For the millions of individual stock investors who want to improve their results-and for beginners who want to get started on the right foot-"Sensible Stock Investing: How to Pick, Value, and Manage Stocks" is a comprehensive yet easy-to-follow guide.

Written for the busy individual, "Sensible Stock Investing" presents the investment process in three phases: rating companies for their intrinsic soundness; valuing stocks to find advantageous purchase prices; and managing a portfolio once it is established. Author David Van Knapp breaks these stages into discrete steps and shows how the...