All About Investing: The Easy Way to Get StartedMcGraw Hill Professional, 2006 M03 14 - 304 pages The easy way to get started in investing The most stressful investment for any new investor is the first one. All About Investing helps remove that stress, by providing inexperienced investors with techniques for establishing realistic investment goals, buying the proper assets to meet those goals, and constructing a safe and suitable portfolio of long-term investments. |
Contents
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| 19 | |
Chapter 3 Security Markets and How Stocks Are Traded | 47 |
Chapter 4 Investment Companies Mutual Funds | 82 |
Chapter 5 MoneyMarket Securities | 119 |
Chapter 6 Common Stock and Preferred Stock | 137 |
Chapter 7 Bonds | 161 |
Chapter 8 Treasury Government MortgageBacked Securities Corporate and Municipal Bonds | 185 |
Chapter 9 Convertible Bonds and ZeroCoupon Bonds | 216 |
Chapter 10 Options | 241 |
Chapter 11 Futures | 263 |
Chapter 12 Real Estate Precious Metals and Collectibles | 280 |
Index | 301 |
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