As testified to by today's headlines, investors have learned the hard way that they can't always trust the information they get from companies, mutual-fund sponsors, brokerage analysts and other investment advisors. This collection of classic investment writing offers an alternative as the former Money magazine columnist presents the smartest investment advisers and journalists offering the best advice available for our challenging financial times The pieces collected here are by the most successful investors of the past and present--from former Fidelity Magellan Fund manager and best-selling author Peter Lynch on picking winning growth stocks to the World's Greatest Investor Warren Buffett on sizing up a company's prospects to John Templeton (on global investing) and Michael Price (on finding value in unlikely places)--as well as such leading financial writers as Andrew Tobias (on setting investment priorities), Gary Belsky (on the worst mistakes investors make), and John Rothschild. They combine to offer advice for beginning investors and experts alike. Readers will learn the smartest ways to create a portfolio of mutual funds and stocks that will see them through good times and bad.