An up-to-date guide to the complex world of equities
Getting Started in Stock Investing and Trading walks
investors and traders through the essential information they need
to know before they decide what kind of participant they want to be
in equities. The book is filled with the key strategies and tools
and offers a comprehensive guide for those entering this
marketplace. The author does not argue that one method is better or
more appropriate than another. Rather, he reveals the various
methods and lets investors decide for themselves. The book covers
investment risks, value investing, market strategies, trading
methods such as day and swing trading, technical indicators, and
diversifying your portfolio, and
* Offers a thorough overview of strategies and tools that
investors need to profit from the volatile equities markets
* Provides examples, charts, and timely additions that reflect
recent changes in the equities markets
Other titles by Thomsett: Getting Started in Bonds and
eight editions of Getting Started in Options. This book is
another title in The Getting Started series, which makes
complex issues easy to understand.
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction The Potential of the Stock Market vii
Part I Investing
Chapter 1 Investment Risks 3
Chapter 2 Value Investment 21
Chapter 3 Market Strategies 31
Chapter 4 Fundamental Analysis 43
Chapter 5 Alternatives: Stocks or Mutual Funds 61
Part II Trading
Chapter 6 Trading Risks 79
Chapter 7 Trading Methods: Day and Swing Trading 95
Chapter 8 Charting Tools and Interpretation 109
Chapter 9 Essential Technical Indicators 125
Chapter 10 Technical Analysis, Dow Theory, and Practice 149
Part III Combining Investing and Trading
Chapter 11 The Contrarian Approach to Trading 163
Chapter 12 Mixing Speculation and Investing 177
Chapter 13 Options to Leverage and Manage Your Portfolio 189
Chapter 14 Your Sensible Approach to the Market 203
Glossary 209
About the Author 226
Index 227
Over de auteur
MICHAEL C. THOMSETT is a bestselling author who has written more than seventy books on investing, real estate, business, and management. He has authored numerous books published by Wiley, including eight editions of the bestselling Getting Started in Options, as well as Getting Started in Real Estate Investing and Getting Started in Swing Trading. Visit his Web site at www.Michael Thomsett.com.