<BR><B>Contents</B><BR><BR>Introduction to the Millennium Edition<BR><BR>PROLOGUE: A Note from Ireland<BR><BR>INTRODUCTION: The Advantages of Dumb Money<BR><BR><B>PART I Preparing to Invest</B><BR><BR>1 The Making of a Stockpicker<BR><BR>2 The Wall Street Oxymorons<BR><BR>3 Is This Gambling, or What?<BR><BR>4 Passing the Mirror Test<BR><BR>5 Is This a Good Market? Please Don't Ask<BR><BR><B>PART II Picking Winners</B><BR><BR>6 Stalking the Tenbagger<BR><BR>7 I've Got It, I've Got It -- What Is It?<BR><BR>8 The Perfect Stock, What a Deal!<BR><BR>9 Stocks I'd Avoid<BR><BR>10 Earnings, Earnings, Earnings<BR><BR>11 The Two-Minute Drill<BR><BR>12 Getting the Facts<BR><BR>13 Some Famous Numbers<BR><BR>14 Rechecking the Story<BR><BR>15 The Final Checklist<BR><BR><B>PART III The Long-term View</B><BR><BR>16 Designing a Portfolio<BR><BR>17 The Best Time to Buy and Sell<BR><BR>18 The Twelve Silliest (and Most Dangerous) Things People Say About Stock Prices<BR><BR>19 Options, Futures, and Shorts<BR><BR>20 50,000 Frenchmen Can Be Wrong<BR><BR>EPILOGUE: Caught with My Pants Up<BR><BR>ACKNOWLEDGMENTS<BR><BR>INDEX