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January 4, 2000 Every Investor's Guide to High-Tech Stocks & Mutual Funds
Updated with new information, including:

The newest ways to invest in Internet stocks
Recent biotech developments and their effect on the market
Latest trends in high-tech consumer products

Updated and revised for the Third Edition, this national bestseller shows you how investing in high-tech can make you rich--even if you don't understand the technology.

How do you find the next Cisco or Intel? How can you avoid losing your shirt on start-up companies that suddenly fizzle and die? And how can techies and non-techies alike get the edge on Wall Street's booming high-technology sector?

Whether the stock market is enjoying an explosive bull run or retreating in the face of a possible bear market, the world of high-tech has become the most important investment opportunity of our time. Now, in this latest revised edition of Every Investor's Guide to High-Tech Stocks and Mutual Funds, Michael Murphy shows that you don't have to be an engineer or research scientist to do well in technology stocks. From software to communications to biotech, Every Investor's Guide to High-Tech Stocks and Mutual Funds provides refreshingly clear, jargon-free analysis of the eight key technology industries, sharing coveted insider tips and wisdom that will supercharge your portfolio's results.

Every Investor's Guide to High-Tech Stocks and Mutual Funds quickly established itself as the definitive book on high-tech stocks when it was first released in the fall of 1997. In this fully updated Third Edition, Murphy provides information on the newest ways to invest in Internet stocks, recent biotech developments and their effect on the market, and the latest trends in high-tech consumer products. Also included is a revised and updated list of the author's predicted blue chips of 2010.

Focusing on long-term investment strategies--including the easy-to-use Growth-Flow strategy that has made Murphy's California Technology Stock Letter one of the top-rated investment publications in the world--Murphy answers frequently asked questions and guides readers through the dos and don'ts of putting your money into high-tech. Got the inside scoop on an upstart software company or a great no-load fund that has skyrocketed in the past six months? Murphy shows you how to evaluate opportunities, decipher industry hype, and pick your shots with care. Unsure if you should heed the experts' warnings about the economy and the oncoming investment slump? Murphy offers surefire techniques for knowing when to invest--and when to get out. Simply trying to fund a comfortable retirement? Murphy examines a variety of stock and mutual fund options, and helps you assess which ones best suit your needs.

Whether you're investing in blue chip stocks or convertible bonds, this groundbreaking book provides essential information on how to build a technology portfolio, how to calculate the downside risk of any investment, and how to apply Murphy's unique, proven Growth-Flow model to maximize your returns. With detailed company profiles, stock performance records, and contact information for thirty of the best technology mutual funds, as well as forecasts for the next five years, Every Investor's Guide to High-Tech Stocks and Mutual Funds arms individual investors with everything they need to cash in on the current technology boom and beat the Dow in the stock market's hottest sector.

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As the stock market has risen to ever-greater heights in recent years, high-tech stocks have led the way. But how many investors, though up to their ears in tech stocks, truly understand what they own? Michael Murphy, editor of the California Technology Stock Letter, makes it his business to understand the breakthroughs in science and engineering that are reshaping our lives. His book, Every Investor's Guide to High-Tech Stocks and Mutual Funds, is a useful guide for investors, both beginners and pros. It includes rundowns on the latest trends in semiconductors, computers, software, communications, and medical technology. This second edition includes a chapter on investing in Internet stocks. Murphy presents his own strategy for picking tech stocks, and offers recommendations of stocks and technology mutual funds that may have the best long-term prospects. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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A Wired columnist and the founder and editor of the top-rated newsletter California Technology Stock Letter, Murphy gives advice on investing in high-tech stocks.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Broadway; 3 edition (January 4, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0767904567
  • ISBN-13: 978-0767904568
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,617,651 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars At last I understand technology, January 17, 2000
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I've been working in computer R&D since the late 60's. I was jealous of friends who paid for their Silicon Valley houses using investments in Hi-Tech. The field just seemed too confusing and too volatile. Now it's like the gold rush of 1849 and even crazier. I found Murphy after a search of Amazon.com and what a great book! He explains the industry and it all fit together with what I knew from experience. A subscription to Murphy's California Technology Stock Letter resulted in a 97.9% increase in my portfolio for 1999 with half of it invested in index stocks. Note that none of the Hi-Tech picks were in internet stocks. (Murphy performs detailed fundamental analysis and believes in value. Only recently has he added any internet stocks.) Note that he concentrates on the Western USA since he insists on face to face discussions with the CEO before making a recommendation. Some complain that Murphy doesn't understand biotech - well his biotech picks are hot now. Others say look at his mutual funds - a fair complaint in 1998 but 1999 his technology fund was up 97%. So if you want to understand the Hi-Tech and Bio-Tech industries you have to read Murphy.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic! The New Economy and how to invest in it., February 2, 1999
I have been working in the high tech field for 15 years and must admit I didn't do a great deal of investing in it. I feel so STUPID now, after reading Murphy's book. If only I had sat down and thought through some of the facts. So much of what he says I knew was true, but his genius is in what he does with the basic facts. I am convinced here lies great wealth. Growth flow and how it considers R&D spending is so simple, and like so many simple thoughts, very powerful. I hesitate to say too much, because in one sense I don't want to let the word out, but it already is. So my advice is to read it!

I can't say enough good things about this book. I have an MBA from a well recognized business school and this is simply the best book on investing I have ever read , and I've read a few. A must read for anyone who wants to be in charge of their investing destiny well into the next century.

Buy, borrow or relieve someone you know of this book!

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29 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars The author did very poorly for his own mutual funds!, November 9, 1999
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I checked out the book from local library. It looks interesting. I flipped through the book and found out that the author manages two mutual funds: "Murphy New World Biotechnology Fund" (MNWBX) and "Murphy New World Technology Fund"(MNWTX).

I checked the funds performances. They are the bottom of the same fund category since the start of the funds. I returned the book right away.

Are the strategies proven winning strategies? I don't think so. Save your time and money. Otherwise, you'll only get some wrong ideas and even lose tons of money like the author did.

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