10 ─ The Essential Rules for Beating the Market

10 takes you step by step through the process of creating a market-beating stock portfolio, and shows you how to trade stocks using a combination of both fundamental and technical analysis. With this book as your guide, you'll quickly learn how to get into a stock at the right time and, more importantly, when to exit that position. You'll also discover how to view the market and interpret what is happening on a broader scale, so you can maximize profits on individual positions and boost the overall performance of your portfolio.

Michael Turner is a thirty-year veteran of entrepreneurial corporate development. He is currently the President of TurnerTrends, Inc., and is the Managing General Partner of Sabinal Capital Investments, LLC. He manages several portfolios, including a hedge fund where he applies the ten rules in this book to real-world situations every day. Turner is a much sought-after speaker at investor conferences and financial symposiums. He also writes an online weekly market commentary for his clients and subscribers.

Foreword.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Rule 1 Think like a Fundamentalist.
Rule 2 Spend Your Money Wisely—The Value Rule.
Rule 3 Trade like a Technician.
Rule 4 The Stop Loss Rule.
Rule 5 Never Marry a Stock (For Adults Only!)
Rule 6 Follow Only “Some” Insider Trading.
Rule 7 Watch the Institutional Ownership.
Rule 8 Stay Diversified.
Rule 9 Balance Your Risk through Smart Asset Allocation.
Rule 10 Make a Lot More Money by Timing the Market.
Epilogue Making the Commitment to Being a Rules-Based Investor.
Appendix A Understanding Stop Loss Orders.
Appendix B Scoring the Fundamentals.
About the Author.
Index.