| Description |
288 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [268]) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Market mechanics -- The exchanges : at home and abroad -- Exchange operations : bringing order to the markets -- Playing fair : rules and regulations -- Who's who -- The big wheels : Wall Street professionals -- The money machines : bankers, economists and world trade -- The money makers : corporations at home and abroad -- Investors, big and small -- The industry guard dogs : regulators, enforcers and safety nets -- Market forces -- Economics for investors : the ups and downs of business the business cycle -- Economic indicators : taking the business cycle temperature -- The long and short of trends, cycles and crashes : market movement and the indexes that track them -- Asset classes -- Stocks : owning a piece of something big -- Funds : letting a professional make the decisions -- Bonds : loaning corporations and governments money -- Options and futures : taking bigger chances -- Initial public offerings : the darling of the 90s -- Analysis strategies: identifying a good investment when you see it --Fundamental analysis : cheap or undervalued? -- Decoding financial statements : seeing beyond the numbers -- Equity valuations : it's all relative -- Bond valuations : all debt is not created equal -- Technical analysis : using the past to predict the future -- Charting : more than pretty pictures -- Investment mechanics -- Tools that match your style : starting with the right broker -- Orders, quotes and fills : getting the price you want -- Recordkeeping and taxes : paying the piper -- Additional resources -- Investor resources : getting help when you need it -- Acronyms : alphabet soup. |
| Subject |
Investments -- Dictionaries.
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Securities -- Dictionaries.
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Finance -- Dictionaries.
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| ISBN |
1601380380 (alk. paper) |
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9781601380388 (alk. paper) |
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1601380399 |
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9781601380395 |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 2547210 |
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QBX a 06031404 |
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AU@ 000040983565 |
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