Understanding Stocks

Michael Sincere9780071409131, 0071409130

The First Book for People Who Want to Make Serious Money In the Stock Market Without Becoming an ExpertHistory has proven that the surest road to long-term wealth is through investing in the stock market. And while you don’t have to be a financial genius to invest well, you do have to care enough about your money to learn how the market works-what you must do to get started, when the best times are to invest your money, and what you must do to keep from being an easy mark for more sophisticated investors.Understanding Stocks tells you what you need to know. More than 50 quick, easy, and entertaining lessons on stocks and investing give you the information you need to become a solid and knowledgeable investor. Look to this engaging and no-nonsense investors’ rulebook to learn: * How to open an account, evaluate a stock, and place a trade * Strategies for making money slow or fast, with the advantages and dangers of each * Ten costly mistakes that are easy to make-and even easier to avoid Money in the stock market flows to those who know what they are doing. Let Understanding Stocks put you on the right road to stock market wealth, and show you how to keep from losing your money before it’s been given a chance to truly work for you.

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Table of contents :
UNDERSTANDING
STOCKS……Page 3
Want to learn more?……Page 5
Copyright……Page 4
Contents……Page 6
Acknowledgments……Page 8
Introduction……Page 10
PART ONE WHAT YOU NEED
TO KNOW FIRST……Page 14
CHAPTER 1 Welcome to the
Stock Market……Page 16
CHAPTER 2 Stocks:
Not Your Only
Investment……Page 32
CHAPTER 3 How to
Classify Stocks……Page 42
CHAPTER 4 Fun Things You Can
Do (with Stocks)……Page 50
CHAPTER 5 Understanding
Stock Prices……Page 62
CHAPTER 6 Where to Buy Stocks……Page 68
PART TWO MONEY-MAKING
STRATEGIES……Page 80
CHAPTER 7 Want to Make Money
Slowly? Try These
Investment Strategies……Page 82
CHAPTER 8 Want to Make Money
Fast? Try These
Trading Strategies……Page 90
PART THREE FINDING
STOCKS TO BUY
AND SELL……Page 100
CHAPTER 9 It’s Really
Fundamental:
Introduction to
Fundamental Analysis……Page 102
CHAPTER 10 Fundamental Analysis:
Tools and Tactics……Page 110
CHAPTER 11 Let’s Get Technical:
Introduction to
Technical Analysis……Page 120
CHAPTER 12 Technical Analysis:
Tools and Tactics……Page 144
CHAPTER 13 The Psychology of
Stocks: Introduction
to Sentiment Analysis……Page 154
PART FOUR……Page 160
CHAPTER 14 What Makes
Stocks Go Up
or Down……Page 162
CHAPTER 15 Why Investors
Lose Money……Page 170
CHAPTER 16 What I Really Think
about the Stock
Market……Page 184
Index……Page 202