Be Smart, Act Fast, Get Rich: Your Game Plan for Getting It Right in the Stock Market »

Charles V. Payne is the founder and Chief Analyst of Wall Street Strategies. With less than $10,000 in start-up capital, and working from his apartment, Payne launched Wall Street Strategies in 1991 and started serving up his unique brand of stock market advice. His stock selections soon began to reap sizable profits for his subscribers, and the firm developed a national reputation as a provider of timely and effective equity analysis. Payne has been a guest on several well-respected financial radio and television programs and is widely recognized in the media as a leader among the analyst community. He is currently a contributor to Fox News Network and has appeared as a speaker at many investor conventions and conferences. Payne can be reached at charles.payne@wstreet.com.

Praise for Be Smart, Act Fast, Get Rich

"Charles Payne's book is blunt, provocative, and right on the money. This book is a lot like Charles himself: insightful and to the point. If you have time to read only one book on how to make money . . . this is the book."
—Dr. Bob Froehlich, Chairman, Investor Strategy Committee Deutsche Asset Management, and Vice Chairman, DWS Scudder

"Be Smart, Act Fast, Get Rich is a book for all investors from first-time stock buyers to seasoned investors. 'Be Smart' suggests you understand the fundamentals of the company you are purchasing. 'Act Fast' suggests that action must be taken if you are going to increase your wealth in the stock market. All too often we find interesting ideas to invest in but never have the confidence to act, only to watch the stock's price rise while others reap the benefits. This book is an easy read, and a must-read for all investors."
—Tom Dorsey, President, Dorsey Wright & Associates and author, Point & Figure Charting

"You should buy this book just for the super job Charles does in explaining everything you need to know about charts, graphs, and the other 'voodoo' of technical analysis that he makes so simple to understand. Charles really gives you a street fighter's education in the markets . . . I wish his book was around twenty-five years ago . . . it would have saved me millions in market mistakes I've made."
—Tobin Smith, founder and Chairman, ChangeWave Research

Foreword   Neil Cavuto     vii
Preface     xi
Acknowledgments     xvii
About the Author     xix
Be Smart
Welcome to the World You Already Live In-The Stock Market     3
Looking under the Hood     41
Taking a Company's Temperature     75
Avoiding the Madness of Captain Ahab     107
Tools and Rules
Pretty as a Picture     131
Turning Charts into Road Maps     145
Chasing Stocks     171
The Level Playing Field     199
Act and Get Rich
Watching the Tape and Market Manipulation     223
Staying in the Game by Staying Informed     245
Risk and Reward     259
The Care and Feeding of Your Portfolio     285
Industries for Relative Evaluations     311
Index     327