Beating the Street (published in 1993), Lynch left investors with the following list of golden rules — 25 in all. Peter Lynch's 25 Golden Rules for Investing Rule 1: Investing is fun and exciting, but dangerous if you don't do any work. Rule 2: Your investor's edge is not something you get from Wall Street experts. It's something you already have. You can outperform the experts if you use your edge by investing in companies or industries you already understand. Rule 3: Over the past 3 decades, the stock market has come to be dominated by a herd of professional investors. Contrary to popular belief, this makes it easier for the amateur investor. You can beat the market by ignoring the herd. Rule 4: Behind every stock is a company. Find out what it's doing. Rule 5: Often, there is no correlation between the success of a company's operations and ......