All About Stocks, 3E (All About. . . (McGraw-Hill)): The Easy Way to Get Started (GENERAL FINANCE & INVESTING) - Softcover

Faerber, Esme

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071494553 ISBN 13: 9780071494557

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 2007

Synopsis

How to buy, what to hold, and when to sell-the guide to getting started in stocks and managing your portfolio!

Want to become a more accomplished investor? All About Stocks is packed with the practical, hands-on guidance you need to choose your investments wisely, minimize your risk, and enter today's market with confidence-no matter your level of experience.

Providing concise, clear answers to your most pressing stock-market questions, this thoroughly revised edition has been updated to address such timely issues as the role of exchange-traded funds, global investing, risk-adjusted returns, and the most effective ways to conduct online research and trading.

All About Stocks explains in easy-to-understand language:

• What stocks are, and why you should own them
• How to use the Internet to develop buying and selling strategies
• How fundamental and technical analysis can help you find undervalued stocks
• What mutual funds are, how they work, and which are right for you
• How stocks fit within the asset allocation framework
• Simple strategies for assembling a high-growth, low-risk, diversified portfolio
• Trades to increase your safety during turbulent markets

About this title

Book Description:

With the stock market at record highs, interest in the stock market has never been greater. All About Stocks is the best way for an experienced investor to learn the key elements needed to get started. Most stock market books concentrate on trading strategies or how to supposedly "beat the market".

None of them have the unique and essential combination of covering the basics while also being comprehensive in scope. The second edition will cover the latest changes in stock market trading such as increased volatility, the greater importance of mutual funds, the international nature of today's stock market, and the explosion of technology.

This edition will also incorporate the use of the Internet as both a source of information and a channel for trading. A new chapter will be added to cover construction of a portfolio, with sections on the number and type of stocks to hold, different investing styles, and when to sell.

From the Back Cover:

Everything you need to know about today's stock market­­How to buy, what to hold, when to sell.

All About Stocks, Second Edition, will make you a smarter, more accomplished investor. This bottom-line guidebook is now updated to explain every essential aspect of today's stock market ­­in which the rewards as well as the risks have increased dramatically over the past five years­­and is arranged to provide quick, clear answers to any questions you might have.

All About Stocks is written to be understood by an investor ­­yet packed with information that will be valuable to everyone! Practical, hands-on guidance on how you can use the Internet to find and buy undervalued stocks...strategies on selecting a mutual fund for both above-average returns and below-average risk...types of trades that can significantly increase your safety during turbulent markets...it's all here. Before you invest, read All About Stocks and discover:

• What stocks are, and why you should own them
• Explanations of the different types of orders
• How fundamental and technical analysis can help you find undervalued stocks
• Aspects of growth stocks and value stocks
• What mutual funds are, how they work, and which are right for you
• Easy-to-follow strategies to assemble a high-growth, low-risk, versified portfolio
• Strategies for buying indexed mutual funds and index-tracking stocks

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0071494553
• ISBN 13: 9780071494557
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 320