Tuesday, April 16, 1996

What do Chrysler, Fannie Mae, and Iomega have in common?

They all should have been trademark investments in the career of Peter Lynch.

In e-mail this week, I asked David Gardner what the Motley Fool would do for an encore to the Fortune article. Larry King Live? Nightline? Hire Peter Lynch away from Worth?

Hmmmm. Danged fine idea, that last one. There are at least a hundred reasons why Peter Lynch should give up on tired old print articles in stuffy goo-roo magazines, and come online. Here are a few:

THE ORIGINAL CONTRARIAN

The Fool is nothing if not challenging of conventional wisdom, and Peter Lynch is contrarian incarnate.

SENSE OF HUMOR

Unlike the rest of the Street, including the magazine he writes for, Peter Lynch has managed to not get too serious. It's fairly safe to say you could go out for beers with him and he WOULDN'T be talking about stocks.

HISTORICAL PIONEER

He transformed the mutual fund industry, and wrote one of the first readable investment books; it makes sense that he should be marching through cyberspace helping define the era of collaborative investing.

OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE

Peter Lynch is Wall Street's self-appointed Everyman. Read his books. Whether writing about his rusted-out car or hanging out at the shopping mall, Lynch has always spoken for educated and empowered individual investors. How Foolish.

WHITE HAIR CUTE---BELL CAP CUTER

I could see Peter Lynch wearing the belled Fool cap on Wall Street Week. Couldn't you?

WOULD BRING THE AVERAGE MF AGE CLOSER TO 30

I can't figure out if this is good or bad. ;->

HE'S BORED

Anybody read Learn to Earn?

If only he could see this as clearly as I do he'd already be here. Maybe we should just send him a Zip drive and let him figure it out?

Transmitted: 4/16/96