, Inc.	143
B-5	Berry Petroleum, Inc.	146
B-6	Imperial Oil Ltd.	149
B-7	1-800 Contacts, Inc.	152
B-8	Flextronics International Ltd.	155
B-9	AVX Corporation	158
B-10	California Amplifier, Inc.	161
B-11	Logitech International SA	169
B-12	Flextronics International Ltd.	172
B-13	TRC Companies, Inc.	175
B-14	Kemet Corporation	178
B-15	Topps Company, Inc.	181
B-16	Three Five Systems	184
B-17	TTI Telecom	187
B-18	M Systems, Inc.	190
B-19	Nokia Corporation	193
B-20	Black Box Corporation	196
C-1	RAC Mortgage-October 1991 Buy Point	200
C-2	Dynex Capital-Formerly RAC Mortgage-Long Term Chart	201
C-3	Oracle Systems, Inc.-December 1991 Buy Point	202
C-4	Oracle Systems, Inc.-Long Term Chart	203
C-5	Cyberoptics Corp.-August 1993 Buy Point	204
C-6	Cyberoptics Corp.-Long Term Chart	205
C-7	Analytical Surveys-March 1995 Buy Point	206
C-8	Analytcal Surveys-Long Term Chart	207
C-9	Global Industries-October 1994 Buy Point	208
C-10	Global Industries-Long Term Chart	209
C-11	Jones Medical Industries-December 1995 Buy Point	210
C-12	Jones Pharmaceuticals-Long Term Chart	211
C-13	Picturetel Corp.-August 1992 Buy Point	212
C-14	Picturetel Corp.-Long Term Chart	213
C-15	Picturetel Corp.-September 1994 Buy Point	214
C-16	Philip Morris-October 1994 Buy Point	215
C-17	Philip Morris-Long Term Chart	216
C-18	Electro Scientific Industries-August 1993 Buy Point	217
C-19	Electro Scientific Industries-Long Term Chart	218
	List of Tables
3-1	Table of Compounded Returns @ 12%	12
7-1	Table: Yields on Zero Coupon Bond	38
8-1	Risks of Stocks and Bonds	44
19-1	Tax Implications	117