Four Stocks Peter Lynch Would Like

Peter Lynch called it the "amateur's edge," the ability of nonprofessional investors to outperform Wall Street professionals because (1) they invested in what they knew; and (2) they weren't blinded by Wall Street conventions.

This is how Lynch and John Rothchild begin the chapter in the classic One Up On Wall Street on how to find a 10-bagger, a stock that will go up 10 times while you own it:

"The best place to begin looking for the 10-bagger is close to home -- if not in the back yard, then down at the shopping mall, and especially wherever you happen to work." ...